As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 22, 2006
Registration
No.
333-126428
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
Town Sports International
Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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7997
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20-0640002
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary standard industrial
classification code number)
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(I.R.S. employer
identification number)
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888 Seventh Avenue (25th
Floor)
New York, New York
10106
(212) 246-6700
(Address, Including Zip Code, and
Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants
Principal Executive Offices)
Robert J. Giardina
Chief Executive
Officer
Town Sports International
Holdings, Inc.
888 Seventh Avenue (25th
Floor)
New York, New York
10106
(212) 246-6700
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code,
and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
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Julie M.
Allen, Esq.
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William M.
Hartnett, Esq.
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James P.
Gerkis, Esq.
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Cahill Gordon &
Reindel
llp
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Proskauer Rose LLP
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80 Pine Street
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1585 Broadway
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New York, New York
10005
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New York, New York
10036
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Telephone:
(212) 701-3000
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Telephone:
(212) 969-3000
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Facsimile:
(212) 269-5420
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Facsimile:
(212) 969-2900
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Approximate date of commencement
of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable
after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If any of the securities being
registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act of 1933, check the following
box.
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If this Form is filed to register
additional securities for an offering pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
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If this Form is a post-effective
amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same
offering.
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If this Form is a post-effective
amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same
offering.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
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Title of Each Class
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Proposed Maximum
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Proposed Maximum
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Amount of
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of Securities to be
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Amount to be
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Offering Price
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Aggregate Offering
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Registration
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Registered
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Registered(1)
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Per Share(2)
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Price(2)
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Fee(3)
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Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share
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11,500,000
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$18.00
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$207,000,000
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$23,994.75
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(1)
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Includes 2,352,941 shares for the
account of selling stockholders. Also includes 1,500,000 shares
which may be sold for the account of selling stockholders
pursuant to the underwriters over allotment option.
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(2)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of
the registration fee for this offering in accordance with Rule
457(a) of the Securities Act.
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(3)
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This amount has been paid
previously.
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The Registrant hereby amends
this registration statement on such date or dates as may be
necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this
registration statement shall thereafter become effective in
accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933
or until the registration statement shall become effective on
such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. has prepared this
Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on
Form
S-1
(File
No.
333-126428)
for the purpose of filing certain exhibits to the Registration
Statement. Amendment No. 3 does not modify any provision of
the Prospectus constituting Part I of the Registration
Statement or Items 13, 14, 15 or 17 of Part II of
the Registration Statement. Accordingly, such Prospectus has not
been included herein.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
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Item 13.
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Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
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The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses,
other than the underwriting discounts and commissions, payable
by the registrant in connection with the sale of the common
stock being registered.
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Amount to
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be Paid
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SEC registration fee
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$
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23,995
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NASD filing fee
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21,200
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NASDAQ National Market listing fee
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100,000
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Legal fees and expenses
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1,100,000
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Accounting fees and expenses
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150,000
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Printing and engraving expenses
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300,000
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Blue Sky fees and expenses
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50,000
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Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses
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20,000
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Miscellaneous
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785,000
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Total
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$
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2,550,195
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Item 14.
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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The registrants amended and restated certificate of
incorporation in effect as of the date hereof and the
registrants certificate of incorporation to be in effect
upon the closing of this offering (the Certificate)
provide that, except to the extent prohibited by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, as amended (the DGCL), the
registrants directors shall not be personally liable to
the registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any
breach of fiduciary duty as directors of the registrant. Under
the DGCL, the directors have a fiduciary duty to the registrant
that is not eliminated by this provision of the Certificate and,
in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain
available. In addition, each director will continue to be
subject to liability under the DGCL for any breach of the
directors duty of loyalty to the registrant or its
stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or that
involve intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law,
for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director
and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or
redemptions that are prohibited by the DGCL. This provision also
does not affect the directors responsibilities under any
other laws, such as the federal securities laws or state or
federal environmental laws. The registrant intends to obtain
liability insurance for its officers and directors.
Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify
its directors and officers and to purchase insurance with
respect to liability arising out of their capacity or status as
directors and officers, provided that this provision shall not
eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i) for any
breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation
or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) arising under Section 174 of
the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. The DGCL provides
further that the indemnification permitted thereunder shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the directors
and officers may be entitled under the corporations
bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or otherwise. The
Certificate eliminates the personal liability of directors to
the fullest extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the
DGCL and provides that the registrant shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by the DGCL, fully indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by
reason of the fact that such person is or was, or has
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agreed to become, a director or officer of the registrant, or is
or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director,
officer or trustee of or, in a similar capacity with, another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to
have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all
expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
or on behalf of such person in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding and any appeal therefrom.
Before the closing of the offering, the registrant intends to
enter into agreements to indemnify its directors and executive
officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in the
Certificate. The registrant believes that these agreements are
necessary to attract and retain qualified directors and
executive officers.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding
involving any director, officer, employee or agent as to which
indemnification will be required or permitted under the
Certificate or the aforementioned indemnification agreements.
The registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation or
proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification.
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Item 15.
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
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All common stock share numbers have been adjusted to reflect a
14-for-1 stock split to be effected prior to the closing of the
offering to which this Registration Statement relates.
In 2002, TSI, Inc. issued 71,630 shares of common stock
upon the exercise of warrants.
In January 2003, an executive officer of TSI, Inc. exercised
9,530 Series B options at an exercise price of $10 per
share, and the underlying shares were concurrently repurchased
by TSI, Inc. In February 2003, certain executive officers of
TSI, Inc. exercised options to purchase 148,775 shares
of Series B preferred stock, by forfeiting an aggregate of
42,508 shares to acquire an aggregate net of
106,267 shares.
On January 26, 2004, TSI, Inc. issued 71,631 shares of
common stock upon the exercise of warrants.
On February 4, 2004, TSI, Inc. and affiliates and TSI
Holdings, a newly formed company, entered into a restructuring
agreement. In connection with this restructuring, the holders of
TSI, Inc.s Series A Preferred Stock, Series B
Preferred Stock and Class A Common stock contributed their
shares of TSI, Inc. to TSI Holdings for an equal amount of newly
issued shares of the same form in TSI Holdings. Immediately
following this exchange TSI Holdings contributed to TSI, Inc.
the certificates representing all of TSI, Inc.s shares
contributed in the aforementioned exchange and in return TSI,
Inc. issued 1,000 shares of common stock to TSI Holdings,
and cancelled on its books and records the certificate
representing TSI, Inc.s shares contributed to it by TSI
Holdings.
On March 12, 2004, TSI Holdings issued 917,504 shares
of common stock upon the exercise of stock options. TSI Holdings
received $539 in cash related to these exercises.
All issuances were made under the exemption from registration
provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, because
they did not involve any public offering.
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Item 16.
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Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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(a) Exhibits.
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Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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1
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.1*
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Form of Underwriting Agreement
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3
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Town Sports
International Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of the Companys Registration Statement on
Form S-4, File. No. 333-114210 (the S-4
Registration Statement))
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3
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Form of Certificate of Incorporation to be in effect upon
closing of this offering
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3
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Bylaws of Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the S-4 Registration
Statement)
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Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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3
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Form of Bylaws to be in effect upon closing of this offering
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4
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Indenture dated as of April 16, 2003 by and among Town
Sports International, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and The
Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, File
No. 333-105881, of Town Sports International, Inc. (the
TSI S-4 Registration Statement))
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4
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Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 12, 2006 by and
between Town Sports International, Inc. and The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Companys
Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 15, 2006)
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4
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Indenture dated as of February 4, 2004 by and among Town
Sports International Holdings, Inc. and The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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4
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 4,
2004, by and between Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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4
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Form of Common Stock Certificate
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4
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.6
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See Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 for provisions defining the rights
of holders of common stock
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5
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Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP
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10
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Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2003 by and among
Town Sports International, Inc., the financial institutions
referred to therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the TSI S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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First Amendment, dated as of January 27, 2004, to the
Credit Agreement by and among Town Sports International, Inc.,
the financial institutions referred to therein and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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Second Amendment and Consent, dated as of May 18, 2006, to
the Credit Agreement by and among Town Sports International,
Inc., Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., the financial
institutions referred to therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K filed May 19, 2006)
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10
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Restructuring Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, by
and among Town Sports International, Inc., Town Sports
International Holdings, Inc., Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., L.P., the individuals and entities
listed on the BRS Co-Investor Signature Pages thereto, Farallon
Capital Partners, L.P., Farallon Capital Institutional Partners,
L.P., RR Capital Partners, L.P., and Farallon Capital
Institutional Partners II, L.P., Canterbury Detroit
Partners, L.P., Canterbury Mezzanine Capital, L.P., Rosewood
Capital, L.P., Rosewood Capital IV, L.P., Rosewood
Capital IV Associates, L.P., CapitalSource Holdings LLC,
Keith E. Alessi, Paul N. Arnold, and certain stockholders of the
Company listed on the Executive Signature Pages thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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Stockholders Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, by
and among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., Town Sports
International, Inc., Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.,
L.P. the individuals and entities listed on the BRS Co-Investor
Signature Pages thereto, Farallon Capital Partners, L.P.,
Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P., RR Capital
Partners, L.P., and Farallon Capital Institutional
Partners II, L.P., Canterbury Detroit Partners, L.P.,
Canterbury Mezzanine Capital, L.P., Rosewood Capital, L.P.,
Rosewood Capital IV, L.P., Rosewood Capital IV Associates,
L.P., CapitalSource Holdings LLC, Keith E. Alessi, Paul N.
Arnold, and certain stockholders of the Company listed on the
Executive Signature Pages thereto (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement and Consent
Agreement dated March 23, 2006 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.20 of the 2005 10-K)
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10
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Amendment No. 2 to the Stockholders Agreement dated
May 22, 2006
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Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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10
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 4,
2004, by and among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.,
Town Sports International, Inc., Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., L.P., the individuals and entities
listed on the BRS Co-Investor Signature Pages thereto, Farallon
Capital Partners, L.P., Farallon Capital Institutional Partners,
L.P., RR Capital Partners, L.P., and Farallon Capital
Institutional Partners II, L.P., Canterbury Detroit
Partners, L.P., Canterbury Mezzanine Capital, L.P., Rosewood
Capital, L.P., Rosewood Capital IV, L.P., Rosewood
Capital IV Associates, L.P., CapitalSource Holdings LLC,
Keith E. Alessi, Paul N. Arnold, and certain stockholders of the
Company listed on the Executive Signature Pages thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of March 23, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.21 of the 2005 10K)
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10
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.10
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Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, by and
among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., Town Sports
International, Inc., and the other signatories thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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Pledge Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, between
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as collateral agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors (as defined therein) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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.12
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Security Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, made by
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., in favor of Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined therein)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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.13
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Holdco Guaranty, dated as of February 4, 2004, made by Town
Sports International Holdings, Inc (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.10 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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Guaranty of
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5
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8
% Senior Notes due 2011 issued by Town Sports
International, Inc. made by Town Sports International Holdings,
Inc. dated September 21, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of Town
Sports International, Inc. filed September 22, 2004)
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10
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.15
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Professional Services Agreement, dated as of December 10,
1996, by and among TSI, Inc. and Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., L.P. (BRS) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the S-4 Registration
Statement)
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10
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.16
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First Amendment to Professional Services Agreement, dated
June 1, 2004, by and between Town Sports International
Inc., and Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill and Co. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004)
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10
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.17
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Purchase Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004 by and
among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17
of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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.18
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2003 Executive Stock Agreement, dated July 23, 2003, among
TSI, Inc., BRS, the Farallon Entities and Randall C. Stephen
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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.19
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Form of Executive Stock Agreement, dated as of February 4,
2004, between Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., BRS, the
Farallon Entities and each of Mark Smith, Robert Giardina,
Richard Pyle, Alex Alimanestianu, and Randall Stephen,
respectively (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of
the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005 (the 2005 10-K))
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10
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.20
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2004 Common Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.7 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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2006 Stock Incentive Plan
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10
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2006 Annual Performance Bonus Plan
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Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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10
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.23
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Separation Agreement and General Release between Mark Smith and
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. dated March 23,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the
2005 10-K)
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10
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Equity Agreement between Mark Smith and Town Sports
International Holdings, Inc. dated March 23, 2006
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the 2005 10-K)
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10
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Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement
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21
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Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 of the
2005 10-K)
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23
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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23
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.2**
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Consent of Squire, Lemkin + OBrien LLP
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23
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Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (contained in the opinion filed as
Exhibit Number 5.1 to this registration statement)
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24
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Powers of Attorney
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(b)
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Financial Statement Schedules. None.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the
underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting
agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in
such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt
delivery to each purchaser.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of
prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of
prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424
(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, shall
be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the
time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that
contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this
22nd day of May, 2006.
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TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
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HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
ROBERT J. GIARDINA
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Robert J. Giardina
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Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities indicated on May 22, 2006.
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Signature
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Title
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/s/
ROBERT J.
GIARDINA
Robert J. Giardina
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/
RICHARD G. PYLE
Richard G. Pyle
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
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Keith E. Alessi
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Director
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Paul N. Arnold
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Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Bruce C. Bruckmann
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Director
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J. Rice Edmonds
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Director
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Jason M. Fish
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Director
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*By:
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/s/ RICHARD G. PYLE
Richard
G. Pyle
Attorney-in-fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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1
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Form of Underwriting Agreement
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3
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.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Town Sports
International Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of the Companys Registration Statement on
Form S-4, File. No. 333-114210 (the S-4
Registration Statement))
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3
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.2*
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Form of Certificate of Incorporation to be in effect upon
closing of this offering
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3
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.3
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Bylaws of Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the S-4 Registration
Statement)
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3
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Form of Bylaws to be in effect upon closing of this offering
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4
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.1
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Indenture dated as of April 16, 2003 by and among Town
Sports International, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and The
Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, File
No. 333-105881, of Town Sports International, Inc. (the
TSI S-4 Registration Statement))
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4
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.2
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Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 12, 2006 by and
between Town Sports International, Inc. and The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Companys
Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 15, 2006)
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4
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.3
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Indenture dated as of February 4, 2004 by and among Town
Sports International Holdings, Inc. and The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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4
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.4
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 4,
2004, by and between Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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4
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.5*
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Form of Common Stock Certificate
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4
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.6
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See Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 for provisions defining the rights
of holders of common stock
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5
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Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP
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10
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.1
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Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2003 by and among
Town Sports International, Inc., the financial institutions
referred to therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the TSI S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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.2
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First Amendment, dated as of January 27, 2004, to the
Credit Agreement by and among Town Sports International, Inc.,
the financial institutions referred to therein and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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.3
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Second Amendment and Consent, dated as of May 18, 2006, to
the Credit Agreement by and among Town Sports International,
Inc., Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., the financial
institutions referred to therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 of the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K filed May 19, 2006)
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10
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.4
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Restructuring Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, by
and among Town Sports International, Inc., Town Sports
International Holdings, Inc., Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., L.P., the individuals and entities
listed on the BRS Co-Investor Signature Pages thereto, Farallon
Capital Partners, L.P., Farallon Capital Institutional Partners,
L.P., RR Capital Partners, L.P., and Farallon Capital
Institutional Partners II, L.P., Canterbury Detroit
Partners, L.P., Canterbury Mezzanine Capital, L.P., Rosewood
Capital, L.P., Rosewood Capital IV, L.P., Rosewood
Capital IV Associates, L.P., CapitalSource Holdings LLC,
Keith E. Alessi, Paul N. Arnold, and certain stockholders of the
Company listed on the Executive Signature Pages thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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10
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.5
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Stockholders Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, by
and among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., Town Sports
International, Inc., Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.,
L.P. the individuals and entities listed on the BRS Co-Investor
Signature Pages thereto, Farallon Capital Partners, L.P.,
Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P., RR Capital
Partners, L.P., and Farallon Capital Institutional
Partners II, L.P., Canterbury Detroit Partners, L.P.,
Canterbury Mezzanine Capital, L.P., Rosewood Capital, L.P.,
Rosewood Capital IV, L.P., Rosewood Capital IV Associates,
L.P., CapitalSource Holdings LLC, Keith E. Alessi, Paul N.
Arnold, and certain stockholders of the Company listed on the
Executive Signature Pages thereto (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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.6
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Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement and Consent
Agreement dated March 23, 2006 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.20 of the 2005 10-K)
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10
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Amendment No. 2 to the Stockholders Agreement dated
May 22, 2006
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10
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.8
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 4,
2004, by and among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.,
Town Sports International, Inc., Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., L.P., the individuals and entities
listed on the BRS Co-Investor Signature Pages thereto, Farallon
Capital Partners, L.P., Farallon Capital Institutional Partners,
L.P., RR Capital Partners, L.P., and Farallon Capital
Institutional Partners II, L.P., Canterbury Detroit
Partners, L.P., Canterbury Mezzanine Capital, L.P., Rosewood
Capital, L.P., Rosewood Capital IV, L.P., Rosewood
Capital IV Associates, L.P., CapitalSource Holdings LLC,
Keith E. Alessi, Paul N. Arnold, and certain stockholders of the
Company listed on the Executive Signature Pages thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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.9
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Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of March 23, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.21 of the 2005 10K)
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10
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.10
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Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, by and
among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., Town Sports
International, Inc., and the other signatories thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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.11
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Pledge Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, between
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as collateral agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors (as defined therein) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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.12
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Security Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004, made by
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., in favor of Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined therein)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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.13
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Holdco Guaranty, dated as of February 4, 2004, made by Town
Sports International Holdings, Inc (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.10 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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.14
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Guaranty of
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% Senior Notes due 2011 issued by Town Sports
International, Inc. made by Town Sports International Holdings,
Inc. dated September 21, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of Town
Sports International, Inc. filed September 22, 2004)
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10
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Professional Services Agreement, dated as of December 10,
1996, by and among TSI, Inc. and Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., L.P. (BRS) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the S-4 Registration
Statement)
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10
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.16
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First Amendment to Professional Services Agreement, dated
June 1, 2004, by and between Town Sports International
Inc., and Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill and Co. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004)
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10
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.17
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Purchase Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004 by and
among Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17
of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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10
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.18
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2003 Executive Stock Agreement, dated July 23, 2003, among
TSI, Inc., BRS, the Farallon Entities and Randall C. Stephen
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the S-4
Registration Statement)
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10
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.19
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Form of Executive Stock Agreement, dated as of February 4,
2004, between Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., BRS, the
Farallon Entities and each of Mark Smith, Robert Giardina,
Richard Pyle, Alex Alimanestianu, and Randall Stephen,
respectively (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of
the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005 (the 2005 10-K))
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10
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.20
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2004 Common Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.7 of the S-4 Registration Statement)
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10
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2006 Stock Incentive Plan
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10
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2006 Annual Performance Bonus Plan
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10
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.23
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Separation Agreement and General Release between Mark Smith and
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. dated March 23,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the
2005 10-K)
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10
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.24
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Equity Agreement between Mark Smith and Town Sports
International Holdings, Inc. dated March 23, 2006
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the 2005 10-K)
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10
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Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement
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21
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Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 of the
2005 10-K)
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23
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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23
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Consent of Squire, Lemkin + OBrien LLP
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23
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Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (contained in the opinion filed as
Exhibit Number 5.1 to this registration statement)
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24
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Powers of Attorney
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Exhibit 1.1
[ ] Shares
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[ ], 2006
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory
. Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(
Company
), proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters [ ] shares (the
Firm Primary
Shares
) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (
Securities
), and the stockholders
listed in Schedule A hereto (
Selling Stockholders
) propose severally to sell to the Underwriters
an aggregate of [ ] outstanding shares of the Securities (the
Firm Secondary Shares
and, together with the Firm Primary Shares, the
Firm Securities
). Certain of the Selling
Stockholders also propose to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an
aggregate of not more than [ ] additional outstanding shares of the Securities, as set
forth below (such [ ] additional shares being hereinafter referred to as the
Optional
Securities
). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the
Offered Securities
. The Selling Stockholders that are also management of the Company are
referred to herein as
Management Selling Stockholders
. As part of the offering contemplated by
this Agreement, [ ] (the
Designated Underwriter
) has agreed to reserve
out of the Firm Securities purchased by it under this Agreement, up to [ ] shares,
for sale to the Companys directors, officers, employees and other parties associated with the
Company (collectively,
Participants
), as set forth in the Prospectus (as defined herein) under
the heading Underwriting (the
Directed Share Program
). The Firm Securities to be sold by the
Designated Underwriter pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the
Directed Shares
) will be sold
by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price. Any
Directed Shares not subscribed for by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is
executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus. The
Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby agree with the several Underwriters named in Schedule B
hereto (
Underwriters
) as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
.
