-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TvT8+IzEn3rd5QhqGO16LgHYBFDTTKSYbnWViiq6AnrWTfABtI5/lF6cj8tm32c2 Az7g0kFLRT06RuNx73o48A== 0001193125-09-140543.txt : 20090629 0001193125-09-140543.hdr.sgml : 20090629 20090629153524 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-140543 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090629 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090629 GROUP MEMBERS: DENNIS A. JOHNSON GROUP MEMBERS: SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND GP, L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND II, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND III, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SHAMROCK PARTNERS ACTIVIST VALUE FUND, L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: STANLEY P. GOLD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TEXAS INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000097472 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CEMENT, HYDRAULIC [3241] IRS NUMBER: 750832210 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-33469 FILM NUMBER: 09916088 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LN STREET 2: STE 700W CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247-6913 BUSINESS PHONE: 9726476742 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LN STREET 2: STE 700W CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247-6913 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Shamrock Activist Value Fund L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001306697 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4444 LAKESIDE DR CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 91505 BUSINESS PHONE: 818-973-4444 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4444 LAKESIDE DR CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 91505 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Shamrock Governance Fund LP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041021 SC 13D/A 1 dsc13da.htm AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO SCHEDULE 13D Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE

13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)*

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value

(Title of Class of Securities)

882491103

(CUSIP Number)

David K. Robbins, Esq.

Bingham McCutchen LLP

355 South Grand Avenue, 44th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

(213) 680-6400

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to

Receive Notices and Communications)

June 29, 2009

(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 which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 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 Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


ITEM 1. Security and Issuer.

This statement amends the Schedule 13D, dated November 7, 2008 (the “Schedule 13D”), as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated January 21, 2009, Amendment No. 2, dated May 4, 2009 and Amendment No. 3, dated May 15, 2009 (the “Amended Schedule 13D”), filed by Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SAVF”), Shamrock Activist Value Fund II, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership (“SAVF II”), Shamrock Activist Value Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SAVF III” and, together with SAVF and SAVF II, the “Shamrock Activist Value Fund”), Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), and Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Shamrock Partners” and, collectively with SAVF, SAVF II, SAVF III, Stanley P. Gold, an individual (“Mr. Gold”), Dennis A. Johnson, an individual (“Mr. Johnson”), and the General Partner, the “Reporting Persons”), with respect to the Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share (“Common Shares”), of Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment No. 4 shall have the meanings set forth in the Amended Schedule 13D. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 4 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Amended Schedule 13D.

 

ITEM 4. Purpose of Transaction.

On June 29, 2009, pursuant to the Company’s advance notice provisions contained in the Company’s Bylaws, SAVF sent the Secretary of the Company the following letter, in which SAVF notified the Company of its intent to nominate three candidates for election to the Company’s board of directors at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

VIA FACSIMILE AND OVERNIGHT DELIVERY

Frederick G. Anderson

Vice President, General Counsel

    and Corporate Secretary

Texas Industries, Inc.

1341 West Mockingbird Lane, Suite 700W

Dallas, Texas 75247

Re:    Notice of Intent to Nominate Directors

Dear Mr. Anderson:

Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P. (“SAVF”), the owner, together with its parallel investment vehicles, of approximately 8.9% of Texas Industries, Inc., hereby submits notice of its intent to nominate three candidates for election to the Board of Directors of Texas Industries, Inc. at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Our nominees are: Marjorie L. Bowen, a former Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, where she also served as National Director of the firm’s fairness opinion practice and was one of five members of the firm’s Financial Advisory Services Committee, which is responsible for managing the firm’s Financial Advisory Services practice; Dennis A. Johnson, CFA, a managing director of Shamrock


Capital Advisors, Inc., the investment manager for SAVF, and a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee; and Gary L. Pechota, CEO of DT-Trak Consulting, Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of Insteel Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIN) and Black Hills Corporation (NYSE: BKH), and the former CEO of Giant Cement Holding, Inc. and former Chief of Staff of the National Indian Gaming Commission.

