UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
International Securities Exchange, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
46031W 20 4
(CUSIP Number)
William A. Porter, Jr.
c/o Adirondack Trading Partners LLC
2 Executive Blvd., Suite 201
Suffern, NY 10901
845 357-2400
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications)
March 9, 2005
(Date of event which requires filing of this statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
CUSIP No. 46031W 20 4
1. | Name of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
William A. Porter, Jr. |
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2. | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨ |
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3. | SEC Use Only
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4. | Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO |
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5. | Check If Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6. | Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States of America |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned By Each Person With: |
7. Sole Voting Power:
8. Shared Voting Power:
2,000,287 9. Sole Dispositive Power:
10. Shared Dispositive Power:
2,000,287 |
11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
2,000,287 |
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12. | Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)
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13. | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
5.44% |
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14. | Type of Reporting Person
IN |
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CUSIP No. 46031W 20 4
1. | Name of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Margaret Joan Porter |
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2. | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨ |
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3. | SEC Use Only
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4. | Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO |
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5. | Check If Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6. | Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States of America |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned By Each Person With: |
7. Sole Voting Power:
8. Shared Voting Power:
2,000,287 9. Sole Dispositive Power:
10. Shared Dispositive Power:
2,000,287 |
11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
2,000,287 |
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12. | Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)
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13. | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
5.44% |
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14. | Type of Reporting Person
IN |
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Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
The title of the class of equity securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is the Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Class A Common Stock), of International Securities Exchange, Inc. (the Company). The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 60 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004.
Item 2. | Identity and Background |
(a) | Names of Reporting Persons: |
William A. Porter, Jr.
Margaret Joan Porter
(b) | Residence or business address of Reporting Persons: |
c/o Adirondack Trading Partners LLC
2 Executive Blvd., Suite 201
Suffern, NY 10901
Mr. Porter is the Managing Member of KAP Group LLC (KAP) which is located at 316 Golden Hills Drive, Portola Valley, CA. KAP is primarily engaged in investing in business ventures. Mrs. Porter is retired.
(a) | The Reporting Persons have not during the last five years been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
(b) | The Reporting Persons have not during the last five years been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
(c) | The Reporting Persons are citizens of the United States of America. |
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
On March 9, 2005, the Porter Revocable Trust (the Trust), of which the Reporting Persons are co-trustees and beneficiaries, purchased in the open market 624,313 shares of Class A Common Stock at $25.75 per share. The aggregate purchase price for these shares was $16,076,059.75 (excluding any fees or commissions).
The remaining 1,375,974 shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons were acquired by distribution from Adirondack Trading Partners LLC, which acquired them in the transactions described in History of Significant Corporate
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Transactions included in the final Prospectus forming a part of the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-117145) (the Prospectus). A copy of that portion of the Prospectus is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. Although the transactions described are complex, the Reporting Persons calculate their aggregate cost basis in such 1,375,974 shares of Class A Common Stock as $6,022,422.88.
The securities held for the account of the Trust may be held through margin accounts maintained with brokers, which extend margin credit as and when required to open or carry positions in their margin accounts, subject to applicable federal margin regulations, stock exchange rules and such firms credit policies. The positions that may be held in the margin accounts, including the shares of Class A Common Stock, are pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the respective accounts.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
The 2,000,287 shares of Class A Common Stock are beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons and held by the Trust, for which the Reporting Persons are co-trustees and beneficiaries. The 2,000,287 shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Trust include the 624,313 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by the Trust in the open market at a price of $25.75 per share on March 9, 2005.
The Reporting Persons acquired these shares in the ordinary course of business for investment purposes. The Reporting Persons reserve the right to change their plans or intentions and to take any and all actions that they may deem appropriate to maximize the value of their investment in the Company in light of their general investment policies, market conditions, subsequent developments affecting the Company and the general business and future prospects of the Company.
The Reporting Persons do not have any current intention, plan or proposal with respect to: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Company, or the disposition of securities of the Company; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company; (f) any other material change in the Companys business or corporate structure; (g) changes in the Companys charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange, if any, or cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of a registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
The beneficiaries of the Trust are Mr. and Mrs. Porter during their lives and thereafter the issue of Mr. and Mrs. Porter.
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Item 5. | Interest In Securities of the Issuer |
(a) | As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own in the aggregate 2,000,287 shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Trust, which constitutes approximately 5.44% of the 36,741,115 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding (based on the number of Class A Common Stock outstanding as reported in the Prospectus). |
(b) | See Items 7 through 10 of the cover page of this Schedule 13D. |
The Reporting Persons, as co-trustees of the Trust, share the power to vote and dispose of the 2,000,287 shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Trust.
(c) | There have been no purchases or sales of the Class A Common Stock by the Reporting Persons within the last sixty days, except that on March 9, 2005, the Trust purchased in the open market 624,313 shares of the Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of $25.75 per share. |
(d) | No person other than the Reporting Persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Trust. |
(e) | Not applicable. |
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer |
Stockholders Agreement
The Trust, as a stockholder of the Company, entered into a Stockholders Agreement (the Stockholders Agreement) dated May 31, 2002 with the Company and various other Company stockholders. The Stockholders Agreement, among other things, provides that these stockholders:
| may not transfer their shares without the approval of the Companys Board of Directors except for certain permitted transfers. Permitted transfers include transfers: (1) among family members, or by any family member or members to a trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or limited liability partnership, all of the beneficial interests in which are held by such family member or members; (2) to a legal representative in the event the stockholder becomes mentally incompetent; (3) by will or the laws of descent; and (4) to one of its affiliates; |
| may not encumber, pledge or otherwise assign their shares; |
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| may not grant proxies or have other voting agreements or arrangements with respect to their shares; |
| will have the right, if the Company is eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3, to demand that the Company file a registration statement on Form S-3, subject to certain limitations; and |
| will have a piggyback registration right, following an initial public offering of the Companys securities, to be included in any registration statement whether for sale for the Companys account or for the account of any of the Companys security holders. |
Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement
Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement amended the Stockholders Agreement to provide for more specific lock up arrangements. Under the Stockholders Agreement, as so amended:
| the stockholders agree not to directly or indirectly sell or dispose of their shares of Class A Common Stock for 180 days after the date of the Prospectus (the Lock-up Period), unless the stockholder has the prior consent of the underwriters to do so; and |
| the joint-book running managers of the Companys initial public offering, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (Bear Stearns) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan Stanley), on behalf of the underwriters, will have the right to enforce the lock up arrangements even though neither is a party to the Stockholders Agreement and to approve any amendments to the arrangements or their right to enforcement of the arrangements. |
The Stockholders Agreement, as amended, will generally terminate: (1) upon mutual consent of the Company and holders of two-thirds of the shares of Class A Common Stock; (2) as to a particular stockholder, the date on which such stockholder or its affiliates do not beneficially own any shares of Class A Common Stock; (3) the date of consummation of any merger or consolidation between the Company and any other corporation if, immediately thereafter, the stockholders and their affiliates hold, in the aggregate, capital stock representing less than a majority of the voting power of such corporation; or (4) the date that is two years following the Companys initial public offering.
Lock-up Letter
Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement executed in connection with the Companys initial public offering, Mr. Porter, as a director of the Company, executed a Lock-up Letter in which he agreed, subject to certain exceptions, that, without the prior written consent of each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley on behalf of the underwriters, Mr. Porter will not, during the Lock-up Period:
| 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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of directly or indirectly, |
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any shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock; or |
| 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 Class A Common Stock |
whether any such transaction described above is to be settled by delivery of Class A Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The restrictions described in the foregoing paragraph do not apply to:
| transactions by Mr. Porter relating to shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Companys initial public offering of the shares of Class A Common Stock; |
| transfers of shares of Class A Common Stock or any security convertible into Class A Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts or by will or intestacy including transfers to a trust, where the beneficiaries of such trust are comprised solely from a group consisting of Mr. Porter and his immediate family members; or |
| distributions or transfers of shares of Class A Common Stock or any security convertible into Class A Common Stock to limited partners, stockholders or controlled affiliates of Mr. Porter |
provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to a bona fide gift or by will or intestacy or to limited partners, stockholders or controlled affiliates (a) each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the same form as executed by Mr. Porter and (b) Mr. Porter shall not be required to and shall not voluntarily file a report under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Class A Common Stock during the Lock-up Period.
In addition, Mr. Porter agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley, on behalf of the underwriters, he will not during the Lock-up Period make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Class A Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock. The Lock-up Period is subject to extension in certain circumstances.
Item 7. | Material to Be Filed as Exhibits |
99.1 | Joint Filing Agreement | |
99.2 | Excerpt from Prospectus | |
99.3 | Stockholders Agreement dated May 31, 2002 among the Company and the stockholders thereto | |
99.4 | Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement among the Company and the stockholders thereto | |
99.5 | Form of Lock-up Letter, Exhibit A to the Underwriting Agreement |
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: March 17, 2005
/s/ W. A. Porter |
Signature |
William A. Porter, Jr., co-trustee |
Name/Title |
/s/ M. Joan Porter |
Signature |
Margaret Joan Porter, co-trustee |
Name/Title |
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Exhibit 99.1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
Each of the undersigned persons hereby agrees and consents to this joint filing of Schedule 13D (including any and all amendments thereof) on their behalf pursuant to Section 13(d) and (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder. Each of these persons is not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information concerning the other persons making this filing, unless such person knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.
Date: March 17, 2005
By: |
/s/ W. A. Porter | |
Name: |
William A. Porter, Jr. | |
By: |
/s/ M. Joan Porter | |
Name: |
Margaret Joan Porter |
Exhibit 99.2
HISTORY OF SIGNIFICANT CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS
Initial Financings
As described under BusinessHistory of Our Business, the original financing for our development was arranged by ATP, the consortium of broker-dealers founded by William A. Porter, former chairman of E*TRADE, and his colleague, Martin Averbuch. The financing was provided by the purchase of all 10 Class A Memberships and 94 Class B Memberships from us by ATP and an affiliate in a series of transactions culminating in an agreement entered into in August 1998. The aggregate price for these Class A and B Memberships was $30.45 million, to be paid to us as needed to fund our budgeted expenditures. ATP subsequently sold or leased most of its Class B Memberships to others.... Those Class B Memberships all have been sold....