(a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement (No. 333-126428) (
initial registration statement
)
relating to the Offered Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (
Commission
) and an additional registration statement
(
additional registration statement
) relating to the Offered Securities may have been or
may be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) (
Rule 462(b)
) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (
Act
).
Initial Registration Statement
as of any time means the
initial registration statement, in the form then filed with the Commission, including all
information contained in the additional registration statement (if any) and then deemed to
be a part of the initial registration statement pursuant to the General Instructions of the
Form on which it is filed and all information (if any) included in a prospectus then deemed
to be a part of the initial registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C (
Rule 430C
)
under the Act or retroactively deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A (
Rule 430A
) under the Act and that in any case has
not then been superseded or modified.
Additional Registration Statement
as of any time
means the additional registration statement, in the form then filed with the Commission,
including the contents of the Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference
therein and including all information (if any) included in a prospectus then deemed to be a
part of the additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C or retroactively deemed
to be a part of the additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b) and that in
any case has not then been superseded or modified. The Initial Registration Statement and
the Additional Registration Statement are herein referred to collectively as the
Registration Statements
and individually as a
Registration Statement
.
Registration
Statement
as of any time means the Initial Registration Statement and any Additional
Registration Statement as of such time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions,
information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of
a Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A shall be considered to be included in such
Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A. As of the time of execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement has been declared
effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended. Any Additional Registration
Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. The Offered Securities all have been or will be
duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement and, if
applicable, the Additional Registration Statement. For purposes of this Agreement,
Effective Time
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement means
the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared
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effective by the
Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(c) (
Rule 462(c)
) under the Act. If an Additional Registration Statement
has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company
has advised the Representatives that it proposes to file one,
Effective Time
with respect
to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such
Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
Effective
Date
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the Additional Registration
Statement (if any) means the date of the Effective Time thereof. A
Registration
Statement
without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its
Effective Time.
Statutory Prospectus
as of any time means the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any information in a
prospectus deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A or 430C that has not been
superseded or modified. For purposes of the preceding sentence, information contained in a
form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of a Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430A shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of
the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) (
Rule 424(b)
) under the Act.
Prospectus
means the Statutory Prospectus that
discloses the public offering price and other final terms of the Offered Securities and
otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
means any
issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 (
Rule 433
) under the Act,
relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the
Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Companys records
pursuant to Rule 433(g).
General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
means any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors,
as evidenced by its being specified in a schedule to this Agreement.
Limited Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus
means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
Applicable Time
means [ ] (Eastern time) on the
date of this Agreement.
(ii) (A) On the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission (
Rules and Regulations
) and did not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) on the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any), each Registration
Statement conformed, or will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the
Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include, or will not include, any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and, if the
Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is prior to the
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execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement, each conforms, and at
the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)
or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement and
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from a Registration
Statement or the Prospectus based upon written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(iii) (A) At the time of initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement and (B)
at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer, as
defined in Rule 405 (
Rule 405
) under the Act, including (x) the Company or any other
subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or
misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order
as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been
the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a
registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not
being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.
(iv) As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Use Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the preliminary prospectus, dated
[ ], 2006 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to
investors generally), and the documents attached to this Agreement all considered together
(collectively, the
General Disclosure Package
), nor (B) any individual Limited Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package,
included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements
in or omissions from any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(v) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the
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Offered Securities or
until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC (
Credit Suisse
) as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not
include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration
Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there
occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the
Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not
misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify Credit Suisse and
(ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(vi) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in
all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification.
(vii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with
power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification;
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been
duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued
in violation of any preemptive or similar rights; and the capital stock of each subsidiary
owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances, defects and claims or restrictions on transferability (other than those
imposed by the Act or Blue Sky laws of certain jurisdictions) or voting.
(viii) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized; all outstanding shares of capital
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stock of the Company
are, and, when the Firm Primary Shares have been delivered and paid for in accordance with
this Agreement on the First Closing Date (as defined below), such Offered Securities will
have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description
thereof contained
in the General Disclosure Package; and the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(ix) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a
valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finders fee
or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(x) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to
any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company
to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration
Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration
statement filed by the Company under the Act.
(xi) The Securities have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ National Market.
(xii) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by the Company
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with
the sale of the Offered Securities, except such as have been obtained and made under the
Act and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(xiii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the consummation
of the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their
properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a
party or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, or the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any such subsidiary, and the Company has full power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Firm Primary Shares as contemplated by this Agreement.
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(xiv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xv) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties
and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially and adversely affect the
value thereof or materially and adversely interfere with the use made or to be made thereof
by them; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company and its
subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases
except such as do not materially and adversely interfere with the use made or to be made
thereof by them.
(xvi) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or
permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the
business now operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in
the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole (
Material Adverse Effect
).
(xvii) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries carries insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its
properties.
(xix) None of the Company or its subsidiaries has any liability for any prohibited
transaction or funding deficiency or any complete or partial withdrawal liability with
respect to any pension, profit sharing or other plan which is subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (
ERISA
), to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries makes or ever has made a contribution and in which any employee of the
Company or of any subsidiary is or has ever been a participant. With respect to such
plans, the Company and each subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable provisions of ERISA.
(xx) Each of the Company and the subsidiaries (A) makes and keeps accurate books and
records and (B) maintains internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance
that (w) transactions are executed in accordance with managements authorization, (x)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements
and to maintain accountability for its
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assets, (y) access to its assets is permitted only
in accordance with managements authorization and (z) the reported accountability for its
assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals.
(xxi) None of the Company or the subsidiaries (each on a consolidated basis) is, nor
will any of the Company or the subsidiaries (each on a consolidated basis) be, after giving
effect to the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (A) left with
unreasonably small capital with which to carry on its business as it is proposed to be
conducted, (B) unable to pay its debts (contingent or otherwise) as they mature or (C)
otherwise insolvent.
(xxii) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable
terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents,
copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively,
intellectual property rights
) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or
presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict
with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in
the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiii) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or
order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the
use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or
restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively,
environmental laws
), owns or operates any real property contaminated with
any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site
disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim
relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim
would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is
not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(xxiv) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending
actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties or assets that, if determined adversely to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate have, a Material
Adverse Effect or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the
context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings
are threatened to, to the Companys knowledge, contemplated.
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(xxv) The financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the General
Disclosure Package present fairly the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash
flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis; and the
assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in each
Registration Statement and the
General Disclosure Package provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant
effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related
pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma
columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding
historical financial statement amounts.
(xxvi) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package there has
been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as
disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its
capital stock.
(xxvii) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed all necessary federal,
state and foreign income and franchise tax returns, except where the failure to so file
such returns would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
and has paid all taxes shown as due thereon; and other than tax deficiencies which the
Company or such subsidiary has provided adequate reserves, there is no tax deficiency that
has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxviii) The statistical and market related data included in the Final Memorandum are
based on or derived from sources which the Company and the subsidiaries believe to be
reliable and accurate.
(xxix) The statements set forth in the (A) Prospectus under the caption Description
of Capital Stock, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the
Offered Securities, and (B) under the caption Material United States Federal Income and
Estate Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders, insofar as they purport to describe the
provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair
in all material respects.
(xxx) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries, is a registered public accounting firm as required by the
Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder
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adopted by the Commission and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(xxxi) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
Exchange Act
) and files reports
with the Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR)
system.
(xxxii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940.
(xxxiii) None of the Company or its subsidiaries has taken, nor will any of them take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to,
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Offered Securities.
(xxxiv) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with the
government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of
Section 517.075, Florida Statutes and the Company agrees to comply with such Section if
prior to the completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities it commences doing
such business.
(xxxv) Solely to the extent that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has been applicable to the
Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all
material respects with any provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
).
(xxxvi) The Company has prepared a plan to comply with the requirements of Section 404
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the date by which it is required to comply with such
requirements, and is not aware of any reason that it will not comply with the requirements
of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the date on which it becomes subject thereto
and on all applicable compliance dates thereafter.
(xxxvii) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended,
the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder
and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the
Money Laundering Laws
) and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body
or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the
Money
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Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxviii) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, no material
indebtedness (actual or contingent) and no material contract or arrangement is outstanding
between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any director or executive officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person connected with such director or executive
officer (including his/her spouse, children, any company or undertaking in which he/she
holds a controlling
interest). There are no relationships or transactions between the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and its affiliates, officers and directors or their
shareholders, customers or suppliers, on the other hand, which, although required to be
disclosed, are not disclosed in the General Disclosure Package.
(xxxix) There are no material contracts or documents that are required to be described
in the Registration Statements or the General Disclosure Package or to be filed as exhibits
thereto that have not been so described and filed as required.
(xl) (A) The Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and any
preliminary prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will
comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the
General Disclosure Package or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program, and (B) no
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration or qualification of or with
any government, governmental instrumentality or court, other than such as have been
obtained, is necessary under the securities law and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in
which the Directed Shares are offered outside the United States.
(xli) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, any Securities
to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully
influence (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customers or suppliers
level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to
write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
several Underwriters that:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder has and on each Closing Date hereinafter mentioned will
have valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by such Selling
Stockholder on such Closing Date and full right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered
by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and upon the delivery of and
payment for the Offered
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Securities on each Closing Date hereunder the several Underwriters
will acquire valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by such
Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the Effective Date of the Initial
Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, (B) on the Effective Date of the Additional Registration
Statement (if any), each Registration Statement conformed, or will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include,
or will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit, or will not
omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial
Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration
Statement each conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the Additional
Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement and
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, neither of
such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading. Other than with respect to Management Selling Stockholders, the two
preceding sentences apply only to the extent that any statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package are based on written information
furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein and for
all purposes in this Agreement such information means the information set forth under the
section Principal and Selling Stockholders (consisting of name, number of shares and
related footnotes to the table) insofar as such information relates to such Selling
Stockholder.
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between such Selling Stockholder and any person that would give rise to a
valid claim against such Selling Stockholder or any
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Underwriter for a brokerage commission,
finders fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(iv) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution
and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and, to the extent applicable,
the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement (hereinafter referred to) and for the sale
and delivery of the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder,
have been obtained; such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter
into, to the extent applicable, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and to
sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder.
(v) The sale of the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this
Agreement and, to the extent applicable, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not (A)
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which
such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling
Stockholder is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a
corporation, or the Partnership Agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling
Stockholder is a partnership or (C) result in any violation of any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder except, in the case of
clauses (A) and (C) above, for such violations that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of the Selling Stockholder to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(vi) [Such Selling Stockholder has reviewed the Registration Statement and the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Section 2 and has no reason
to believe that such representations and warranties are not true and correct and the sale
of the Offered Securities by such Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by
any information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not set forth in
the Prospectus or any supplement thereto.]
(vii) Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to each time of delivery
will have, entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (a
Lock-Up Agreement
) in the form attached
hereto as Annex I.
(viii) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which
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might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(ix) In order to document the Underwriters compliance with the reporting and
withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect
to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior
to or at the first Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and executed
United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or other
applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(x) Certificates in negotiable form representing all of the Offered Securities to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder have been placed in custody under a Custody Agreement, in
the form heretofore furnished to you (the
Custody Agreement
), duly executed and delivered
by such Selling Stockholder to a custodian to be agreed (the
Custodian
), and such Selling
Stockholder has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore
furnished to you (the
Power of Attorney
), appointing the persons indicated in Schedule A
thereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholders attorneys-in-fact (the
Attorneys-in-Fact
) with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the
Selling Stockholders as provided in [Section 3] hereof, to authorize the delivery of the
Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Custody Agreement.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities
. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company and each Selling Stockholder agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each
Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
and the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share, the respective
number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name on Schedule B
hereto.
Certificates in negotiable form for the Offered Securities to be sold by the Selling
Stockholders hereunder have been placed in custody, for delivery under this Agreement, under
Custody Agreements made with [ ], as Custodian. Each Selling Stockholder agrees
that the shares represented by the certificates held in custody for the Selling Stockholders under
such Custody Agreements are subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder, that the
arrangements made by the Selling Stockholders for such custody are to that extent irrevocable, and
that the obligations of the Selling Stockholders hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of
law, whether by the death of any individual Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other
event, or in the case of a trust, by the death of any trustee or trustees or the termination of
such trust. If any individual
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Selling Stockholder or any such trustee or trustees should die, or
if any other such event should occur, or if any of such trusts should terminate, before the
delivery of the Offered Securities hereunder, certificates for such Offered Securities shall be
delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such
death or other event or termination had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian
shall have received notice of such death or other event or termination.
The Company and the Custodian will deliver the Firm Securities to the Representatives for the
accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by
official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to Credit Suisse
drawn to the order of the Company in the case of the Firm Primary Shares and the Custodian in the
case of the Firm Secondary Shares, at the office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, at 10:00 A.M., New
York time, on May , 2006, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as
Credit Suisse and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the
First Closing
Date
. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than
the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and
delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The
certificates for the Firm Securities so to be delivered will be in definitive form, in such
denominations and registered in such names as Credit Suisse requests and will be made available for
inspection at the office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel
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at least 24 hours prior to the
First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from Credit Suisse given to the Company and the Selling
Stockholders from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, the
Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per
Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not
jointly, to sell to the Underwriters the respective number of shares of Optional Securities
obtained by multiplying the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice by a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of shares set forth opposite the names of such Selling
Stockholders in Schedule A hereto under the caption Number of Optional Securities to be Sold and
the denominator of which is the total number of Optional Securities (subject to adjustment by
Credit Suisse to eliminate fractions). Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from each
Selling Stockholder for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of
shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name bears to the total number of
shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by Credit Suisse to eliminate fractions) and may
be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in
connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered
unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The
right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time
and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon
notice by Credit Suisse to the Company and the Selling Stockholders.
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Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities, being herein referred
to as an
Optional Closing Date
, which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and
each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a
Closing Date
), shall be
determined by Credit Suisse but shall be not later than five full business days after written
notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Custodian will deliver the
Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the Representatives for the
accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal
(same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank
acceptable to Credit Suisse drawn to the order of the Custodian, at the office of Cahill Gordon &
Reindel
llp
. The certificates for the Optional Securities being purchased on each
Optional Closing Date will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such
names as Credit Suisse requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and will
be made available for inspection at the office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel
llp
at a
reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters
. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer
the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company
. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to
and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by Credit Suisse,
subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise Credit Suisse
promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and an additional
registration statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act
but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of such execution and delivery, the Company will
file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment
thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00
P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the
Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later
date as shall have been consented to by Credit Suisse, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(b) The Company will advise Credit Suisse promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the
initial or any additional registration statement as filed or the related prospectus or the Initial
Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any) or the Prospectus and will
not effect such amendment or supplementation without Credit Suisses consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld; and the Company will also advise Credit Suisse promptly of the
effectiveness of each
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Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement
or any statutory Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings
in respect of a Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the
exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by
any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with
the Act, the Company will promptly notify Credit Suisse of such event and will promptly prepare and
file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither
Credit Suisses consent to, nor the Underwriters delivery of, any such amendment or
supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the
Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a
period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement (or, if later, the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement) which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence,
Availability Date
means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the
fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Date, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the
last quarter of the Companys fiscal year,
Availability Date
means the 90th day after the end of
such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each Registration Statement
(three of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus,
and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in
Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any
Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each
case in such quantities as Credit Suisse requests. The Prospectus shall be so furnished on or
prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day following the later of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. All other
such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of
printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will furnish such information as may be required and otherwise cooperate in
qualifying the Offered Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such
states or other jurisdictions as Credit Suisse designates and will continue such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the distribution; pro-
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vided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process under the laws
of any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the
Offered Securities).
(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement, for any filing fees and other expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel (
Company Counsel Fees
) subject to the
proviso below) in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws
of such jurisdictions as Credit Suisse designates and the printing of memoranda relating thereto,
for the filing fee incident to the review by NASD, Inc. (
NASD
) of the Offered Securities, all
fees and expenses, if any, in connection with the initial listing of the Offered Securities on The
Nasdaq Stock Markets National Market System, for any travel expenses of the Companys officers and
employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings
with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities, including the cost of any aircraft chartered
in connection with attending or hosting such meetings (
Aircraft Fees
) subject to the
proviso below, for any transfer taxes on the sale by the Selling Stockholders of any of the Offered
Securities to the Underwriters, for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to
the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors;
provided
,
however
, that
in connection with the Firm Securities, Underwriters shall pay the Company Counsel Fees and the
Aircraft Fees up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $[1.1] million less fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriters;
provided further
that such amount shall be increased on a pro
rata basis to reflect any Option Securities purchased by the Underwriter.