SAVF is nominating these three candidates for election to the Board because it believes that adding new, highly qualified, independent voices in the Boardroom to represent the interests of all Texas Industries shareholders is an important first step to remedying what we see as significant impediments to restoring and maximizing value for all Texas Industries shareholders. In particular, we believe that:

 

   

Texas Industries has a well documented record of underperformance versus its peers - in terms of both profitability and share price -- which we believe is the result of poor management and inefficient capital allocation;

 

   

Texas Industries’ Board has not exercised proper oversight of management, has not held management properly accountable for operational failures and shortfalls, and has failed to properly link management’s pay to Texas Industries’ performance;

 

   

Texas Industries’ management has a disconcerting record of overpromising and underdelivering;

 

   

Texas Industries has not taken any meaningful steps to address the resounding 49% withhold vote against the Texas Industries’ directors at the 2008 Annual Meeting;

 

   

Texas Industries continues to shun corporate governance best practices. For example:

 

   

Texas Industries implemented and continues to maintain a ten-year poison pill without a shareholder vote;

 

   

Texas Industries has refused to implement a majority voting standard for the election of directors;

 

   

Texas Industries has a staggered Board, so only one-third of the directors are accountable to the shareholders each year;

 

   

  Texas Industries has not adopted an annual shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation;

 

   

    Texas Industries’ shareholders are prohibited from calling shareholder meetings or taking any actions by written consent, thereby ensuring the Board alone decides when the shareholders can meet and preventing the shareholders


 

from effecting any changes at the time the shareholders deem most appropriate;

 

   

Texas Industries maintains unnecessary supermajority voting standards in its charter and bylaws that significantly compromise the ability of a majority of shareholders to implement meaningful change; and

 

   

Texas Industries’ Board is comprised of an insular network of long-term Board members who do not communicate effectively and transparently with Texas Industries’ shareholders, and have implemented and continue to maintain “anti-takeover” protections having a primary purpose and effect of entrenching their positions on the Board.

Our three nominees are committed to enhancing value for all Texas Industries shareholders, including through the commencement of a comprehensive strategic review. They have the necessary independence, experience, energy, skills and personalities to work with their fellow directors to promptly address and remedy Texas Industries’ operational, strategic and corporate governance challenges. Most importantly, we believe that our nominees will bring to the Texas Industries Board much-needed industry, finance and capital markets, and corporate governance expertise.

Accompanying this letter are SAVF’s formal notice and nominating materials with respect to its three director candidates. SAVF is providing these materials in advance of Texas Industries’ stated deadline for submission of notices of Director nominations. Although we have endeavored to fully satisfy all requirements for these materials as set forth in Texas Industries’ bylaws, and believe we have done so, please immediately contact our legal counsel using the contact information specified in the attached Notice of Director Nominations if you require any additional information.

 

Sincerely,
SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND, L.P.
By:   Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C.,
  its general partner
By:   Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C.,
  its managing member
By:         /s/ Dennis A. Johnson                        
  Dennis A. Johnson, CFA, Vice President


Listed below are biographical summaries for each of SAVF’s three candidates (the “SAVF Nominees”) for election to the Company’s board of directors at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Marjorie L. Bowen (Age 44): From May 1989 until January 2008, Ms. Bowen worked at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, where she was a Managing Director, the National Director of the firm’s fairness opinion practice, and was one of five members of the firm’s Financial Advisory Services Committee, which is responsible for managing the firm’s Financial Advisory Services practice. During her tenure at Houlihan Lokey, Ms. Bowen advised corporations, directors and other fiduciaries on a broad range of corporate finance transactions and other matters, including, among other things, evaluating strategic alternatives, strategies for maximizing stockholder value, debt and equity reorganizations, asset sales, financings, corporate governance matters, and mergers and acquisition transactions. Ms. Bowen currently serves as an independent director for Vertis, Inc., a provider of targeted print advertising and direct marketing solutions to retail and consumer services companies, and is an independent director and the Chair of the Audit Committee of Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., the parent company of World Airways, Inc. and North American Airlines, Inc., both U.S.-certificated air carriers providing transportation services for the U.S. military, major international passenger and cargo carriers, international freight forwarders and international leisure tour operators. Ms. Bowen graduated with a B.A., cum laude, from Colgate University in 1987, and obtained her M.B.A, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Chicago in 1989.