Subsequent Financing and the Formation of ETC
To complete our development, in May 1999, ATP agreed to provide additional capital of up to $30.5 million on an as-needed basis. In connection with this financing, we and ATP also formed ETC as a vehicle through which to conduct any future businesses in which we might become involved other than operating an exchange located in the United States for the trading of equity options and options on equity indices. Consequently, ETC owned the development rights to any of our future business beyond operation of our exchange. ETC was capitalized by a $100,000 investment by us and a $200,000 investment by ATP, and by investments of $20,000 by Martin Averbuch, $25,000 by David Krell, $20,000 by Gary Katz and $20,000 by a trust established by William A. Porter. ETC shares (of various classes but equal equity interests) were owned by us, ATP and those individuals in proportion to their investments.
The Demutualization
In 2002, we decided to demutualize and change from a limited liability company to a corporation. The demutualization involved the merger of the limited liability company into us and the conversion of the Class A Memberships into shares of Class A common stock, conveying equity interests, and Class B, Series B-1, common stock, associated with PMMs, which we refer to as Class B-1 memberships; the conversion of the Class B Memberships into shares of Class A common stock, conveying equity interests, and Class B, Series B-2, common stock, associated with CMMs, which we refer to as Class B-2 memberships; and the conversion of Class C memberships into Class B, Series B-3 common stock, associated with EAMs, which we refer to as Class B-3 memberships. The demutualization was effected in April 2002....
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The Private Placement and Cancellation of ETC Agreement
In connection with the demutualization, we raised additional capital by means of a private placement of Class A common stock to certain of our Class B members. An aggregate of 6,300,000 shares of Class A common stock were subscribed to by ATP, Bear Stearns, Bear Wagner Specialists LLC, an affiliate of Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Strategic Investments I, Inc., an affiliate of Morgan Stanley. The aggregate purchase price was $25 million.
In the course of negotiating the private placement, the purchasers expressed concern over the ownership by ETC of the rights to potentially valuable future ISE business. As a result, we decided to reacquire these rights by merging ETC into a new wholly owned subsidiary of the ISE, thereby effectively canceling the ETC agreement. The merger of ETC was not deemed to be a purchase of an entity but rather an expense as ETC did not meet the definition of a business in accordance with U.S. accounting rules. We incurred a charge of $5.6 million relating to this cancellation. The shares of ETC were converted into 1,485,000 shares of Class A common stock, representing approximately 4% of our Class A common stock then outstanding (taking into account the shares issued in connection with the private placement). Our Class A common stock was valued at that time at $3.97 per share. The private placement and the cancellation of the ETC agreement pursuant to the merger were effected in May 2002....
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Exhibit 99.3
EXECUTION COPY
FORM OF STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 31, 2002
among
INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC.
and
THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED
ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 2.1. |
Company Representations and Warranties. |
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Section 2.2. |
Stockholder Representations and Warranties. |
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ARTICLE III TRANSFERS OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK |
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Section 3.1. |
Restrictions on Transfers; Permitted Transferees. |
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Section 3.2. |
Legend on Certificates. |
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Section 3.3. |
Involuntary Transfers. |
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ARTICLE IV REGISTRATION RIGHTS |
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Section 4.1. |
Right to Include Registrable Securities |
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Section 4.2. |
Registration Procedures. |
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Section 4.3. |
Underwritten Offerings. |
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Section 4.4. |
Holdback Agreements. |
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Section 4.5. |
Form S-3 Registration |
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Section 4.6. |
Indemnification. |
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Section 4.7. |
Covenants Relating to Rule 144. |
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ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 5.1. |
Amendment; Termination. |
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Section 5.2. |
Notices. |
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Section 5.3. |
Binding Effect. |
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Section 5.4. |
Complete Agreement. |
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Section 5.5. |
Counterparts. |
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Section 5.6. |
Governing Law. |
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Section 5.7. |
Injunctive Relief. |
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Section 5.9. |
Recapitalization, etc. |
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STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
This Stockholders Agreement (this Agreement), dated as of May 31, 2002, among International Securities Exchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the other parties named on the signature pages hereto (the Stockholders).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Stockholders hold shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (all such shares now held or hereafter acquired by the stockholders during the term of this Agreement, whether by purchase, dividend, distribution or other means of acquisition, the Shares); and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders and the Company desire to establish in this Stockholders Agreement certain terms and conditions concerning the acquisition and disposition of securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the definitions set forth below:
Affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Business Day means any day (other than a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York) on which banks are open for business in New York.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor governmental agency or authority.
Covered Registration has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.
Cutback Registration means any Piggyback Registration to be effected as an underwritten Public Offering in which the Managing Underwriter with respect thereto advises the Company and the Requesting Stockholders in writing that, in its opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such registration (including securities of the Company which are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without a reduction in the selling price anticipated to be received for the securities to be sold in such Public Offering.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Form S-3 has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.
Form S-3 Registration has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.
Indemnified Party means a party entitled to indemnity in accordance with Section 4.6.
Indemnifying Party means a party obligated to provide indemnification in accordance with Section 4.6.
Losses has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.
Managing Underwriter means, with respect to any Public Offering, the lead managing underwriter for such Public Offering.
Notice of Piggyback Registration has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
Permitted Transferees has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d).
Person means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, other business organization, trust, union or association.
Piggyback Registration means any registration of equity securities of the Company under the Securities Act (other than a registration in respect of a dividend reinvestment or similar plan or on Form S-4 or Form S-8 promulgated by the Commission, or any successor or similar forms thereto), whether for sale for the account of the Company or for the account of any holder of securities of the Company.
Public Offering means any offering of Shares to the public, either on behalf of the Company or any of its securityholders, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
Registrable Securities means the Shares and any shares of common stock of the Company issued in exchange or replacement for the Shares, provided that Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (x) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such Shares shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such Shares shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement or (y) such Shares shall have been distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144.
Registration Expenses means all fees and expenses incidental to the Companys performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement to effect the registration of Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration, including, without limitation, all registration, filing and securities exchange listing fees, filing, qualification and other fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, all word processing, duplicating and
printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits or cold comfort letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, the reasonable fees and disbursements of a single counsel retained by the Stockholders, premiums and other costs of policies of insurance against liabilities arising out of the Public Offering of Registrable Securities purchased at the option of the Company and any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, in respect of Registrable Securities, which shall be payable by the Stockholders.
Request for Registration means a written request by a Stockholder to the Company for registration of Registrable Securities in response to a Notice of Piggyback Registration, which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of and the intended method of disposition thereof.
Requesting Stockholders mean, with respect to any registration, the Stockholders requesting to have Registrable Securities included in a registration.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any successor provision thereto.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Shares has the meaning set forth in the first preamble of this Agreement.
Stockholders means each of the individuals named in the signature pages hereto and their respective Permitted Transferees that hold Shares at the time of application of a provision of this Agreement to Stockholders.
Transferee has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.1. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Stockholders as follows:
(a) Organization. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted.
(b) Due Authorization. The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate proceedings on the part
of the Company. This Agreement is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors rights generally and, as to enforceability, general equitable principles.
Section 2.2. Stockholder Representations and Warranties. Each Stockholder hereby severally (and not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company and the other Stockholders with respect to itself as follows:
(a) Organization. If such Stockholder is a corporation or other entity, it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
(b) Due Authorization. Each Stockholder (i) that is an individual has full power, authority and capacity and (ii) that is a corporation or other entity has full corporate or other power and authority, to execute this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. In the case of each Stockholder that is (x) an individual, this Agreement is duly and validly executed and delivered by such individual, and in the case of each Stockholder that is (y) a corporation or other entity, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or other proceedings on its part. This Agreement is a valid and legally binding agreement of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors rights generally and, as to enforceability, general equitable principles.
ARTICLE III
TRANSFERS OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK
Section 3.1. Restrictions on Transfers; Permitted Transferees. (a) Each Stockholder hereby agrees that such Stockholder will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer any Shares or solicit any offers to purchase or otherwise acquire or make a pledge of any Shares unless such offer, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other transfer (i) is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld (it being understood, however, that without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such approval shall be withheld if the transfer in question could affect the applicability of Section 351(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended) to the transactions resulting in the initial issuance of Shares by the Company, (ii) either is not subject to or complies with the requirements of this Agreement or (iii) either is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and has been registered under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws or is not required to be so registered because of the availability of an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities or blue sky laws; provided, that the availability of such an exemption shall, if reasonably requested by the Company, be confirmed by an opinion of counsel, which opinion of counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(b) Except in the case of a sale of Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or a sale of Shares pursuant to a transaction complying with Rule 144, no Stockholder shall sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer any Shares to any Person (regardless of the manner in which such Stockholder initially acquired such Shares) nor shall the Company register the transfer of any Shares to any Person (all Persons acquiring Shares from a Stockholder, regardless of the method of transfer, shall be referred to as Transferees) unless (i) the certificates representing such Shares bear legends as provided in Section 3.2 hereof and (ii) such Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company, as a condition precedent to any acquisition of Shares, an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Company confirming that such Transferee takes such Shares subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable to the transferor of such Shares, and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall not register the transfer of any Shares to any Person except in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) Except as specifically contemplated hereby, no Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any Shares nor shall any Stockholder enter into any stockholder agreements or arrangements of any kind with any Person with respect to any Shares inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such agreements and arrangements are with other Stockholders or holders of Shares who are not parties to this Agreement), including but not limited to, agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting of Shares in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, nor shall any Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other Persons (other than Permitted Transferees) in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting of Shares in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Beginning with the date that is six (6) months from the date of this Agreement (unless the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company is obtained prior to such date), none of the restrictions contained in this Agreement with respect to transfers of Shares shall apply: (i) to any transfer by any Stockholder to any spouse, child, parent, sibling or grandchild of such Stockholder, or by any of such relatives to such Stockholder or to any one or more of such relatives, or by any Stockholder or any such relatives to a trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or limited liability partnership, all of the beneficial interests in which shall be held by such Stockholder or one or more of such relatives; (ii) to any transfer to a legal representative of any Stockholder in the event such Stockholder becomes mentally incompetent; (iii) to any transfer by will or the laws of descent; or (iv) to any transfer by any Stockholder to an Affiliate of such Stockholder; provided that, in the case of each transfer qualifying under one of clauses (i) through (iv) above, each Transferee (including executors and administrators of a Stockholder, a Permitted Transferee) agrees to take the Shares transferred to it subject to and to comply with the provisions of this Agreement. For the purposes hereof, the Permitted Transferees of a Stockholder shall include the Permitted Transferees of such Stockholders Permitted Transferees.