(h) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will ensure that the Directed
Shares will be restricted to the extent required by NASD or the NASD rules from sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated Underwriter will notify the Company as
to which Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will direct the transfer agent to
place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time.
(i) The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other
taxes, if any, incurred by the underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
Furthermore, the Company covenants with the Underwriters that the Company will comply with all
applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction
in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(j) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Firm Primary
Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption Use
of Proceeds.
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6. Certain Agreements of the Selling Stockholders
. The Company and each Selling Stockholder
agree with the several Underwriters that:
The Selling Stockholders agree with the Underwriters that for the period specified below (the
Lock-Up Period
), each of the Company and the persons or entities listed on Schedule A hereto will
not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
additional shares of its Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for any shares of its Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale,
pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse except, grants of
employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof, or issuances
of Securities pursuant to the exercise of such options or the exercise of any other employee stock
options outstanding on the date hereof. In addition, without the prior written consent of Credit
Suisse, the Company will not file with the Commission, or publicly disclose the intention to make
any such filing of, a registration statement under the Act, other than (1) registration statement
on Form S-8 and (2) registration statements related to offerings in which (x) the stated use of
proceeds is the acquisition of another business or substantially all of the assets of another
business and (y) such proceeds shall not exceed $[ ]. The initial Lock-Up Period will
commence on the date hereof and will continue and include the date 180
days after the date hereof or such earlier date that Credit Suisse consents to in writing;
provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company
releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or
(2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up
Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material
news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse waives, in writing, such extension;
provided, however, that if after any announcement described in clause (2) of this sentence the
Company announces that it will not release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on
the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Lock-Up Period shall expire at the later of the
initial Lock-Up Period end date and the end of any extension of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to
clause (1) of this sentence. The Company will provide Credit Suisse with notice of any
announcement described in this paragraph that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
7. Free Writing Prospectuses
. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the
prior consent of Credit Suisse, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains
the prior consent of the Company and Credit Suisse, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that
would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405, required to be
filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and Credit
Suisse is hereinafter referred to as a
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
. The Company represents
that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an
issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with
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the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including
timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that
it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement
to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
8. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters
. The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional
Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein, to
the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof
(which shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement), of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the
Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the applicable rules and regulations adopted under the Act by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (
PCAOB
) and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the consolidated financial statements audited by them and
included
in the Registration Statements and the General Disclosure
Package comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the PCAOB for a review of
interim financial information as described in Statement of Auditing Standards No.
100, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements included in the Registration Statements and the General
Disclosure Package;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above, a reading
of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of
officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
included in the Registration Statements or the General Disclosure Package
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related Rules and Regulations
or any material modifications should be made to such unaudited condensed
consolidated
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financial statements for them to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) at the date of the latest available consolidated balance sheet
read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than
three business days prior to the date of this Agreement, there was any
change in the capital stock or any increase in consolidated short-term
debt or consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by
such accountants, there was any decrease in consolidated net assets, as
compared with amounts shown on the latest balance sheet included in the
General Disclosure Package;
(C) for the period from the closing date of the latest consolidated
income statement included in the Prospectus to the closing date of the
latest available consolidated income statement read by such accountants
there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the
previous year and with the period of corresponding length ended the date
of the latest
consolidated income statement included in the General Disclosure
Package, in consolidated net revenues or net operating income, or in the
total or per share amounts of consolidated net income; or
(D) The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
included in the General Disclosure Package do not comply with Regulation
S-X under the Act and applicable accounting requirements and the pro forma
adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the
computation of those statements,
except in all cases set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above for changes, increases
or decreases which the General Disclosure Package discloses have occurred or may
occur or which are described in such letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from
such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Registration
Statements, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is an electronic road show, as defined in Rule 433(h)) and the
General Disclosure Package (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts,
percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting
records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the
Companys accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis
or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general
accounting records and
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other procedures specified in such letter and have found
such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement
with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement,
Registration Statements
shall mean the initial registration statement
as proposed to be amended by the amendment or post-effective amendment to be filed
shortly prior to its Effective Time, (ii) if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but
the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is subsequent to such
execution and delivery,
Registration Statements
shall mean the Initial
Registration Statement and the additional registration statement as proposed to be
filed or as proposed to be amended by the post-effective amendment to be filed
shortly prior to its Effective Time, and (iii)
Prospectus
shall mean the
prospectus included in the Registration Statements.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is not prior to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M.,
New York time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to by Credit Suisse. If the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the
date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is printed and distributed to any
Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later date as shall have been consented to by Credit
Suisse. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance
with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of any Selling
Stockholder, the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred
(i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the
Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)
under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or
review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive
implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such
rat-
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ing); (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or
currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of a majority in interest of
the Underwriters including the Representatives, be likely to prejudice materially the success of
the proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market
or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any material suspension or material
limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National
Market, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on any such exchange; (v) any suspension of
trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi)
any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption
of settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States; or (viii) any attack on,
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any
declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in
the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the Representatives, the
effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and
payment for the Offered Securities.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Proskauer
Rose LLP, counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in those
jurisdictions listed on a schedule attached to such opinion;
(ii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the
Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing
in those jurisdictions listed on a schedule attached to such opinion; all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been
duly authorized and validly issued and to our knowledge is fully paid and
nonassessable; and to our knowledge the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by
the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances and defects except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package;
(iii) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date and all other
outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and conform to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus; and
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the stockholders of the Company have no
preemptive rights with respect to the Securities other than those contained in the
Stockholders Agreement;
(iv) Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings known to such counsel between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to
file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the
Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include
such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement
filed by the Company under the Act;
(v) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in
the Prospectus, will not be an investment company as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by the
Company or any Selling Stockholder for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Custody
Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities, except such as
have been obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required under state
securities laws;
(vii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Custody
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated
will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order known to us
of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or any
agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any such subsidiary;
(viii) The Initial Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act
as of the date and time specified in such opinion, the Additional Registration
Statement (if any) was filed and became effective under the Act as of the date and
time (if determinable) specified in such opinion, the Prospectus either was filed
with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) specified in such
opinion on the date specified therein or was included in the Initial Registration
Statement or the Additional Registration Statement (as the case may be), and, to
the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
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a Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act, and
each Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement
thereto, as of their respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations; and
(ix) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(x) During the course of the preparation of the Registration Statement,
Prospectus and the General Disclosure Statement, such counsel participated in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives
of the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company and
representatives of the Representatives and counsel to the Representatives, at which
the contents of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General
Disclosure Package and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is
not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, on the basis of the foregoing,
nothing has come to such counsels attention which would lead
such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its date and as
of the date of the opinion, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; or that the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package or any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the Applicable Time or as of such Closing
Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
provided that, in making the foregoing statements, such counsel is not expressing
any statement of belief as to the financial statements or other financial or
accounting information and data included in or omitted from the Registration
Statement.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Proskauer
Rose LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) Each Selling Stockholder had valid and unencumbered title to the Offered
Securities delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date and had full
right, power and authority to see, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered
Securities delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder;
and the several Underwriters
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have acquired valid and unencumbered title to the
Offered Securities purchased by them from the Selling Stockholders on such Closing
Date hereunder;
(ii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by any
Selling Stockholder for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Custody Agreement or this Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered
Securities sold by the Selling Stockholders, except such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities laws;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Custody Agreement and
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions therein and herein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any rule, regulation or
order known to us of any governmental agency or body or any court having
jurisdiction over any Selling Stockholder or any of their properties or any
agreement or instrument to which any Selling Stockholder is a party or by which any
Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the properties of any Selling
Stockholder is subject or the charter or by-laws of any Selling Stockholder which
is a corporation;
(iv) The Power of Attorney and related Custody Agreement with respect to each
Selling Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Selling Stockholder and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each
such Selling Stockholder enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to
general equity principles; and
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each
Selling Stockholder.
(f) The Representatives shall have received from Cahill Gordon & Reindel
llp
, counsel
for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to the
incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Offered Securities delivered on such Closing
Date, the Registration Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives
may require, and the Selling Stockholders and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such
documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of the
President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting off-
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icer of the Company in
which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the
Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any)
satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule
462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under
the Act, prior to the Applicable Time; and, subsequent to the dates of the most recent financial
statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or
event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
(h) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished, or caused to be furnished to you, on the
Closing Date, a certificate of such Selling Stockholder, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder herein at and as of the Closing
Date, as to the performance of such Selling Stockholder of all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
(i) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such Closing Date, of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP which meets the requirements of [subsection (a)] of this
Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more
than three days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
(j) On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received Lock-Up
Agreements from each of (1) the executive officers and directors of the Company and (2) the
principal stockholders (including, without limitation, the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule
A hereto) and certain other stockholders and option holders, all of whom are listed on Annex II
hereto.
(k) The Custodian will deliver to Credit Suisse a letter stating that it will deliver to each
Selling Stockholder a United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 1099
(or other applicable form or statement specified by the United States Treasury Department
regulations in lieu thereof) on or before January 31 of the year following the date of this
Agreement.
(l) The Selling Stockholders and the Company will furnish the Representatives with such
conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives
reasonably request. Credit Suisse may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters
compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect
of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
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(m) The Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2003 by and among Town Sports International,
Inc., the financial institutions referred to therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
amended (the
Credit Agreement
), and the Guaranty of all of the obligations under the Credit
Agreement made by the Company dated as of February 24, 2004 (the
Guaranty
) shall have been
amended or waived in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(n) The Indenture dated as of April 16, 2003 (the
Indenture
) by and among Town Sports
International, Inc., as issuer, The Bank of New York, as trustee, and the Subsidiary Guarantors
party thereto, under which the 9 5/8% senior notes due 2011 were issued, shall have been amended in
form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
9. Indemnification and Contribution
.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members,
directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of
any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided
,
however
, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information
described as such in subsection (c) below.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated Underwriter and its
affiliates and each person, if any, who controls the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the
Designated Entities
), from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to
Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay
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for and
accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to,
arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to
have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of the Designated Entities.
(b) The Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, members, directors officers and its affiliates and each person who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any Registration Statement, at any time the Prospectus or an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided
,
however
, that
such Selling Stockholder (other than Management Selling Stockholders) shall only be subject to such
liability to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission is based upon information provided by such Selling Stockholder or contained in a
representation or warranty given by such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement or the Custody
Agreement;
provided
,
further
, that the Selling Stockholders will not be liable in
any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from
any of such documents in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
subsection (c) below.
(c) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its directors and officers and each person, if any who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any
time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other ex-
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penses
reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information
in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: (i) the marketing names of each
Underwriter appearing on the cover page, and (ii) the concession and reallowance figures in the
paragraph under the caption Underwriting.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above except to the
extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than
under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party
will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel
to the indemnifying 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 under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be
sought pursuant to the last para
graph in Section 9(a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition to such
separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the
reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel)
for the Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities
arising out of the Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any, who control the Designated
Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange Act.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party
unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a
statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an
indemnified party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a), (b) or (c) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemni-
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fied party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsections (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company or the
Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Securities 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 Selling Stockholders on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (e)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of
this subsection (e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company and the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this
Section shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each
officer of the Company who has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
10. Default of Underwriters
. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations
to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First Closing Date or any Optional Closing
Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed
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Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, Credit
Suisse may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the
purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no
such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated
severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered
Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of
shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date
and arrangements satisfactory to Credit Suisse, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the
purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except as provided in Section 11 (provided
that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this
Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior
to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes any person
substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations
. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Selling Stockholders, of the
Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to
the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder, the Company
or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and
will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 10 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is
not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by
it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company, the Selling Stockholders
and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in effect, and if any Offered Securities
have been purchased hereunder the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations
under Sections 5 and 6 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by
the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 10 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii),
(iv), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 8(c), the Company and the Selling Stockholders will, jointly
and severally, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the
Offered Securities.
12. Notices
. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the
Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives, c/o
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention:
IBD-Legal, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
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delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it
at Proskauer Rose LLP, Attention: Julie Allen, or, if sent to the Selling Stockholders or any of
them, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [ ] at [
]; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to
Section 9 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
13. Successors
. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective personal representatives and successors and the officers and directors
and controlling persons referred to in [Section 8], and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
14. Representation
. The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by
the Representatives jointly or by Credit Suisse will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
15. Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same Agreement.
16. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship.
Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with
the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between
the Company or the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Representatives, on the other,
has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement,
irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company or the Selling
Stockholders on other matters;
(b) the price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Underwriting Agreement was
established by the Company and the Selling Stockholders following discussions and arms-length
negotiations with the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Stockholders are capable of
evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement;
(c) the Company and the Selling Stockholders have been advised that the Representatives and
their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that
differ from those of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and that the Representatives have no
obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company or the Selling Stockholders
by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
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(d) the Company and the Selling Stockholders waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach
of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or
indirect) to the Company or the Selling Stockholders in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or
to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including
stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
17. Applicable Law
. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts
in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives understanding of our agreement,
kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a
binding agreement among the Selling Stockholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in
accordance with its terms.
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ANNEX I
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[ ], 2006
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
888 Seventh Avenue
25
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New York, NY 10106
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Dear Sirs:
As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to which
an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market for the
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
Securities
), of Town Sports International Holdings,
Inc., and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto (the
Company
), the undersigned hereby
agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the
Lock-Up Period
), the
undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for any shares of Securities, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter
into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be
settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly
disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any
such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written
consent of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (
CS
). In addition, the undersigned agrees that,
without the prior written consent of CS, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand
for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue
and include the date 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used
to sell the Securities (the
Public Offering Date
) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, to
which you are or expect to become parties; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days
of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material
event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on
the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended
until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results
or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless CS waives, in
writing, such extension; provided, however, that if after any announcement
described in clause (2) of this sentence, the Company announces that it will not release
earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period,
the Lock-Up Period shall expire at the later of the initial Lock-Up Period end date and the end of
any extension of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to clause (1) of this sentence.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the
Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by CS to the Company (in
accordance with Section 1[2] of the Underwriting Agreement) and that any such notice properly
delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned
further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is
prohibited by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up
Agreement to and including the 34
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day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up
Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take
any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up
Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
Any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be
subject to this Agreement. Any sale or surrender to the Company of any of the Securities received
by the undersigned upon the exercise of undersigneds stock options may be made in order to pay the
exercise price or taxes associated with the exercise of such stock options. Any Securities
acquired by the undersigned in the open market
unless
(i) the Stockholder would be subject
to proposed NASD Rule 2712(e)(1)(B) or (ii) the Stockholder is also a participant in the Directed
Share Program and is receiving a disproportionate number of shares will not be subject to this
Agreement. A transfer of Securities to a family member or trust may be made, provided the
transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Agreement prior to such transfer and
no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than
a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby
authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would
constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal
representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Agreement shall lapse and become null and
void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before July 31, 2006.
This
agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC
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(Pursuant to Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (the Corporation), a corporation organized under
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the General Corporation Law),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:
FIRST: The date of filing of the Corporations original certificate of incorporation with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was January 20, 2004.
SECOND: The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions proposing to amend
and restate the certificate of incorporation, declaring said amendment and restatement to be
advisable and in the best interest of the Corporation and its stockholders, and authorizing the
appropriate officers of the Corporation to solicit the consent of the stockholders in lieu of a
meeting, all in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the
General Corporation Law.
THIRD: The certificate of incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended and restated in
its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
Name
The name of the Corporation is Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
ARTICLE II
Purpose
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE III
Registered Office
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of
the Corporations registered agent at that address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE IV
Capital Stock
A.
Classes of Stock
. The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall
have authority to issue is one hundred five million (105,000,000), consisting of five million
(5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Preferred Stock), and one
hundred million (100,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common
Stock). The consideration for the issuance of the shares shall be paid to or received by the
Corporation in full before their issuance and shall not be less than the par value per share. The
number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number
of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of
the General Corporation Law.
Effective on May [___], 2006, upon the filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation on such date (the Effective Date), each share of Class A Common
Stock of the Corporation then issued and outstanding or held in the treasury of the Corporation
automatically shall be reclassified and subdivided into fourteen (14) shares of fully paid and
nonassessable Common Stock of the Corporation. There shall be no fractional shares of Common Stock
issued. Each holder of shares of Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to receive a
fractional share shall be entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu thereof in an amount equal to
the fraction to which the holder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the market price per
share of the Common Stock (as determined in a reasonable manner prescribed by the Board of
Directors) at the close of business on the subdivision date. The determination as to whether or
not any fractional shares are issuable shall be based upon the total number of shares of Common
Stock held by any holder thereof that are being subdivided, not upon each share of Common Stock
being subdivided.
B.
Common Stock
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1.
General
. All shares of Common Stock will be identical and will entitle the holders
thereof to the same rights, powers and privileges. The rights, powers and privileges of the
holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of holders of any then
outstanding Preferred Stock.
2.
Dividends
. Dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock from funds
lawfully available therefor as, if and when determined by the Board of Directors and subject to any
preferential dividend rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock.
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3.
Dissolution, Liquidation or Winding Up
. In the event of any dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each
issued and outstanding share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to receive an equal
portion of the net assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the holders of Common
Stock, subject to any preferential rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock. For purposes of
this paragraph, a merger, statutory share exchange, consolidation or similar corporate transaction
involving the Corporation (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving entity), or the sale,
transfer or lease by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets, shall not
constitute or be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.
4.
Voting Rights
. Except as otherwise required by law or provided herein, each holder
of Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of stock held of record by such holder
on the books of the Corporation for the election of directors and on all matters submitted to a
vote of stockholders of the Corporation. Except as otherwise required by law or provided herein,
holders of Preferred Stock shall vote together with holders of Common Stock as a single class,
subject to any special or preferential voting rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock.
There shall be no cumulative voting.
C.