Dennis A. Johnson, CFA (Age 49): Since July 2008, Mr. Johnson has served as a Managing Director of Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc., the investment advisor for the Shamrock Activist Value Fund, a Vice President of Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C., and the portfolio manager of the Shamrock Activist Value Fund, where he has primary responsibility for portfolio investment decisions for the Shamrock Activist Value Fund. Prior to joining Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc., Mr. Johnson was the Senior Portfolio Manager in charge of all global corporate governance activities for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) from September 2005 until July 2008. Prior to joining CalPERS, Mr. Johnson was a Managing Director of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. from April 1994 until May 2005. Mr. Johnson served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Council of Institutional Investors from April 2008 until July 2008. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Northern California Chapter, from September 2006 to July 2008, and was a member of NACD’s “Blue Ribbon Commission” on Board of Directors and shareholder communications. Mr. Johnson also has testified before the U.S. Congress on various investor and corporate governance subjects. Mr. Johnson currently is a member of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors of Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. Mr. Johnson received his B.A. in Economics from the


Virginia Military Institute in 1981, his M.S. in Finance from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 1985 and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.

Gary L. Pechota (Age 59): Since December 2007, Mr. Pechota has served as President and CEO of DT-Trak Consulting, Inc., a medical coding, billing and data entry services company. From May 2005 until December 2007, Mr. Pechota was a private investor. Mr. Pechota was the Chief of Staff of the National Indian Gaming Commission from August 2003 until April 2005, responsible for, among other things, coordinating the activities of the Administrative, Audit, Enforcement and Management Contract Divisions of the Commission and presenting their views to the Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Pechota served as President of Giant Group Ltd.’s cement operations (Keystone Cement Company from May 1992 until September 1994 and Giant Cement Company from January 1993 until September 1994). Mr. Pechota joined Giant Group Ltd.’s cement operations in mid-1992 as its cement operations were approaching insolvency, successfully led the restructuring of its cement operations, and completed a $140 million IPO of its cement operations in September 1994. From September 1994 until November 1999, Mr. Pechota served as the President, CEO and Chairman of Giant Cement Holding, Inc., and served as its President and CEO from November 1999 until December 2001. In 1999, Forbes magazine recognized Giant Cement Holding, Inc. as one of Forbes’ Best Small Companies, based on its most recent annual and five-year financial performance, including sales and profit growth, return on equity and stock performance. In 1999, Mr. Pechota planned and executed the sale of Giant Cement Holding, Inc. to Cementos Portland for $343 million. Mr. Pechota also was the President and CEO of Dacotah Cement from January 1983 until May 1992, the Vice President of Finance for Madera Pacific, Inc. from April 1981 until January 1983, and was an Audit Supervisor with the Ernst and Whinney accounting firm from May 1975 until April 1981. Mr. Pechota is a former Chairman and member of the Finance Committee of the Portland Cement Association, currently serves as a director and the member of the Audit Committee of Insteel Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIN), one of the largest manufacturers of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications, and is a director and a member of the Audit Committee of Black Hills Corporation (NYSE: BKH), an energy company operating in utilities and non-regulated energy. Mr. Pechota was formerly a member of the Compensation Committee of Black Hills Corp. from May 2007 until May 2009. Mr. Pechota received his B.S. in Business and Social Science from Black Hills State University in 1971, received his M.B.A. with an emphasis in Business-Finance from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1974, and is a Certified Public Accountant (currently inactive).

Pursuant to written agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6, SAVF has agreed to (a) provide Ms. Bowen and Mr. Pechota fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as compensation for acting as a SAVF Nominee, (b) reimburse Ms. Bowen and Mr. Pechota for the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with serving as a SAVF Nominee, (c) indemnify Ms. Bowen and Mr. Pechota in connection therewith, subject to certain limitations, and (d) pay the reasonable fees and expenses of one legal counsel for all of the SAVF Nominees (up to $40,000 in the aggregate or $20,000 for any individual SAVF Nominee, unless SAVF consents to pay any additional amounts).

 

ITEM 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Shamrock Partners has agreed to pay Michael M. Rubey, an unaffiliated third party, a fee of 10% of any profits realized by Shamrock Partners from the Shamrock Activist Value Fund’s investment in the Company, in consideration for Mr. Rubey’s identification of the investment opportunity for the Shamrock Activist Value Fund.