Section 3.2. Legend on Certificates. Each outstanding certificate representing Shares that are subject to this Agreement (if certificates are issued for Shares) shall bear a legend reading substantially as follows:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT, WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AS AMENDED (THE ACT), AND IN RELIANCE UPON THE HOLDERS REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH SHARES WERE BEING ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT FOR RESALE. NO TRANSFER OF SUCH SHARES MAY BE MADE ON THE BOOKS OF THE COMPANY UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT (AS CONFIRMED, IF REASONABLY REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, BY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY) OR SUCH SHARES HAVE BEEN SO REGISTERED UNDER A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH IS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER.
THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBRANCE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF AN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MAY 31, 2002, AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED IN THE SIGNATURE PAGES THERETO, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY.
The restrictions referred to in the first paragraph of the foregoing legend shall cease and terminate as to any particular Share when such Share shall have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and sold by the holder thereof in accordance with such registration or sold under and pursuant to Rule 144 or is eligible to be sold under and pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule 144. The restrictions referred to in second paragraph of the foregoing legend shall cease and terminate as to any particular Share when the provisions of this Agreement are no longer applicable to such Share or this Agreement shall have terminated in accordance with its terms. Whenever such restrictions shall cease and terminate as to any Shares, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense (other than applicable transfer taxes, if any), new certificates representing such Shares of like tenor not bearing the legend set forth in the applicable paragraph set forth above; provided that, with respect to the first paragraph of the foregoing legend, the Company may reasonably request an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that no such legend is required under the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
Section 3.3. Involuntary Transfers. If a Stockholder involuntarily transfers (other than by operation of law) directly or indirectly any or all of its Shares for any reason in violation of this Agreement and such transfer is not to a Permitted Transferee, such transfer will be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a transferee receives Shares by operation of law and such transferee is not reasonably satisfactory to the board of directors of the Company, the transferor shall arrange for a transfer of such Shares to a transferee reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
ARTICLE IV
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Section 4.1. Right to Include Registrable Securities. (a) If at any time following an initial Public Offering of the Companys securities, the Company proposes to effect a Piggyback Registration, it will give prompt written notice (a Notice of Piggyback Registration) to the Stockholders of its intention to do so and of such Stockholders rights under this Article IV to participate in such Piggyback Registration, which Notice of Piggyback Registration shall include a description of the intended method of disposition of such securities. If any such Stockholder delivers a Request for Registration to the Company within 15 days after such Stockholder receives a Notice of Piggyback Registration, the Company will use its best efforts to include in the registration statement relating to such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at any time after giving a Notice of Piggyback Registration and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Stockholder and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith) and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registration, shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities.
(b) Registration Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with each Piggyback Registration.
(c) Priority in Cutback Registrations. (i) If a Piggyback Registration becomes a Cutback Registration and such registration as initially proposed by the Company was solely a primary registration of its securities, the Company will include in such registration to the extent of the amount of the securities which the Managing Underwriter advises the Company can be sold in such offering without a reduction in the selling price anticipated to be received for the securities to be sold in such Public Offering: (A) first, any securities proposed by the Company to be sold for its own account, (B) second, the Registrable Securities included in the Requests for Registration of Requesting Stockholders, pro rata in proportion to the respective numbers of securities included in such requests and (C) third, any other shares of common stock of the Company. Any securities excluded shall be withdrawn from and shall not be included in such Piggyback Registration.
(ii) If a Piggyback Registration becomes a Cutback Registration and such registration as initially proposed by the Company was in whole or in part requested by holders of securities of the Company, pursuant to demand registration rights, the Company will include in such registration to the extent of the amount of the securities which the Managing Underwriter advises the Company can be sold in such offering without a reduction in the selling price
anticipated to be received for the securities to be sold in such Public Offering, (A) first, such securities held by the holders initiating such registration and, if applicable, any securities proposed by the Company to be sold for its own account, allocated in accordance with the priorities then existing among the Company and such holders, and (B) second, any Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Requests for Registration of Requesting Stockholders, pro rata in proportion to the respective numbers of securities included in such requests and (C) third, any other shares of common stock of the Company. Any securities excluded shall be withdrawn from and shall not be included in such Piggyback Registration.
Section 4.2. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, the Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof specified by the Stockholders participating therein. Without limiting the foregoing (and subject to its rights under Section 4.1 hereof not to register or to delay registration of Registrable Securities), the Company in each such case will, as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission the requisite registration statement to effect such registration (including such audited financial statements as may be required by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective within 120 days of the initial filing thereof; provided, that as far in advance as practicable before filing such registration statement or any amendment thereto, the Company will furnish to counsel for the Requesting Stockholders copies of reasonably complete drafts of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits), and any such Stockholder shall have the opportunity to object to any information pertaining solely to such Stockholder that is contained therein, and the Company will make the corrections reasonably requested by such Stockholder with respect to such information prior to filing any such registration statement or amendment;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and any prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities included in such registration statement, in accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof, until the earlier of (i) such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement and (ii) 180 days after such registration statement becomes effective;
(c) promptly notify each Requesting Stockholder and the underwriter or underwriters, if any:
(i) when such registration statement or any prospectus used in connection therewith, or any amendment or supplement thereto, has been filed and, with respect to such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective;
(ii) of any written request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such registration statement or prospectus;
(iii) of the notification to the Company by the Commission of its initiation of any proceeding with respect to the issuance by the Commission of, or of the issuance by the Commission of, any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement; and
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction;
(d) furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits and documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act relating to such holders Registrable Securities, and such other documents, as such holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of its Registrable Securities;
(e) use its best efforts to register or qualify all Registrable Securities included in such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as each holder thereof shall reasonably request and to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such registration statement remains in effect, and take any other action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such holder, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required (i) to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this paragraph (e) be obligated to be so qualified, (ii) to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) to consent to general service of process in any jurisdiction;
(f) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable each holder thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(g) to the extent any of the following are obtained by or furnished to the Company or the underwriters, furnish to each Requesting Stockholder a signed counterpart, addressed to such Requesting Stockholder (and the underwriters, if any), of
(i) an opinion of counsel for the Company, dated the effective date of such registration statement (or, if such registration includes an underwritten Public Offering, dated the date of any closing under the underwriting agreement), reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Stockholder and its counsel, and
(ii) a comfort letter, dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten Public Offering, dated the date of any closing under the underwriting agreement), signed by the independent public accountants who have certified the Companys financial statements included in such registration statement,
in each case covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of the accountants letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuers counsel and in accountants letters delivered to the underwriters in underwritten Public Offerings of securities and, in the case of the accountants letter, such other financial matters as such Stockholder (or the underwriters, if any) may reasonably request;
(h) notify each Stockholder whose Registrable Securities are included in such registration statement, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which any 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 necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and at the request of any such Stockholder promptly prepare and furnish to such Stockholder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(i) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its securityholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first full calendar month after the effective date of such registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder;
(j) make available for inspection by any Requesting Stockholder, any underwriter participating in any distribution pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Stockholder or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company reasonably necessary to enable such Persons to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Companys officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement;
(k) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities included in such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement; and
(l) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in such registration statement to be listed, upon official notice of issuance, on any securities exchange on which any of the securities of the same class as the Registrable Securities are then listed.
The Company may require each Stockholder whose Registrable Securities are being registered to, and each such Stockholder, as a condition to including Registrable Securities in such registration, shall, furnish the Company and the underwriters with such information and affidavits regarding such Stockholder and the distribution of such securities as the Company and the underwriters may from time to time reasonably request in writing in connection with such registration.
Upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in paragraph (h) of this Section 4.2, each Stockholder will forthwith discontinue such Stockholders disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement relating to such Registrable Securities until such Stockholder receives the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by paragraph (h) of this Section 4.2 and, if so directed by the Company, shall deliver to the Company (at the Companys expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Stockholders possession of the prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the period referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) of this Section 4.2 shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days during the period from and including the giving of notice pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 4.2 and to and including the date when each Stockholder whose Registrable Securities are included in such registration statement receives the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by paragraph (h) of this Section 4.2.
Section 4.3. Underwritten Offerings. If the Company at any time proposes to register any of its securities in a Piggyback Registration and such securities are to be distributed by or through one or more underwriters, the Company will, subject to the provisions of Section 4.1(c), use its best efforts, if requested by any Stockholder whose Registrable Securities are included in such registration, to arrange for such underwriters to include the Registrable Securities to be offered and sold by such Stockholder among the securities to be distributed by such underwriters, and such Stockholders shall be obligated to sell their Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Registration through such underwriters on the same terms and conditions as apply to the other Company securities to be sold by such underwriters in connection with such Piggyback Registration. The Stockholders whose Registrable Securities are to be distributed by such underwriters shall be parties to the underwriting agreement between the Company and such underwriter or underwriters if requested by the Managing Underwriter. No Requesting Stockholder may participate in such underwritten offering unless such Stockholder agrees, if requested by the Managing Underwriter, to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in such underwriting agreement and completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
agreement. If any Requesting Stockholder disapproves of the terms of an underwriting, such Stockholder may elect to withdraw therefrom and from such registration by notice to the Company and the Managing Underwriter, and each of the remaining Requesting Stockholders shall be entitled to increase the number of Registrable Securities being registered to the extent of the Registrable Securities so withdrawn (i) in the case of a Cutback Registration, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 4.1(c) and (ii) in all other cases in the proportion which the number of Registrable Securities being registered by such remaining Requesting Stockholder bears to the total number of Registrable Securities being registered by all such remaining Requesting Stockholders.
Section 4.4. Holdback Agreements. Unless the Managing Underwriter (or, in the case of a non-underwritten Public Offering, the Company) otherwise agrees, no Stockholder shall effect any public sale or distribution (including a sale under Rule 144) of any Registrable Securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Registrable Securities, during the period beginning on the third business day prior to and ending on the 180th day after the effective date of any registration statement filed by the Company in connection with an initial Public Offering (or for such shorter period of time as is sufficient and appropriate, in the opinion of the Managing Underwriter (or, in the case of a non-underwritten initial Public Offering, the Company), in order to complete the sale and distribution of the securities included in such registration), except as part of such registration statement, whether or not such Stockholder participates in such registration.