Preferred Stock
. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations
prescribed by law, by the rules of a national securities exchange or automated quotation system of
a registered national securities association, if applicable, and by the provisions contained
herein, to provide for the issuance from time to time in one or more series of any number of shares
of Preferred Stock, and, by filing a certificate pursuant to the General Corporation Law (a
Preferred Stock Designation), to establish the number of shares to be included in each series,
and to fix the designation, relative rights, preferences, qualifications and limitations of the
shares of each such series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each such
series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:
1. the designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title;
2. the number of shares of the series, which number the Board of Directors may thereafter
(except where otherwise provided in the Preferred Stock Designation) increase or decrease (but not
below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) in the manner permitted by law;
3. the voting rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the series;
4. whether dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or noncumulative and the dividend rate (or
the manner, from time to time, of determining such rate) of the series, and the preferences, if
any, over any other series (or of any other series over such series) with respect to dividends;
5. dates (or the manner, from time to time, of determining such dates) at which dividends, if
any, shall be payable;
6. the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series;
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7. the amounts payable on, and the preferences, if any, of shares of the series in the event
of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation;
8. the terms and amount of any purchase, retirement or sinking fund provided for the purchase
or redemption of shares of the series;
9. whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
any other class or series, or any other security, of the Corporation or any other corporation, and,
if so, the specification of such other class or series of such other security, the conversion or
exchange price or prices or rate or rates, any adjustments thereof, the date or dates at which such
shares shall be convertible or exchangeable and all other terms and conditions upon which such
conversion or exchange may be made;
10. whether the issuance of additional shares of Preferred Stock shall be subject to
restrictions as to issuance, or as to the powers, preferences or other rights of any other series;
11. the right of the shares of such series to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon
the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation, upon the
issue of any additional stock (including additional shares of such series or any other series) and
upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption
or other acquisition by the Corporation or any subsidiary of any outstanding stock of the
Corporation; and
12. such other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special
rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof as the Board of Directors
shall determine. The holders of Preferred Stock shall not have any preemptive rights except to the
extent such rights shall be specifically provided for in the resolution or resolutions providing
for the issuance thereof adopted by the Board of Directors.
Dividends on outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall be paid or declared and set apart for
payment before any dividends shall be paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Common
Stock with respect to the same dividend period.
If upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, the assets available for distribution to holders of shares of Preferred Stock of all
series shall be insufficient to pay such holders the full preferential amount to which they are
entitled, then such assets shall be distributed ratably among the shares of all series of Preferred
Stock in accordance with the respective preferential amounts (including unpaid cumulative
dividends, if any) payable with respect thereto.
Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in a Preferred Stock Designation or as
required by law, shares of any series of Preferred Stock that have been redeemed or purchased by
the Corporation, or, if convertible or exchangeable, converted into or exchanged for shares of
stock of any other class or classes shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of
Preferred Stock, and may be reissued as a part of the series of which they
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Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE V
Directors
A.
Number
. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be such number determined
from time to time as set forth in the By-laws of the Corporation (the
By-laws
).
Vacancies in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, however caused, and newly created
directorships shall be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, whether or
not a quorum, and any director so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual
meeting of stockholders at which the term of the class to which the director has been chosen
expires and when the directors successor is elected and qualified.
B.
Written Ballot
. Unless, and except to the extent that, the By-laws shall so
require, the election of directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot.
C.
Removal of Directors
. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein or in
the By-laws, any director or the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed, at
any time, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
(considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that
purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more series of
Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors
of the Corporation, the preceding provisions of this Article V shall not apply with respect to the
director or directors elected by such holders of Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE VI
Stockholder Meetings
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-laws
may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision in the General
Corporation Law) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from
time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-laws.
ARTICLE VII
Limitation of Directors Liability
Except to the extent that the General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation
of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the Corporation shall be
personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability. If the
General Corporation Law is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article VII to
authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors,
then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the
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fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law, as so amended. No amendment to or
repeal of this provision shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of
any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director
occurring prior to such amendment.
ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification
The Corporation may, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation
Law, as amended from time to time, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise, by
reason of the fact that the person is or was, or has agreed to become, a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request
of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of, or in a similar capacity
with, an affiliate of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan) (all such persons being referred to
hereafter as an Indemnitee), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in
such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitees behalf in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom.
Indemnification may include payment by the Corporation of expenses in defending an action or
proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by the Indemnitee to repay such payment if it is ultimately determined that such person
is not entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII, which undertaking may be accepted
without reference to the financial ability of such person to make such repayment.
The Corporation shall not indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with
a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless the initiation thereof was approved
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
The indemnification rights provided in this Article VIII (i) shall not be deemed exclusive of
any other rights to which Indemnitees may be entitled under any By-law, agreement or vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and (ii) shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such persons. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized
from time to time by its Board of Directors, grant indemnification rights to other employees or
agents of the Corporation or other persons serving the Corporation and such rights may be
equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in this Article VIII.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII shall not
adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Indemnitee in respect of any act or
omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
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The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with,
an affiliate of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise (including any employee benefit plan), against any liability asserted against such
person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as
such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE IX
Amendment of By-laws
In furtherance of and not in limitation of powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors
of the Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, alter, amend and rescind the By-laws
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE X
Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained
in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the General
Corporation Law and this Certificate of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon stockholders
herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set
forth in Articles V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and this Article X may not be amended, altered, changed or
repealed in any respect unless the same is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as a single class) cast at a
meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose (provided that notice of such proposed
amendment, alteration, change or repeal is included in the notice of such meeting). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no amendment, alteration, change or repeal to this Certificate of Incorporation
shall be adopted that would have the effect of circumventing the provisions of this Article X.
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FOURTH: The foregoing amendment and restatement has been duly adopted in accordance with
Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law.
FIFTH: The foregoing amendment and restatement was approved by the written consent of the
stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been signed by
a duly authorized officer on this ___day of May, 2006.
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TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
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Robert J. Giardina
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Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 3.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located
at the principal place of business in said state of the corporation or individual acting as the
Corporations registered agent.
SECTION 2. The Corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of
Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall be held at
such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place
either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the
Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other
purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be
stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
SECTION 2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such date and time as shall be
designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. At
each annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may
properly be brought before the meeting.
SECTION 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not fewer than ten (10)
nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.
SECTION 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and
make available, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical
order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name
of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any
purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10)
days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which
place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where
the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the
meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
SECTION 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise
prescribed by statute or by the Corporations certificate of incorporation, may only be called by
the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or at the written request
of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and time of the meeting
and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not fewer than ten (10)
nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote
at such meeting.
SECTION 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the
purposes stated in the notice.
SECTION 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote
thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of
the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
Corporations certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairperson of the meeting, the Chairperson of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the holders of a majority of the stock the
Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power
to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting,
until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall
be present or represented any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the
meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after
the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
SECTION 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting:
1. directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of stock
entitled to vote in the election and present in person or represented by proxy, and
2. the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
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unless the question is one upon which by express provision of applicable law or of the
Corporations certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such
express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
SECTION 10. Unless otherwise provided in the Corporations certificate of incorporation, each
stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by
proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no
proxy shall be voted on after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
SECTION 11. Unless otherwise provided in the Corporations certificate of incorporation, the
chairperson of the meeting or the Chief Executive Officer may adjourn a meeting of stockholders
from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting. No notice of the time
and place of an adjourned meeting need be given except as required by law.
SECTION 12. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as
shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual
meeting business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the
meeting by a stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of
the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to or mailed and received
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days
prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 70 days notice or prior
public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day
following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public
disclosure was made. A stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the
annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporations books, of the
stockholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which
are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (d) any material interest of the stockholder in such
business. Notwithstanding anything in the By-Laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted
at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. The
Chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting
that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its
Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful
acts and things as are not by statute or by the Corporations certificate of incorporation or by
these By-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
SECTION 2. The number of directors that shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting of
the stockholders. Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the
Corporation. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of an incumbent
director.
SECTION 3. The Board of Directors shall be elected in the manner set forth in the
Corporations certificate of incorporation.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
SECTION 4. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and
special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
SECTION 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such dates, times and
places as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairperson of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President on two (2) days notice to each director by
mail or twenty-four (24) hours notice to each director either personally or by telecopy or other
means of electronic transmission; special meetings shall be called by the Chairperson of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the
written request of two directors unless the Board of Directors consists of only one director, in
which case special meetings shall be called by the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the
sole director.
SECTION 7. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors fixed by
Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act
of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act
of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by applicable law or by
the Corporations certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of
the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
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SECTION 8. Unless otherwise provided by statute, the Corporations certificate of
incorporation or these By-laws, the vote of a majority of the directors at any meeting at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. Each director shall have one vote
regardless of the number of shares, if any, which he or she may hold.
SECTION 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the Corporations certificate of incorporation or
these By-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board
or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed
with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
SECTION 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the Corporations certificate of incorporation or
these By-laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of
Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, by
means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Committees of Directors
SECTION 11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board,
designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the
Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of
any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members
constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall
have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of
the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be
affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority
in reference to amending the Corporations certificate of incorporation, adopting an agreement of
merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the Corporations property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a
dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-laws of the
Corporation; and, unless the resolution or the Corporations certificate of incorporation expressly
so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may
be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Each such
committee, or the Board of Directors, may, but is not required to, adopt a written charter setting
forth the matters to be determined by
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such committee, the scope of the responsibilities of such committee, and the means by which
such committee carries out such responsibilities.
SECTION 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to
the Board of Directors when required.
Compensation of Directors
SECTION 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the Corporations certificate of incorporation or
these By-laws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of
directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the
Board of Directors. The directors may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the
Board of Directors, a stated salary as a director or a combination of both. Directors may be
compensated in any form, including by payment of cash or property of any kind or by the issuance or
grant of stock options, restricted stock or any other equity, equity-linked or debt securities of
the Corporation. No such compensation shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in
any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees
may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
Removal of Directors
SECTION 14. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed only in accordance
with the provisions of the Corporations certificate of incorporation.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary, each
of whom shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified or until the earlier
resignation or removal of such officer. The Board of Directors may elect from its members a
Chairperson of the Board and a Vice Chairperson of the Board. The Board of Directors may also
elect or appoint a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer,
Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.
SECTION 2. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem
necessary or desirable who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board.
SECTION 3. Two or more offices may be held by the same person. The officers of the
Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer
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may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the Board of Directors. An vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors or a committee thereof.
The Chairperson of the Board
SECTION 5. The Chairperson of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and of the stockholders at which such individual shall be present. Such individual shall
have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to time, assigned by the Board and as may be
provided by law.
SECTION 6. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board, the Vice Chairperson of the Board,
if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which
such individual shall be present. Such individual shall have and may exercise such powers as are,
from time to time, assigned by the Board and as may be provided by law.
SECTION 7. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board and the Vice Chairperson of the
Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer and, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders. In
such capacity, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall have and may exercise such powers
as are provided for the Chairperson of the Board hereunder or are typically exercised by a
chairperson of the board of directors.
Chief Executive Officer
SECTION 8. Subject to the provisions of these By-laws and the direction of the Board of
Directors, such individual shall have the responsibility for the general management and control of
the affairs and business of the Corporation and shall perform all duties and have all powers which
are commonly incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer or which from time to time are
delegated to such individual by the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall see that
all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.
SECTION 9. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the power to sign, in the name of the
Corporation, all authorized stock certificates, contracts, documents, tax returns, instruments,
checks and bonds or other obligations of the Corporation and shall have general supervision and
direction of all of the other officers and agents of the Corporation.
President and Vice-Presidents
SECTION 10. The President and each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform
such duties as shall from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
SECTION 11. The Chief Financial Officer, if any, and/or the Treasurer, if any shall have the
custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts
and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer and/or the
Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the
Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 12. The Chief Financial Officer and/or the Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the
Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer, taking
proper vouchers for such disbursements. The Chief Financial Officer and/or the Treasurer shall
render to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors at its regular meetings, or whenever
they may request it, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and/or Treasurer and
of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief
Financial Officer and/or the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge
of such persons duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall
prescribe and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of such persons death, resignation,
retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of
whatever kind in such persons possession or under such persons control belonging to the
Corporation.
SECTION 13. If there is no Chief Financial Officer and no Treasurer, the functions and duties
of the Chief Financial Officer and the Treasurer shall be performed by such other officer or
officers of the Corporation as shall be determined by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer or the President.
The Secretary and Assistant Secretary
SECTION 14. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of
stockholders and Board of Directors, and all other notices required by law or by these By-laws, and
in case of the Secretarys absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by
any person thereunto directed by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors, or
stockholders, upon whose requisition the meeting is called as provided in the By-laws. The
Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders
and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in
a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when
required. Such individual shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision such individual shall be.
SECTION 15. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary,
or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it,
when authorized by the directors or the Chief Executive Officer, and attest the same. The Board of
Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and
to attest the affixing by such officers signature.
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SECTION 16. The Assistant Secretary, or if there is more than one, the Assistant Secretaries
in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in
the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the
Secretarys inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors
may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Certificates of Stock
SECTION 1. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate
signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the Board of
Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in
the Corporation.
SECTION 2. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or
more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the
qualification, limitations or restrictions or such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in
full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to
represent such class or series of stock; provided, that except as otherwise provided in Section 202
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements,
there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to
represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without
charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
SECTION 3. Any of or all the signatures on the certificates may be facsimiles. In case any
officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed
upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such
individual were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
SECTION 4. A new certificate of stock may be issued in place of any certificate theretofore
issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate,
or such holders legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as it may
direct, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on
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account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificates of the issuance of
any such new certificate.
Transfer of Shares
SECTION 5. Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the Corporation
kept at an office of the Corporation or by a transfer agent designated to transfer shares of stock
of the Corporation. Upon surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of a certificate for
shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to
transfer, the Corporation shall issue or cause its transfer agent to issue a new certificate to the
person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
Record Date
SECTION 6. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or
other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of
Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than
ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other
action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of
Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Registered Stockholders
SECTION 7. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person
registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and
to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares
and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or
shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice
thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Dividends
SECTION 1. Subject to the terms of the Corporations certificate of incorporation, dividends
upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular
or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of
the capital stock.
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SECTION 2. Subject to the terms of the Corporations certificate of incorporation, before
payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for
dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion,
thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board
of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors
may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
Seal
SECTION 3. The corporate seal shall have the name of the corporation inscribed thereon and
shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors. Said seal
may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or
otherwise.
Fiscal Year
SECTION 4. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
Checks
SECTION 5. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or
officers, agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time
to time by the Board of Directors.
Notice and Waiver of Notice
SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to
directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors
or stockholders at their addresses appearing in the records of the Corporation. Notice to
directors may be given by telecopier, telephone or other means of electronic transmission.
SECTION 7. Any written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether
before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a
person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person
attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not properly called or convened. Neither the
business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders,
directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.
Transactions with Interested Parties
SECTION 8. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of the directors
or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation,
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partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of the directors or
officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely
for this reason, or solely because such director or officer is present at or participates in the
meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors which authorizes the
contract or transaction or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(1) The material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board or
committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the disinterested directors, even if the disinterested directors are less than a
quorum;
(2) The material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the
contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or
(3) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is
authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee of the Board of Directors,
or the stockholders.
Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a
meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
Close of Business
SECTION 9. Any reference in these By-laws to the close of business on any day shall be deemed
to mean 5:00 P.M. New York time on such day, whether or not such day is a business day.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
These By-laws may be repealed, altered, amended or rescinded by the stockholders of the
Corporation by vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for
this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose (provided
that notice of such proposed repeal, alteration, amendment or rescission is included in the notice
of such meeting). In addition, in accordance with the Corporations certificate of incorporation,
the Board of Directors may repeal, alter, amend or rescind these By-laws by the affirmative vote of
at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
SECTION 1. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time, and by the
Corporations certificate of incorporation, indemnify each director and officer of the Corporation.
Indemnification of Employees and Agents
SECTION 2. The Corporation may, by action taken in writing by its Board of Directors in its
sole discretion in a particular case, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the
Corporation, and to persons who serve at the request of the Corporation as directors, officers,
employees, agents or trustees of, or in a similar capacity with, an affiliate of the Corporation or
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including
service with respect to employee benefit plans, in each case individually or as a group, to the
same extent (or such lesser extent as the action by the Board of Directors of the Corporation may
provide) as the indemnification of directors and officers permitted by Section 1 of this Article
VIII.
Defense to Indemnification
SECTION 3. It shall be a defense to any action brought by a person seeking indemnification
that, and the Corporation shall have the right to recover any amounts paid by it to a person on
account of indemnification if, such person has not met the standards of conduct that make it
permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the Corporation to
indemnify such person for the amount sought or paid or if such person has failed to abide by his or
her obligations to the Corporation, whether arising by statute, common law, equity, contract or
otherwise.
Insurance
SECTION 4. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability
or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
expense, liability or loss under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Interested Directors
SECTION 5. No director of the Corporation shall vote on any action by the Board of Directors
of the Corporation to provide indemnification of such director, or of a definite
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group of persons that includes such director, with respect to any particular action, suit or
proceeding. In the event that, on account of the provisions of this Section 5, there shall not be
a quorum of the Board of Directors, the Corporation may provide such indemnification only by action
of its stockholders.
Advancement of Expenses
SECTION 6. The Corporation shall make payments to indemnitees hereunder of all expenses in
advance of the settlement of or final judgment on any claim, in each case to the fullest extent as
may be provided for under the Corporations certificate of incorporation, the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware or vote of either the Corporations stockholders or its disinterested
directors.
Effect of Repeal or Modification
SECTION 7. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII shall
not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any indemnitee in respect of any act or
omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
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Exhibit 10.22
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
The purpose of this 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the
Plan
) is to enhance the
profitability and value of the Company for the benefit of its stockholders by enabling the Company
to offer Eligible Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee Directors stock-based incentives in the
Company to attract, retain and reward such individuals and strengthen the mutuality of interests
between such individuals and the Companys stockholders.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
2.1
Acquisition Event
means a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving entity, any transaction that results in the acquisition of all or substantially all of
the Companys outstanding Common Stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or
entities acting in concert, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Companys
assets. The occurrence of Acquisition Event shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.
2.2
Affiliate
means each of the following: (a) any Subsidiary; (b) any Parent; (c)
any corporation, trade or business (including, without limitation, a partnership or limited
liability company) that is directly or indirectly controlled 50% or more (whether by ownership of
stock, assets or an equivalent ownership interest or voting interest) by the Company; (d) any
corporation, trade or business (including, without limitation, a partnership or limited liability
company) that directly or indirectly controls 50% or more (whether by ownership of stock, assets or
an equivalent ownership interest or voting interest) of the Company; and (e) any other entity in
which the Company or any of its Affiliates has a material equity interest and that is designated as
an Affiliate by resolution of the Committee;
provided
,
however
, that the Common
Stock subject to any Award constitutes service recipient stock for purposes of Section 409A of
the Code or otherwise does not subject the Award to Section 409A of the Code.
