UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. ____)*
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 (S)(S)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 this schedule, including all exhibits. See (S)240.13d-7 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 ("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).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
----------------------- CUSIP NO. None ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). F.S. Equity Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [X] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 OO (See Item 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 3,402,463 (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 68.2% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 PN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. 2 |
----------------------- CUSIP NO. None ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). FS Capital Partners L.P., a California limited partnership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [X] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 CC (See Item 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 3,402,463 (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 68.2% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 PN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. 3 |
----------------------- CUSIP NO. None ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). FS Holdings, Inc., a California corporation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [X] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 OO (See Item 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 3,402,463 (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 68.2% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. 4 |
----------------------- CUSIP NO. None ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY). FS Equity Partners International, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [X] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 OO (See Item 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 3,402,463 (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 68.2% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 PN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. 5 |
----------------------- CUSIP NO. None ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). FS & Co. International, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [X] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 CO (See Item 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Cayman Islands ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 3,402,463 (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 68.2% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 PN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. 6 |
----------------------- CUSIP NO. None ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). FS International Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [X] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 CO (See Item 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Cayman Islands ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 3,402,463 (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 3,402,463 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 68.2% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. 7 |
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement on Schedule 13D (this "Schedule 13D") relates to shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class A Common") CBRE Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"). In addition, references are made in this Schedule 13D to the Class B Common Stock of the Issuer (the "Class B Common"), which is currently convertible into shares of Class A Common on a one-for-one basis, but is not registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Class A Common and the Class B Common may be collectively referred to in this Schedule 13D as the "Issuer Common Stock." The Issuer has its principal executive offices at 909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94133.
Item 2. Identity and Background
FS Holdings is the general partner of Capital Partners, which is the general partner of FSEP III. International Holdings is the general partner of FS&Co. International which is the general partner of FSEP International.
FSEP III, Capital Partners and FS Holdings each has its principal business address and its principal office at 11100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1900, Los Angeles, California 90025. FSEP III was formed to make private equity investments. Capital Partners and FS Holdings were each formed to organize and manage the transactions in which FSEP III is the principal investor.
FSEP International, FS&Co. International and International Holdings each has its principal business address and its principal office at c/o Paget- Brown & Company Ltd., West Winds Building, Third Floor, P.O. Box 1111, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, B.W.I. FSEP International was formed to make private equity investments. FS& Co. International and International Holdings were each formed to organize and manage the transactions in which FSEP International is the principal investor.
During the last five years, none of FSEP III, Capital Partners, FS Holdings, FSEP International, FS &Co. International or International Holdings has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and similar misdemeanors) or was 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 judgement, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to federal laws or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The Reporting Persons acquired the Class B Common pursuant to the Contribution Agreement for investment purposes only.
In connection with the acquisition by the Reporting Persons of the
Class B Common, and pursuant to the terms of a Securityholder's Agreement dated
as of July 20, 2001 (the "Securityholder's Agreement"), among the Issuer, FSEP
III, FSEP
International and certain other stockholders of the Issuer, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3 hereto, the Issuer has granted certain management, investment monitoring and other rights to the Reporting Persons. In addition, the Reporting Persons have agreed that at all times prior to and following the initial public offering of the Issuer (the "IPO"), it will vote all of the shares of voting capital stock owned or held of record by it, or cause all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Issuer beneficially owned by it to be voted to elect directors designated pursuant to the terms of the Securityholder's Agreement, including at least one designee of the Reporting Persons. The Reporting Persons will retain this director designation right so long as the Reporting Persons and their affiliates, collectively, beneficially own common stock representing not less than 7.5% of the outstanding Issuer Common Stock. Each committee of the Board will include at least one director designated by the Reporting Persons. If the Reporting Persons notify other holders of the Issuer's common stock (the "Securityholders") in writing of their desire to remove, with or without cause, any director of the Issuer previously designated by the Reporting Persons, each Securityholder will vote (to the extent eligible to vote ) all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Issuer beneficially owned or held of record by it, him or her so as to remove such director. If any director previously designated by the Reporting Persons ceases to serve on the Board (whether by reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise), the Reporting Persons will be entitled to designate a successor director to fill the vacancy created thereby, and each Securityholder will vote all shares of voting capital stock beneficially owned or held of record by it or him or her in favor of such designation. In addition, prior to an IPO, the Reporting Persons are collectively entitled to have two observers at all regular meetings of the Board as long as the Reporting Persons, collectively, beneficially own common stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding Issuer Common Stock.
Pursuant to the Securityholder's Agreement, the Reporting Persons agree, prior to the IPO, to vote all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Issuer owned by them, in the same manner as the group of shareholders comprised of RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P. and its affiliates ("Blum") votes the shares of capital stock it beneficially owns in all matters to be voted on by the Issuer's stockholders, subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the Securityholder's Agreement. The Reporting Persons granted Blum an irrevocable proxy, coupled with an interest, to vote, during the period preceding the IPO, all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Issuer owned by the Reporting Persons in accordance with the terms of the Securityholder's Agreement.
Neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries is permitted to engage in
certain transactions without the prior affirmative vote or written consent of
(i) a majority of the directors of the company and (ii) a majority of the
directors not designated by Blum. These transactions include any transaction
between Blum or any of its affiliates and the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries,
any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Issuer that
adversely affects any Securityholder relative to Blum, or any repurchase,
redemption, declaration, dividend payment or distribution upon any shares of
capital stock of the Issuer beneficially owned by Blum or any of its affiliates.
All of these requirements are subject to certain exceptions, as more fully
described in the Securityholder's Agreement. These consent rights terminate
upon the completion of the IPO.
The Issuer is prohibited from engaging in certain other transactions without the prior affirmative vote of (i) a majority of the directors of the Issuer and (ii) the director designated by the Reporting Persons. These include the acquisition by purchase or otherwise, in any single or series of related transactions, of any business or assets for a purchase price in excess of $75 million; the sale or disposition, in any single or series of related transactions, of assets of the Issuer or its subsidiaries for aggregate consideration in excess of $75 million; the incurrence of indebtedness; the issuance of capital stock of the Issuer to employees, directors, or consultants of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries if such issuances, in the aggregate, are greater than 75% of the total amount of outstanding capital stock of the Issuer immediately after the closing of the merger transaction in which, among other things, Blum CB Corp. merged with and into CBRE (the "Merger"). These limitations are subject to certain exceptions, as more fully described in the Securityholder's Agreement.
Except to the extent the foregoing may be deemed a plan or proposal, none of the Reporting Persons has any plans or proposals which relate to, or could result in, any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j), inclusive, of the instructions to Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, review or reconsider their position and/or change their purpose and/or formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto.
The information set forth in this Item 4 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Contribution Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2) and the Securityholder's Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 3), each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Each Reporting Person is deemed to be the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of 3,402,463 shares of Class A Common issuable upon conversion of 3,402,463 shares of Class B Common into shares of Class A Common.
The aggregate number of shares of Issuer Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons constitutes approximately 68.2% of the shares of such class outstanding as of July 20, 2001. Such percentages are based upon a total of 1,589,774 shares of Class A Common issued and outstanding as of July 20, 2000, as provided by the Issuer to the Reporting Persons in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Voting and Contribution Agreement, and was calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i).
The Reporting Persons may be deemed to have (i) sole voting and dispositive power with respect to no shares of Common Stock and (ii) shared voting and dispositive power with all other Reporting Persons with respect to 3,402,463 shares of Common Stock.
FS Holdings, by virtue of being the sole general partner of Capital Partners, and Capital Partners, by virtue of being the sole general partner of FSEP III may be deemed to have (i) sole voting and dispositive power with respect to no shares of common stock and (ii) shared voting and dispositive power with all other Reporting Persons with respect to 3,278,448 shares of Class B Common.
International Holdings, by virtue of being the sole general partner of FS&Co. International and FS International, by virtue of being the sole general partner of FSEP International may be deemed to have (i) sole voting and dispositive power with respect to no shares of common stock and (ii) shared voting and dispositive power with all other Reporting Persons with respect to 124,015 shares of Class B Common.
The Reporting Persons have not effected any transactions other than as described in this Schedule 13D.
Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
Pursuant to the Securityholder's Agreement, a copy of which is attached as
If after three years following the completion of the Merger the Reporting Persons desire to transfer all or any portion of its common stock or warrants to a party not designated a "Permitted Transferee" under the Securityholder's Agreement, the Reporting Persons must provide Blum with written notice of the proposed transfer. The notice constitutes an irrevocable offer by the Reporting Persons to sell the common stock or warrants being offered to Blum at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as the proposed transfer.
If Blum and/or its affiliates agree to transfer a majority of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by them to a third-party (other than in a public offering), the Reporting Persons agree that, if requested by Blum or its affiliates, the Reporting Persons will transfer to the third-party on the same terms and conditions the same portion of such
common stock as is to be transferred by Blum. If Blum approves any merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Issuer or its subsidiaries, then the Reporting Persons agree (i) to vote all shares of common stock held by them to approve the contemplated transaction and (ii) exercising any appraisal or dissenter's rights available to them in connection with such transactions. In addition to such drag-along rights in favor of Blum, the Securityholder's Agreement grants the Reporting Persons tag-along rights on transfers of common stock by Blum. Before an IPO, with respect to any proposed transfer by Blum and/or its affiliates of its shares of common stock to a third party, whether pursuant to a stock sale, merger, consolidation, tender or exchange offer or other transaction, the Reporting Persons have the right, to require the proposed acquirer to purchase from the Reporting Persons a pre- defined portion of the Reporting Persons' common stock, as described more fully in the Securityholder's Agreement. Blum is required to give notice to the Reporting Persons of the aforementioned sale at least fifteen (15) business days prior to the proposed consummation of such sale.
Pursuant to the Securityholder's Agreement, the Issuer has also granted certain participation, piggyback and demand registration rights to the Reporting Persons. The Issuer will not issue additional equity securities after the date of the Merger to any party without first notifying the Reporting Persons and granting the Reporting Persons the right to subscribe for a pro rata share of these equity securities prior to their issuance. Under the terms of the Securityholder's Agreement, the Reporting Persons may include shares of Issuer Common Stock in any proposed registration of securities of the Issuer for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), either for the account of the Issuer or for the account of other Securityholders exercising registration rights. In addition, the Reporting Persons may exercise up to 3 demand registration rights to require the Issuer to register the Reporting Persons' Issuer Common Stock under the Securities Act. These registration rights are subject to certain limitations and conditions as set forth in the Securityholder's Agreement.