ITEM 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

      Document
   --    Joint Filing Agreement, dated November 7, 2008, among Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P., Shamrock Activist Value Fund II, L.P., Shamrock Activist Value Fund III, L.P., Stanley P. Gold, Dennis A. Johnson, Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C. and Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Schedule 13D relating to the Common Shares of the Company filed November 10, 2008 by the Reporting Persons with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission).
   --    Power of Attorney, dated January 21, 2009, appointing Dennis A. Johnson as attorney-in-fact for Stanley P. Gold (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D relating to the Common Shares of the Company filed January 21, 2009 by the Reporting Persons with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission).
Exhibit 6    --    Form of Nomination Agreement


SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, we certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:     June 29, 2009

 

SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND, L.P.
By:   Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C., its
  general partner
By:  

Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C.,

its managing member

By:  

/s/ Dennis A. Johnson

  Name:  Dennis A. Johnson
  Title:    CFA, Vice President
SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND II, L.P.
By:   Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C., its
  general partner
By:  

Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C.,

its managing member

By:  

/s/ Dennis A. Johnson

  Name:  Dennis A. Johnson
  Title:    CFA, Vice President
SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND III, L.P.
By:   Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C., its
  general partner
By:  

Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C.,

its managing member

By:  

/s/ Dennis A. Johnson

  Name:  Dennis A. Johnson
  Title:    CFA, Vice President

/s/ Stanley P. Gold

Stanley P. Gold

/s/ Dennis A. Johnson

Dennis A. Johnson


SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND GP, L.L.C.
By:  

Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C.,

its managing member

By:  

/s/ Dennis A. Johnson

  Name:  Dennis A. Johnson
  Title:    CFA, Vice President

SHAMROCK PARTNERS ACTIVIST VALUE FUND,

L.L.C.

By:  

/s/ Dennis A. Johnson

  Name:  Dennis A. Johnson
  Title:    CFA, Vice President


Exhibit Index

 

               Document
      --    Joint Filing Agreement, dated November 7, 2008, among Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P., Shamrock Activist Value Fund II, L.P., Shamrock Activist Value Fund III, L.P., Stanley P. Gold, Dennis A. Johnson, Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C. and Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Schedule 13D relating to the Common Shares of the Company filed November 10, 2008 by the Reporting Persons with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission).
      --    Power of Attorney, dated January 21, 2009, appointing Dennis A. Johnson as attorney-in-fact for Stanley P. Gold (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D relating to the Common Shares of the Company filed January 21, 2009 by the Reporting Persons with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission).
   Exhibit 6    --   

Form of Nomination Agreement

EX-99.6 2 dex996.htm FORM OF NOMINATION AGREEMENT Form of Nomination Agreement

Exhibit 6

[FORM OF NOMINATION AGREEMENT]

June     , 2009

 

 

Dear                                 :

This letter agreement (this “Agreement”) is with reference to your agreement to be nominated by Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SAVF”), in connection with a potential proxy solicitation (the “Proxy Solicitation”) by SAVF and Shamrock Activist Value Fund II, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership (“SAVF II”), Shamrock Activist Value Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SAVF III”), and any newly-formed parallel fund (together with SAVF, SAVF II and SAVF III, the “Shamrock Activist Value Fund”), to elect a slate of SAVF director nominees (each, a “SAVF Nominee”) to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TXI”) at the 2009 Annual Meeting of TXI Stockholders (together with any adjournments, postponements or stockholder meetings held in lieu thereof, the “2009 Annual Meeting”). SAVF currently intends to nominate you and two other persons as the SAVF Nominees for election to the Board at the 2009 Annual Meeting, and currently plans to solicit proxies from TXI’s stockholders to elect you and each other SAVF Nominee to the Board. By executing this letter agreement, you agree that if nominated as a SAVF Nominee you will fully and actively participate in the Proxy Solicitation, and you will devote the time and energy reasonably required to conduct an effective campaign for the election of you and the other SAVF Nominees to the Board.

 

1.

Responsibilities of Nominee.