2.3
Award
means any award under the Plan of any Stock Option, Stock Appreciation
Right, Restricted Stock, Performance Share or Other Stock-Based Award. All Awards shall be granted
by, confirmed by, and subject to the terms of, a written or electronic agreement executed by the
Company and the Participant. Any reference herein to an agreement
in writing shall be deemed to include an electronic writing to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
2.4
Board
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.5
Cause
means with respect to a Participants Termination of Employment or
Termination of Consultancy, the following: (a) in the case where there is no employment agreement,
consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the
Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award (or where there
is such an agreement but it does not define cause (or words of like import)), termination due to:
(i) a Participants conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony; (ii)
perpetration by a Participant of an illegal act, dishonesty, or fraud that could cause significant
economic injury to the Company; (iii) a Participants insubordination, refusal to perform his or
her duties or responsibilities for any reason other than illness or incapacity or materially
unsatisfactory performance of his or her duties for the Company; (iv) continuing willful and
deliberate failure by the Participant to perform the Participants duties in any material respect,
provided that the Participant is given notice and an opportunity to effectuate a cure as determined
by the Committee; or (v) a Participants willful misconduct with regard to the Company that could
have a material adverse effect on the Company; or (b) in the case where there is an employment
agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between
the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award that defines
cause (or words of like import), cause as defined under such agreement;
provided
,
however
, that with regard to any agreement under which the definition of cause only
applies on occurrence of a change in control, such definition of cause shall not apply until a
change in control actually takes place and then only with regard to a termination thereafter. With
respect to a Participants Termination of Directorship, cause means an act or failure to act that
constitutes cause for removal of a director under applicable Delaware law.
2.6
Change in Control
has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.2
.
2.7
Change in Control Price
has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.1
.
2.8
Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to any
section of the Code shall also be a reference to any successor provision and any Treasury
Regulation promulgated thereunder.
2.9
Committee
means: (a) with respect to the application of the Plan to Eligible
Employees and Consultants, a committee or subcommittee of the Board appointed from time to time by
the Board, which committee or subcommittee shall consist of two or more non-employee directors,
each of whom shall be (i) a non-employee director as defined in Rule 16b-3; (ii) to the extent
required by Section 162(m) of the Code, an outside director as defined under Section 162(m) of
the Code; and (iii) an independent director as defined under NASD Rule 4200(a)(15) or such other
applicable stock exchange rule; and (b) with respect to the application of the Plan to Non-Employee
Directors, (i) the Board, or (ii) a committee or subcommittee (which may differ from the committee
or subcommittee established for the grant of Awards to employees) comprised of two or more
non-employee directors each of whom qualify as a non-employee director as defined in Rule 16b-3
and an independent director as defined under
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NASD Rule 4200(a)(15). To the extent that no Committee exists that has the authority to
administer the Plan, the functions of the Committee shall be exercised by the Board. If for any
reason the appointed Committee does not meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of
the Code, such noncompliance shall not affect the validity of Awards, grants, interpretations or
other actions of the Committee.
2.10
Common Stock
means the Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company.
2.11
Company
means Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and its successors by operation of law.
2.12
Consultant
means any natural person who provides bona fide consulting or
advisory services to the Company or its Affiliates pursuant to a written agreement, which are not
in connection with the offer and sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, and do not,
directly or indirectly, promote or maintain a market for the Companys or its Affiliates
securities.
2.13
Detrimental Activity
means:
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disclosing, divulging, furnishing or making available to anyone
at any time, except as necessary in the furtherance of Participants
responsibilities to the Company or any of its Affiliates, either during or
subsequent to Participants service relationship with the Company or its
Affiliates, any knowledge or information with respect to confidential or
proprietary information, methods, processes, plans or materials of the Company
or any of its Affiliates, or with respect to any other confidential or
proprietary aspects of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliate,
acquired by the Participant at any time prior to the Participants Termination;
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any activity while employed or performing services that
results, or if known could reasonably be expected to result, in the
Participants Termination that is classified by the Company as a termination
for Cause;
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(i) directly or indirectly soliciting, enticing or inducing any
employee of the Company or of any of its Affiliates to be employed by an
person, firm or corporation that is, directly or indirectly, in competition
with the business or activities of the Company or any of its Affiliates; (ii)
directly or indirectly approaching any such employee for these purposes; (iii)
authorizing or knowingly approving the taking of such actions by other persons
on behalf of any such person, firm or corporation, or assisting any such
person, firm or corporation in taking such action; (iv) directly or indirectly
soliciting, raiding, enticing or inducing any person, firm or corporation
(other than the U.S. Government or its agencies) who or which is, or at any
time from and after the date of grant of the Award was, a customer of the
Company or of any of its Affiliates to become a
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customer for the same or similar products or services that it purchased from
the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any other person, firm or
corporation, or approaching any such customer for such purpose or authorize
or knowingly approving the taking of such actions by any other person; or
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a material breach of any agreement between the Participant and
the Company or an Affiliate (including, without limitation, any employment
agreement or noncompetition or nonsolicitation or confidentiality agreement).
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant, Detrimental Activity
shall not be deemed to occur after the end of the one-year period following the
Participants Termination.
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For purposes of subsections (a), (c) and (d) above, the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company has the authority to provide the Participant with written authorization
to engage in the activities contemplated thereby and no other person shall have
authority to provide the Participant with such authorization.
2.14
Disability
means with respect to a Participants Termination, a permanent and
total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. A Disability shall only be deemed to
occur at the time of the determination by the Committee of the Disability. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, Disability shall mean that a
Participant is disabled under Section 409A(a)(2)(C)(i) or (ii) of the Code.
2.15
Disparagement
means making comments or statements to the press, the Companys or
its Affiliates employees, consultants or any individual or entity with whom the Company or its
Affiliates has a business relationship that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect in any
manner: (a) the conduct of the business of the Company or its Affiliates (including, without
limitation, any products or business plans or prospects); or (b) the business reputation of the
Company or its Affiliates, or any of their products, or their past or present officers, directors
or employees.
2.16
Effective Date
means the effective date of the Plan as defined in
Article
XVI
.
2.17
Eligible Employees
means each employee of the Company or an Affiliate.
2.18
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Any references to any section of the Exchange Act
shall also be a reference to any successor provision.
2.19
Fair Market Value
means, unless otherwise required by any applicable provision
of the Code or any regulations issued thereunder, as of any date and except as provided below, the
last sales price reported for the Common Stock on the applicable date: (a) as reported on the
principal national securities exchange in the United States on which it is then traded or The
NASDAQ Stock Market; or (b) if not traded on any such national securities exchange or The NASDAQ
Stock Market, as quoted on an automated quotation system sponsored by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. or if the Common Stock shall not have been reported or
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quoted on such date, on the first day prior thereto on which the Common Stock was reported or
quoted. For purposes of the grant of any Award, the applicable date shall be the trading day on
which the Award is granted, or if such grant date is not a trading day, the trading day immediately
prior to the date on which the Award is granted. For purposes of the exercise of any Award, the
applicable date shall be the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company or, if not a day
on which the applicable market is open, the next day that it is open. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, for purposes of granting Incentive Stock Options, Fair Market Value means
the price for Common Stock set by the Committee in good faith based on reasonable methods set forth
under Section 422 of the Code including, without limitation, a method utilizing the average of
prices of the Common Stock reported on the principal national securities exchange on which it is
then traded during a reasonable period designated by the Committee.
2.20
Family Member
means family member as defined in Rule 701 under the Securities
Act or, following the filing of a form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to the Plan,
as defined in Section A.1.(5) of the general instructions of Form S-8, as may be amended from time
to time.
2.21
Incentive Stock Option
means any Stock Option awarded to an Eligible Employee of
the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Parent (if any) under the Plan intended to be and designated
as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
2.22
Non-Employee Director
means a non-employee director of the Company as defined in
Rule 16b-3.
2.23
Non-Qualified Stock Option
means any Stock Option awarded under the Plan that is
not an Incentive Stock Option.
2.24
Other Stock-Based Award
means an Award under
Article X
of the Plan that
is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is payable in or otherwise based on, Common
Stock, including, without limitation, a restricted stock unit or an Award valued by reference to an
Affiliate.
2.25
Parent
means any parent corporation of the Company within the meaning of Section
424(e) of the Code.
2.26
Participant
means an Eligible Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant to
whom an Award has been granted pursuant to the Plan.
2.27
Performance Period
means the duration of the period during which receipt of an
Award is subject to the satisfaction of performance criteria, such period as determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion.
2.28
Performance Share
means an Award made pursuant to
Article IX
of the Plan
of the right to receive Common Stock or cash of an equivalent value at the end of a specified
Performance Period.
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2.29
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, incorporated organization,
governmental or regulatory or other entity.
2.30
Plan
means this Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended from time to time.
2.31
Reference Stock Option
has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1
.
2.32
Registration Date
means the first date after the Effective Date on which (a) the
Company sells its Common Stock in a bona fide underwriting pursuant to a registration statement
under the Securities Act or (b) any class of common equity securities of the Company is required to
be registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
2.33
Restricted Stock
means a share of Common Stock issued under the Plan that is
subject to restrictions under
Article VIII
.
2.34
Restriction Period
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.3(a)
.
2.35
Retirement
means a voluntary Termination of Employment or Termination of
Consultancy at or after age 65 or such earlier date after age 50 as may be approved by the
Committee, in its sole discretion, at the time of grant, or thereafter provided that the exercise
of such discretion does not make the applicable Award subject to Section 409A of the Code, except
that Retirement shall not include any Termination with or without Cause. With respect to a
Participants Termination of Directorship, Retirement means the failure to stand for reelection or
the failure to be reelected on or after a Participant has attained age 65 or, with the consent of
the Board, provided that the exercise of such discretion does not make the applicable Award subject
to Section 409A of the Code, before age 65 but after age 50.
2.36
Rule 16b-3
means Rule 16b-3 under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act as then in
effect or any successor provision.
2.37
Section 162(m) of the Code
means the exception for performance-based
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and any applicable Treasury regulations thereunder.
2.38
Section 4.2 Event
has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2(b)
.
2.39
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. Any reference to any section of the Securities Act shall also
be a reference to any successor provision.
2.40
Stock Appreciation Right
means the right pursuant to an Award granted under
Article VII
. A Tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall mean the right to surrender to the
Company all (or a portion) of a Stock Option in exchange for a number of shares of Common Stock
and/or cash, as determined by the Committee, equal to the difference between (a) the Fair Market
Value on the date such Stock Option (or such portion thereof) is surrendered, of the Common Stock
covered by such Stock Option (or such portion thereof), and (b) the aggregate
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exercise price of such Stock Option (or such portion thereof). A Non-Tandem Stock
Appreciation Right shall mean the right to receive a number of shares of Common Stock and/or cash,
as determined by the Committee, equal to the difference between (i) the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock on the date such right is exercised, and (ii) the aggregate exercise price of
such right, otherwise than on surrender of a Stock Option.
2.41
Stock Option
or
Option
means any option to purchase shares of Common
Stock granted to Eligible Employees, Non-Employee Directors or Consultants pursuant to
Article
VI
.
2.42
Subsidiary
means any subsidiary corporation of the Company within the meaning of
Section 424(f) of the Code.
2.43
Ten Percent Stockholder
means a person owning stock possessing more than 10% of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, its Subsidiaries or its
Parent.
2.44
Termination
means a Termination of Consultancy, Termination of Directorship or
Termination of Employment, as applicable.
2.45
Termination of Consultancy
means: (a) that the Consultant is no longer acting as
a consultant to the Company or an Affiliate; or (b) when an entity that is retaining a Participant
as a Consultant ceases to be an Affiliate unless the Participant otherwise is, or thereupon
becomes, a Consultant to the Company or another Affiliate at the time the entity ceases to be an
Affiliate. In the event that a Consultant becomes an Eligible Employee or a Non-Employee Director
upon the termination of his or her consultancy, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in
its sole discretion, no Termination of Consultancy shall be deemed to occur until such time as such
Consultant is no longer a Consultant, an Eligible Employee or a Non-Employee Director.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, otherwise define
Termination of Consultancy in the Award agreement or, if no rights of a Participant are reduced,
may otherwise define Termination of Consultancy thereafter.
2.46
Termination of Directorship
means that the Non-Employee Director has ceased to
be a director of the Company; except that if a Non-Employee Director becomes an Eligible Employee
or a Consultant upon the termination of his or her directorship, his or her ceasing to be a
director of the Company shall not be treated as a Termination of Directorship unless and until the
Participant has a Termination of Employment or Termination of Consultancy, as the case may be.
2.47
Termination of Employment
means: (a) a termination of employment (for reasons
other than a military or personal leave of absence granted by the Company) of a Participant from
the Company and its Affiliates; or (b) when an entity that is employing a Participant ceases to be
an Affiliate, unless the Participant otherwise is, or thereupon becomes, employed by the Company or
another Affiliate at the time the entity ceases to be an Affiliate. In the event that an Eligible
Employee becomes a Consultant or a Non-Employee Director upon the termination of his or her
employment, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, no Termination of
Employment shall be deemed to occur until such time as such
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Eligible Employee is no longer an Eligible Employee, a Consultant or a Non-Employee Director.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, otherwise define
Termination of Employment in the Award agreement or, if no rights of a Participant are reduced, may
otherwise define Termination of Employment thereafter.
2.48
Transfer
means: (a) when used as a noun, any direct or indirect transfer, sale,
assignment, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or other disposition (including the issuance of
equity in a Person), whether for value or no value and whether voluntary or involuntary (including
by operation of law), and (b) when used as a verb, to directly or indirectly transfer, sell,
assign, pledge, encumber, charge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (including the issuance of
equity in a Person) whether for value or for no value and whether voluntarily or involuntarily
(including by operation of law). Transferred and Transferrable shall have a correlative
meaning.
2.49
Transition Period
means the reliance period under Treasury Regulation Section
1.162-27(f)(2), which ends on the earliest to occur of the following: (i) the date of the first
annual meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected that occurs
after December 31, 2010; (ii) the date the Plan is materially amended for purposes of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.162-27(h)(1)(iii); or (iii) the date all shares of Common Stock available for
issuance under the Plan have been allocated.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION
3.1
The Committee
.
The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Committee.
3.2
Grants of Awards
. The Committee shall have full authority to grant, pursuant to
the terms of the Plan, to Eligible Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee Directors: (i) Stock
Options, (ii) Stock Appreciation Rights, (iii) Restricted Stock, (iv) Performance Shares; and (v)
Other Stock-Based Awards. In particular, the Committee shall have the authority:
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Directors to whom Awards may from time to time be granted hereunder;
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to determine whether and to what extent Awards are to be
granted hereunder to one or more Eligible Employees, Consultants or
Non-Employee Directors;
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to determine, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the
number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;
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to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with
the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder (including, but not
limited to, the exercise or purchase price (if any), any restriction or
limitation, any vesting schedule or acceleration thereof, or any forfeiture
restrictions or
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waiver thereof, regarding any Award and the shares of Common Stock relating
thereto, based on such factors, if any, as the Committee shall determine, in
its sole discretion);
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(e)
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to determine whether, to what extent and under what
circumstances grants of Options and other Awards under the Plan are to operate
on a tandem basis and/or in conjunction with or apart from other awards made by
the Company outside of the Plan;
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(f)
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to determine whether and under what circumstances a Stock
Option may be settled in cash, Common Stock and/or Restricted Stock under
Section 6.3(d)
;
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(g)
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to determine whether, to what extent and under what
circumstances Common Stock and other amounts payable with respect to an Award
under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the
Participant in any case, subject to, and in accordance with, Section 409A of
the Code;
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(h)
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to determine whether a Stock Option is an Incentive Stock
Option or Non-Qualified Stock Option;
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(i)
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to determine whether to require a Participant, as a condition
of the granting of any Award, to not sell or otherwise dispose of shares
acquired pursuant to an Award for a period of time as determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion, following the date of such Award;
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(j)
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to offer to buy out an Award previously granted, based on such
terms and conditions as the Committee shall establish and communicate to the
Participant at the time such offer is made; provided that any such purchase of
an Award shall be limited to no more than the fair market value of such Award
on the date of purchase; and
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generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as
the Committee deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the
Company that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.
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3.3
Guidelines
. Subject to
Article XIII
, the Committee shall, in its sole
discretion, have the authority to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and
practices governing the Plan and perform all acts, including the delegation of its responsibilities
(to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules), as it shall, from
time to time, deem advisable; to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and
any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreements relating thereto); and to otherwise supervise
the administration of the Plan. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, correct any defect,
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any agreement relating thereto
in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to effectuate the purpose and intent of the
Plan. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, adopt special guidelines and
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provisions for persons who are residing in or employed in, or subject to, the taxes of, any
domestic or foreign jurisdictions to comply with applicable tax and securities laws of such
domestic or foreign jurisdictions. To the extent applicable, the Plan is intended to comply with
the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 and with respect to Awards intended to be
performance-based, the applicable provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, and the Plan shall be
limited, construed and interpreted in a manner so as to comply therewith.
3.4
Decisions Final
. Any decision, interpretation or other action made or taken in
good faith by or at the direction of the Company, the Board or the Committee (or any of its
members) arising out of or in connection with the Plan shall be within the absolute discretion of
all and each of them, as the case may be, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company
and all employees and Participants and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns.
3.5
Procedures
. If the Committee is appointed, the Board shall designate one of the
members of the Committee as chairman and the Committee shall hold meetings, subject to the By-Laws
of the Company, at such times and places as it shall deem advisable, including, without limitation,
by telephone conference or by written consent to the extent permitted by applicable law. A
majority of the Committee members shall constitute a quorum. All determinations of the Committee
shall be made by a majority of its members. Any decision or determination reduced to writing and
signed by all the Committee members in accordance with the By-Laws of the Company shall be as fully
effective as if it had been made by a vote at a meeting duly called and held. The Committee shall
keep minutes of its meetings and shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its
business as it shall deem advisable.
3.6
Designation of Consultants/Liability
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The Committee may, in its sole discretion, designate employees
of the Company and professional advisors to assist the Committee in the
administration of the Plan and (to the extent permitted by applicable law and
applicable exchange rules) may grant authority to officers to grant Awards
and/or execute agreements or other documents on behalf of the Committee.
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The Committee may, in its sole discretion, employ such legal
counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration
of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion received from any such counsel or
consultant and any computation received from any such consultant or agent.
Expenses incurred by the Committee or the Board in the engagement of any such
counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid by the Company. The Committee, its
members and any person designated pursuant to subsection (a) above shall not be
liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the
Plan. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no officer of the
Company or member or former member of the Committee or of the Board shall be
liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the
Plan or any Award granted under it.