The Reporting Persons are also subject to voting requirements described more fully in Item 4 hereto.
The information set forth in this Item 6 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Contribution Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2), the Securityholder's Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 3), and the Warrant Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 4), each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Joint Reporting Agreement dated July 27, 2001, among the Reporting Persons.
Exhibit 2 Amended and Restated Contribution and Voting Agreement dated as of May 31, 2001, by and among the Issuer, FSEP III, FSEP International and certain other stockholders of the Issuer.
Exhibit 3 Securityholder's Agreement dated as of July 20, 2001, by and among the Issuer, FSEP III, FSEP International and certain other stockholders of the Issuer.
Exhibit 4 Warrant Agreement dated as of July 20, 2001, by and among the Issuer and the Reporting Persons.
Exhibit 5 Amendment to Contribution and Voting Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2001, by and among the Issuer, FSEP III, FSEP International and certain other stockholders of the Issuer.
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.
Dated: July 27, 2001
FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: FS Capital Partners, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: FS Holdings, Inc.
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.,
a California limited partnership
By: FS Holdings, Inc.
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS HOLDINGS, INC.,
a California corporation
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: FS&Co. International, L.P.,
Its: General Partner
By: FS International Holdings Limited
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS&CO. INTERNATIONAL, L.P.,
a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership
By: FS International Holdings Limited
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1), each of the parties hereto represents to and agrees with the other parties as follows:
1. Such party is eligible to file a statement or statements on Schedule 13D pertaining to the Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of CBRE Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to which this Joint Reporting Agreement is an exhibit, for filing of the information contained herein.
2. Such party is responsible for the timely filing of such statement and any amendments thereto, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning such party contained therein, PROVIDED that no such party is responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information concerning any other party making the filing, unless such party knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.
3. Such party agrees that such statement is being filed by and on behalf of each of the parties identified herein, and that any amendment thereto will be filed on behalf of each such party.
This Joint Reporting Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all of such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.
Dated: July 27, 2000
FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: FS Capital Partners, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: FS Holdings, Inc.
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons -------------------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.,
a California limited partnership
By: FS Holdings, Inc.
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------------------------ J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS HOLDINGS, INC.,
a California corporation
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ---------------------------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: FS&Co. International, L.P.,
Its: General Partner
By: FS International Holdings Limited
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons -------------------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS&CO. INTERNATIONAL, L.P.,
a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership
By: FS International Holdings Limited
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ------------------------------------------ J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
FS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares
By: /s/ J. Frederick Simmons ---------------------------------------------- J. Frederick Simmons Title: Vice President |
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions as hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
(a) Subject to Section 4.9, Holding shall have determined that all the conditions to the consummation of the Merger (as set forth in the Merger Agreement) have been satisfied or waived by the necessary party to the Merger Agreement; and
(b) the representations and warranties of Holding and Newco contained herein shall be correct and complete in all material respects as of the Contribution Closing to the same extent as though made on and as of such date.
(a) Each of Holding and Newco is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by each of Holding and Newco of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby, the performance by each of Holding and Newco of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and the consummation by each of Holding and Newco of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Holding and Newco and, assuming the due authorizations, executions and deliveries thereof by the Investors, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Holding and Newco, enforceable against each of Holding and Newco in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or in law).
(d) The execution, delivery and performance by each of Holding and
Newco of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and the
consummation by each of Holder and Newco of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the
passage of time or both, (i) violate the provisions of any law, rule or
regulation applicable to either Holding or Newco or its properties or assets;
(ii) violate the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
either Holding or Newco, as amended to date; or (iii) violate any judgment,
decree, order or award of any court, governmental or quasi-governmental agency
or arbitrator applicable to either Holding or Newco or their properties or
assets.
(e) Except to the extent required pursuant to (i) the Hart-Scott- Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) any Non-U.S. Competition Laws and (iii) any similar applicable Laws, no consent, approval, exemption or authorization is required to be obtained from, no notice is required to be given to and no filing is required to be made with any third party (including, without limitation, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, authorities and instrumentalities of competent jurisdiction) by Holding or Newco, in order (i) for this Agreement to constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Holding and Newco or (ii) to authorize or permit the consummation by Holding of the issuance
of the BLUM Shares, the Freeman Spogli Shares and the Other Investor Share.
(f) Each of Holding and Newco was organized solely for the purpose of effecting the Transactions and has engaged in no activity other than in connection therewith.
(a) The execution and delivery by such Investor of this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby, the performances by such Investor of its, his or her obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummations by such Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of such Investor, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Investor and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by Holding and Newco, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or in law).
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and the consummation by such Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby does not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, (i) violate the provisions of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Investor or its, his or her respective properties or assets; (ii) violate the provisions of the constituent organizational documents or other governing instruments applicable to such Investor, as amended to date; or (iii) violate any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental or quasi- governmental agency or arbitrator applicable to such Investor or its, his or her respective properties or assets.
(d) Such Investor's, together with its Affiliates' (as defined in the Merger Agreement), total beneficial ownership of shares of outstanding CBRE Common Stock as of the date hereof is accurately set forth opposite such Investor's name on Schedule I hereto, and each of such shares when transferred and delivered to Holding will be free and clear of all Liens.
(e) Such Investor has no plan or intention to transfer its shares of Holding Class B Common Stock following the Contribution Closing.
discretion with respect to (a) determining whether the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement have been satisfied by the appropriate parties thereto and/or whether to waive any of such conditions pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, and (b) the manner and timing of its and CBRE's compliance with the covenants applicable to it and CBRE under the Merger Agreement. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, Holding may not amend, or agree to amend, the Merger Agreement without the prior written consent of both BLUM and Freeman Spogli, and each of BLUM and Freeman Spogli hereby consents to all amendments to the Merger Agreement that have occurred on or prior to the date hereof. BLUM agrees to amend, or cause the amendment of, the certificates of incorporation of each of Holding and Acquiror, at or prior to the Contribution Closing, to (i) create three classes of Holding capital stock consisting of Holding Class B Common Stock and Holding Class A Common Stock, (ii) authorize a total number of shares of Holding Class B Common Stock and Holding Class A Common Stock and Acquiror Common Stock, respectively, that are sufficient to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Merger Agreement and (iii) elect for Holding not to be governed by Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. In connection with such amendment of the certificate of incorporation of Holding, each share of outstanding Holding Common Stock on the date thereof shall be exchanged for one share of Holding Class B Common Stock.
(b) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that Holding will have sole discretion with respect to the negotiation of definitive debt financing documents with CSFB and DLJ (or any other lending person) and any supporting lenders (i) based upon the Debt Financing Documents and (ii) in connection with the offering of the Newco Senior Subordinated Notes.
(a) Subject to Section 4.4(b), in the event that this Agreement is terminated prior to the Contribution Closing, the costs incurred by any party hereto in preparing this Agreement and in pursuing and
(c) If (i) the Merger Agreement is terminated because of the
Company's consummation of an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger
Agreement), (ii) Holding is entitled to receive any payment from CBRE pursuant
to Section 10.2 of the Merger Agreement, and (iii) (x) Wirta is not offered
continued employment on comparable terms with CBRE (or the parent or surviving
company in such Acquisition Proposal) following the consummation of such other
Acquisition Proposal for a period of at least 12 months (unless such shorter
period is requested by Wirta), then Wirta will be entitled to receive 5.7% of
the portion of the Termination Fee, if any, paid to BLUM or its Affiliate
pursuant to Section 4.4(b)(iii), or (y) White is not offered continued
employment on comparable terms with CBRE (or the parent or surviving company in
such Acquisition Proposal) following the consummation of such other Acquisition
Proposal for a period of at least 12 months (unless such shorter period is
requested by White), then White will be entitled to receive 4.3% of the portion
of the Termination Fee, if any, paid to BLUM or its Affiliate pursuant to
Section 4.4(b)(iii).
(d) In the event that the closing under the Merger Agreement occurs, the Surviving Corporation in the Merger shall, simultaneously with such closing, pay (i) to RCBA GP, L.L.C. (or an affiliate designated by it) a transaction fee of $3 million in immediately available funds and (ii) to Freeman Spogli & Co. Incorporated (or an affiliate designated by it) a transaction fee of $2 million in immediately available funds. In addition, simultaneously with such closing, the Surviving Corporation shall reimburse each of the parties hereto for all Transaction Expenses incurred by such party.
any Affiliate of such party shall release any statements concerning this Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Securityholders' Agreement, the Debt Financing Documents, the Transactions or any of the matters contemplated hereby and thereby which is intended for or may result in public dissemination thereof, such party shall cooperate with the other parties and provide the other parties the reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon any such statements and, unless otherwise required by law or as may be required to be disclosed by any party in any Schedule 13D filing, shall not release or permit release of any such information without the consent of the other parties, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
understanding to transfer its shares of Holding Class B Common Stock prior to and including the Contribution Closing.
(a) If to Holding or Newco, to it at the following address:
c/o BLUM Capital Partners, L.P.
909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, California 94133
Attn: Claus Moller
Telephone: (415) 288-7262
Telecopy: (415) 434-3130
with a copy to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
3330 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attn: Richard Capelouto
Telephone: (650) 251-5060
Telecopy: (650) 251-5002
(b) If to an Investor, to it at its address set forth in Section 6.3 of the Securityholders' Agreement.
(c) If to Koll, to him at the address for TKHC set forth in Section 6.3 of the Securityholders' Agreement.
or by such court. Each of the parties hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by the laws of the state of California, and agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof is reasonably calculated to give actual notice.
(a) This Agreement amends certain provisions of the Original Agreement and restates the terms of the Original Agreement in their entirety so as to reflect and give effect to such amendments. All amendments to the Original Agreement effected by this Agreement, and all other covenants, agreements, terms and provisions of this Agreement, shall have effect from the date of the Original Agreement.
(b) Each of the representations and warranties of each party hereto made in this Agreement shall be deemed (i) to be made on the date of the Original Agreement and as of the Contribution Closing and (ii) not made on the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
CBRE HOLDING, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
BLUM CB CORP.
By:
Name:
Title:
RCBA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, L.P.