Section 4.5. Form S-3 Registration. In case the Company shall receive from any Stockholder or Stockholders a written request or requests that the Company effect a registration (a Form S-3 Registration) on Form S-3 or any successor or similar form promulgated under the Securities Act (Form S-3) and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Stockholder or Stockholders, the Company shall:
(a) promptly give written notice of the proposed Form S-3 Registration and any related qualification or compliance to all other Stockholders; and
(b) as soon as practicable effect such Form S-3 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 Stockholders or Stockholders Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Stockholder or Stockholders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within twenty (20) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided, however, that, the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such Form S-3 Registration, qualification or compliance, (i) if Form S-3 is not then available for such offering by Stockholders; (ii) if the Stockholders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such Form S-3 Registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters discounts or commissions) of less than $20 million; (iii) if the Company shall furnish to the Stockholders a certificate signed by the president of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Form S-3 Registration, qualification and compliance to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Stockholder or Stockholders under this Section 4.5; provided, however, that the Company shall not utilize the foregoing right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; or (iv) 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 Form S-3 Registration, qualification or compliance.
The Company shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with any Form S-3 Registration with respect to up to two (2) such registrations per calendar year, including (without limitation) all registration, filing, qualification, printers and accounting fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the selling Stockholder or Stockholders. With respect to any additional Form S-3 Registrations requested pursuant to this Section 4.5, all expenses incurred in connection therewith, including (without limitation) all registration, filing, qualification, printers and accounting fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the selling Stockholder or Stockholders shall be borne by the holders of such securities pro rata on the basis of the number of shares so registered.
Section 4.6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, to the full extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless each seller of Registrable Securities included in any registration statement filed in connection with a Piggyback Registration or a Form S-3 Registration (each a Covered Registration), its directors, officers, and partners, and each other Person, if any, who controls any such seller within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, joint or several (together, Losses), to which such seller or any such director, officer, partner or controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any such registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and the Company will reimburse such seller and each such director, officer, partner and controlling Person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss (or action or proceeding in respect thereof); provided, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such seller specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation thereof, or (ii) such sellers failure to send or give a copy of the final prospectus to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the
sale of Registrable Securities to such Person if such statement or omission was corrected in such final prospectus. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such seller or any such director, officer, partner or controlling Person, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such seller. The Company shall also indemnify each other Person who participates (including as an underwriter) in the offering or sale of Registrable Securities, their officers and directors, and partners, and each other Person, if any, who controls any such participating Person within the meaning of the Securities Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to sellers of Registrable Securities.
(b) Indemnification by the Stockholders. Each Stockholder whose Registrable Securities are included in any registration statement filed in connection with a Covered Registration, as a condition to including Registrable Securities in such registration statement, shall, to the full extent permitted by law, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, and each other Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any Losses to which the Company or any such director or officer or controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of any material fact contained in any such registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, if such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Stockholder specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation of such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement; provided that the obligation of such Stockholder to provide indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall be limited in amount to the net proceeds received by such Stockholder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Covered Registration. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling Person and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Stockholder.
(c) Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a claim referred to in the preceding paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 4.6, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an Indemnifying Party pursuant to such paragraphs, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 4.6, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is brought against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in and, unless, in the reasonable judgment of any Indemnified Party, a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party exists with respect to such claim, to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and after notice
from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided that the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at the Indemnified Partys expense; and provided further, that the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Parties shall have the right to employ one counsel to represent it or them if, in the reasonable judgment of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Parties, it is advisable for it or them to be represented by separate counsel by reason of having legal defenses which are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses of such one counsel shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim, it will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for the Indemnified Parties with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any Indemnified Party a conflict of interest may exist between such Indemnified Party and any other Indemnified Parties with respect to such claim, in which event the Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of such additional counsel for the Indemnified Parties or counsels. No Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement without the consent of the Indemnified Party which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. No Indemnifying Party shall be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnity and reimbursement obligation provided for in any paragraph of this Section 4.6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) 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 statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, that the aggregate contribution of a Stockholder whose Registrable Securities are included in a Covered Registration shall be limited to the net proceeds received by such Stockholder from the sale of such Registrable Securities. The relative fault 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 the Indemnified Party and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph. The amount paid by an Indemnified Party as a result of the Losses referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be deemed to include any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any Loss which is the subject of this paragraph.
No Indemnified Party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from the Indemnifying Party if the Indemnifying Party was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) Other Indemnification. Indemnification similar to that specified in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 4.6 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each seller of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation of any governmental authority other than the Securities Act. The provisions of this Section 4.6 shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution which an Indemnified Party may have pursuant to law, equity, contract or otherwise.
(f) Indemnification Payments. The indemnification required by this Section 4.6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Losses are incurred.
Section 4.7. Covenants Relating to Rule 144. If at any time after an initial Public Offering the Company is required to file reports in compliance with either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will (a) file reports in compliance with the Exchange Act, (b) comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission applicable in connection with the use of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and take such other actions and furnish each Stockholder with such other information as such Stockholder may request in order to avail itself of such rule or any other rule or regulation of the Commission allowing such Stockholder to sell any Registrable Securities without registration, and (c) at the Companys expense, forthwith upon the request of any Stockholder, deliver to such Stockholder a certificate, signed by the Companys principal financial officer, stating (i) the Companys name, address and telephone number (including area code), (ii) the Companys Internal Revenue Service identification number, (iii) the Companys Commission file number, (iv) the number of shares of each class of stock outstanding as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the Company, and (v) whether the Company has complied with the conditions specified in Rule 144(c)(1) under the Securities Act. If at any time the Company is not required to file reports in compliance with either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company at its expense will, forthwith upon the written request of the Stockholder of any Registrable Securities, make available adequate current public information with respect to the Company within the meaning of paragraph (c)(2) of Rule 144.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1. Amendment; Termination. This Agreement shall not be modified or amended except by a writing duly executed by or on behalf of the Company and the Stockholders holding two-thirds of the Shares then held by all Stockholders. This Agreement shall terminate upon (i) the mutual written agreement of the Company and the Stockholders holding two-thirds of the Shares then held by Stockholders, (ii) as to a particular Stockholder the date on which such Stockholder and its Affiliates do not beneficially own any Class A Common Stock, (iii) the date of consummation of any consolidation of the Company with or merger of the
Company into any other corporation or merger of any other corporation into the Company if, immediately thereafter, the Stockholders and their Affiliates hold, in the aggregate, capital stock representing less than a majority of the voting power of such corporation or (iv) the date that is two (2) years following an initial Public Offering, if not earlier terminated hereunder.
Section 5.2. Notices. All notices to be given by any party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, by first class or registered mail, five (5) Business Days after mailing by first class mail or if telecopied or delivered by hand or reputable overnight courier, when confirmation is received, in each case as follows: (i) in the case of any Stockholder, to such Stockholder at its address set forth in the stock ledger of the Company and (ii) in the case of the Company, to:
International Securities Exchange, Inc.
60 Broad Street
New York, New York
Attn: Michael Simon, Esq.
The parties may change their respective addresses for purposes of notice hereunder by giving notice of such change to all other parties in the manner provided in this Section 5.2.
Section 5.3. Binding Effect. This Agreement supersedes all prior negotiations, statements and agreements of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto. If any Transferee of any Stockholder shall acquire any Shares in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Shares shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Shares such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, provided, that Shares which have been distributed in a registered Public Offering or sold under Rule 144 to Persons other than Stockholders shall no longer be subject to this Agreement.
Section 5.4. Complete Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agreement among the Stockholders and the Company with respect to the matters set forth herein, and the parties hereto acknowledge that there have been no representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by any party hereto other than those contained in this Agreement. It is recognized that certain Stockholders have entered into a Subscription Agreement with the Company, which remains in full force and effect.
Section 5.5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be executed by or on behalf of the Company and one or more Stockholders and all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement.
Section 5.6. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Stockholders accepts, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in New York.
Section 5.7. Injunctive Relief. It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be impossible to measure in money the damages that would be suffered if the parties to this Agreement fail to comply with any of the obligations imposed on them by this Agreement and that in the event of any such failure, an aggrieved Person will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Any such Person shall, therefore, be entitled to injunctive relief, including specific performance, to enforce such obligations, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.
Section 5.8. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in such jurisdiction or the validity, legality or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section 5.9. Recapitalization, etc. In the event that any capital stock or other securities are issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of, any Shares by reason of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, spin-off, partial or complete liquidation, stock dividend, split-up, sale of assets, distribution to Stockholders or combination of the Shares or any other change in the Companys capital structure, appropriate adjustments shall be made to the provisions of this Agreement so as to fairly and equitably preserve, as far as practicable, the original rights and obligations of the parties hereto under this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, have hereunto set their respective hands as of the day and year first above written.
THE COMPANY: | ||
INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ MICHAEL SIMON | |
Secretary | ||
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Schedule of Signatories to Stockholders Agreement, dated May 31, 2002
Stockholder, as on Ledger
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Executing Signatory
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Krell, David
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David Krell
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Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
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Richard R. Lindsey
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Bear Wagner Specialists LLC
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Michael L. Winchell
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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Scott Prince
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Strategic Investments I. Inc.
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R. Sheldon Johnson
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DB US Financial Markets Holding Corporation
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Thomas A. Curtis, Stuart Clarke
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
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J. C. Pinilla
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Katz, Gary
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Gary Katz
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Scottrade, Inc.
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Rodger Riney
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SLK-Hull Derivatives LLC
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Scott Prince
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Wolverine Trading, L.P.
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James V. Harkness
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771 Venture
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Maureen Browne
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Colin Family Trust
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Roberta Colin
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Continental Capital Corporation
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Stephen Herrick
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Dahl, Kristin M.
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Kristin Dahl
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E*Trade Group, Inc.
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Leonard C. Purkis
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Idle Day Associates, L.P.
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Linda Azzara
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Laris, Tom
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Tom Laris
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Robert D. & Nancy D. Murie Inter Vivos
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Robert D. Murie, Nancy D. Murie
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Paugh, Robert L. & Kaye P.
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Kaye Paugh
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Petty, Richard K. & Christine S.
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Christine Petty
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Petty, Scott R. & Stephenie
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Scott Petty
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Porter, Kelly R. & Christina
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Kelly Porter, Christina Porter
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Porter, Scott R.