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3.7
Indemnification
. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and the
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company and to the extent not covered by insurance
directly insuring such person, each officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate and member
or former member of the Committee or the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the
Company against any cost or expense (including reasonable fees of counsel reasonably acceptable to
the Committee) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of
the Committee), and advanced amounts necessary to pay the foregoing at the earliest time and to the
fullest extent permitted, arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the
administration of the Plan, except to the extent arising out of such officers, employees,
members or former members fraud or bad faith. Such indemnification shall be in addition to any
rights of indemnification the officers, employees, directors or members or former officers,
directors or members may have under applicable law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-Laws of the Company or any Affiliate. Notwithstanding anything else herein, this
indemnification will not apply to the actions or determinations made by an individual with regard
to Awards granted to him or her under the Plan.
ARTICLE IV
SHARE LIMITATION
4.1
Shares
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General Limitations
. The aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock that may be issued or used for reference purposes or with respect
to which Awards may be granted under the Plan shall not exceed 1,300,000 shares
(subject to any increase or decrease pursuant to
Section 4.2
), which may
be either authorized and unissued Common Stock or Common Stock held in or
acquired for the treasury of the Company or both. If any Option, Stock
Appreciation Right or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan expires,
terminates or is canceled for any reason without having been exercised in full,
the number of shares of Common Stock underlying any unexercised Award shall
again be available for the purpose of Awards under the Plan. If any shares of
Restricted Stock, Performance Shares or Other Stock-Based Awards, denominated
in shares of Common Stock, granted under the Plan are forfeited for any reason,
the number of forfeited shares of Restricted Stock, Performance Shares or such
Other Stock-Based Awards shall again be available for the purposes of Awards
under the Plan, as provided in this
Section 4.1(a)
. If a Tandem Stock
Appreciation Right or a Limited Stock Appreciation Right is granted in tandem
with an Option, such grant shall only apply once against the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan. In addition, subject
to the sentence below, in determining the number of shares of Common Stock
available for Awards, if, pursuant to any applicable Committee procedures,
Common Stock has been delivered or exchanged by a Participant as full or
partial payment to the Company for payment of the exercise price, or for
payment of withholding taxes, or if the number
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shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable has been reduced for payment of
the exercise price or for payment of withholding taxes, the number of shares
of Common Stock exchanged as payment in connection with the exercise or for
withholding or reduced shall again be available for purpose of Awards under
the Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any share of
Common Stock that again becomes available for grant pursuant to this
Section 4.1(a)
shall be added back as one share of Common Stock to
the maximum aggregate limit.
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Individual Participant Limitations
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(i) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Award
of Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or shares of Restricted Stock
for which the grant of such Award or the lapse of the relevant Restriction
Period is subject to the attainment of Performance Goals in accordance with
Section 8.3(a)(ii)
, which may be granted under the Plan during any
fiscal year of the Company to each Eligible Employee or Consultant shall be
250,000 shares per type of Award (which shall be subject to any further
increase or decrease pursuant to
Section 4.2
), provided that the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock for all types of Awards does not
exceed 250,000 (which shall be subject to any further increase or decrease
pursuant to
Section 4.2
) during any fiscal year of the Company. If a
Tandem Stock Appreciation Right is granted or a Limited Stock Appreciation
Right is granted in tandem with a Stock Option, it shall apply against the
Eligible Employees or Consultants individual share limitations for both
Stock Appreciation Rights and Stock Options.
(ii) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Award
of Stock Options (other than Incentive Stock Options), Stock Appreciation
Rights or Other Stock-Based Awards that may be granted under the Plan during
any fiscal year of the Company to each Non-Employee Director shall be
250,000 shares per type of Award (which shall be subject to any further
increase or decrease pursuant to
Section 4.2
), provided that the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock for all types of Awards does not
exceed 250,000 (which shall be subject to any further increase or decrease
pursuant to
Section 4.2
) during any fiscal year of the Company. If a
Tandem Stock Appreciation Right is granted or a Limited Stock Appreciation
Right is granted in tandem with a Stock Option, it shall apply against the
Non-Employee Directors individual share limitations for both Stock
Appreciation Rights and Stock Options.
(iii) There are no annual individual Eligible Employee or Consultant
share limitations on Restricted Stock for which the grant of such Award or
the lapse of the relevant Restriction Period is not subject to attainment of
Performance Goals in accordance with
Section 8.3(a)(ii)
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(iv) The maximum value at grant of Performance Shares that may be
granted under the Plan with respect to any fiscal year of the Company to
each Eligible Employee or Consultant shall be $1,000,000. Each Performance
Share shall be referenced to one share of Common Stock and shall be charged
against the available shares under the Plan at the time the unit value
measurement is converted to a referenced number of shares of Common Stock in
accordance with
Section 9.1
.
(v) The individual Participant limitations set forth in this
Section
4.1(b)
shall be cumulative; that is, to the extent that shares of Common
Stock for which Awards are permitted to be granted to an Eligible Employee
or a Consultant during a fiscal year are not covered by an Award to such
Eligible Employee or Consultant in a fiscal year, the number of shares of
Common Stock available for Awards to such Eligible Employee or Consultant
shall automatically increase in the subsequent fiscal years during the term
of the Plan until used.
(vi) The individual Participant limitations set forth in this
Section 4.1(b)
shall not apply prior to the Registration Date and,
following the Registration Date, this
Section 4.1(b)
shall not apply
until the expiration of the Transition Period.
4.2
Changes
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The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder
shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the stockholders
of the Company to make or authorize (i) any adjustment, recapitalization,
reorganization or other change in the Companys capital structure or its
business, (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate,
(iii) any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock
ahead of or affecting the Common Stock, (iv) the dissolution or liquidation of
the Company or any Affiliate, (v) any sale or transfer of all or part of the
assets or business of the Company or any Affiliate, (vi) any Section 4.2 Event,
or (vii) any other corporate act or proceeding.
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Subject to the provisions of
Section 4.2(d)
, in the
event of any such change in the capital structure or business of the Company by
reason of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, extraordinary
dividend (whether cash or stock), subdivision, combination or reclassification
of shares, recapitalization, merger, amalgamation, conversion, adjustment,
consolidation, spin-off, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation,
issuance of rights or warrants to purchase any Common Stock or securities
convertible or exercisable into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock, issuance of
any class of securities convertible or exercisable into, or exercisable for,
any class of stock, any sale or transfer of all or part of the Companys assets
or business, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect
similar to any of the foregoing (a
Section 4.2 Event
)
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and the Committee determines in its sole discretion that an adjustment is
necessary or appropriate under the Plan to prevent substantial dilution or
enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, Participants under
the Plan, then (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares that thereafter
may be issued under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of shares or other
property (including cash) to be issued upon exercise of an outstanding Award
or under other Awards granted under the Plan, (iii) the purchase price
thereof, and/or (iv) the individual Participant limitations set forth in
Section 4.1(b)
(other than those based on cash limitations) shall be
adjusted consistent with such change in such manner as the Committee may, in
its sole discretion, deem appropriate and equitable to prevent substantial
dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for,
Participants under the Plan. Any such adjustment determined by the
Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and all
Participants and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns. Furthermore, in connection with any Section 4.2
Event, the Committee may provide, in its sole discretion, for the
cancellation of any outstanding Awards and payment in cash or other property
in exchange therefor. Except as provided in this
Section 4.2
or in
the applicable Award agreement, a Participant shall have no rights by reason
of any Section 4.2 Event.
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Fractional shares of Common Stock resulting from any adjustment
in Awards pursuant to
Section 4.2(a)
or
Section 4.2(b)
shall be
aggregated until, and eliminated at, the time of exercise by rounding-down for
fractions less than one-half and rounding-up for fractions equal to or greater
than one-half. No cash settlements shall be made with respect to fractional
shares eliminated by rounding. Notice of any adjustment shall be given by the
Committee to each Participant whose Award has been adjusted and such adjustment
(whether or not such notice is given) shall be effective and binding for all
purposes of the Plan.
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In the event of an Acquisition Event, the Committee may, in its
sole discretion, terminate all outstanding and unexercised Stock Options or
Stock Appreciation Rights or any Other Stock Based Award that provides for a
Participant elected exercise (
Exercisable Awards
) effective as of the
date of the Acquisition Event, by delivering notice of termination to each
Participant at least 20 days prior to the date of consummation of the
Acquisition Event, in which case during the period from the date on which such
notice of termination is delivered to the consummation of the Acquisition
Event, each such Participant shall have the right to exercise his or her
Exercisable Awards that are then outstanding to the extent vested as of the
date on which such notice of termination is delivered (or, at the discretion of
the Committee, without regard to any limitations on exercisability otherwise
contained in the Award agreements), but any such exercise shall be contingent
on the occurrence of the Acquisition Event,
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and, provided that, if the Acquisition Event does not take place within a
specified period after giving such notice for any reason whatsoever, the
notice and exercise pursuant thereto shall be null and void. For the
avoidance of doubt, in the event of an Acquisition Event, the Committee may,
in its sole discretion, terminate any Exercisable Award for which the
exercise price is equal to or exceeds the Fair Market Value without payment
of consideration therefor.
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If an Acquisition Event occurs but the Committee does not terminate the outstanding
Awards pursuant to this
Section 4.2(d)
, then the applicable provisions of
Section 4.2(b)
and
Article XII
shall apply.
4.3
Minimum Purchase Price
. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary,
if authorized but previously unissued shares of Common Stock are issued under the Plan, such shares
shall not be issued for a consideration that is less than as permitted under applicable law.
ARTICLE V
ELIGIBILITY AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS
5.1
General Eligibility
. All Eligible Employees, Consultants, Non-Employee Directors
and prospective employees and consultants are eligible to be granted Awards, subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan. Eligibility for the grant of Awards and actual participation in the
Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
5.2
Incentive Stock Options
. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, only
Eligible Employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Parent (if any) are eligible to be
granted Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Eligibility for the grant of an Incentive Stock
Option and actual participation in the Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.
5.3
General Requirement
. The vesting and exercise of Awards granted to a prospective
employee or consultant are conditioned upon such individual actually becoming an Eligible Employee
or Consultant.
ARTICLE VI
STOCK OPTIONS
6.1
Options
. Each Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be one of two types: (a)
an Incentive Stock Option; or (b) a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
6.2
Grants
. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, have the authority to grant
to any Eligible Employee (subject to
Section 5.2
) Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified
Stock Options, or both types of Stock Options. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, have
the authority to grant any Consultant or Non-Employee Director Non-Qualified Stock Options. To
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the extent that any Stock Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option (whether
because of its provisions or the time or manner of its exercise or otherwise), such Stock Option or
the portion thereof that does not qualify shall constitute a separate Non-Qualified Stock Option.
6.3
Terms of Options
. Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following
terms and conditions and shall be in such form and contain such additional terms and conditions,
not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall deem
desirable:
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Exercise Price
. The exercise price per share of Common
Stock subject to a Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee at the
time of grant, provided that the per share exercise price of a Stock Option
shall not be less than 100% (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option
granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, 110%) of the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock at the time of grant.
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Stock Option Term
. The term of each Stock Option shall
be fixed by the Committee, provided that no Stock Option shall be exercisable
more than 10 years after the date the Option is granted; and provided further
that the term of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder
shall not exceed five years.
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Exercisability
. Stock Options shall be exercisable at
such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be
determined by the Committee at grant. If the Committee provides, in its
discretion, that any Stock Option is exercisable subject to certain limitations
(including, without limitation, that such Stock Option is exercisable only in
installments or within certain time periods or upon attainment of certain
financial results), the Committee may waive such limitations on the
exercisability at any time at or after grant in whole or in part (including,
without limitation, waiver of the installment exercise provisions or
acceleration of the time at which such Stock Option may be exercised), based on
such factors, if any, as the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant, the Option agreement
shall provide that (i) in the event the Participant engages in Detrimental
Activity prior to any exercise of the Stock Option, all Stock Options held by
the Participant shall thereupon terminate and expire, (ii) as a condition of
the exercise of a Stock Option, the Participant shall be required to certify
(or shall be deemed to have certified) at the time of exercise in a manner
acceptable to the Company that the Participant is in compliance with the terms
and conditions of the Plan and that the Participant has not engaged in, and
does not intend to engage in, any Detrimental Activity, and (iii) in the event
the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity during the one-year period
commencing on the later of the date the Stock Option is exercised or the date
of the Participants Termination, the Company shall be entitled to recover from
the Participant at any time within one year after such date, and the
Participant shall pay
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over to the Company, an amount equal to any gain realized as a result of the
exercise (whether at the time of exercise or thereafter).
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Method of Exercise
. Subject to whatever installment
exercise and waiting period provisions apply under subsection (c) above, to the
extent vested, Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part at any time
during the Option term, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company
specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased. Such notice
shall be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price as follows: (i)
in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the
Company; (ii) solely to the extent permitted by applicable law, if the Common
Stock is traded on a national securities exchange, The NASDAQ Stock Market or
quoted on a national quotation system sponsored by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, and the Committee authorizes, through a procedure whereby
the Participant delivers irrevocable instructions to a broker reasonably
acceptable to the Committee to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal
to the purchase price; or (iii) on such other terms and conditions as may be
acceptable to the Committee (including, without limitation, the relinquishment
of Stock Options or by payment in full or in part in the form of Common Stock
owned by the Participant based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on
the payment date as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion). No
shares of Common Stock shall be issued until payment therefor, as provided
herein, has been made or provided for.
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Non-Transferability of Options
. No Stock Option shall
be Transferable by the Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during
the Participants lifetime, only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, at the time of
grant or thereafter that a Non-Qualified Stock Option that is otherwise not
Transferable pursuant to this Section is Transferable to a Family Member in
whole or in part and in such circumstances, and under such conditions, as
determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. A Non-Qualified Stock
Option that is Transferred to a Family Member pursuant to the preceding
sentence (i) may not be subsequently Transferred otherwise than by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution and (ii) remains subject to the terms of
the Plan and the applicable Award agreement. Any shares of Common Stock
acquired upon the exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option by a permissible
transferee of a Non-Qualified Stock Option or a permissible transferee pursuant
to a Transfer after the exercise of the Non-Qualified Stock Option shall be
subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award agreement.
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Incentive Stock Option Limitations
. To the extent that
the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the
Common Stock
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with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first
time by an Eligible Employee during any calendar year under the Plan and/or
any other stock option plan of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Parent
exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock
Options. Should any provision of the Plan not be necessary in order for the
Stock Options to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, or should any
additional provisions be required, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, amend the Plan accordingly, without the necessity of obtaining
the approval of the stockholders of the Company.
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Form, Modification, Extension and Renewal of Stock
Options
. Subject to the terms and conditions and within the limitations of
the Plan, Stock Options shall be evidenced by such form of agreement or grant
as is approved by the Committee, and the Committee may, in its sole discretion
(i) modify, extend or renew outstanding Stock Options granted under the Plan
(provided that the rights of a Participant are not reduced without his or her
consent and provided further that such action does not subject the Stock
Options to Section 409A of the Code), and (ii) accept the surrender of
outstanding Stock Options (up to the extent not theretofore exercised) and
authorize the granting of new Stock Options in substitution therefor (to the
extent not theretofore exercised). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an
outstanding Option may not be modified to reduce the exercise price thereof nor
may a new Option at a lower price be substituted for a surrendered Option
(other than adjustments or substitutions in accordance with
Section
4.2
), unless such action is approved by the stockholders of the Company.
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Buyout and Settlement Provisions
. The Committee may at
any time offer to buy out an Option previously granted, based on such terms and
conditions as the Committee shall establish and communicate to the Participant
at the time that such offer is made, provided that such purchase of an Option
shall be limited to no more than the fair market value of the Award on the date
of such purchase.
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Early Exercise
. The Committee may provide that a Stock
Option include a provision whereby the Participant may elect at any time before
the Participants Termination to exercise the Stock Option as to any part or
all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Option prior to the full
vesting of the Stock Option and such shares shall be subject to the provisions
of
Article VI
and treated as Restricted Stock. Any unvested shares of
Common Stock so purchased may be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the
Company or to any other restriction the Committee determines to be appropriate.
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Other Terms and Conditions
. Stock Options may contain
such other provisions, which shall not be inconsistent with any of the terms of
the Plan, as the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, deem appropriate.
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ARTICLE VII
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
7.1
Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights
. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in
conjunction with all or part of any Stock Option (a Reference Stock Option) granted under the
Plan (Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights). In the case of a Non-Qualified Stock Option, such
rights may be granted either at or after the time of the grant of such Reference Stock Option. In
the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such rights may be granted only at the time of the grant of
such Reference Stock Option.
7.2
Terms and Conditions of Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights
. Tandem Stock
Appreciation Rights granted hereunder shall be subject to such terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as shall be determined from time to time by the
Committee in its sole discretion, and the following:
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Exercise Price
. The exercise price per share of Common
Stock subject to a Tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by the
Committee at the time of grant, provided that the per share exercise price of a
Tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market
Value of the Common Stock at the time of grant.
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Term
. A Tandem Stock Appreciation Right or applicable
portion thereof granted with respect to a Reference Stock Option shall
terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the
Reference Stock Option, except that, unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion, at the time of grant, a Tandem Stock
Appreciation Right granted with respect to less than the full number of shares
covered by the Reference Stock Option shall not be reduced until and then only
to the extent the exercise or termination of the Reference Stock Option causes
the number of shares covered by the Tandem Stock Appreciation Right to exceed
the number of shares remaining available and unexercised under the Reference
Stock Option.
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Exercisability
. Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights shall
be exercisable only at such time or times and to the extent that the Reference
Stock Options to which they relate shall be exercisable in accordance with the
provisions of
Article VI
, and shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 6.3(c)
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(d)
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Method of Exercise
. A Tandem Stock Appreciation Right
may be exercised by the Participant by surrendering the applicable portion of
the Reference Stock Option. Upon such exercise and surrender, the Participant
shall be entitled to receive the payment determined in the manner prescribed in
this
Section 7.2
. Stock Options that have been so surrendered, in whole
or in part, shall no longer be exercisable to the extent the related Tandem
Stock Appreciation Rights have been exercised.
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(e)
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Payment
. Upon the exercise of a Tandem Stock
Appreciation Right, a Participant shall be entitled to receive up to, but no
more than, an amount in cash and/or shares of Common Stock (as chosen by the
Committee in its sole discretion at grant, or thereafter if no rights of a
Participant are reduced) equal in value to the excess of the Fair Market Value
of one share of Common Stock over the Option exercise price per share specified
in the Reference Stock Option agreement, multiplied by the number of shares in
respect of which the Tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.