By: RCBA GP, L.L.C., its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: FS Capital Partners, L.P., its general
Partner
By: FS Holdings, Inc., its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
By: FS&Co. International, L.P., its general
Partner
By: FS International Holdings Limited,
its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
THE KOLL HOLDING COMPANY
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., BLUM CB Corp., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., The Koll Holding Company, Frederic V. Malek, Raymond E. Wirta, W. Brett White and Donald M. Koll, I, _______________________, the spouse of Raymond E. Wirta, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of ________ __, 2001
[Spouse]
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., BLUM CB Corp., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., The Koll Holding Company, Frederic V. Malek, Raymond E. Wirta, W. Brett White and Donald M. Koll, I, _______________________, the spouse of W. Brett White, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of ________ __, 2001
[Spouse]
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., BLUM CB Corp., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., The Koll Holding Company, Frederic V. Malek, Raymond E. Wirta, W. Brett White and Donald M. Koll, I, _______________________, the spouse of Frederic V. Malek, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of ________ __, 2001
[Spouse]
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., BLUM CB Corp., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., The Koll Holding Company, Frederic V. Malek, Raymond E. Wirta, W. Brett White and Donald M. Koll, I, _______________________, the spouse of Donald M. Koll, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Contribution and Voting Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of ________ __, 2001
[Spouse]
Schedule I ---------- Total Shares of Outstanding Common Stock Beneficially Owned BLUM 3,423,886 Freeman Spogli 3,402,463 Raymond E. Wirta 35,000 W. Brett White 58,575 Frederic V. Malek 397,873 The Koll Holding Company 734,290/1/ _______________ |
Exhibit A
[Insert final form of Securityholders' Agreement]
Exhibit B
[Insert final form of Warrant Agreement]
SECURITYHOLDERS' AGREEMENT
among
RCBA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, L.P.,
BLUM STRATEGIC PARTNERS II, L.P.
FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.,
FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P.,
THE KOLL HOLDING COMPANY,
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM,
FREDERIC V. MALEK,
DLJ INVESTMENT FUNDING, INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION,
THE MANAGEMENT INVESTORS,
CB RICHARD ELLIS SERVICES, INC.,
and
CBRE HOLDING, INC.
Dated as of July 20, 2001
I INTRODUCTORY MATTERS.................................................. 4 1.1. Defined Terms................................................... 4 1.2. Construction.................................................... 13 II TRANSFERS............................................................. 13 2.1. Limitations on Transfer......................................... 13 2.2. Right of First Offer............................................ 15 2.3. Certain Permitted Transfers..................................... 16 2.4. Tag-Along Rights................................................ 17 2.5. Drag-Along Rights............................................... 18 2.6. Participation Right............................................. 19 III REGISTRATION RIGHTS................................................... 20 3.1. Demand Registration............................................. 20 3.2. Piggyback Registrations......................................... 22 3.3. Expenses of Registration........................................ 23 3.4. Effective Registration Statement................................ 24 3.5. Selection of Counsel............................................ 24 3.6. Obligations of the Company...................................... 24 3.7. Termination of Registration Rights.............................. 27 3.8. Delay of Registration; Furnishing Information................... 27 3.9. Indemnification................................................. 28 3.10. Assignment of Registration Rights............................... 30 3.11. Amendment of Registration Rights................................ 30 3.12. Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights.................... 31 3.13. "Market Stand-Off" Agreement; Agreement to Furnish Information.. 31 3.14. Rule 144 Reporting.............................................. 32 IV GOVERNANCE............................................................ 32 4.1. The Board Prior to an Initial Public Offering................... 32 4.2. The Board Subsequent to an Initial Public Offering.............. 34 4.3. Observers....................................................... 35 4.4. Advisors........................................................ 36 4.5. Voting.......................................................... 37 4.6. General Consent Rights.......................................... 37 4.7. Consent Rights of FS Director................................... 38 4.8. Board of Directors of CBRE...................................... 39 V OTHER AGREEMENTS...................................................... 40 5.1. Financial Information........................................... 40 5.2. Inspection Rights............................................... 40 5.3. Confidentiality of Records...................................... 40 5.4. Indemnification................................................. 41 |
VI MISCELLANEOUS......................................................... 43 6.1. Additional Securities Subject to Agreement...................... 43 6.2. Term............................................................ 43 6.3. Notices......................................................... 44 6.4. Further Assurances.............................................. 46 6.5. Non-Assignability............................................... 46 6.6. Amendment; Waiver............................................... 47 6.7. Third Parties................................................... 48 6.8. Governing Law................................................... 48 6.9. Specific Performance............................................ 48 6.10. Entire Agreement................................................ 48 6.11. Titles and Headings............................................. 48 6.12. Severability.................................................... 48 6.13. Counterparts.................................................... 49 6.14. Ownership of Shares............................................. 49 |
------------- -- Entities"), (v) DLJ Investment Funding, Inc. ("DLJ") and Credit Suisse First -------- --- Boston Corporation ("CSFB" and together with DLJ, the "Note Investors"), (vi) ---- -------------- California Public Employees' Retirement System (together with its successors, |
RECITALS:
B. As a result of the Merger, on the date hereof, BLUM is the largest holder of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (as defined below) and the Non-BLUM Investors also hold outstanding shares of the Common Stock; and
C. The parties hereto wish to provide for certain matters relating to their respective holdings of the Common Stock.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS
The following terms have the following meanings when used herein with initial capital letters:
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, the Company shall not be considered an Affiliate of any Securityholder.
For the purposes of Section 2.2(a), if the Transferring Securityholder or BLUM disputes in good faith the determination by the Board pursuant to the above clause (iii) of the Fair Market Value of the non-cash consideration to be paid for the Transfer Securities, then the Transferring Securityholder or BLUM, as applicable, may require that an investment bank selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Transferring Securityholder and BLUM determine such Fair Market Value for the purposes of clause (iii).
For the purposes of Section 4.7(a)(ii), if the FS Director believes in good faith that the Fair Market Value, determined pursuant to the above clause (iii), of the consideration to be received for the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries to be sold under that Section exceeds $75 million, then the FS Director may require that such Fair Market Value be determined by an independent investment bank selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the FS Director.
Public Offering of Common Stock pursuant to which the Company becomes listed on a national securities exchange or on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
hereto.
Public Offering.
The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "or" is disjunctive but not exclusive, (b) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular, and (c) the words "hereof," "herein," and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
II TRANSFERS
(b) During the Restricted Period,
(i) each of the Non-BLUM Parties may not Transfer any Restricted Securities other than (x) pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5, and (y) with respect to the FS Parties, the Note Investor Parties and the Other Non-Management Parties only, Transfers after the Permitted Third Party Transfer Date to Persons other than a Permitted Transferee of the Securityholder making the Transfer (subject to prior compliance in full with Section 2.2 and such Persons executing and delivering Assumption Agreements to the Company); and
(ii) BLUM and its Affiliates will not Transfer any Restricted Securities in a
transaction subject to Section 2.4 unless Section 2.4 is complied with in full prior to such Transfer.
(c) In the event of any purported Transfer by any of the Securityholders of any Restricted Securities in violation of the provisions of this Agreement, such purported Transfer will be void and of no effect and the Company will not give effect to such Transfer.
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A SECURITYHOLDERS' AGREEMENT AMONG CBRE HOLDING, INC., RCBA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, L.P., BLUM STRATEGIC PARTNERS II, L.P., FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P., FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P., THE KOLL HOLDING COMPANY, CALPERS, FREDERIC V. MALEK, DLJ INVESTMENT FUNDING, INC., CERTAIN MANAGEMENT INVESTORS, THE OTHER INVESTORS NAMED THEREIN AND CB RICHARD ELLIS SERVICES, INC., A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SECURITYHOLDERS' AGREEMENT."
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THAT ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE."
(c) If the option to purchase the Transfer Securities represented by the Offer Notice is accepted on a timely basis by BLUM or its assignee, in accordance with all the terms specified in Section 2.2(b) and such acceptance (if it is for less than all of the Transfer Securities) has not been rejected by the Transferring Securityholder, no later than the later of (x) 30 business days after the date of the receipt by BLUM of the Offer Notice or (y) the second business day after the receipt of any necessary governmental approvals (including, without limitation, the expiration or early termination of any applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended), BLUM (or its assignee), as applicable, shall deliver payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to the extent the Transfer Consideration is cash, and/or by delivery of the non-cash Transfer Consideration (to the extent chosen by BLUM or its assignee), to such Transferring Securityholder against delivery of certificates or other instruments representing the Common Stock so purchased, appropriately endorsed by such Transferring Securityholder. Each Transferring Securityholder shall deliver its shares of Common Stock free and clear of all liens, claims, options, pledges, encumbrances and security interests. To the extent BLUM or its assignee (i) has not given notice of its acceptance of the offer represented by the Offer Notice to purchase all of the Transfer Securities prior to the expiration of the Election Period, (ii) has accepted as to less than all of the Transfer Securities
clause (i) or (v) of this Section 2.3 with respect to its relationship to such Transferring Non-BLUM Party, and (z) (1) if requested by the Company the Company has been furnished with an opinion of counsel in connection with such Transfer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such Transfer is exempt from or not subject to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act and (2) the Company shall be reasonably satisfied that such Transfer is exempt from or not subject to any other applicable securities laws.
(b) BLUM will give notice to each Tagging Securityholder of each proposed BLUM Sale at least 15 business days prior to the proposed consummation of such BLUM Sale, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be so Transferred, the name and address of the Proposed Transferee, the proposed amount and form of consideration (and if such consideration consists in part or in whole of property other than cash, BLUM will provide such information, to the extent
reasonably available to BLUM, relating to such consideration as the Tagging Securityholder may reasonably request in order to evaluate such non-cash consideration) and other terms and conditions of payment offered by the Proposed Transferee. The tag-along rights provided by this Section 2.4 must be exercised by each Tagging Securityholder within 10 business days following receipt of the notice required by the preceding sentence by delivery of an irrevocable written notice to BLUM indicating such Tagging Securityholder's exercise of its, her or his rights and specifying the number of shares of Common Stock it, she or he desires to sell. The Tagging Securityholder will be entitled under this Section 2.4 to Transfer to the Proposed Transferee the number of shares of Common Stock determined in accordance with Section 2.4(a).
(c) If any Tagging Securityholder exercises its, her or his rights under Section 2.4(a), the closing of the purchase of the Common Stock with respect to which such rights have been exercised is subject to, and will take place concurrently with, the closing of the sale of BLUM's or its Affiliate's Common Stock to the Proposed Transferee.
as provided below) of such additional Equity Securities so issued at the same price and upon the same terms and conditions as issued in the Issuance. Each Securityholder's pro rata share is equal to the ratio of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock owned by such Securityholder (including for these purposes all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, exchange or conversion of other Equity Securities) to (B) the total number of shares of the Company's outstanding Common Stock (including for these purposes all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, exchange or conversion of other Equity Securities) immediately prior to the issuance of the Equity Securities.