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Scott R. Porter
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Porter 1997 Grandchildrens Trust
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Susan Porter
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Randall, Lewis E. & Martha E. Randall Living Trust
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Lewis E. Randall, Martha E. Randall
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Geoffrey T. & Sarita A. Skidmore as Trustees of the Skidmore Family Trust date 12/15/98
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Geoffrey T. Skidmore, Sarita A. Skidmore
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Skidmore, Edward A.
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Edward A. Skidmore
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Skidmore, Geoffrey T. Jr.
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Geoffrey T. Skidmore
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Yaley Revocable Trust dated 12/10/87
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Thomas J. Yaley, Patricia J. Yaley
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Ackerman, Kenneth J.
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Kenneth J. Ackerman
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Ameritrade Holding Corporation
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Kurt D. Halvorson
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DAP & Co.
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Andrew DaPonte
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Happ, William & Roxann Revocable Living Trust
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William D. Happ, Roxanne Happ
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Herzog, Heine & Geduld, Inc.
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Kenneth Bradley
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Hull, M. Blair
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M. Blair Hull
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Lehman Brothers Inc.
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Chris B. Kapsaroff
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Leighton, John P.
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John P. Leighton
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Mercorella, Anthony J. & Maria Mercorella
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Anthony Mercorella, Maria Mercorella
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Rainier Investments Inc.
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Dag Enerskog, Joakim Roslund
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Pasternack, Kenneth |
Kenneth Pasternack
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Scottsdale Securities Inc. |
Rodger Riney
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Semel, Sandra |
Sandra Semel
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Trimark Investment Inc. |
Robert Lazarowitz
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Zipper, Bradley |
Bradley Zipper
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White, Thomas F., 1991 Trust |
Thomas F. White
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Angle Family 2002 Trust |
Robert T. Angle
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Barber, Richard W. |
Richard W. Barber
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Bolgatz, Michael |
Michael Bolgatz
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Bear Stearns ATP LLC |
Marshall J. Levinson
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Heckert, G.P. Family Trust |
Gerald P. Heckert, Claudette E. Heckert
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Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. |
Ted Perkowski
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Lewke, William |
William Lewke
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PCG Inc. Profit Sharing Plan |
Philip Gevas
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Adirondack Trading Partners LLC |
Bruce Ungar
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
William C. Caccamise
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Golden, Andrew |
Andrew Golden
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Goodman, Keith |
Keith Goodman
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Hayter, George |
George Hayter
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Martel, Christopher |
Christopher Martel
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Mercorella, Robert |
Robert Mercorella
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Seltzer, Jeffrey L. |
Jeffrey L. Seltzer
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Ungar, Bruce B. |
Bruce Ungar
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Krell, David & Barbara |
Krell, David
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Randall, Lewis E. & Martha E. Randall
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Lewis E. Randall, Martha E. Randall
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Haeckl Family Trust date 8/28/91
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Fred Haekl
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Pensco Trust Co. Custodian
f/b/o James L.
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James L. DAmico
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KAP Group, LLC
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Marty Averbuch
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Exhibit 99.4
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
among
INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC.
and
THE STOCKHOLDERS
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement (this Agreement), effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), among International Securities Exchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the Stockholders. Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement have the meaning ascribed to them in the Stockholders Agreement (the Stockholders Agreement), dated May 31, 2002 among the Company and the Stockholders.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to effect an underwritten IPO (as defined below);
WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the Company and Selling Stockholders (as defined below) severally propose to sell Shares to the Underwriters (as defined below) who are party to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) to be entered into among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Stockholders desire to amend the Stockholders Agreement to, among other things, provide for certain lock-up arrangements in connection with the IPO; and
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted certain common stock ownership concentration and voting limitations as required by the Commission which, under Delaware General Corporation Law, are only binding with respect to securities issued prior to the adoption of such limitations if the holders thereof are parties to an agreement or voted in favor of the limitations.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Restrictions on Transfers; Permitted Transferees. Section 3.1(a) of the Stockholders Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
(a) Each Stockholder hereby agrees that such Stockholder will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer any Shares or solicit any offers to purchase or otherwise acquire or make a pledge of any Shares unless such offer, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other transfer either (x) (i) is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) either is not subject to or complies with the requirements of this Agreement and (iii) either is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and has been registered under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws or is not required to be so registered because of the availability of an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities or blue sky laws; provided, that the availability of such an exemption shall, if reasonably requested by the Company, be confirmed by an opinion of counsel, which opinion of counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company or (y) constitutes a transaction by an
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Underwriter (as defined below) relating to Shares or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the IPO (as defined below).
2. Holdback Agreements. Section 4.4 of the Stockholders Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
(a) Each Stockholder agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (Bear Stearns) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan Stanley) on behalf of the underwriters ( the Underwriters) who are party to the Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) to be entered into among the Company, the Underwriters and certain Stockholders of the Company (the Selling Stockholders), it will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares (the Prospectus) in connection with the Companys initial Public Offering of the Shares (the IPO), (i) 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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares 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 Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) the Shares to be sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (b) transactions by any person relating to Shares or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the IPO, (c) transfers of Shares or any security convertible into Shares as a bona fide gift or gifts or by will or intestacy, including transfers to a trust where the beneficiaries of such trust are comprised solely from a group consisting of the Stockholder or immediate family members of the Stockholder or (d) distributions or transfers of Shares or any security convertible into Shares to limited partners, stockholders or controlled affiliates of the Stockholder; provided, that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (c) or (d), (i) each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto and (ii) the Stockholder shall not be required to, and shall not voluntarily, file a report under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Shares during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence. For purposes of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, immediate family member of a person means the spouse, lineal descendants, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of such person.
Each Stockholder also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Stockholders Shares except in compliance with the restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on
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the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by the foregoing paragraph shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
(b) In the event of an IPO Termination (as defined in Section 5.1), unless a Managing Underwriter (or, in the case of a non-underwritten Public Offering, the Company) otherwise agrees, no Stockholder shall effect any public sale or distribution (including a sale under Rule 144) of any Registrable Securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Registrable Securities, during the period beginning on the third business day prior to and ending on the 180th day after the effective date of any subsequent registration statement filed by the Company in connection with an initial Public Offering (or for such shorter period of time as is sufficient and appropriate, in the opinion of a Managing Underwriter (or, in the case of a non-underwritten initial Public Offering, the Company), in order to complete the sale and distribution of the securities included in such registration), except as part of such registration statement, whether or not such Stockholder participates in such registration.
3. Concentration and Voting Limits. The Stockholders Agreement is amended to add the following new Section 3.4:
Section 3.4. Concentration and Voting Limits. To the extent applicable, each Stockholder hereby agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Companys Constitution and Certificate of Incorporation, as each may be amended or amended and restated from time to time, relating to certain common stock ownership concentration and voting limits with respect to the Shares and each series of Class B common stock of the Company, including specifically Article XIV of the Constitution of the Company and, following the IPO, Article Fourth, Subdivision III of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the relevant excerpt of each of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto).
4. Form S-3 Registration. Section 4.5 of the Stockholders Agreement is amended to add the following two paragraphs to the end of that Section:
Each Selling Stockholder, agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by the foregoing paragraph shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
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5. Amendment; Termination. Section 5.1 of the Stockholders Agreement is amended to add the following paragraphs to the end of that Section:
If the Company (i) withdraws its registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-117145) or (ii) the Underwriting Agreement shall terminate or be terminated, in either case, after the date of the Underwriting Agreement and prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares to be sold in the IPO (clauses (i) and (ii) referred to herein as an IPO Termination), the Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees will be released from their respective obligations under Section 4.4(a), the last two paragraphs of Section 4.5 and the last paragraph of this Section 5.1.
In addition, prior to the termination of the 180-day restricted period (as the same may be extended), referred to in Section 4.4(a), Section 4.4(a), the last two paragraphs of Section 4.5 and Section 5.10 may not be amended without the prior written consent of each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley.
6. No Third Party Beneficiary. The Stockholders Agreement is amended to add the following new Section 5.10:
Section 5.10. No Third Party Beneficiary. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors or permitted assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person; provided, that each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley are entitled to rely upon and may enforce the provisions of Section 4.4(a), the last two paragraphs of Section 4.5 and Section 5.1 for the benefit of the Underwriters.
7. Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement represent the entire agreement among the Stockholders and the Company with respect to the matters set forth herein.
8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be executed by or on behalf of the Company and one or more Stockholders and all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Stockholders accepts, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in New York.
10. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in such jurisdiction or the validity, legality or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
11. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of this Agreement by or on behalf of the Company and the Stockholders holding two-thirds of the Shares then held by all Stockholders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date set forth opposite such undersigneds name.
THE COMPANY:
INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC.