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Deemed Exercise of Reference Stock Option
. Upon the
exercise of a Tandem Stock Appreciation Right, the Reference Stock Option or
part thereof to which such Stock Appreciation Right is related shall be deemed
to have been exercised for the purpose of the limitation set forth in
Article IV
of the Plan on the number of shares of Common Stock to be
issued under the Plan.
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(g)
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Non-Transferability
. Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights
shall be Transferable only when and to the extent that the underlying Stock
Option would be Transferable under
Section 6.3(e)
of the Plan.
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7.3
Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights
. Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights may
also be granted without reference to any Stock Options granted under the Plan.
7.4
Terms and Conditions of Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights
. Non-Tandem Stock
Appreciation Rights granted hereunder shall be subject to such terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as shall be determined from time to time by the
Committee in its sole discretion, and the following:
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Exercise Price
. The exercise price per share of Common
Stock subject to a Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by
the Committee at the time of grant, provided that the per share exercise price
of a Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the time of grant.
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(b)
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Term
. The term of each Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation
Right shall be fixed by the Committee, but shall not be greater than 10 years
after the date the right is granted.
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Exercisability
. Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights
shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and
conditions as shall be determined by the Committee at grant. If the Committee
provides, in its discretion, that any such right is exercisable subject to
certain limitations (including, without limitation, that it is exercisable only
in installments or within certain time periods), the Committee may waive such
limitations on the exercisability at any time at or after grant in whole or in
part (including, without limitation, waiver of the installment exercise
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provisions or acceleration of the time at which such right may be
exercised), based on such factors, if any, as the Committee shall determine,
in its sole discretion. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at
grant, the Award agreement shall provide that (i) in the event the
Participant engages in Detrimental Activity prior to any exercise of the
Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Right, all Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation
Rights held by the Participant shall thereupon terminate and expire, (ii) as
a condition of the exercise of a Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Right, the
Participant shall be required to certify (or shall be deemed to have
certified) at the time of exercise in a manner acceptable to the Company
that the Participant is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the
Plan and that the Participant has not engaged in, and does not intend to
engage in, any Detrimental Activity, and (iii) in the event the Participant
engages in Detrimental Activity during the one-year period commencing on the
later of the date the Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Right is exercised or
the date of the Participants Termination, the Company shall be entitled to
recover from the Participant at any time within one year after such date,
and the Participant shall pay over to the Company, an amount equal to any
gain realized as a result of the exercise (whether at the time of exercise
or thereafter).
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Method of Exercise
. Subject to whatever installment
exercise and waiting period provisions apply under subsection (c) above,
Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised in whole or in part at
any time in accordance with the applicable Award agreement, by giving written
notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Non-Tandem Stock
Appreciation Rights to be exercised.
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Payment
. Upon the exercise of a Non-Tandem Stock
Appreciation Right a Participant shall be entitled to receive, for each right
exercised, up to, but no more than, an amount in cash and/or shares of Common
Stock (as chosen by the Committee in its sole discretion at grant, or
thereafter if no rights of a Participant are reduced) equal in value to the
excess of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the date the
right is exercised over the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on
the date the right was awarded to the Participant.
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Non-Transferability
. No Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation
Rights shall be Transferable by the Participant otherwise than by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution, and all such rights shall be exercisable,
during the Participants lifetime, only by the Participant.
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7.5
Limited Stock Appreciation Rights
. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
grant Tandem and Non-Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights either as a general Stock Appreciation Right
or as a Limited Stock Appreciation Right. Limited Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised only
upon the occurrence of a Change in Control or such other event as the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, designate at the time of grant or thereafter. Upon the
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exercise of Limited Stock Appreciation Rights, except as otherwise provided in an Award
agreement, the Participant shall receive in cash or Common Stock, as determined by the Committee,
an amount equal to the amount (a) set forth in
Section 7.2(e)
with respect to Tandem Stock
Appreciation Rights, or (b) set forth in
Section 7.4(e)
with respect to Non-Tandem Stock
Appreciation Rights, as applicable.
ARTICLE VIII
RESTRICTED STOCK
8.1
Awards of Restricted Stock
. Shares of Restricted Stock may be issued either alone
or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The Committee shall, in its sole
discretion, determine the Eligible Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee Directors, to whom, and
the time or times at which, grants of Restricted Stock shall be made, the number of shares to be
awarded, the price (if any) to be paid by the Participant (subject to
Section 8.2
), the time
or times within which such Awards may be subject to forfeiture, the vesting schedule and rights to
acceleration thereof, and all other terms and conditions of the Awards. The Committee may
condition the grant or vesting of Restricted Stock upon the attainment of specified performance
targets (including, the Performance Goals specified in
Exhibit A
attached hereto) or such
other factors as the Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, including to comply with the
requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant, each Award of Restricted Stock shall
provide that in the event the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity prior to, or during the
one-year period after, any vesting of Restricted Stock, the Committee may direct that all unvested
Restricted Stock shall be immediately forfeited to the Company and that the Participant shall pay
over to the Company an amount equal to the Fair Market Value at the time of vesting of any
Restricted Stock that had vested in the period referred to above.
8.2
Awards and Certificates
. Eligible Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee
Directors selected to receive Restricted Stock shall not have any rights with respect to such
Award, unless and until such Participant has delivered a fully executed copy of the agreement
evidencing the Award to the Company and has otherwise complied with the applicable terms and
conditions of such Award. Further, such Award shall be subject to the following conditions:
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Purchase Price
. The purchase price of Restricted Stock
shall be fixed by the Committee. Subject to
Section 4.3
, the purchase
price for shares of Restricted Stock may be zero to the extent permitted by
applicable law, and, to the extent not so permitted, such purchase price may
not be less than par value.
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(b)
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Acceptance
. Awards of Restricted Stock must be accepted
within a period of 60 days (or such other period as the Committee may specify)
after the grant date, by executing a Restricted Stock agreement and by paying
whatever price (if any) the Committee has designated thereunder.
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Legend
. Each Participant receiving Restricted Stock
shall be issued a stock certificate in respect of such shares of Restricted
Stock, unless the Committee elects to use another system, such as book entries
by the transfer agent, as evidencing ownership of shares of Restricted Stock.
Such certificate shall be registered in the name of such Participant, and
shall, in addition to such legends required by applicable securities laws, bear
an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions
applicable to such Award, substantially in the following form:
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The anticipation, alienation, attachment, sale, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance or charge of the shares of stock represented hereby are
subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the Town
Sports International Holdings, Inc. (the
Company
) 2006 Stock
Incentive Plan (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, the
Plan
) and an agreement entered into between the
registered owner and the Company dated ___. Copies of such Plan and
agreement are on file at the principal office of the Company.
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Custody
. If stock certificates are issued in respect of
shares of Restricted Stock, the Committee may require that any stock
certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody by the Company until the
restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that, as a condition of any grant
of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall have delivered a duly signed stock
power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Common Stock covered by such Award.
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8.3
Restrictions and Conditions
. The shares of Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to
the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:
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(a)
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(i)
Restriction Period
. The Participant shall not be
permitted to Transfer shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan during
the period or periods set by the Committee (the
Restriction Period
)
commencing on the date of such Award, as set forth in the Restricted Stock
Award agreement and such agreement shall set forth a vesting schedule and any
events that would accelerate vesting of the shares of Restricted Stock. Within
these limits, based on service, attainment of performance goals pursuant to
Section 8.3(a)(ii)
below and/or such other factors or criteria as the
Committee may determine in its sole discretion, the Committee may condition the
grant or provide for the lapse of such restrictions in installments in whole or
in part, or may accelerate the vesting of all or any part of any Restricted
Stock Award and/or waive the deferral limitations for all or any part of any
Restricted Stock Award.
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(ii)
Objective Performance Goals, Formulae or Standards
. If the grant
of shares of Restricted Stock or the lapse of restrictions is based on the
attainment of Performance Goals, the Committee shall establish the
Performance Goals and the applicable vesting percentage of the Restricted
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Stock Award applicable to each Participant or class of Participants in
writing prior to the beginning of the applicable fiscal year or at such
later date as otherwise determined by the Committee and while the outcome of
the Performance Goals are substantially uncertain. Such Performance Goals
may incorporate provisions for disregarding (or adjusting for) changes in
accounting methods, corporate transactions (including, without limitation,
dispositions and acquisitions) and other similar type events or
circumstances. With regard to a Restricted Stock Award that is intended to
comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, to the extent any such provision
would create impermissible discretion under Section 162(m) of the Code or
otherwise violate Section 162(m) of the Code, such provision shall be of no
force or effect. The applicable Performance Goals shall be based on one or
more of the performance criteria set forth in
Exhibit A
hereto.
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Rights as a Stockholder
. Except as provided in this
subsection (b) and subsection (a) above and as otherwise determined by the
Committee, the Participant shall have, with respect to the shares of Restricted
Stock, all of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock of the Company
including, without limitation, the right to receive any dividends, the right to
vote such shares and, subject to and conditioned upon the full vesting of
shares of Restricted Stock, the right to tender such shares. The Committee
may, in its sole discretion, determine at the time of grant that the payment of
dividends shall be deferred until, and conditioned upon, the expiration of the
applicable Restriction Period.
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Lapse of Restrictions
. If and when the Restriction
Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Stock, the
certificates for such shares shall be delivered to the Participant. All
legends shall be removed from said certificates at the time of delivery to the
Participant, except as otherwise required by applicable law or other
limitations imposed by the Committee.
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ARTICLE IX
PERFORMANCE SHARES
9.1
Award of Performance Shares
. Performance Shares may be awarded either alone or in
addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion,
determine the Eligible Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee Directors, to whom, and the time or
times at which, Performance Shares shall be awarded, the number of Performance Shares to be awarded
to any person, the Performance Period during which, and the conditions under which, receipt of the
Shares will be deferred, and the other terms and conditions of the Award in addition to those set
forth in
Section 9.2
.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant, each Award of Performance Shares shall
provide that in the event the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity prior to, or
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during the one-year period after the later of the date of any vesting of Performance Shares or
the date of the Participants Termination, the Committee may direct (at any time within one year
thereafter) that all unvested Performance Shares shall be immediately forfeited to the Company and
that the Participant shall pay over to the Company an amount equal to any gain the Participant
realized from any Performance Shares that had vested in the period referred to above.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Committee shall condition the right to payment of any
Performance Share upon the attainment of objective performance goals established pursuant to
Section 9.2(c)
below.
9.2
Terms and Conditions
. Performance Shares awarded pursuant to this
Article
IX
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
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Earning of Performance Share Award
. At the expiration
of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the extent
to which the performance goals established pursuant to
Section 9.2(c)
are achieved and the percentage of each Performance Share Award that has been
earned.
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(b)
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Non-Transferability
. Subject to the applicable
provisions of the Award agreement and the Plan, Performance Shares may not be
Transferred during the Performance Period.
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(c)
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Objective Performance Goals, Formulae or Standards
. The
Committee shall establish the objective Performance Goals for the earning of
Performance Shares based on a Performance Period applicable to each Participant
or class of Participants in writing prior to the beginning of the applicable
Performance Period or at such later date as permitted under Section 162(m) of
the Code and while the outcome of the Performance Goals are substantially
uncertain. Such Performance Goals may incorporate, if and only to the extent
permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, provisions for disregarding (or
adjusting for) changes in accounting methods, corporate transactions
(including, without limitation, dispositions and acquisitions) and other
similar type events or circumstances. To the extent any such provision would
create impermissible discretion under Section 162(m) of the Code or otherwise
violate Section 162(m) of the Code, such provision shall be of no force or
effect. The applicable Performance Goals shall be based on one or more of the
performance criteria set forth in
Exhibit A
hereto.
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Dividends
. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee
at the time of grant, amounts equal to any dividends declared during the
Performance Period with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock covered
by a Performance Share will not be paid to the Participant.
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(e)
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Payment
. Following the Committees determination in
accordance with subsection (a) above, shares of Common Stock or, as determined
by the
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Committee in its sole discretion, the cash equivalent of such shares shall
be delivered to the Eligible Employee, Consultant or Non-Employee Director,
or his legal representative, in an amount equal to such individuals earned
Performance Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its
sole discretion, award an amount less than the earned Performance Share
and/or subject the payment of all or part of any Performance Share to
additional vesting, forfeiture and deferral conditions as it deems
appropriate.
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Accelerated Vesting
. Based on service, performance
and/or such other factors or criteria, if any, as the Committee may determine,
the Committee may, in its sole discretion, at or after grant, accelerate the
vesting of all or any part of any Performance Share Award and/or waive the
deferral limitations for all or any part of such Award.
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ARTICLE X
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
10.1
Other Awards
. The Committee, in its sole discretion, is authorized to grant to
Eligible Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee Directors Other Stock-Based Awards that are
payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to shares
of Common Stock, including, but not limited to, shares of Common Stock awarded purely as a bonus
and not subject to any restrictions or conditions, shares of Common Stock in payment of the amounts
due under an incentive or performance plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or an Affiliate,
performance units, dividend equivalent units, stock equivalent units, restricted stock units and
deferred stock units. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
permit Eligible Employees and/or Non-Employee Directors to defer all or a portion of their cash
compensation in the form of Other Stock-Based Awards granted under the Plan, subject to the terms
and conditions of any deferred compensation arrangement established by the Company, which shall be
intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code. Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted either
alone or in addition to or in tandem with other Awards granted under the Plan.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant, each Other Stock-based Award shall
provide that in the event the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity prior to, or during the
one-year period after the later of the date of any vesting of Performance Shares or the date of the
Participants Termination, the Committee may direct (at any time within one year thereafter) that
any unvested portion of such Award shall be immediately forfeited to the Company and that the
Participant shall pay over to the Company an amount equal to any gain the Participant realized from
any such Award that had vested in the period referred to above.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, have
authority to determine the Eligible Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee Directors, to whom, and
the time or times at which, such Awards shall be made, the number of shares of Common Stock to be
awarded pursuant to such Awards, and all other conditions of the Awards.
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The Committee may also provide for the grant of Common Stock under such Awards upon the
completion of a specified performance period.
The Committee may condition the grant or vesting of Other Stock-Based Awards upon the
attainment of specified Performance Goals set forth on
Exhibit A
as the Committee may
determine, in its sole discretion; provided that to the extent that such Other Stock-Based Awards
are intended to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall establish the objective
Performance Goals for the vesting of such Other Stock-Based Awards based on a performance period
applicable to each Participant or class of Participants in writing prior to the beginning of the
applicable performance period or at such later date as permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code
and while the outcome of the Performance Goals are substantially uncertain. Such Performance Goals
may incorporate, if and only to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, provisions
for disregarding (or adjusting for) changes in accounting methods, corporate transactions
(including, without limitation, dispositions and acquisition) and other similar type events or
circumstances. To the extent any such provision would create impermissible discretion under
Section 162(m) of the Code or otherwise violate Section 162(m) of the Code, such provision shall be
of no force or effect. The applicable Performance Goals shall be based on one or more of the
performance criteria set forth in
Exhibit A
hereto.
10.2
Terms and Conditions
. Other Stock-Based Awards made pursuant to this
Article
X
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
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Non-Transferability
. Subject to the applicable
provisions of the Award agreement and the Plan, shares of Common Stock subject
to Awards made under this
Article X
may not be Transferred prior to the
date on which the shares are issued, or, if later, the date on which any
applicable restriction, performance or deferral period lapses.
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Dividends
. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee
at the time of Award, subject to the provisions of the Award agreement and the
Plan, the recipient of an Award under this
Article X
shall not be
entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, dividends or dividend
equivalents with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the
Award.
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Vesting
. Any Award under this
Article X
and any
Common Stock covered by any such Award shall vest or be forfeited to the extent
so provided in the Award agreement, as determined by the Committee, in its sole
discretion.
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Price
. Common Stock issued on a bonus basis under this
Article X
may be issued for no cash consideration; Common Stock
purchased pursuant to a purchase right awarded under this
Article X
shall be priced, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
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Payment
. Form of payment for the Other Stock-Based
Award shall be specified in the Award agreement.
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ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
11.1
Termination
. The following rules apply with regard to the Termination of a
Participant.
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Rules Applicable to Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant (or, if no rights of the
Participant are reduced, thereafter):
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(i)
Termination by Reason of Death, Disability or Retirement.
If a
Participants Termination is by reason of death, Disability or the
Participants Retirement, all Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights
that are held by such Participant that are vested and exercisable at the
time of the Participants Termination may be exercised by the Participant
(or, in the case of death, by the legal representative of the Participants
estate) at any time within a one-year period from the date of such
Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term of
such Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights;
provided
,
however
, if the Participant dies within such exercise period, all
unexercised Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights held by such
Participant shall thereafter be exercisable, to the extent to which they
were exercisable at the time of death, for a period of one year from the
date of such death, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term
of such Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.
(ii)
Involuntary Termination Without Cause.
If a Participants
Termination is by involuntary termination without Cause, all Stock Options
or Stock Appreciation Rights that are held by such Participant that are
vested and exercisable at the time of the Participants Termination may be
exercised by the Participant at any time within a period of 90 days from the
date of such Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the
stated term of such Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.
(iii)
Voluntary Termination.
If a Participants Termination is
voluntary (other than a voluntary termination described in
Section
11.2(a)(iv)(2)
below, or a Retirement), all Stock Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights that are held by such Participant that are vested and
exercisable at the time of the Participants Termination may be exercised by
the Participant at any time within a period of 30 days from the date of such
Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated terms of
such Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.
(iv)
Termination for Cause.
If a Participants Termination: (1) is for
Cause or (2) is a voluntary Termination (as provided in subsection (iii)
above) or a Retirement after the occurrence of an event that would be
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grounds for a Termination for Cause, all Stock Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights, whether vested or not vested, that are held by such
Participant shall thereupon terminate and expire as of the date of such
Termination.
(v)
Unvested Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.
Stock
Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that are not vested as of the date of a
Participants Termination for any reason shall terminate and expire as of
the date of such Termination.
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Rules Applicable to Restricted Stock, Performance Shares and
Other Stock-Based Awards
. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at
grant or thereafter, upon a Participants Termination for any reason: (i)
during the relevant Restriction Period, all Restricted Stock still subject to
restriction shall be forfeited; and (ii) any unvested Performance Shares or
Other Stock-Based Awards shall be forfeited.