III REGISTRATION RIGHTS
(a) Subject to the conditions of this Section 3.1, if the Company shall
receive a written request from (i) BLUM Holders holding not less than 25% of the
Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the BLUM Holders, (ii) FS
Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding
held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25%
of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor
Holders, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act
covering the registration of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall,
within five (5) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request
to all Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting
inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended
disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the
limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as
practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable
Securities that the Holders request to be registered in accordance with this
Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to
inclusion in such registration.
(b) If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 3.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such
Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.1, if the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Initiating Holders, and, if any Initiating Holder is BLUM, CalPERS as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all such Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS, and (ii) second to the extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all such Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by BLUM Holders
pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after the Company has effected six (6)
registrations requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a
registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after
the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders
pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor
Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one
(1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such
Section;
(iii) if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
Relevant Period; or
(d) The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to Section 3.1, but shall cooperate with the requests of the Initiating Shareholders or managing underwriters selected by them as to the inclusion therein of information not specifically required by such form.
(a) The Company shall notify all Holders of Registrable Securities in
writing at least fifteen (15) days prior to the filing of any registration
statement under the Securities Act for purposes of a public offering of
securities of the Company (including, but not limited to, registration
statements relating to secondary offerings of securities of the Company, but
excluding (i) registration statements relating to employee benefit plans or with
respect to corporate reorganizations or other transactions under Rule 145 of the
Securities Act; (ii) any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 3.1
(with respect to which the Holders rights to participate in such registered
offering shall be governed by Section 3.1); and (iii) any registration statement
relating to the Initial Public Offering unless Registrable Securities of BLUM or
its Affiliates are to be sold in an IPO) and, subject to Section 3.13(a), will
use its best efforts to afford each such Holder an opportunity to include in
such registration statement all or part of such Registrable Securities held by
such Holder. Each Holder desiring to include in any such registration statement
all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by it shall, within fifteen
(15) days after the above-described notice from the Company, so notify the
Company in writing. Such notice shall state the intended method of disposition
of the Registrable Securities by such Holder. If a Holder decides not to include
all of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement thereafter filed
by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to
include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent registration statement or
registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings
of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
(b) If the registration statement under which the Company gives notice under this Section 3.2 is for an underwritten offering, the Company shall so advise the Holders of Registrable Securities as part of the written notice provided to the Holders pursuant to Section 3.2(a). In such event, the right of any such Holder to be included in a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such
underwriting by the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that
marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be
underwritten (including Registrable Securities) in an offering subject to this
Section 3.2 because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to
have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of securities to
be offered, then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable
Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number
of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated, first, to
the Company and second, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders. No such reduction shall
(i) reduce the securities being offered by the Company for its own account to be
included in the registration and underwriting, or (ii) reduce the amount of
securities of the selling Holders included in the registration below twenty-five
percent (25%) of the total amount of securities included in such registration,
unless such offering does not include shares of any other selling shareholders,
in which event any or all of the Registrable Securities of the Holders may be
excluded in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.
(c) The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 3.2 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 3.3 hereof.
Except as specifically provided herein, all Registration Expenses
incurred in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance
pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.2 herein shall be borne by the Company. All
Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any registrations hereunder, shall
be borne by the Holders of the Registrable Securities so registered pro rata on
the basis of the number of shares so registered. The Company shall not, however,
be required to pay for expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to
Section 3.1, the request of which has been subsequently withdrawn by the
Initiating Holders unless (a) the withdrawal is based upon material adverse
information concerning the Company of which the Initiating Holders were not
aware at the time of such request or (b) (x) BLUM Holders holding not less than
50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by all BLUM Holders, in
the case of a registration requested pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), (y) FS
Holders holding not less than 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding
held by all FS Holders, in the case of a registration requested pursuant to
Section 3.1(a)(ii), or (z) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 50% of
the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by all Note Investor Holders,
in the case of a registration requested pursuant to Section 3.1(iii), agree to
forfeit their right to one requested registration pursuant to Section 3.1, as
applicable, in which event such right shall be forfeited by all BLUM Holders, in
the case of clause (x), all FS Holders in the case of clause (y) and all Note
Investor Holders in the case of clause (z). If the Holders are required to pay
the Registration Expenses, such expenses shall be borne by the holders of
securities (including Registrable Securities) requesting such registration in
proportion to the number of shares for which registration was requested. If the
Company is required to pay the Registration Expenses of a withdrawn offering
pursuant to clause (a) above, then the Holders shall not forfeit their rights
pursuant to Section 3.1 to a demand registration.
In connection with any registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Sections 3.1 or 3.2 hereof, the Holders of a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (or the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by the registration pursuant to Section 3.2) may select one counsel to represent all Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such registration;
Whenever required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) (1) in the case of a registration initiated under Section 3.1 prepare and, in any event within ninety (90) days after the receipt of the notice contemplated by Section 3.1(a), file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, and, (2) in the case of any registration effected under Section 3.1, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for up to one hundred and eighty (180) days or, if earlier, until the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution related thereto.
(c) Furnish to each Holder such number of copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith including any documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by such Holder.
(e) Use its best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental entities as may be necessary to enable the Holders thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
(f) Enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form), which may include indemnification provisions in favor of underwriters and other Persons in addition to, or in substitution for the provisions of Section 3.9 hereof, and take such other actions as Holders of a majority of shares of such Registrable Securities or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
(g) Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and prepare and furnish to each Holder any supplement or amendment necessary so that the supplemented or amended prospectus no longer includes such untrue or misleading statements or omissions of material fact.
(h) Otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable (but not more than 18 months) after the effective date of the registration statement, an earnings statement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(i) Use its best efforts to list such Registrable Securities on any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed if such Registrable Securities are not already so listed and if such listing is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, and use its best efforts to provide a transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement.
(j) Furnish, at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being registered in the registration, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory in form, substance
and scope to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (or Holders requesting registration in the case of a registration pursuant to Section 3.2), addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a "cold comfort" letter dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (or Holders requesting registration in the case of a registration pursuant to Section 3.2), addressed to the underwriters, if any, and if permitted by applicable accounting standards, to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.
(k) Make available for inspection by any Holder of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such registration statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such Holder or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement.
(l) Notify counsel (selected pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof) for the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, immediately, and confirm the notice in writing (i) when the registration statement, or any post-effective amendment to the registration statement, shall have become effective, or any supplement to the prospectus or any amendment prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request of the Commission to amend the registration statement or amend or supplement the prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the registration statement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the institution or threatening of any legal actions for any of such purposes.
(m) Make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment.
(n) If requested by the managing underwriter or agent or any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or agent or such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein, including, with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold by such Holder to such underwriter or agent, the Purchase Price being paid therefor by such underwriter or agent and with respect to any other terms of the underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after being notified of the matters incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
(o) Cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement and
the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing securities to be sold under the registration statement, and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or agent, if any, or such Holders may request.
(p) Cooperate with each Holder of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(q) Make available the executive officers of the Company to participate with the Holders of Registrable Securities and any underwriters in any "road shows" or other selling efforts that may be reasonably requested by the Holders in connection with the methods of distribution for the Registrable Securities.
A Holder's registration rights pursuant to this Article III shall expire if (i) the Company has completed its Initial Public Offering and is subject to the provisions of the Exchange Act, (ii) such Holder (together with its Affiliates, partners and former partners) holds less than 2% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock and (iii) all Registrable Securities held by such Holder (and its Affiliates, partners and former partners) may be sold under Rule 144 during any ninety (90) day period. Upon expiration of a Holder's registration rights pursuant to this Section 3.7, the obligations of the Company under this Article III to give such Holder notice of registrations or take any other actions under this Article III with respect to the registration of securities held by such Holder shall also terminate.
It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2 that the selling Holders shall furnish to the Company upon written request of the Company such information regarding themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall reasonably be required to effect the registration of their Registrable Securities.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of written notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which a claim for indemnification may be made pursuant to this Section 3.9, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action; provided that the failure of the indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under the preceding subdivisions of this Section 3.9 only 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, unless in such indemnified party's reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim or there may be a legal defense available to such indemnified party different from or in addition to those available to the identifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and 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 will not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
contribute any amount in excess of the amount of total net proceeds to such indemnified party from sales of the Registrable Securities of such indemnified party pursuant to the offering that gave rise to such Losses.
(e) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 3.9 shall survive completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement and the termination of this Agreement.
After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, enter into any
agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would grant such holder registration rights senior to or otherwise more favorable than those granted to the Holders hereunder.
(a) Subject to the condition that all Holders holding at least 2% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are subject to the same restrictions, each Holder hereby agrees that such Holder shall not sell, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, regarding any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by such Holder (other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act pursuant to which an Initial Public Offering is effected. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Common Stock (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of said one hundred eighty (180) day period. For the avoidance of doubt such agreement shall apply only to the Initial Public Offering.
(b) Each Holder agrees to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriter which are consistent with the foregoing or which are necessary to give further effect thereto. In addition, if requested by the Company or the representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, each Holder shall provide, within ten (10) days of such request, such information concerning such Holder as may be required by the Company or such representative in connection with the completion of any public offering of the Company's securities pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act. The obligations described in this Section 3.13 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. Each Holder further agrees the foregoing restriction shall be binding on any transferee from the Holder.
With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to:
(a) File, make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 or any similar or analogous rule promulgated under the Securities Act, at all times after the effective date of the first registration filed by the Company for an offering of its securities pursuant to the Securities Act or pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act;
(b) File with the SEC, in a timely manner, all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and
(c) So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to such Holder forthwith upon
request: a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, and of the Exchange Act (at any when it is subject to such reporting requirements); a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company; and such other reports and documents as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing it to sell any such securities without registration.
IV GOVERNANCE
The following provisions shall apply with respect to the Board prior to an Initial Public Offering:
(a) Immediately after the Closing, the Board shall consist of eight (8) directors, unless BLUM exercises its right pursuant to Section 4.1(f) hereof, in which case the Board shall then consist of between nine (9) and eleven (11) directors.
(b) Each of the Company and the Class B Securityholders agrees to take all action necessary to cause each of the designees described in Section 4.1(c) below to be elected or appointed to the Board concurrently with the Closing, including without limitation, seeking and accepting resignations of incumbent directors.