By: |
/s/ MICHAEL SIMON |
Dated: November 18, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Michael Simon |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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Stockholders |
Date of Execution | |||||||||
David Krell |
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By: | /s/ DAVID KRELL |
November 30, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
David Krell |
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Title: |
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Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. |
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By: | /s/ RICHARD R. LINDSEY |
December 7, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Richard R. Lindsey |
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Title: |
Senior Managing Director |
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Bear Wagner Specialists LLC |
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By: | /s/ DONNA SABATINI |
December 2, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Donna Sabatini |
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Title: |
CFO |
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Strategic Investments I, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ HARIHARAN AIYAR |
December 7, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Hariharan Aiyar |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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By: | /s/ RICHARD B. WESTON |
December 6, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Richard B. Weston |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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Gary Katz |
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By: | /s/ GARY KATZ |
November 29, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Gary Katz |
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Title: |
COO, International Securities Exchange |
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Gregory P. Gilgenast, Gilgenast Holdings, LLC |
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By: | /s/ GREGORY GILGENAST |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Gregory Gilgenast |
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Title: |
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Roger R. Brodersen, Gilgenast Holdings, LLC |
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By: | /s/ ROGER BRODERSEN |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Roger Brodersen |
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Title: |
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Scottrade, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ RODGER O. RINEY |
December 1, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Rodger O. Riney |
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Title: |
President |
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Wolverine Trading, L.P. |
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By: | /s/ JUDY KULA |
December 8, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Judy Kula |
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Title: |
CFO |
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771 Venture |
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By: | /s/ MAUREEN T. BROWNE |
November 30, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Maureen T. Browne |
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Title: |
Representative of 771 Venture |
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Colin Family Trust |
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By: | /s/ ROBERTA COLIN |
November 29, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Roberta Colin |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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Continental Capital Corporation |
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By: | /s/ STEPHEN HERRICK |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Stephen Herrick |
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Title: |
President |
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Kristin M. Dahl |
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By: | /s/ KRISTIN M. DAHL |
November 29, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Kristin M. Dahl |
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Title: |
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Idle Day Associates, L.P. |
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By: | /s/ MARTY AVERBUCH |
November 24, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Marty Averbuch |
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Title: |
Managing Partner |
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Tom Laris |
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By: |
/s/ TOM LARIS |
November 22, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Tom Laris |
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Title: |
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Robert D. & Nancy D. Murie Inter Vivos Trust dated August 16, 1993 |
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By: | /s/ ROBERT D. MURIE, NANCY D. MURIE |
December 6, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Robert D. Murie, Nancy D. Murie |
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Title: |
Trustees |
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Robert L. & Kaye P. Paugh |
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By: | /s/ ROBERT L. PAUGH, KAYE P. PAUGH |
November 26, 2004 | ||||||||
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Robert L. Paugh, Kaye P. Paugh |
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Richard K. & Christine S. Petty |
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By: | /s/ RICHARD K. PETTY, CHRISTINE S. PETTY |
December 5, 2004 | ||||||||
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Richard K. Petty, Christine S. Petty |
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Scott R. & Stephenie Petty |
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By: | /s/ SCOTT R. PETTY, STEPHENIE PETTY |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
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Scott R. Petty, Stephenie Petty |
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Kelly R. & Christina Porter |
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By: | /s/ KELLY PORTER, CHRISTINA PORTER |
December 1, 2004 | ||||||||
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Kelly Porter, Christina Porter |
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Scott R. Porter |
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By: | /s/ SCOTT R. PORTER |
November 22, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Scott R. Porter |
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Porter 1997 Grandchildrens Trust |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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Lewis E. Randall & Martha E. Randall Living Trust |
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By: | /s/ LEWIS E. RANDALL |
November 22, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Lewis E. Randall |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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Geoffrey T. & Sarita A. Skidmore as Trustees of the Skidmore Family Trust date 12/15/98 | ||||||||||
By: | /s/ GEOFFREY T. SKIDMORE, SARITA A. SKIDMORE |
November 29, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Geoffrey T. Skidmore, Sarita A. Skidmore |
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Title: |
Trustees |
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Edward A. Skidmore |
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By: | /s/ EDWARD A. SKIDMORE |
November 30, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Edward A. Skidmore |
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Title: |
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Geoffrey T. Skidmore Jr. |
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By: |
/s/ GEOFFREY T. SKIDMORE JR. |
November 27, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Geoffrey T. Skidmore Jr. |
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Title: |
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Yaley Revocable Trust dated 12/10/87 |
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By: |
/s/ THOMAS J. YALEY SR., PATRICIA J. YALEY |
November 25, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Thomas J. Yaley Sr., Patricia J. Yaley |
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Title: |
Trustees |
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Kenneth J. Ackerman |
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By: |
/s/ KENNETH J. ACKERMAN |
November 22, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Kenneth J. Ackerman |
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Title: |
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Ameritrade Holding Corporation |
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By: | /s/ KURT D. HALVORSON |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Kurt D. Halvorson |
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Title: |
EVP and CAO |
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DAP & Co. |
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By: | /s/ ANDREW DAPONTE |
December 13, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Andrew DaPonte |
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Title: |
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William & Roxann Happ Revocable Living Trust |
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By: | /s/ WILLIAM HAPP, ROXANN M HAPP |
November 27, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
William Happ, Roxann M. Happ |
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Title: |
Trustees |
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Herzog, Heine & Geduld, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ KENNETH BRADLEY |
December 8, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Kenneth Bradley |
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Title: |
VP, CFO |
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M. Blair Hull |
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By: |
/s/ M. B. HULL |
December 6, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
M. B. Hull |
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Title: |
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Lehman Brothers Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ PATRICK WHALEN |
December 8, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Patrick Whalen |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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John P. Leighton |
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By: |
/s/ JOHN P. LEIGHTON |
November 22, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
John P. Leighton |
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Title: |
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Anthony J. Mercorella & Maria Mercorella |
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By: | /s/ ANTHONY MERCORELLA, MARIA MERCORELLA |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Anthony Mercorella, Maria Mercorella |
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Title: |
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Rainier Investments Inc. |
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By: | /s/ ROLAND TIBELL |
December 14, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Roland Tibell |
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Title: |
President |
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Kenneth Pasternack |
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By: | /s/ KENNETH PASTERNACK |
November 25, 2004 | ||
Name: Kenneth Pasternack |
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Title: |
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Scottsdale Securities Inc. |
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By: | /s/ RODGER O. RINEY |
December 1, 2004 | ||
Name: Rodger O. Riney |
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Title: President, Scottrade, Inc. |
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Sandra Semel |
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By: | /s/ SANDRA SEMEL |
November 27, 2004 | ||
Name: Sandra Semel |
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Title: |
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Trimark Investment Inc. |
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By: | /s/ ROBERT LAZAROWITZ |
December 10, 2004 | ||
Name: Robert Lazarowitz |
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Title: SVP |
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Bradley Zipper |
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By: | /s/ BRADLEY ZIPPER |
December 10, 2004 | ||
Name: Bradley Zipper |
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Title: |
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Thomas F. White, 1991 Trust |
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By: | /s/ MICHAEL BOLGATZ |
November 26, 2004 | ||
Name: Michael Bolgatz |
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Title: ROA for Thomas White |
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Angle Family 2002 Trust |
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By: | /s/ ROBERT T. ANGLE |
December 10, 2004 | ||
Name: Robert T. Angle |
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Title: Trustee |
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Richard W. Barber |
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By: |
/s/ RICHARD W. BARBER |
November 26, 2004 | ||
Name: Richard W. Barber |
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Title: |
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Michael Bolgatz |
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By: |
/s/ Michael Bolgatz |
November 26, 2004 | ||
Name: Michael Bolgatz |
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Title: |
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Bear Stearns ATP LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Steven L. Begleiter |
November 29, 2004 | ||
Name: Steven L. Begleiter |
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Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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G.P. Heckert Family Trust |
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By: |
/s/ GERALD P. HECKERT |
December 3, 2004 | ||
Name: Gerald P. Heckert |
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Title: Trustee |
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Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ JAMES D. NOLAN, JR. |
December 10, 2004 | ||
Name: James D. Nolan, Jr. |
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Title: Executive Vice President |
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William Lewke |
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By: |
/s/ WILLIAM LEWKE |
November 23, 2004 | ||
Name: William Lewke |
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Title: |
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PCG Inc. Profit Sharing Plan |
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By: |
/s/ Philip Gevas |
November 23, 2004 | ||
Name: Philip Gevas |
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Title: President |
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Adirondack Trading Partners LLC |
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By: |
/s/ JEFFREY L. SELTZER |
November 23, 2004 | ||
Name: Jeffrey L. Seltzer |
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Title: Executive Vice President |
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
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By: |
/s/ MATTHEW D. FRYMIER |
December 6, 2004 | ||
Name: Matthew D. Frymier |
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Title: Principal |
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Andrew Golden |
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By: |
/s/ ANDREW GOLDEN |
November 27, 2004 | ||
Name: Andrew Golden |
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Title: |
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Keith Goodman |
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By: |
/s/ KEITH GOODMAN |
December 6, 2004 | ||
Name:Keith Goodman |
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Title: |
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George Hayter |
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By: |
/s/ GEORGE HAYTER |
November 29, 2004 | ||
Name: George Hayter |
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Title: |
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Christopher Martel |
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By: |
/s/ CHRISTOPHER C. MARTEL |
December 1, 2004 | ||
Name: Christopher C. Martel |
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Title: |
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Robert Mercorella |
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By: |
/s/ ROBERT MERCORELLA |
November 27, 2004 | ||
Name: Robert Mercorella |
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Title: |
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Jeffrey L. Seltzer |
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By: |
/s/ JEFFREY SELTZER |
November 23, 2004 | ||
Name: Jeffrey Seltzer |
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Title: |
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Bruce B. Ungar |
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By: |
/s/ BRUCE B. UNGAR |
November 28, 2004 | ||
Name: Bruce B. Ungar |
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Title: |
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David & Barbara Krell |
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By: |
/s/ DAVID KRELL |
November 30, 2004 | ||
Name: David Krell |
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Title: |
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Lewis E. Randall & Martha E. Randall |
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By: |
/s/ LEWIS E. RANDALL, MARTHA E. RANDALL |
November 22, 2004 | ||
Name: Lewis E. Randall, Martha E. Randall |
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Title: |
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Haeckl Family Trust date 8/28/91 |
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By: |
/s/ FRED HAECKL |
November 23, 2004 | ||
Name: Fred Haeckl |
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Title: Trustee |
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Pensco Trust Co. Custodian f/b/o James L. |
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DAmico Roth IRA Account DI-062 |
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By: |
/s/ JOHN BEATER |
November 30, 2004 | ||
Name: John Beater |
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Title: Vice President |
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Katz & Associates, L.P. |
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By: |
/s/ GARY KATZ |
November 29, 2004 | ||
Name: Gary Katz |
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Title: COO, International Securities Exchange |
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The Porter GC 1997 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Matthew B. Porter |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Porter GC 1997 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Amy L. Porter |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Porter GC 1997 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Juliet P. Porter |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Porter GC 1997 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Jacqueline K. Porter |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Porter GC 1997 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Morgan T. Keeler |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Porter GC 1997 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Devin M. Keeler |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Lauren Rebecca Keeler 2002 Irrevocable Trust |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Amber Delilah Keeler 2002 Irrevocable Trust |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Samual Tyler Keeler 2002 Irrevocable Trust |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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The Porter GC 1997 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Victoria E. Porter |
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By: | /s/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Agent |
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Porter Revocable Trust dated 8/15/98 |
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By: | /s/ W. A. PORTER |
December 1, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
W. A. Porter |
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Title: |
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William F. Taylor and Jane P. Taylor, Trustees for the Taylor Family Trust, dated 3/13/03 |
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By: | /s/ JANE P. TAYLOR |
December 1, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Jane P. Taylor |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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Nancy B. Graham and Tracy F. Henderson, or their successors, Trustees of the Graham Bypass Trust |
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By: | /s/ Tracy F. Henderson |
December 2, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Tracy F. Henderson |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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The Holmes Trust |
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By: | /s/ LINDA H. CALLIHAN |
November 30, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Linda Callihan |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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The Linda Callihan Family Trust |
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By: | /S/ LINDA H. CALLIHAN |
November 30, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Linda Callihan |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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Jack Eizikovitz |
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By: | /s/ JACK EIZIKOVITZ |
December 1, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Jack Eizikovitz |
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Title: |
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Eli Katz |
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By: | /s/ ELI KATZ |
December 1, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Eli Katz |
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Title: |
||||||||||
KFP Holdings I LLC |
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By: | /s/ ANDREW M. GREENSTEIN |
December 7, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Andrew M. Greenstein |
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Title: |
Director, Corporate Counsel, Manager and Assistant Secretary |
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Wayne H. Heldt Separate Property Revocable Trust UA Dated 1/28/04 |
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By: | /S/ WAYNE H. HELDT |
November 30, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Wayne H. Heldt |
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Title: |
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Diane F. Lee Separate Property Revocable Trust UA dated 3/10/99 |
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By: | /S/ DIANE F. LEE |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Diane F. Lee |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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Caesar Ventures LLC |
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By: | /S/ STEPHEN B. HERRICK |
November 23, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Stephen B. Herrick |
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Title: |
Manager |
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KAP Group, LLC |
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By: | /S/ MARTY AVERBUCH |
November 24, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Marty Averbuch |
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Title: |
President |
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William A. Porter III and Susan H. Porter, Trustees or Successor Trustee of the Barry & Susan Porter Revocable Trust U/A/D 3/13/98 |
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By: | /S/ SUSAN PORTER |
November 28, 2004 | ||||||||
Name: |
Susan Porter |
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Title: |
Trustee |
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Lock-up Letter
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Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Banc of America Securities LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
UBS Securities LLC
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Stockholders Agreement dated as of May 31, 2002 among the Company and the Stockholders, as amended (the Stockholders Agreement).
Pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, (1) 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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to Shares or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the IPO, (b) transfers of Shares or any security convertible into Shares as a bona fide gift or gifts or by will or intestacy, including transfers to a trust where the beneficiaries of such trust are comprised solely from a group consisting of the undersigned or immediate family members of the undersigned or (c) distributions or transfers of Shares or any security convertible into Shares to limited partners, stockholders or controlled affiliates of the undersigned; provided, that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (b) or (c), (i) each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) the undersigned shall not be required to, and shall not voluntarily, file a report under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Shares during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence. For purposes of clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence, immediate family member of a person means the spouse, lineal descendants, father,
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mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of such person. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigneds Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If:
(1) | during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or |
(2) | prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, |
the restrictions imposed by this letter shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
Very truly yours, |
(Name) |
(Address) |
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EXHIBIT B
Article XIV of the Constitution of the Company
(All capitalized terms used below and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned
them in the Constitution of the Company)
Section 14.1 Concentration Limits on Class B Common Stock. (a) A holder of Class B Common Stock, together with any affiliate, may not own more than twenty percent (20%) of Series B-1 Stock or Series B-2 Stock. The Exchange may establish limitations that further limit the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that may be owned by an individual or entity. Founders shall have a temporary exemption, not to extend past May 26, 2010, from the limitation on ownership contained in this paragraph; provided, however, that Founders shall have no voting rights nor give any proxy in relation to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation, other than a vote related to Core Rights, for any shares in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the Series B-1 Stock or twenty percent (20%) of the Series B-2 Stock; and provided, further, that whether or not a Founder otherwise participates in a meeting in person or by proxy, such Founders Excess Shares shall be counted for quorum purposes and shall be voted by the inspector of elections or other person presiding over quorum and vote matters in the same proportion as the shares of Series B-1 Stock or Series B-2 Stock, as the case may be, held by stockholders other than such Founder are voted (including any abstentions from voting).
(b) A Member, together with any affiliate, may not be approved to exercise the trading rights associated with more than twenty percent (20%) of the Series B-1 Stock, nor more than twenty (20%) of the Series B-2 Stock. The Exchange may establish further limitations relating to the Exchanges approval of a Members ability to effect Exchange Transactions.
Section 14.2 Concentration Limits on Class A Common Stock. (a) In the event that a holder of Class A Common Stock, together with any affiliate as defined in the Corporations Constitution (an Affiliate), owns more than twenty percent (20%) of the Class A Common Stock (shares owned in excess of twenty percent (20%) being referred to as Excess Shares), such holder shall have no voting rights nor give any proxy in relation to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation with respect to the Excess Shares held by such person; provided, however, that whether or not such person otherwise participates in a meeting in person or by proxy, such persons Excess Shares shall be counted for quorum purposes and shall be voted by the inspector of elections or other person presiding over quorum and vote matters in the same proportion as the shares of Class A Common Stock held by stockholders other than such person are voted (including any abstentions from voting). In applying this paragraph:
(i) The Board may approve an exemption to this paragraph for any person other than: (1) a Member; (2) an Affiliate of such Member; or (3) a person that is subject to a statutory disqualification under Section 3(a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(ii) In granting an exemption pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above, the Board must determine that such exemption: (1) would not reasonably be expected to diminish the quality of, or public confidence in, the Corporation; (2) would not
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impair the ability of the Corporation to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices; and (3) would provide just and equitable principles of trade, foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to and facilitating transactions in securities and would assist in the removal of impediments to the perfection of the mechanisms for a free and open market and a national market system.
(b) Founders shall have a temporary exemption, not to extend past May 26, 2010, from the voting limitation on Excess Shares contained in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any vote regarding any merger, consolidation or dissolution of the Corporation or any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.
* * * *
Article Fourth, Subdivision III of the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
(All capitalized terms used below and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned them in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company)
As used in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the term Person shall mean an individual, partnership (general or limited), joint stock company, corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization, or any governmental entity or agency or political subdivision thereof; the term Related Persons shall mean (1) with respect to any Person, all affiliates and associates of such Person (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act); (2) with respect to any Person constituting a Member, any broker or dealer with which such Member is associated; and (3) any two or more Persons that have any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) to act together for the purpose of acquiring, voting, holding or disposing of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation; and the term beneficially owned and derivative or similar words shall have the meaning set forth in Regulation 13DG under the Exchange Act.
(a) Ownership Limits.
(i) No Person either alone or together with its Related Persons, may own, directly or indirectly, of record or beneficially shares of the capital stock (whether common or preferred stock) of the Corporation constituting more than forty percent (40%) of the outstanding shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.
(A) Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to clause (C) below, such restriction shall not apply in the case of any class of preferred stock which shall not have the right by its terms to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or on other matters which may require the approval of the holders of voting shares of the Corporation (other than matters affecting the rights, preferences or privileges of said class of preferred stock).
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(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to clause (C) below, such restriction may be waived by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to an amendment to the Constitution adopted by the Board of Directors, if, in connection with the adoption of such amendment, the Board of Directors in its sole discretion adopts a resolution stating that it is the determination of such Board that such amendment (1) will not impair the ability of the Corporation to carry out its functions and responsibilities as an exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the Exchange Act); (2) is otherwise in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders and (3) will not impair the ability of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) to enforce the Exchange Act, and such amendment shall not be effective until approved by the Commission.
(C) Notwithstanding clauses (A) and (B), above, in any case where a Person either alone or together with its Related Persons would own more than the above percentage limitation upon consummation of any proposed sale, assignment or transfer of the Corporations capital stock, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have determined that such Person and its Related Persons are not subject to any applicable statutory disqualification (within the meaning of Section 3(a)(39) of the Exchange Act).
(D) In making the determinations referred to in clauses (B) and (C), above, the Board of Directors may impose on the Person in question and its Related Persons such conditions and restrictions as it may in its sole discretion deem necessary, appropriate or desirable.
(E) Any Person (and its Related Persons owning any capital stock of the Corporation) which proposes to own, directly or indirectly, of record or beneficially shares of the capital stock (whether common or preferred stock) of the Corporation constituting more than forty percent (40%) of the then outstanding shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, shall have delivered to the Board of Directors of the Corporation a notice in writing, not less than forty-five (45) days (or any shorter period to which said Board shall expressly consent) before the proposed acquisition of shares of capital stock (whether common or preferred) that result in such Person holding more than forty percent (40%) of the then outstanding shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.
(ii) No Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, who is a Member (as such term is defined in the Constitution), may own, directly or indirectly, of record or beneficially shares constituting more than twenty percent (20%) of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.
(iii) Any Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, that at any time owns (whether by acquisition or by a change in the number of shares outstanding) of record or beneficially, whether directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the then outstanding shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, that has the right by its terms to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, shall, immediately upon so owning five percent (5%) or more of the then
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outstanding shares of such stock, give the Board of Directors written notice of such ownership of five percent (5%) or more of the then outstanding shares of any class or series of such stock, which notice shall state: (1) such Persons full legal name; (2) such Persons title or status and the date on which such title or status was acquired; (3) such Persons approximate ownership interest in the Corporation; and (4) whether such Person has the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of the Corporation, whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise.
(iv) Each Person required to provide written notice pursuant to subparagraph (iii) shall update such notice promptly after any change therein; provided that no such updated notice shall be required to be provided to the Board of Directors in the event of an increase or decrease of less than one percent (1%) (of the then outstanding shares of any class or series of capital stock) in the ownership percentage so reported (such increase or decrease to be measured cumulatively from the amount shown on the last such report) unless any increase or decrease of less than one percent (1%) results in such Person so owning more than twenty percent (20%) or more than forty percent (40%) of the shares of any class or series of capital stock then outstanding (at a time when such Person so owned less than such percentages) or such Person so owning less than twenty percent (20%) or less than forty percent (40%) of the shares of any class or series of capital stock then outstanding (at a time when such Person so owned more than such percentages).