 

  (a)

By signing this letter agreement and the attached consent, you agree, among other things:

(i)         To be named as a SAVF Nominee in any Proxy Solicitation materials or other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings that may be prepared by the Shamrock Activist Value Fund in connection with your nomination as a SAVF Nominee or the Proxy Solicitation (collectively, the “Proxy Materials”);

(ii)         To provide true and complete information concerning (A) your background, experience, abilities, professional qualifications and integrity as may be requested from time to time by the Shamrock Activist Value Fund or (B) such other matters as are required or customary to be disclosed regarding you, your nomination as a SAVF Nominee or the Proxy Solicitation under TXI’s bylaws (the “Bylaws”), pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;


(iii)      To not omit any information that may be material to an understanding of your background, experience, abilities, professional qualifications and integrity or in order to make any information you may provide the Shamrock Activist Value Fund not misleading in the context in which it is provided;

(iv)      To provide true and complete information in the questionnaire required to be completed by all director nominees under Section 11 of the Bylaws and to accurately and fully complete and sign the written representation and agreement required to be completed and signed by all director nominees under Section 11 of the Bylaws (together, the “Section 11 Documents”);

(v)      That your agreement to be a SAVF Nominee, and any information regarding you or your nomination that is included in the Section 11 Documents or that you provide to the Shamrock Activist Value Fund pursuant to this Agreement, may be disclosed by the Shamrock Activist Value Fund in its Proxy Solicitation materials, SEC filings or otherwise; and

(vi)      If elected, you will serve as a director of TXI, and in that capacity you will (A) act in the best interests of TXI and its stockholders, (B) exercise your independent judgment and act in good faith, and (C) duly consider all matters that come before the Board, in each case, consistent with your fiduciary duties as a director; and

(vii)      If requested by the Shamrock Activist Value Fund, and upon reasonable notice, you agree to attend and participate in meetings with stockholders, analysts, fund managers, representatives of nominee holders, proxy advisory firms, members of the media, and other persons the Shamrock Activist Value Fund from time to time may specify as appropriate to furthering the Proxy Solicitation and the election of the SAVF Nominees.

You represent that any information that you supply to the Shamrock Activist Value Fund, or include in the Section 11 Documents, or provide in response to any follow-up questions from the Shamrock Activist Value Fund or to update or supplement information you previously may have provided (together, the “Nominee Information”) will be true and complete when provided and will not omit any information that may be material to understanding your background, experience, abilities, professional qualifications and integrity or that otherwise would be necessary in order to make the Nominee Information you provide not misleading in the context in which it is provided. In addition, you agree that, concurrently with your execution of this Agreement, you will execute a written consent in the form attached as Exhibit A, in which you consent to being a SAVF Nominee, consent to being named in the Proxy Materials as a SAVF Nominee and, if elected, you consent to serving as a director of TXI. You agree that you will promptly provide the Shamrock Activist Value Fund (x) any necessary updates or corrections to the Nominee Information, to the extent you become aware that any such information is incomplete or inaccurate in any respect, and (y) such additional information as the Shamrock Activist Value Fund may request in connection with your nomination or the Proxy Solicitation.

(b)      The parties acknowledge and agree that you are not an employee, agent or representative of the Shamrock Activist Value Fund; that you are independent of, and not controlled by or acting at the direction of, the Shamrock Activist Value Fund; and that, if elected,


you will be acting as an independent director of TXI, on behalf of TXI and all of the stockholders of TXI, and will in no way be controlled by, report to, or act at the direction of, the Shamrock Activist Value Fund. You understand you have no authority to act as an agent of the Shamrock Activist Value Fund and agree that you will not represent that you are an agent of the Shamrock Activist Value Fund to any person.

2.          No Nomination Obligation. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, you acknowledge that the Shamrock Activist Value Fund is not obligated to nominate you or any other potential SAVF Nominee for election to the Board or to commence, conduct or complete the Proxy Solicitation.

3.          Compensation. In consideration of your agreements contained herein, promptly following your execution of this letter agreement and the attached written consent, the Shamrock Activist Value Fund shall pay to you a one-time payment of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). You shall be entitled to the full amount of this payment even if for any reason you are not nominated or elected or appointed to serve on the Board. We expect that if you are elected or appointed to the Board you would be entitled to receive the same compensation as TXI pays to the other directors of TXI for their service as directors, in accordance with TXI’s policies as from time to time in effect. Once elected to the Board (or once the Shamrock Activist Value Fund advises you it has determined not to nominate you), the Shamrock Activist Value Fund will have no obligation to provide you any compensation or reimburse you for any expenses you may incur after that date.