(c) Each Class B Securityholder agrees that at all times prior to an IPO, it
will vote, or execute a written consent in lieu thereof with respect to, all of
the shares of voting capital stock of the Company owned or held of record by it,
or cause all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company beneficially
owned by it to be voted, or cause a written consent in lieu thereof to be
executed, to elect and, during such period, to continue in office a Board
consisting solely of the following (subject to the other provisions of this
Section 4.1):
(iii) White for so long as he is employed by the Company or, if Wirta is no longer employed by the Company, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company at such time;
(v) immediately after the Closing and for so long as a majority of
the
(d) The director designation right of the BLUM Funds in Section 4.1(c) will reduce (i) to three (or two if there shall not be a Production Director as a member of the Board at such time), two or one of whom, as the case may be, shall be designated by BLUM and one of whom shall be designated by Blum Strategic, if BLUM and its Affiliates, collectively, beneficially own Common Stock representing less than 22.5% of the outstanding Common Stock, (ii) to two (or one if there shall not be a Production Director as a member of the Board at such time), one of whom shall be designated by BLUM and one of whom, if the number of BLUM Directors is reduced to two pursuant to this subsection, shall be designated by Blum Strategic, if BLUM and its Affiliates, collectively, beneficially own Common Stock representing less than 15% of the outstanding Common Stock, and (iii) to zero if BLUM and its Affiliates, collectively, beneficially own Common Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding Common Stock.
(e) The director designation right of the FS Entities in Section 4.1(c)(ii) will reduce to zero if the FS Entities and their Affiliates, collectively, beneficially own Common Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding Common Stock.
(f) At the request of BLUM (provided that the BLUM Funds are then entitled to designate at least three BLUM Directors pursuant to this Section 4.1), the number of BLUM Directors will be increased such that the BLUM Funds thereafter have the right to designate a majority of the entire Board, and the size of the Board will be expanded to the extent necessary to create director vacancies in connection therewith (subject to subsequent reduction in the number of BLUM Directors pursuant to Section 4.1(d) hereof). BLUM shall have the right to designate any directors required to fill vacancies created at BLUM's request pursuant to this Section 4.1(f). In the event that the size of the Board will exceed the board size specified by the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, each of the Company and the Class B Securityholders will take all necessary steps to expand the size of the Board.
(g) Each committee of the Board will include at least one BLUM Director and the FS Director (provided that at least one such director position is then filled and unless the Securityholder appointing such director(s) shall otherwise agree), unless otherwise agreed in writing by BLUM or Freeman Spogli, respectively.
(h) If either the BLUM Funds or the FS Entities notifies the other Class B Securityholders in writing of its desire to remove, with or without cause, any director of the Company previously designated by it, each Class B Securityholder will vote (to the extent eligible to vote) all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company beneficially owned or held of record by it, him or
her so as to remove such director or, upon request, each Class B Securityholder will promptly execute and return to the Company any written resolution or consent to such effect. In the event that any of such Persons is no longer entitled pursuant to this Section 4.1 to designate a director previously designated by such Securityholder(s), such director promptly will be removed from the Board, and each Class B Securityholder will vote (to the extent eligible to vote) all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company beneficially owned or held of record by it so as to remove such director or, upon request, each Class B Securityholder will promptly execute and return to the Company any written resolution or consent to such effect.
(i) If any director previously designated by the BLUM Funds or the FS Entities ceases to serve on the Board (whether by reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise), the Person who designated such director will be entitled to designate a successor director to fill the vacancy created thereby, and each Class B Securityholder will vote (to the extent eligible to vote) all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company beneficially owned or held of record by it or him or her in favor of such designation or, upon request, each Class B Securityholder will promptly execute and return to the Company any written resolution or consent to such effect.
Following an IPO, (a) BLUM shall be entitled to nominate a percentage of the total number of directors on the Board that is equivalent to the percentage of the outstanding Common Stock beneficially owned by BLUM and its Affiliates, collectively (such percentage of directors nominated by BLUM and its Affiliates to be rounded up to the nearest whole number of directors) and (b) the FS Entities shall be entitled to nominate one director as long as the FS Entities own in the aggregate at least 7.5% of the outstanding Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees that, at all times after an IPO, at and in connection with each annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors of the Company are to be elected, the Company, the Board and the nominating committee thereof will (A) nominate and recommend to stockholders for election or re-election as part of the management slate of directors each such individual and (B) provide the same type of support for the election of each such individual as a director of the Company as provided by the Company, its directors, its management and its Affiliates to other Persons standing for election as directors of the Company as part of the management slate. Each Securityholder that is a Class B Securityholder immediately prior to an IPO hereby agrees that, at all times after an IPO, such Securityholder will, and will cause each of its Affiliates to, vote all shares of Common Stock owned or held of record by it, at each annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors of the Company are to be elected, in favor of the election or re-election as a member of the Board of each such individual nominated by any Securityholder pursuant to this Section 4.2.
(b) Prior to an IPO and solely for so long as needed by DLJ, upon the advice of counsel, to maintain
(d) The Company shall reimburse each Observer for out-of-pocket expenses, if any, relating to attendance at such meetings and shall reimburse each Material Securityholder for the out-of-pocket expenses, if any , relating to one representative of such Material Securityholder attending each shareholder meeting of the Company. Each Observer shall be entitled to receive the same notice of any such meeting as any director, and shall have the right to participate therein, but shall not have the right to vote on any matter or to be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present thereat. In addition, each Observer shall have the right to receive copies of any action proposed to be taken by written consent of the Board without a meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action of the Board duly taken in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws shall be affected by any failure to have provided notice to any Observer of any meeting of the Board or the taking of action by the Board without a meeting. Any Observer may be required by the Board to temporarily leave a meeting of the Board if the presence of such Observer at the meeting at such time would prevent the Company from asserting the attorney-client or other privilege with respect to matters discussed before the Board at such time. The FS Entities agree to cause the FS Observers to keep any matters observed or materials received by them at any meeting of the Board strictly confidential, subject to applicable law. The DLJ Investors agree to cause the DLJ Observer to keep any matters observed or materials received by him or her at any meeting of the Board strictly confidential, subject to applicable law. CalPERS agrees to cause the CalPERS Observer to keep any matters observed or materials received by him or her at any meeting of the Board strictly confidential, subject to applicable law.
(e) With respect to each committee of the Board for which BLUM or the FS Entities agrees in writing to waive its right set forth in Section 4.1(g) hereto, BLUM or the FS Entities, as the case may be, shall be entitled to have one observer at all meetings of such committee (provided that BLUM or the FS Entities, as the case may be, shall at such time be entitled to designate at least one director to the Board pursuant to Section 4.1 hereto). Each such observer shall be entitled to receive the same notice of any such meeting as any director that is a member thereof, and shall have the right to participate therein, but shall not have the right to vote on any matter or to be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present thereat. In addition, each such observer shall have the right to receive copies of any action proposed to be taken by written consent of such committee without a meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action of the such committee duly taken in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws shall be affected by any failure to have provided notice to any observer of any meeting of such committee or the taking of action by such committee without a
meeting. Any such observer may be required by such committee to temporarily leave a meeting of the committee if the presence of such observer at the meeting at such time would prevent the Company from asserting the attorney-client or other privilege with respect to matters discussed before the committee at such time. BLUM agrees to cause any observer designated by it to keep any matters observed or materials received by him or her at any meeting of such committee strictly confidential. The FS Entities agree to cause the any observer designated by it to keep any matters observed or materials received by them at any meeting of such committee strictly confidential.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.5 or this Article IV, prior to an Initial Public Offering, each of the Non-BLUM Parties that is a Class B Securityholder agrees to vote at any stockholders meeting (or in any written consent in lieu thereof) all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company owned or held of record by it, or cause all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company beneficially owned by it to be voted at any stockholders meeting (or in any written consent in lieu thereof), in same the manner as BLUM votes the shares of voting capital stock of the Company beneficially owned by it at such meeting (or in such written consent in lieu thereof), except with respect to the following actions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries:
(i) any transaction between (x) BLUM or any of its Affiliates and (y) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction (A) with another portfolio company of BLUM or any of its Affiliates that has been negotiated on arms-length terms in the ordinary course of business between the managements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such other portfolio company, (B) with respect to which the Securityholders may exercise their rights under Section 2.6 of this Agreement or (C) specifically contemplated by the Merger Agreement; or
(ii) any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company that adversely affects such Securityholder relative to BLUM, other than (x) an increase in the authorized capital stock of the Company, or (y) amendments made in connection with any reorganization of the Company effected to facilitate an Initial Public Offering or the acquisition of the Company by merger or consolidation (provided that in such reorganization or acquisition each share of each class or series of capital stock held by the Non-BLUM Parties is treated the same as each share of the same class or series of
(b) In order to effectuate Section 4.5(a), each Non-BLUM Party that is a Class B Securityholder hereby grants to BLUM an irrevocable proxy, coupled with an interest, to vote, during the period specified in Section 4.5(a) above, all of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company owned by the grantor of the proxy in the manner set forth in Section 4.5(a).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, prior to an Initial Public Offering, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any of the following actions without the prior affirmative vote or written consent of (a) a majority of the directors of the Company, and (b) a majority of the directors of the Company that are not BLUM Directors:
(i) any transaction between (x) BLUM or any of its Affiliates and (y) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction (A) with another portfolio company of BLUM of any of its Affiliates that has been negotiated on arms-length terms in the ordinary course of business between the managements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such other portfolio company, (B) with respect to which the Securityholders may exercise their rights under Section 2.6 of this Agreement or (C) specifically contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
consideration per share either BLUM Fund shall be entitled to receive); or
(iii) repurchase or redeem, or declare or pay a dividend with respect to or make a distribution upon, any shares of capital stock of the Company beneficially owned by BLUM or any of its Affiliates, unless (x) such repurchase, redemption dividend or distribution is made pro rata among all holders of such class of capital stock (or, in the case of a repurchase or redemption, all of the Non-BLUM Parties are given a proportionate right to participate in such repurchase or redemption (to the extent they own shares of such class of capital stock)) or (y) if such capital stock is not Common Stock, such repurchase, redemption or dividend is required by the terms of such capital stock.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, prior to an Initial Public Offering, for so long as the FS Entities shall be entitled to appoint the FS Director pursuant to Section 4.1 hereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any of the following actions without the prior affirmative vote or written consent of (x) a majority of the directors of the Company, and (y) the FS Director:
(c) incur Indebtedness, unless such Indebtedness would (i) be
permitted pursuant to the terms of the documents governing the senior and
senior subordinated Indebtedness entered into by the Company and CBRE in
connection with the closing of the Merger as in effect on the Closing Date
of the Merger (including any refinancing or replacement of such
Indebtedness in an equal or lesser aggregate principal amount) or (ii)
immediately following such incurrence the ratio of (x) the consolidated
Indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries determined in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied in a
manner consistent with the Company's consolidated financial statements to
(y) the Twelve-Month Normalized EBITDA, does not exceed
4.5:1; or
(d) issue capital stock of the Company (or options, warrants or other securities to acquire capital stock of the Company) to employees, directors or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if such issuances, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the total amount of outstanding capital stock of the Company immediately after the Closing on a fully diluted basis (i.e., assuming the exercise, exchange or conversion of all Equity Securities that are exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Common Stock), other than (i) issuances to employees, directors or consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries of up to 25% of the capital stock of the Company on a fully-diluted basis within six (6) months of the closing of the Merger and (ii) issuances in amounts equal to the capital stock of the Company repurchased by the Company from, or the options, warrants or other securities to acquire capital stock cancelled by the Company or its Subsidiaries or terminated or expired without prior exercise with respect to, Persons who, at the time of such repurchase, cancellation, termination or expiration, were current or former employees, directors or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
V OTHER AGREEMENTS
(a) Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company will furnish each Securityholder who is a Material Securityholder a consolidated balance sheet of the Company, as at the end of such fiscal year, and a consolidated statement of income and a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company, for such year, all prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail. Such financial statements shall be accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by independent public accountants of national standing selected by the Board.