(b) Voting Rights. (i) No Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, at any time, may, directly, indirectly or pursuant to any voting trust, agreement, plan or other arrangement, vote or cause the voting of shares of the capital stock (whether such shares be common stock or preferred stock) of the Corporation or give any consent or proxy with respect to shares representing more than twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of any class or series of the then issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation, nor may any Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, enter into any agreement, plan or other arrangement with any other Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, under circumstances which would result in the shares of capital stock of the Corporation which shall be subject to such agreement, plan or other arrangement not being voted on any matter or matters or the withholding of any proxy relating thereto, where the effect of such agreement, plan or other arrangement would be to enable any Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, to vote, possess the right to vote or cause the voting of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation which would, as a result thereof, represent more than twenty percent (20%) of said voting power; provided, however, that such restriction may be waived by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to an amendment to the Constitution adopted by the Board of Directors, if, in connection with the adoption of such amendment, the Board of Directors in its sole discretion adopts a resolution stating that it is the determination of such Board that such amendment will not impair the ability of the Corporation, to carry out its functions and responsibilities as an exchange under the Exchange Act, is otherwise in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders, will not impair the ability of the Commission to enforce the Exchange Act, and that such Person and its Related Persons are not subject to any applicable statutory disqualification (within the meaning of Section 3(a)(39) of the Exchange Act). In making the determinations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, the Board of Directors may impose on the Person in question and its Related Persons such conditions and restrictions as it may in its sole discretion deem necessary, appropriate or desirable. Such amendment shall not be effective until approved by the Commission. Any Person (and its Related Persons owning any capital stock of the Corporation) which proposes to exercise voting rights, or grant any proxies or consents with
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respect to any shares exceeding such twenty percent (20%) limitation shall have delivered to the Board of Directors of the Corporation a notice in writing, not less than forty-five (45) days (or any shorter period to which said Board shall expressly consent) before the proposed exercise of said voting rights or the granting of said proxies or consents, of its intention to do so.
(ii) Subparagraph (b) of subdivision III of Article FOURTH shall not apply to any solicitation of any revocable proxy from any stockholder of the Corporation by the Corporation or by any stockholder of the Corporation that is conducted pursuant to, and in accordance with, Regulation 14A promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation (whether such shares be common stock or preferred stock) not entitled to be voted due to the restrictions set forth in subparagraph (b) of subdivision III of Article FOURTH (and not waived by the Board of Directors and approved by the Commission pursuant to subparagraph (b)(i) of subdivision III of Article FOURTH above) shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of determining a quorum or a minimum vote required for the transaction of any business at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, including, without limitation, when specified business is to be voted on by a class or a series voting as a class.
(c) Effect of Purported Transfers of Shares and Other Events in Violation of this Subdivision. If, notwithstanding the other provisions contained in this subdivision III of Article FOURTH, at any time, there is a purported transfer or other event such that any Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, would beneficially own shares in excess of any of the relevant ownership limitations set forth in this subdivision III of Article FOURTH, then, except as otherwise provided herein, such shares in excess of the relevant ownership limitations shall constitute Excess Shares and shall be treated as provided in this section. Such designation and treatment shall be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the purported transfer or other event. Where such Person beneficially owns shares together with one or more Related Persons and the shares held by such Related Persons are designated as Excess Shares, the designation of shares held by such Person and such Related Persons as Excess Shares shall be pro rata in accordance with the number of shares held by each. If the Corporation accepts any offer pursuant to Article FOURTH, Subdivision III(c)(vii) below, the Corporation shall forthwith determine the additional number of shares, if any, that become Excess Shares by reason of the reduction in outstanding shares caused by the Corporations purchase of Excess Shares (whether any Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, holds such Excess Shares in connection with a purported transfer or is deemed to hold such Excess Shares as the result of the Corporations purchase of Excess Shares) and shall take all action reasonably necessary to ensure that such additional Excess Shares are added to the initial number of Excess Shares subject to the provisions of this Article FOURTH, Subdivision III(c).
(i) Any sale, transfer, assignment or pledge that, if effective would result in any Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, owning shares in excess of any of the ownership limits set forth in this subdivision III of Article FOURTH shall be void ab initio as to such Excess Shares, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Excess Shares. Any Person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, owning shares in excess of any of
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the ownership limits set forth in this subdivision III of Article FOURTH as a result of any event other than a sale, transfer, assignment or pledge shall forthwith cease to have any rights in such Excess Shares.
(ii) Upon any purported transfer or other event that results in Excess Shares, such Excess Shares shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Corporation (or to an entity appointed by the Corporation that is unaffiliated with the Corporation and any Person or its Related Persons owning such Excess Shares), as Special Trustee (as defined below) of the Charitable Trust (as defined below) for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. Excess Shares so held in trust shall be issued and outstanding shares.
(iii) Excess Shares shall be entitled to dividends or other distributions which shall be paid to the Special Trustee for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or other distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares had become Excess Shares shall be repaid to the Special Trustee and held for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend declared and unpaid shall be void ab initio as to the purported transferee or holder and shall be paid to the Special Trustee for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.
(iv) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any other distribution of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, the Special Trustee, as the holder of Excess Shares, shall be entitled to receive ratably with each holder of the same class or series of stock, a portion of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the stockholders. The Special Trustee shall distribute any such assets received in respect of the Excess Shares in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any distribution of the assets of the Corporation in accordance with the priorities and limitations set forth herein and as if such assets were the proceeds from the disposition of the Excess Shares with respect to which the distribution is received.
(v) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the holder of Excess Shares shall not be entitled to vote such Excess Shares on any matter and the Special Trustee shall have the authority (A) to rescind as void any votes cast by a purported transferee or holder prior to the discovery that such shares should be transferred to the Special Trustee and (B) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Special Trustee acting for the benefit of the Corporation; provided, however, that if the Corporation has already taken irreversible action, then the Special Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. The Special Trustee shall be deemed to have been given an irrevocable proxy by such holder of Excess Shares to vote the shares for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, until the Corporation has received notification that shares have been transferred into a Charitable Trust, the Corporation shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other records for purposes of preparing lists of stockholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting stockholder votes.
(vi) Excess Shares shall not be transferable except in a transfer to which the Special Trustee is a party. Within twenty (20) days of receiving notice from the Corporation that
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shares have been transferred to a Charitable Trust, the Special Trustee shall sell the shares held in Charitable Trust to a person or persons, designated by the Special Trustee or in market transactions, whose ownership of shares is not expected to violate the ownership limitations in this subdivision III of Article FOURTH. Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall so terminate and the Special Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the purported transferee or holder and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided herein. The purported transferee or holder will receive the lesser of (A) the price per share received by the Corporation from the transfer of the Excess Shares, (B) the price per share such purported transferee or holder paid for the shares in the purported transfer or other event that resulted in the Excess Shares, or (C) if the purported transferee or holder did not give value for such Excess Shares in the event resulting in the Excess Shares, a price per share equal to the Market Price (as defined below) for the Excess Shares on the date of the purported transfer or other event that resulted in the Excess Shares; provided, that in the case of a purported holder holding Excess Shares solely as the result of an action or event by the Corporation (such as an action resulting in a reduction in the number of outstanding shares), such purported holder will receive the greater of (A) or (C) above.
Any proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the purported transferee or holder shall be payable to the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Corporation that shares should be transferred to a Charitable Trust, such shares are sold by a purported transferee or holder, then (A) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Charitable Trust and (B) to the extent that the purported transferee or holder received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such purported transferee or holder was entitled to receive pursuant to this section, such excess shall be paid to the Special Trustee of the Charitable Trust upon demand.
(vii) Excess Shares shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Corporation on the date of the transaction or event resulting in such Excess Shares (including any shares deemed to be Excess Shares pursuant to Article FOURTH, Subdivision III(c) above) at a price per share equal to the lesser of (A) the price per share such purported transferee or holder paid for the shares in the purported transfer or other event that resulted in the Excess Shares (or in the case of an event not involving any payment, the Market Price at the time of such transfer or other event) and (B) the Market Price of the shares on the date the Corporation accepts such offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer, in whole or in part, until the Special Trustee has sold the shares held in the Charitable Trust pursuant to Article FOURTH, Subdivision III(c)(vi).
For purposes of this subsection, Charitable Beneficiary shall mean one or more organizations described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A) or 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time; the term Charitable Trust shall mean the trust established for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary pursuant to this section for which the Corporation is the trustee; the term Market Price shall mean the last reported sale price of, or the average of the closing bid and asked prices for, the shares, on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant date as reported in any exchange or quotation system over which the shares may be traded, or if not then traded over any exchange or quotation system, then the fair market value of the shares on the relevant date as determined in good faith by the Corporation; the term Special
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Trustee shall mean the Corporation, in its capacity as trustee for the Charitable Trust, any entity appointed by the Corporation that is unaffiliated with the Corporation and any Person or its Related Persons owning such Excess Shares, and any successor trustee appointed by the Corporation.
(d) Effect of Purported Voting in Violation of this Subdivision. If any stockholder purports to vote, grant any proxy or enter into any other agreement for the voting of shares that would violate the provisions of this subdivision III of Article FOURTH, then the Corporation shall not honor such vote, proxy or agreement to the extent that such provisions would be violated, and any shares subject thereto shall not be entitled to be voted to the extent of such violation.
(e) Priority of National Securities Exchange or Association Transactions. Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision III of Article FOURTH to the contrary, nothing herein shall preclude the settlement of a transaction entered into through the facilities of any national securities exchange or national securities association. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any other provision of this subdivision III of Article FOURTH and any transferee in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this subdivision III of Article FOURTH.
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Exhibit 99.5
EXHIBIT A
[Form of Lock-up Letter]
, 2005 |
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
UBS Securities LLC
c/o |
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated | |
1585 Broadway | ||
New York, NY 10036 |
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
The undersigned understands that Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (Bear Stearns) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan Stanley) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with International Securities Exchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the Selling Shareholders named in Schedule I thereto, providing for the public offering (the Public Offering) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriters), including Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley, of [·] shares (the Shares) of the Class A Common Stock, $ .01 par value, of the Company (the Common Stock).
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the Prospectus), (1) 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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, (b) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts or by will or intestacy, including transfers to a trust where the beneficiaries of
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such trust are comprised solely from a group consisting of the undersigned and immediate family members of the undersigned or (c) distributions or transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to limited partners, stockholders or controlled affiliates of the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (b) or (c), (i) each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) the undersigned shall not be required to, and shall not voluntarily, file a report under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence. For purposes of clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence, immediate family member of a person means the spouse, lineal descendants, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of such person. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigneds shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If:
(1) | during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues a earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or |
(2) | prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, |
the restrictions imposed by this letter shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigneds heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
It is understood that if the Company (i) withdraws its registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-117145) or (ii) the Underwriting Agreement shall terminate or be terminated, in each case prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock, the undersigned and its permitted transferees will be released from their respective obligations hereunder.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting
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Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours, |
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(Address) |
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