4.          Expenses. The Shamrock Activist Value Fund agrees from the date of this Agreement until the earliest of (a) the date you are elected to the Board (or if the election or qualification of members to the Board is contested on any grounds, the date such contest is resolved) and (b) the date the Shamrock Activist Value Fund tells you (i) it will not commence or has abandoned the Proxy Solicitation, (ii) it has determined not to nominate you as a SAVF Nominee or (iv) the requisite number of votes for your election to the Board has not been obtained, the Shamrock Activist Value Fund will (A) promptly reimburse you for all reasonable out of pocket expenses you incur in performing your responsibilities as a SAVF Nominee as set forth in paragraph 1, (B) directly pay for the reasonable fees and expenses of one independent legal counsel retained to advise all SAVF Nominees as to their respective personal disclosure and other legal obligations associated with serving as a SAVF Nominee (provided, that the aggregate amount payable by the Shamrock Activist Value Fund shall not exceed $40,000 in the aggregate or $20,000 with respect to any individual SAVF Nominee without SAVF’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and (C) directly pay the fees, costs and expenses incurred on behalf of the Shamrock Activist Value Fund in connection with the Proxy Solicitation.

 

5.

Indemnification.

(a)        As a material inducement to you to become a SAVF Nominee, SAVF hereby agrees to indemnify and defend you and hold you harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, settlement payments, awards, costs, expenses and amounts of any type (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and costs of investigation) (collectively, “Losses”) to which you may become


subject or which you may incur in connection with being made, or threatened to be made, a party or witness (or in any other capacity) to any proceeding at law or in equity or before any governmental agency or board or any other body whatsoever (whether arbitral, civil, criminal, trial, appeal, administrative, formal, informal, investigative or other) (a “Proceeding”), arising out of or based upon your being a SAVF Nominee or a “participant in a solicitation” (as defined in the rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as a result of the Proxy Solicitation.

(b)        The indemnification obligation set forth in subparagraph (a) will not apply to the extent (i) the Losses (or any costs of defending you in a Proceeding) are otherwise paid under any directors and officers insurance policy that may separately provide coverage to you as a SAVF Nominee or (ii) such Losses arise or result from (A) your willful misconduct, or (B) any untrue statement or omission made by you or made by the Shamrock Activist Value Fund in reliance upon and in conformity with any Nominee Information furnished by you for use in the Proxy Solicitation material or another document to be made available to the public; it being understood that you are furnishing the Nominee Information expressly for use in the Proxy Solicitation materials and other filings to be made publicly available in connection with the Proxy Solicitation. We expect that if you are elected to the Board, you will be entitled to the same indemnification and advancement of expenses with respect to your service as a TXI director as TXI provides to its other directors, in accordance with TXI’s policies as in effect from time to time, and that you will be entitled to be covered by any directors and officers liability insurance policy that TXI from time to time may maintain for its directors, in accordance with TXI’s polices as in effect from time to time. After you are elected to the Board, SAVF’s indemnification obligations will be deemed (as between SAVF and TXI) secondary to any insurance or indemnification provided by TXI to its directors, and (to the extent that TXI’s director indemnification policies and insurance coverage would cover the Losses in question in the absence of this Agreement) TXI will be deemed the primary obligor with respect to any and all such Losses sustained in connection with a Proceeding which SAVF otherwise would be required to indemnify you pursuant to this paragraph 5. For avoidance of doubt, if there is a dispute as to whether TXI or SAVF is the appropriate indemnifying party with respect to any specific Losses, SAVF will provide indemnification and advancement of expenses in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof pending the resolution of such dispute.