(b) The Company will furnish each Securityholder who is a Material Securityholder within 45 days after the end of the first, second and third quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of each such quarterly period, and a consolidated statement of income and a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company for such period and for the current fiscal year to date, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, with the exception that no notes need be attached to such statements and year-end audit adjustments may not have been made.
(c) The Company will furnish each Securityholder who is a Material Securityholder any monthly financial statements of the Company that are provided to the Board no later than five (5) days after the day upon which first furnished to the Board.
Each Securityholder who is a Material Securityholder shall have the right to visit and inspect any of the books, records and properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with its officers and independent aviators, and to review such information as is reasonably requested, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested.
against such indemnified Person that arises from, relates to or is otherwise in respect of (i) the business, operations, liabilities or obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) the ownership by such Securityholder or any of their respective Affiliates of any equity securities of the Company (except to the extent such Losses and Expenses (x) arise from any claim that such indemnified Person's investment decision relating to the purchase or sale of such securities violated a duty or other obligation of the indemnified Person to the claimant or (y) are finally determined in a judicial action by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Securityholder or its Affiliates) including, without limitation, any Losses and Expenses arising from or under any federal, state or other securities law. The indemnification provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.4 is separate from and in addition to any other indemnification by the Company to which the indemnified Person may be entitled, including, without limitation, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any indemnification agreements with the Company and Section 3.9 hereto.
Indemnified Party against such claim or demand, whether by not giving the Indemnified Party timely notice as provided above or otherwise, then the amount of any such claim or demand or, if the same be contested by the Indemnified Party, that portion thereof as to which such defense is unsuccessful (and the reasonable costs and expenses pertaining to such defense) shall be the liability of the Company hereunder. The Indemnified Party and Company shall each render to each other such assistance as may reasonably be requested in order to insure the proper and adequate defense of any such claim or proceeding.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.4 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under this Section 5.4, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of the Losses and Expenses referred to in this Section 5.4: (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Indemnified Party from the matter giving rise to indemnification hereunder or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Indemnified Party in connection with the matter that resulted in such Losses and Expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent the matter giving rise to such Losses and Expenses.
(d) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to Section 5.4(c) were to be determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of Section
5.4(c). The amount paid by any indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, referred to in
the first sentence of Section 5.4(c) shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with
investigation, preparing to defend or defending against any claim which is the
subject of Section 5.4.
(e) As long as it is reasonably attainable at a reasonable price, the Company will maintain directors' and officers' insurance in an amount to be determined in good faith by the Company's board of directors to be consistent with insurance provided to officers and directors of comparable companies.
VI MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Subject to the following sentence, each Securityholder agrees that any other equity securities of the Company which they hereafter acquire by means of a stock split, stock dividend, distribution, exercise or conversion of securities or otherwise will be subject to the provisions of this Agreement to the same extent as if held on the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, this Agreement (other than Article IV, it being understood that Wirta and White will vote all such equity securities in accordance with Article IV even if they are not otherwise subject to this Agreement) shall not apply to any shares of Common Stock or any
This Agreement will be effective from and after the date hereof and
will terminate with respect to the provisions referred to below as follows: (i)
with respect to Sections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1 and 5.2, upon
completion of an IPO; (ii) with respect to Sections 2.1(b), 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
and 2.6, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period; (iii) with respect to
Article III (other than Sections 3.9 and 3.14) at such time as set forth in
Section 3.7; (iv) with respect to Sections 3.9 and 5.4, upon the expiration of
the applicable statutes of limitations; and (iv) with respect to all Sections
(other than Sections 3.9, 3.14 and 5.4), upon (A) the sale of all or
substantially all of the equity interests in the Company to a Third Party
whether by merger, consolidation or securities or otherwise, or (B) approval in
writing by BLUM, the FS Parties and the holders of a majority of the shares of
Common Stock owned by the following Persons voting as a group: the Management
Parties, the Note Investor Parties and the Other Non-Management Parties.
All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service, by cable, by telecopy, by telegram, by telex or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the addresses set forth below (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 6.3):
(a) If to the Company or to CBRE:
CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc. 200 North Sepulveda Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245-4380
Attn: Walter Stafford, General Counsel Fax: (415) 733-5555
with a copy to (which copy shall not be deemed notice pursuant to this Section 6.3):
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
3330 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attn: Richard Capelouto
Fax: (650) 251-5002
(b) If to BLUM or any of its Affiliates:
c/o BLUM Capital Partners, L.P.
909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94133
Attn: Murray A. Indick, General Counsel
Fax: (415) 434-3130
with a copy to (which copy shall not be deemed notice
pursuant to this Section 6.3):
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
3330 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attn: Richard Capelouto
Fax: (650) 251-5002
If to any of the FS Parties or any of their Affiliates:
c/o Freeman Spogli & Co., Inc.
11100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1900
Santa Monica, CA 90025
Attn: J. Frederick Simmons
Fax: (310) 444-1870
with a copy to (which copy shall not be deemed notice
pursuant to this Section 6.3):
Riordan & McKinzie
California Plaza
29th Floor, 300 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attn: Roger H. Lustberg
Fax: (213) 229-8550
If to any of the Management Parties or Koll, to the address set forth below their name on the signature pages to this Agreement, with a copy to (which copy shall not be deemed notice pursuant to this Section 6.3):
O'Melveny & Myers LLP 610 Newport Center Drive, 17/th/ Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660-6429 Attn: Gary J. Singer Fax: (949) 823-6994
If to Malek:
c/o Thayer Capital Partners
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20004
Fax: (202) 371-0391
with a copy to (which copy shall not be deemed notice pursuant to this Section 6.3):
Kirkland & Ellis
655 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
Attn: Terrance Bessey
Fax: (202) 879-5200
If to any of the Note Investor Parties:
DLJ Investment Funding, Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172
Attn: Joseph Ehrlich
Fax: (212) 892-0064
with a copy to (which copy shall not be deemed notice
pursuant to this Section 6.3):
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
80 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005-1702
Attn: John J. Schuster
Fax: (212) 269-5420
If to CalPERS:
CalPERS
Lincoln Plaza
400 P Street, Rm. 3492
Sacramento, CA 95814
Attn: Rick Hayes
Leon Shahinian
Marte Castanos
Fax: (916) 326-3344
With a copy to:
Pacific Corporate Group
1200 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
Attn: Walter Fitzsimmons
Fax: (858) 456-6018
The parties hereto will sign such further documents, cause such meetings to be held, resolutions passed, exercise their votes and do and perform and cause to be done such further acts and things as may be necessary in order to give full effect to this Agreement and every provision hereof.
This Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto nor create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.
This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within that state.
Without limiting or waiving in any respect any rights or remedies of the parties hereto under this Agreement now or hereinafter existing at law or in equity or by statute, each of the parties hereto will be entitled to seek specific performance of the obligations to be performed by the other in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
If any provision of this Agreement is declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement will not be affected and will remain in full force and effect.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
Whenever a provision of this Agreement refers to shares of Common Stock owned by a Securityholder or owned by a Securityholder and its Affiliates, such provision shall be deemed to refer to those shares owned of record by such Securityholder or such Securityholder and its Affiliates, as applicable, and shall not be deemed to include other Restricted Securities that such Securityholder (or such Securityholder and its Affiliates, if applicable) may be deemed to beneficially own due to the provisions of this Agreement and/or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings among the parties hereto relating to the voting or Transfer of Restricted Securities.
BLUM and Blum Strategic hereby acknowledge that they are Affiliates of each other for purposes of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this
Agreement or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf as of the date
first written above.
CBRE HOLDING, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
CB RICHARD ELLIS SERVICES, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
RCBA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, L.P.
By: RCBA GP, L.L.C., its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
BLUM STRATEGIC PARTNERS II, L.P.
By: Blum Strategic GP II, L.L.C., its general
partner
By:
Name:
Title:
DLJ INVESTMENT FUNDING, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: FS Capital Partners, L.P., its general
partner
By: FS Holdings, Inc., its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
By: FS&Co. International, L.P., its general
partner
By: FS International Holdings Limited,
its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
THE KOLL HOLDING COMPANY
MANAGEMENT INVESTORS:
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
OTHER NOTE INVESTORS:
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum Strategic Partner, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., DLJ Investment Funding, Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, The Koll Holding Company, CalPERS, Frederic V. Malek and the Management Investors named therein, I, Kathi Koll, the spouse of Donald M. Koll, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of July 20, 2001
Kathi Koll
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., DLJ Investment Funding, Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, The Koll Holding Company, CalPERS, Frederic V. Malek and the Management Investors named therein, I, Marlene Malek, the spouse of Frederic V. Malek, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of July 20, 2001
Marlene Malek
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., DLJ Investment Funding, Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, The Koll Holding Company, CalPERS, Frederic V. Malek and the Management Investors named therein, I, Sandra Wirta, the spouse of Raymond E. Wirta, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of July 20, 2001
Sandra Wirta
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement among CBRE Holding, Inc., CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, L.P., DLJ Investment Funding, Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, The Koll Holding Company, CalPERS, Frederic V. Malek and the Management Investors named therein, I, Danielle White, the spouse of W. Brett White, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Securityholders' Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of July 20, 2001
Danielle White
Exhibit A
FORM OF ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
[DATE]
To the Parties to the Securityholders' Agreement dated as of July 20, 2001
Dear Sirs or Madams:
Reference is made to the Securityholders' Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2001 (the "Securityholders' Agreement"), among CBRE Holding, Inc., CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners International, DLJ Investment Funding, Inc., The Koll Holding Company, CalPERS, Frederic V. Malek, and the individuals identified on the signature pages thereto as "Other Note Purchasers" and "Management Investors."
In consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained in the Securityholders' Agreement, the undersigned hereby confirms and agrees that it shall be bound by all or certain of the provisions thereof in the manner set forth in Section 6.5 thereto.
This Assumption Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within that state.
Very truly yours,
[Transferee]
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
In consideration of the execution of the foregoing Assumption
Agreement with respect to the Securityholders' Agreement among CBRE Holding,
Inc., CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P., Blum
Strategic Partners, L.P., FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FS Equity Partners
International, L.P., DLJ Investment Funding, Inc., [Other Note Purchasers], The
Koll Holding Company, CalPERS, Frederic V. Malek and the Management Investors
named therein,
I, _______________________, the spouse of [Transferee], do hereby join with my
spouse in executing the foregoing Assumption Agreement and do hereby agree to be
bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof.
Dated as of ______________ ____, 20__
[Spouse]
WARRANT AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement):
Each holder of a Warrant may exercise such Warrant, in whole or in part by either of the following methods:
delivering to the Company at its office maintained for such purpose pursuant to
Section 12(d): (i) a written notice of such holder's election to exercise such
Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be
purchased, (ii) the Warrant and (iii) a sum equal to the Exercise Price (as set
forth in the Warrant) therefor payable in immediately available funds; or
The holder of a Warrant may also exercise such Warrant, in whole or in part, in a "cashless" or "net-issue" exercise by delivering to the Company at its office maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 12(d): (i) a written notice of such holder's election to exercise such Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be delivered to such holder and the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which such Warrant is being surrendered in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares to be delivered to the holder, and (ii) the Warrant. For purposes of this provision, all Warrant Shares as to which the Warrant is surrendered will be attributed a value equal to (x) the current market price per share of Common Stock (determined in the manner set forth in Section 7(f)) minus (y) the current Exercise Price per share of Common Stock.
All Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens and other encumbrances thereon, other than liens or other encumbrances created by the holder thereof or the restrictions set forth in the Securityholders' Agreement.
The Company will not close its books against the transfer of a Warrant or of any
Warrant Shares in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of a Warrant. The Company will from time to time take all such action as may be necessary to assure that the par value per share of the unissued Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of a Warrant is at all times equal to or less than the Exercise Price then in effect.
As soon as practicable after an Automatic Exercise Event, the Company shall deliver a notice of such Automatic Exercise Event to each of the holders of the Warrants. Upon delivery of the Warrants to the Company by a holder thereof and such holder becoming a party to the Securityholders' Agreement, if such holder shall not already be a party thereto, the Company shall cause to be executed and delivered to such holder within five business days a certificate or certificates representing the aggregate number of fully-paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock issuable as a result of such Automatic Exercise Event.
All Warrant Shares issuable upon an Automatic Exercise Event shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens and other encumbrances thereon, other than liens or other encumbrances created by the holder thereof or the restrictions set forth in the Securityholders' Agreement.
The Company will not close its books against the transfer of a Warrant or of any
Warrant Shares in any manner which interferes with the exercise of a Warrant pursuant to an Automatic Exercise Event. The Company will from time to time take all such action as may be necessary to assure that the par value per share of the unissued Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of a Warrant pursuant to an Automatic Exercise Event is at all times equal to or less than the Exercise Price then in effect.
case may be, without having a new Warrant issued.
A Warrant may, be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the holder hereof or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with the preceding paragraph, as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.
The Company agrees to maintain at its aforesaid office books for the registration and transfer of the Warrants.
In case any of the Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may in its discretion issue, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing an equivalent number of Warrants, but only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant and indemnity, if requested, also satisfactory to them. Applicants for such substitute Warrants shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.
The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or its authorized and issued Common Stock held in its treasury, for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any obligation to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of Warrants, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may then be deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants.
Transfer Agent and with every subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Company's capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrants. The Company will furnish such Transfer Agent a copy of all notices of adjustments and certificates related thereto transmitted to each holder pursuant to Section 9 hereof.
The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the
exercise of each Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
occurrence of the events enumerated in this Section 7. For purposes of this
Section 7, "Common Stock" means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class
of common stock of the Company and any other stock of the Company, however
designated, that has the right (subject to any prior rights of any class or
series of preferred stock) to participate in any distribution of the assets or
earnings of the Company without limit as to per share amount.
If the Company:
pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its Common Stock;
subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares;
combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares;
makes a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its capital stock other than Common Stock; or
issues by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of its capital stock;
then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such action and the number and kind of shares into which a Warrant is exercisable shall all be adjusted appropriately so that the holder of any Warrant thereafter exercised may receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of capital stock of the Company which he would have owned immediately following such action if such Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such action.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
If after an adjustment a holder of a Warrant upon exercise of it may receive shares of two or more classes of capital stock of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Exercise Price between the classes of capital stock. After such allocation, the exercise privilege and the Exercise Price of each class of capital stock shall thereafter be subject to adjustment on terms comparable to those applicable to Common Stock in this Section.
Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event listed above
shall occur.
If the Company distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its Common Stock entitling them for a period expiring within 60 days after the record date for such distribution to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share on that record date, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
O + N x P --------- E' = E x M --------- O + N where: E' = the adjusted Exercise Price. E = the current Exercise Price. O = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date. N = the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to such rights issue. P = the offering price per share of the additional shares. M = the current market price per share of Common Stock on the record date. |
The adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive the rights, options or warrants. If at the end of the period during which such rights, options or warrants are exercisable, not all rights, options or warrants shall have been exercised, the Exercise Price shall be immediately readjusted to what it would have been if "N" in the above formula had been the number of shares actually issued.
If the Company distributes to all holders of its Common Stock any assets (excluding cash) or debt securities or any rights or warrants to purchase debt securities, assets or other securities, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
E' = E x M - F --------- M where: E' = the adjusted Exercise Price. E = the current Exercise Price. M = the current market price per share of Common Stock on the record date mentioned below. F = the aggregate fair market value on the record date of the |
assets, securities, rights or warrants divided by the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on the record date for such distribution. The Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the fair market value. |
The adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive the distribution.
If the Company issues shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share less than the current market price per share on the date the Company fixes the offering price of such additional shares, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
where:
E' = the adjusted Exercise Price.
E = the then current Exercise Price. O = the number of shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such additional shares. P = the aggregate consideration received for the issuance of such additional shares. M = the current market price per share on the date of issuance of such additional shares. A = the number of shares outstanding immediately after the issuance of such additiona| shares. |
The adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such issuance is made, and shall become effective immediately after such issuance.
This subsection (d) does not apply to:
any of the transactions described in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 7,
the exercise of Warrants, or the conversion or exchange of other securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Common Stock,
Common Stock issued to the Company's employees under bona fide employee benefit plans adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by the holders of Common Stock when required by law, if such Common Stock would otherwise be covered by this subsection (d),
Common Stock issued upon the exercise of rights or warrants issued to the holders of Common Stock,
Common Stock issued to shareholders of any person which merges into the Company in proportion to their stock holdings of such person immediately prior to such merger, upon such merger,
Common Stock issued in a bona fide public offering pursuant to a firm commitment underwriting,
Common Stock issued in a bona fide private placement to, or through a placement agent which is, a member firm of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or
Common Stock issued as a dividend on any preferred stock in accordance with the stated terms of such preferred stock and in lieu of cash dividends otherwise payable on such preferred stock pursuant to the instrument under which the preferred stock was issued.
If the Company issues any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock (other than securities issued in transactions described in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 7) for a consideration per share of Common Stock initially deliverable upon conversion or exchange of such securities less than the current market price per share on the date of issuance of such securities, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in accordance with this formula:
where:
E' = the adjusted Exercise Price.
E = the then current Exercise Price.
O = the number of shares outstanding immediately prior to the
issuance of such securities.
P = the aggregate consideration received for the issuance of
such securities.
M the current market price per share of Common Stock on the
date of issuance of such securities.
D = the maximum number of shares deliverable upon conversion or
in exchange for such securities at the
initial conversion or exchange rate.
The adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such issuance is made, and shall become effective immediately after such issuance.
If all of the Common Stock deliverable upon conversion or exchange of such securities has not been issued when such securities are no longer outstanding, then the Exercise Price shall promptly be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would then be in effect had the adjustment upon the issuance of such securities been made on the basis of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion or exchange of such securities.
This subsection (e) does not apply to:
convertible securities issued to shareholders of any person which merges into the Company, or with a subsidiary of the Company, in proportion to their stock holdings of such person immediately prior to such merger, upon such merger,
convertible securities issued in a bona fide public offering pursuant to a firm commitment underwriting,
convertible securities issued in a bona fide private placement through a placement agent which is a member firm of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
rights, warrants and convertible and exchangeable securities outstanding on or prior to the date of issuance of the Warrant, or
convertible securities or warrants issued in connection with the incurrence of debt by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, so long as the fair value allocable to such convertible securities or warrants (taking into account the terms of the debt), together with any consideration payable to the Company upon conversion or exercise of such convertible securities or warrants, treating such convertible securities or warrants on an as converted basis, is no less than the then current market price of Common Stock on the date of issuance of such convertible securities or warrants.
For purposes of any computation respecting consideration received pursuant to subsections (d) and (e) of this Section 7, the following shall apply:
in the case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock for cash, the consideration shall be the amount of such cash, provided that in no case shall any deduction be made for any commissions, discounts or other expenses incurred by the Company for any underwriting of the issue or
otherwise in connection therewith;
in the case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (irrespective of the accounting treatment thereof), whose determination shall be conclusive; and
in the case of the issuance of securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, the aggregate consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the consideration received by the Company for the issuance of such securities plus the additional minimum consideration, if any, to be received by the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof (the consideration in each case to be determined in the same manner as provided in clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection).
No adjustment in the Exercise Price need be made unless the adjustment would require on increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price. Any adjustments that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
All calculations under this Section shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share as the case may be.
No adjustment need be made for a transaction referred to in subsection
(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 7 if Warrant holders are permitted to
participate in the transaction (without being required to exercise their
Warrants in order to do so) on a basis and with notice that the Board of
Directors of the Company determines to be fair and appropriate in light of the
basis and notice on which holders of Common Stock participate in the
transaction.
No adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest.
No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock.
To the extent the Warrants become convertible into cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash. Interest will not accrue on the cash.
Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted, the Company shall provide the notices required by Section 9 hereof.
The Company from time to time may reduce the Exercise Price by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 days and if the reduction is irrevocable during the
Whenever the Exercise Price is reduced, the Company shall mail to Warrant holders a notice of the reduction. The Company shall mail the notice at least 15 days before the date the reduced Exercise Price takes effect. The notice shall state the reduced Exercise Price and the period it will be in effect.
A reduction of the Exercise Price pursuant to this clause (k) does not change or adjust the Exercise Price otherwise in effect for purposes of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 7.
If the Company consolidates or merges with or into, or sells, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its assets to, any person (including, without limitation, in a transaction that is an Automatic Exercise Event), upon consummation of such transaction the Warrants shall automatically become exercisable (or, in the event of an Automatic Exercise Event, be exercised) for the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets which the holder of a Warrant would have owned immediately after the consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease if the holder had exercised the Warrant immediately before the effective date of the transaction. Unless such transaction shall have been an Automatic Exercise Event, concurrently with the consummation of such transaction, the corporation formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger, if other than the Company, or the person to which such transfer, sale or lease shall have been made, shall enter into a supplemental Warrant Agreement so providing and further providing for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practical to the adjustments provided for in this Section. The successor Company shall mail to warrant holders a notice describing the supplemental Warrant Agreement.
If the issuer of securities deliverable upon exercise of Warrants under the supplemental Warrant Agreement is an affiliate of the formed, surviving, transferee or lessee corporation, that issuer shall join in the supplemental Warrant Agreement.
If this subsection (l) applies, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 7 do not apply.
Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors of the Company must make pursuant to subsection (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (i) of this Section 7 is conclusive, provided the Board of Directors has acted reasonably.
In any case in which this Section 7 shall require that an adjustment in the Exercise Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date the Warrant Shares and such securities or assets, if any, issuable upon such exercise
Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 7, each Warrant outstanding prior to the making of the adjustment in the Exercise Price shall thereafter evidence the right to receive upon payment of the adjusted Exercise Price that number of shares of Common Stock (calculated to the nearest hundredth) obtained from the following formula:
where:
N' = the adjusted number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant by payment of the adjusted Exercise Price. N = payment of the Exercise Price prior to adjustment. E' = the adjusted Exercise Price. E = the Exercise Price prior to adjustment. |
The Company shall not be required to issue fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of Warrants. If more than one Warrant shall be presented for exercise in full at the same time by the same holder, the number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of the Warrants so presented. If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 8 be issuable on the exercise of any Warrants (or specified portion thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the current Exercise Price, multiplied by such fraction.
Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall promptly thereafter cause to be given to each of the registered holders of the Warrants at its address appearing on the Warrant register written notice of such adjustment by first-class mail, postage prepaid. Where appropriate, such notice may be given in advance and included as a part of the notice required to be mailed under the other provisions of this Section 7.
In case:
the Company shall authorize the issuance to all holders of shares of Common Stock of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or of any other subscription rights or warrants; or
the Company shall authorize the distribution to all holders of shares of Common Stock of evidences of indebtedness or assets, including cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated current or retained earnings, but not including dividends payable in shares of Common Stock or distributions referred to in subsection (a) of Section 7 hereof; or
of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and of which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or of the conveyance, sale, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety, or of any reclassification or change of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock; or
of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or
the Company proposes to take any action (other than actions of the character described in Section 7(a)) that would require an adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 7;
then the Company shall cause to be given to each of the registered holders of the Warrants at his address appearing on the Warrant register, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified in clause (a) or (b) above) prior to the applicable record date hereinafter specified, or promptly in the case of events for which there is no record date, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a written notice stating (i) the date as of which the holders of record of shares of Common Stock to be entitled to receive any such rights, options, warrants or distribution are to be determined, or (ii) the initial expiration date set forth in any tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, or (iii) the date on which any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or consummated, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of record of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange such shares for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer, lease, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or other action. The failure to give the notice required by this Section 9 or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of any distribution, right, option, warrant, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or the vote upon any action.
Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any of the Warrants shall be construed as conferring upon the holders thereof the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter or any rights whatsoever as shareholders of the Company.
The terms of this Warrant Agreement and the Warrants may be amended by the Company, and the observance of any term herein or therein may be waived, but only with the written consent of the holders of Warrants representing a majority in number of the total Warrant
Shares at the time purchasable upon the exercise of all then outstanding Warrants, provided that no such action may change the Exercise Price (other than in accordance with Section 7(k) hereof) without the written consent of all holders of Warrants affected thereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CBRE HOLDING, INC.
By: /s/ Walter V. Stafford ---------------------- Name: Walter V. Stafford Title: Secretary |
FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: FS Capital Partners, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: FS Holdings, Inc.
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ James F. Simmons -------------------- Name: James F. Simmons Title: Chief Financial Officer |
FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
By: FS&Co. International, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: FS International Holdings Limited
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ James F. Simmons -------------------- Name: James F. Simmons Title: Vice President |
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
[FRONT]
EXERCISABLE ON OR AFTER AUGUST 26, 2007
AND ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 27, 2007
OR UPON AN AUTOMATIC EXERCISE EVENT
No. ___ _________ Warrants
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
CBRE HOLDING, INC.
Except in connection with an Automatic Exercise Event, no warrant may be exercised before August 26, 2007 or after 5:00 PM, Los Angeles time, on August 27, 2007 and to the extent not exercised by, or an Automatic Exercise Event shall not have occurred by, such time, such Warrants shall become void.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CBRE Holding, Inc. has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by its President and by its Secretary, each by his signature or a facsimile of his signature.
Dated:
By:
President
By:
Secretary
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
[REVERSE]
Unless an Automatic Exercise Event shall occur on or prior to August 27, 2007, warrants may be exercised at any time on or after August 26, 2007 and on or before August 27, 2007. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them, subject to the limitations set forth in the Warrant Agreement, by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price in cash or immediately available funds or in Warrant Shares by "cashless exercise," at the principal office of the Company. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.
Upon the occurrence of an Automatic Exercise Event on or prior to August 27, 2007, the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall automatically be exercised, subject to the limitations set forth in the Warrant Agreement, and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, upon surrendering this Warrant Certificate, together with payment of the Exercise Price in Warrant Shares by "cashless exercise," at the principal office of the Company, the number of Warrant Shares resulting after subtracting such Exercise Price.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. No fractions of a share of Common stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided in the Warrant Agreement. No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
Warrant Certificates, where surrendered at the principal office of the Company by the registered holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the
principal office of the Company a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement (including, without limitation, delivery to the Company of the written agreement of such transferee(s) to become party to the Securityholders' Agreement, dated as of _______ ___, 2001, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto, if such transferee(s) are not already party thereto, prior to receipt from the Company of any Warrant Shares as a result of the exercise of the Warrants represented by such Warrant Certificate), without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitle any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company.
EXHIBIT B
ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To Be Executed Upon Exercise Of Warrant Pursuant To Section 1)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right
represented by this Warrant, to receive __________ shares of Class B Common
Stock and hereby tenders payment for such shares [to the order of BLUM CB
Holding Corp. by cash or immediately available funds in the amount of $ _______]
[by delivery to the Company of __________ Warrant Shares with respect to which
this Warrant is being surrendered in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for
the Warrant Shares to be delivered to the holder] in accordance with the terms
hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares be
registered in the name of __________________, whose address is
__________________. If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of
Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name
of____________________, whose address is ______________________, and that such
Warrant be delivered to __________________, whose address
is____________________.
Date:
Print Name
Signature Guaranteed
The signature must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company having an office in Los Angeles, California, or by a firm having membership on the New York Stock Exchange.
Each of the parties hereto agrees that anything in the Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the amount of the BLUM Cash Contribution will be reduced by the gross cash proceeds (not to exceed $10 million) received by Holding from the purchase by California Public Employees' Retirement System of Holding Class A Common Stock on the date of the Contribution Closing pursuant to a Subscription Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto (and there will be a corresponding reduction in the number of shares of Holding Class B common stock issued to BLUM).
Each of the parties hereto agrees that (i) the number of shares contributed by The Koll Holding Company will be reduced to 656,052 shares, a reduction of 78,238 shares and (ii) the BLUM Cash Contribution will be increased by $1,251,808 (and there shall be a corresponding increase in the number of shares of Holding Class B Common Stock issued to BLUM).
Each of the parties hereto agrees that the number of shares contributed by Raymond E. Wirta will be reduced to 30,000 shares, and that Mr. Wirta will contribute to Holding $80,000 in cash at the Contribution Closing so that the total number of shares of Holding Class B Common Stock issued to Mr. Wirta under the Contribution and Voting Agreement will remain at 35,000 shares.
Each of the parties hereto agrees that (i) the number of shares contributed by W. Brett White will be reduced to 57,500 shares; and (ii) the BLUM Cash Contribution will be increased by $17,200 (and there shall be a corresponding increase in the number of shares of Holding Class B Common Stock issued to BLUM).
Each of the parties hereto agrees that a portion of the BLUM Stock Contribution may be made by Blum Strategic Partners II, L.P.
Each of the parties hereto agrees that the Securityholders Agreement will be in the form of Annex II hereto.
This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within that state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
CBRE HOLDING, INC.
By:
Name: Claus J. Moller
Title: President
BLUM CB CORP.
By:
Name: Claus J. Moller
Title: President
RCBA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, L.P.
By: RCBA GP, L.L.C., its general partner
By:
Name: Claus J. Moller
Title: Member
FS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: FS Capital Partners, L.P., its general
partner
By: FS Holdings, Inc., its general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
By: FS&Co. International, L.P., its general
partner
By: FS International Holdings Limited, its
general partner
By:
Name:
Title:
THE KOLL HOLDING COMPANY
By:
Frederic V. Malek
Raymond E. Wirta
W. Brett White
Donald M. Koll