(c)        In the event of the commencement or threatened commencement of any Proceeding in respect of which you may seek indemnification from SAVF hereunder, you will give prompt written notice thereof to SAVF; provided, however, that your failure to provide prompt notice shall not relieve SAVF of its indemnification obligations hereunder, except to the extent that SAVF is materially prejudiced as a result thereof. SAVF shall timely pay all reasonable fees and disbursements of the defense counsel selected by SAVF (which shall be a nationally recognized firm experienced in the matters subject to the Proceeding in question) in respect of such Proceeding as they become due and payable. In addition to such defense counsel, you shall have the right to retain your own separate defense counsel and participate in the defense of the Proceeding if you so desire, provided that you shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of such counsel and costs of such participation unless either (i) you and SAVF mutually agree to the retention of such counsel and SAVF agrees to pay some or all of the cost of such separate counsel, or (ii) representation of you and other SAVF Nominees by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between you and them.


(d)        SAVF shall not indemnify you or otherwise be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected by you or on your behalf without the prior written consent of SAVF. Without your prior written consent, SAVF shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that (i) would impose any material penalty, obligation or limitation on you (other than monetary damages that will be paid by insurance or that SAVF agrees to pay), (ii) that contains any admission of wrongdoing on your part or (iii) otherwise reasonably would result in damage to your professional reputation.

(e)        Your rights to indemnification under this Agreement shall include the right to be advanced any and all expenses incurred in connection with any indemnifiable claim promptly upon your request as such expenses are incurred. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which you may be entitled under any bylaw, other agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, to the extent such other rights are permitted by applicable law.

(f)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if SAVF has made payments to you pursuant to the indemnification and expense reimbursement provisions hereof and you subsequently are reimbursed by a third party therefor, you will remit such subsequent reimbursement to SAVF. SAVF also shall be subrogated to all of your rights of recovery with respect to any matters with respect to which SAVF has made indemnification payments, and you shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable SAVF to effectively bring suit to enforce such subrogated rights. Further, no payment by or on behalf of SAVF hereunder shall affect the relative responsibilities of TXI as the primary indemnitor in respect of any specified Losses and SAVF as the secondary indemnitor in respect thereof, nor shall any payment by or on behalf of SAVF in advance of determining TXI’s and SAVF’s relative responsibilities with respect to such Losses be deemed an admission that (as between TXI and SAVF) SAVF is responsible as an indemnitor nor shall any such payment be deemed a waiver of any rights that SAVF may have to be reimbursed or repaid by TXI for any such payments.

6.        General. Notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered by a nationally-recognized overnight courier with tracking capability, if mailed to you, then to the address set forth above under your name, and, if mailed to SAVF, then to the address set forth above, attention: Dennis A. Johnson. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term in this letter agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such party’s rights thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or to any other term. If any one or more provisions of this Agreement are deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision(s) shall be deemed severed to the least extent possible without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement. This Agreement (a) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflicts or choice of laws principles; (b) contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and may not be modified or amended except by mutual written consent; and (c) establishes contract rights which shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their respective heirs, representatives, successors, and assigns. If any signature to this Agreement is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is


executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

7.        Most Favored Person. If SAVF enters into any nomination agreement with any other SAVF Nominee that contains any term that is more favorable to such SAVF Nominee than this Agreement is to you, this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended automatically to incorporate such more favorable term. SAVF agrees to notify you of any such deemed amendment.

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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please so indicate by signing and returning one copy of this Agreement.

 

Very truly yours,

 

SHAMROCK ACTIVIST VALUE FUND, L.P.

Shamrock Activist Value Fund GP, L.L.C.,

its general partner

Shamrock Partners Activist Value Fund, L.L.C.,

its managing member

 

 

Name:

 

Stanley P. Gold

 

Title:

 

President

 

 

Accepted and agreed to:  

 


Exhibit A

Form of Consent

I hereby consent to:

 

  (a)

being nominated by Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SAVF”) for election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TXI”), at the 2009 Annual Meeting of TXI Stockholders (the “2009 Annual Meeting”);

 

  (b)

being named as a nominee in the proxy statement and related materials to be prepared by SAVF and its parallel funds, Shamrock Activist Value Fund II, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership, Shamrock Activist Value Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and any newly-formed parallel fund, and used in connection with soliciting proxies for the election of SAVF’s nominees to the Board at the 2009 Annual Meeting; and

 

  (c)

serving as a director of TXI if elected.

 

 

 

Name:

Dated: June             , 2009

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