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ARTICLE XII
CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS
12.1
Benefits
. In the event of a Change in Control of the Company, and except as
otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement or in a written employment agreement
between the Company and a Participant, a Participants unvested Award shall vest in full and a
Participants Award shall be treated in accordance with one of the following methods as determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion:
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Awards, whether or not vested by their terms or pursuant to the
preceding sentence, shall be continued, assumed, have new rights substituted
therefor or be treated in accordance with
Section 4.2(d)
, as determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion, and restrictions to which any shares
of Restricted Stock or any other Award granted prior to the Change in Control
are subject shall not lapse upon a Change in Control (other than with respect
to vesting pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 12.1
)
and the Restricted Stock or other Award shall, where appropriate in the sole
discretion of the Committee, receive the same or other appropriate distribution
as other Common Stock on such terms as determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion;
provided
,
however
, that, the Committee may, in its
sole discretion, decide to award additional Restricted Stock or other Award in
lieu of any cash distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, any assumed or substituted
Stock Option shall comply with the requirements of Treasury Regulation §
1.424-1 (and any amendments thereto).
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The Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide for the
purchase of any Awards by the Company or an Affiliate (or the cancellation and
extinguishment thereof pursuant to the terms of a merger agreement
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entered into by the Company) for an amount of cash equal to the excess of
the Change in Control Price (as defined below) of the shares of Common Stock
covered by such Awards, over the aggregate exercise price of such Awards.
For purposes of this
Section 12.1
,
Change in Control Price
shall mean the highest price per share of Common Stock paid in any
transaction related to a Change in Control of the Company.
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The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the
cancellation of any particular Award or Awards without payment, if the Change
in Control Price is less than the Fair Market Value of such Award(s) on the
date of grant.
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Notwithstanding anything else herein, the Committee may, in its
sole discretion, provide for accelerated vesting or lapse of restrictions, of
an Award at the time of grant or at any time thereafter.
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12.2
Change in Control
. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the applicable
Award agreement or other written agreement approved by the Committee, a Change in Control shall
be deemed to occur following any transaction if: (a) any person as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding
securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or
indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of Common Stock of the Company), becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the combined voting power of the
then outstanding securities of the Company (or its successor corporation)
;
or (b) the stockholders
of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or the consummation of the
sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Companys assets other than
(i) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a person or
persons who beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 50% or more of the combined voting
power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company at the time of the sale, or (ii) pursuant
to a spin-off type transaction, directly or indirectly, of such assets to the stockholders of the
Company.
ARTICLE XIII
TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF PLAN
13.1
Termination or Amendment
. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the
Board or the Committee may at any time, and from time to time, amend, in whole or in part, any or
all of the provisions of the Plan (including any amendment deemed necessary to ensure that the
Company may comply with any regulatory requirement referred to in
Article XV
), or suspend or
terminate it entirely, retroactively or otherwise;
provided
,
however
, that, unless
otherwise required by law or specifically provided herein, the rights of a Participant with respect
to Awards granted prior to such amendment, suspension or termination, may not be impaired without
the consent of such Participant and, provided further, without the approval of the stockholders of
the Company in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, to the extent required by the
applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of the Code, pursuant to
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the requirements of NASD Rule 4350(i)(1)(A) or such other applicable stock exchange rule, or,
to the extent applicable to Incentive Stock Options, Section 422 of the Code, no amendment may be
made that would:
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may be issued under the Plan pursuant to
Section 4.1
(except by
operation of
Section 4.2
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increase the maximum individual Participant limitations for a
fiscal year under
Section 4.1(b)
(except by operation of
Section
4.2
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change the classification of Eligible Employees or Consultants
eligible to receive Awards under the Plan;
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(d)
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decrease the minimum option price of any Stock Option or Stock
Appreciation Right;
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(e)
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extend the maximum option period under
Section 6.3
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alter the Performance Goals for the Award of Restricted Stock,
Performance Shares or Other Stock-Based Awards subject to satisfaction of
Performance Goals as set forth in
Exhibit A
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award any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right in
replacement of a canceled Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right with a
higher exercise price, except in accordance with
Section 6.3(g)
; or
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require stockholder approval in order for the Plan to continue
to comply with the applicable provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code or, to
the extent applicable to Incentive Stock Options, Section 422 of the Code. In
no event may the Plan be amended without the approval of the stockholders of
the Company in accordance with the applicable laws of the State of Delaware to
increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued
under the Plan, decrease the minimum exercise price of any Stock Option or
Stock Appreciation Right, or to make any other amendment that would require
stockholder approval under NASD Rule 4350(i)(1)(A), or the rules of any other
exchange or system on which the Companys securities are listed or traded at
the request of the Company.
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The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or
retroactively, but, subject to
Article IV
above or as otherwise specifically provided
herein, no such amendment or other action by the Committee shall adversely impair the rights of any
holder without the holders consent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Board or
the Committee may amend the Plan or any Award granted hereunder at any time without a Participants
consent to comply with Code Section 409A or any other applicable law.
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ARTICLE XIV
UNFUNDED PLAN
14.1
Unfunded Status of Plan
. The Plan is an unfunded plan for incentive and
deferred compensation. With respect to any payments as to which a Participant has a fixed and
vested interest but that are not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein
shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured
creditor of the Company.
ARTICLE XV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
15.1
Legend
. The Committee may require each person receiving shares of Common Stock
pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing
that the Participant is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof and such other
securities law-related representations as the Committee shall request. In addition to any legend
required by the Plan, the certificates and/or book entry accounts for such shares may include any
legend that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on
Transfer.
All certificates and/or book entry accounts for shares of Common Stock delivered under the
Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may, in
its sole discretion, deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, The NASDAQ Stock Market or any national securities exchange
system upon whose system the Common Stock is then quoted, any applicable Federal or state
securities law, and any applicable corporate law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends
to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
15.2
Other Plans
. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting
other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is
required; and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific
cases.
15.3
No Right to Employment/Directorship/Consultancy
. Neither the Plan nor the grant
of any Option or other Award hereunder shall give any Participant or other employee, Consultant or
Non-Employee Director any right with respect to continuance of employment, consultancy or
directorship by the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall they be a limitation in any way on the
right of the Company or any Affiliate by which an employee is employed or a Consultant or
Non-Employee Director is retained to terminate his or her employment, consultancy or directorship
at any time.
15.4
Withholding of Taxes
. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any payment
to be made pursuant to the Plan, or to otherwise require, prior to the issuance or delivery of any
shares of Common Stock or the payment of any cash hereunder, payment by the Participant of, any
Federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld. Upon the vesting
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of Restricted Stock (or other Award that is taxable upon vesting), or upon making an election
under Section 83(b) of the Code, a Participant shall pay all required withholding to the Company.
Any statutorily required withholding obligation with regard to any Participant may be satisfied,
subject to the advance consent of the Committee, by reducing the number of shares of Common Stock
otherwise deliverable or by delivering shares of Common Stock already owned. Any fraction of a
share of Common Stock required to satisfy such tax obligations shall be disregarded and the amount
due shall be paid instead in cash by the Participant.
15.5
No Assignment of Benefits
. No Award or other benefit payable under the Plan
shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by law or permitted by the Committee, be
Transferable in any manner, and any attempt to Transfer any such benefit shall be void, and any
such benefit shall not in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities,
engagements or torts of any person who shall be entitled to such benefit, nor shall it be subject
to attachment or legal process for or against such person.
15.6
Listing and Other Conditions
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Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, as long as the
Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or system sponsored by
a national securities association, the issue of any shares of Common Stock
pursuant to an Award shall be conditioned upon such shares being listed on such
exchange or system. The Company shall have no obligation to issue such shares
unless and until such shares are so listed, and the right to exercise any
Option or other Award with respect to such shares shall be suspended until such
listing has been effected.
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If at any time counsel to the Company shall be of the opinion
that any sale or delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Option or
other Award is or may in the circumstances be unlawful or result in the
imposition of excise taxes on the Company under the statutes, rules or
regulations of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company shall have no
obligation to make such sale or delivery, or to make any application or to
effect or to maintain any qualification or registration under the Securities
Act or otherwise, with respect to shares of Common Stock or Awards, and the
right to exercise any Option or other Award shall be suspended until, in the
opinion of said counsel, such sale or delivery shall be lawful or will not
result in the imposition of excise taxes on the Company.
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Upon termination of any period of suspension under this
Section 15.6
, any Award affected by such suspension that shall not then
have expired or terminated shall be reinstated as to all shares available
before such suspension and as to shares that would otherwise have become
available during the period of such suspension, but no such suspension shall
extend the term of any Award.
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A Participant shall be required to supply the Company with any
certificates, representations and information that the Company requests
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and otherwise cooperate with the Company in obtaining any listing,
registration, qualification, exemption, consent or approval the Company
deems necessary or appropriate.
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15.7
Governing Law
. The Plan and actions taken in connection herewith shall be
governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the law
that might otherwise govern under applicable Delaware principles of conflict of laws).
15.8
Construction
. Wherever any words are used in the Plan in the masculine gender
they shall be construed as though they were also used in the feminine gender in all cases where
they would so apply, and wherever any words are used herein in the singular form they shall be
construed as though they were also used in the plural form in all cases where they would so apply.
15.9
Other Benefits
. No Award granted or paid out under the Plan shall be deemed
compensation for purposes of computing benefits under any retirement plan of the Company or its
Affiliates nor affect any benefits under any other benefit plan now or subsequently in effect under
which the availability or amount of benefits is related to the level of compensation.
15.10
Costs
. The Company shall bear all expenses associated with administering the
Plan, including expenses of issuing Common Stock pursuant to any Awards hereunder.
15.11
No Right to Same Benefits
. The provisions of Awards need not be the same with
respect to each Participant, and such Awards to individual Participants need not be the same in
subsequent years.
15.12
Death/Disability
.
The Committee may in its sole discretion require the
transferee of a Participant to supply it with written notice of the Participants death or
Disability and to supply it with a copy of the will (in the case of the Participants death) or
such other evidence as the Committee deems necessary to establish the validity of the transfer of
an Award. The Committee may, in its discretion, also require the agreement of the transferee to be
bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan.
15.13
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act
. On and after the Registration Date, all
elections and transactions under the Plan by persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act
involving shares of Common Stock are intended to comply with any applicable exemptive condition
under Rule 16b-3. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, establish and adopt written
administrative guidelines, designed to facilitate compliance with Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act, as it may deem necessary or proper for the administration and operation of the Plan and the
transaction of business thereunder.
15.14
Section 409A of the Code
. The Plan is intended to comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in
accordance with such intent. To the extent that any Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code,
it shall be paid in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code, including proposed,
temporary or final regulations or any other guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Internal Revenue Service with respect thereto. Notwithstanding anything
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herein to the contrary, any provision in the Plan that is inconsistent with Section 409A of
the Code shall be deemed to be amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and to the extent
such provision cannot be amended to comply therewith, such provision shall be null and void.
15.15
Successor and Assigns
. The Plan shall be binding on all successors and permitted
assigns of a Participant, including, without limitation, the estate of such Participant and the
executor, administrator or trustee of such estate.
15.16
Severability of Provisions
. If any provision of the Plan shall be held invalid
or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof,
and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had not been included.
15.17
Payments to Minors, Etc
.
Any benefit payable to or for the benefit of a minor,
an incompetent person or other person incapable of receipt thereof shall be deemed paid when paid
to such persons guardian or to the party providing or reasonably appearing to provide for the care
of such person, and such payment shall fully discharge the Committee, the Board, the Company, its
Affiliates and their employees, agents and representatives with respect thereto.
15.18
Headings and Captions
. The headings and captions herein are provided for
reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of the Plan, and shall not be employed
in the construction of the Plan.
15.19
Transition Period
.
The Plan has been adopted by the Board and approved by its
stockholders, both of which occurred prior to the occurrence of a Registration Date. The Plan is
intended to constitute a plan described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(f)(1), pursuant to
which the deduction limits under Section 162(m) of the Code do not apply during the applicable
reliance period. The reliance period shall end on the earliest date identified in the definition
of Transition Period contained in
Section 2.49
of the Plan.
ARTICLE XVI
EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board or such later date as provided in
the adopting resolution, subject to the approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company
within 12 months before or after adoption of the Plan by the Board in accordance with the laws of
the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE XVII
TERM OF PLAN
No Award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan on or after the tenth anniversary of the
earlier of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board and the date of stockholder approval, but
Awards granted prior to such tenth anniversary may, and the Committees authority to administer the
terms of such Awards, extend beyond that date;
provided
,
however
, that no Award
(other than a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right) that is intended to be performance-based
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under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be granted on or after the fifth anniversary of the
stockholder approval of the Plan unless the Performance Goals set forth on
Exhibit A
are
reapproved (or other designated performance goals are approved) by the stockholders no later than
the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which
stockholders approve the Performance Goals set forth on
Exhibit A
.
ARTICLE XVIII
NAME OF PLAN
The Plan shall be known as the Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive
Plan.
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EXHIBIT A
PERFORMANCE GOALS
To the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, performance goals established for
purposes of the grant or vesting of Awards of Restricted Stock, Other Stock-Based Awards and/or
Performance Shares, each intended to be performance-based under Section 162(m) of the Code, shall
be based on the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase or decrease (as
applicable) in one or more of the following performance goals (Performance Goals):
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operating income;
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(c)
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net income;
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cash flow;
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(e)
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gross profit;
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(f)
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gross profit return on investment;
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(g)
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gross margin return on investment;
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gross margin;
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working capital;
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earnings before interest and taxes;
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earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization;
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return on equity;
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(m)
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return on assets;
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(n)
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return on capital;
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return on invested capital;
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(p)
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net revenues;
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(q)
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gross revenues;
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revenue growth;
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total shareholder return;
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economic value added;
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specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of
increase in all or a portion of the Companys bank debt or other long-term or
short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of the
Company, which may be calculated net of cash balances and/or other offsets and
adjustments as may be established by the Committee in its sole discretion;
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the fair market value of the shares of the Companys Common
Stock;
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the growth in the value of an investment in the Companys
Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends; or
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reduction in expenses.
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To the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, also exclude, or adjust to reflect, the impact of an event or occurrence that the
Committee determines should be appropriately excluded or adjusted, including:
(i) restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items or
events, and other unusual or non-recurring charges as described in
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or managements discussion
and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing or
incorporated by reference in the Companys Form 10-K for the applicable
year;
(ii) an event either not directly related to the operations of the
Company or not within the reasonable control of the Companys management; or
(iii) a change in tax law or accounting standards required by generally
accepted accounting principles.
Performance goals may also be based upon individual Participant performance goals, as
determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.
In addition, such Performance Goals may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of
Company (or subsidiary, division, other operational unit or administrative department of the
Company) performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance
of other corporations. To the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, but only to the
extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code (including, without limitation, compliance with
any requirements for stockholder approval), the Committee may also:
(a) designate additional business criteria on which the performance goals may be
based; or
(b) adjust, modify or amend the aforementioned business criteria.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION
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ARTICLE IV
SHARE LIMITATION
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ARTICLE V
ELIGIBILITY AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS
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ARTICLE VI
STOCK OPTIONS
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ARTICLE VII
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
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ARTICLE VIII
RESTRICTED STOCK
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ARTICLE IX
PERFORMANCE SHARES
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ARTICLE X
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
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ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
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ARTICLE XII
CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS
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TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF PLAN
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ARTICLE XIV
UNFUNDED PLAN
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ARTICLE XV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
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TERM OF PLAN
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TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Adopted as of May ___, 2006
Exhibit 10.26
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
(this Agreement) is made as of May [___], 2006, between Town
Sports International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company, which for the purposes
of this Agreement shall include any Subsidiary, as defined herein), and the person named as
Indemnitee on the signature page hereto (the Indemnitee).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain highly qualified individuals, such as the
Indemnitee, to serve the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Indemnitee to provide services to it;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee recognize the significant risk of personal liability
for Agents (as defined herein) that arises from corporate litigation practices;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee further recognize that liability insurance for the
Companys Agents, when available, is often available only at significant expense and provides for
coverage of limited scope, and that competent and experienced persons are often unable or unwilling
to serve as Agents unless they are protected by comprehensive liability insurance or
indemnification;
WHEREAS, the Indemnitee is willing to serve the Company, subject to certain conditions,
including execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, in order to furnish the
Indemnitee the indemnity provided for herein;
WHEREAS, the Companys Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect on the date hereof (the
Charter), and its By-Laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the By-laws), do not prohibit or
restrict contracts between the Company and its Agents with respect to indemnification of such
Agents; and
WHEREAS, in view of such considerations, the Company desires to provide, independent from the
indemnification to which the Indemnitee is otherwise entitled by law and under the Charter and
By-Laws, indemnification and the Expense Advances (as defined herein) to the Indemnitee, all as set
forth in this Agreement and to the maximum extent permitted by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, to induce the Indemnitee to serve the Company and in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, as well as other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions
. For the purposes of this Agreement,
(a)
Agent
. Agent means any person who (i) is or was a director, officer, employee,
trustee or other agent or fiduciary of the Company; (ii) is or was serving at the request, for the
convenience, or to represent the interests of the Company or a Company employee benefit plan, its
participants or its beneficiaries, as a director, officer, employee, trustee
or other agent or fiduciary of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other entity (including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan); or
(iii) was a director, officer, employee, trustee or other agent or fiduciary of a corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity which was a
predecessor of the Company, or was a director, officer, employee, trustee or other agent or
fiduciary of any other such entity at the request of such predecessor; it being agreed and
understood that the use of the term Agent shall not be construed to alter the legal relationship
between an Agent, as defined herein, and the Company.
(b)
Change in Control
. Change in Control means that, after the date of this
Agreement, any of the following shall occur: (i) any person (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Act)), other than a
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting
in such capacity or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities
of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Companys
then outstanding voting securities; (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals
who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board)
cease to be a majority thereof (otherwise than through death, disability or retirement in
accordance with the Companys normal retirement policies, or with the approval the Board at the
beginning of such period); (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation
of the Company with any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at
least 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such
surviving entity outstanding immediately after such a merger or consolidation; or (iv) the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete or substantial liquidation of the Company or
an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of
related transactions) all or substantially all of the Companys assets.
(c)
Claim
. Claim means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding
or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or investigation, whether
conducted by the Company or any other party, which the Indemnitee believes in good faith might lead
to the institution of any such action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
hearing, inquiry or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or any
other type whatsoever, with respect to an Indemnifiable Event.
(d)
Company
. Company means Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. and any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger to which Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries)
is a party which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers, employees, trustees or other agents or fiduciaries, so that if
the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee or other agent or fiduciary of such
constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a
director, officer, employee, trustee or other agent or fiduciary of
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another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other
enterprise, the Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement
with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as the Indemnitee would have with respect to
such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(e)
Expense Advance
. Expense Advance means a payment to the Indemnitee of Expenses
in advance of the settlement of or final judgment on any Claim.
(f)
Expenses
. Expenses means all costs and liabilities of any type or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys fees and related disbursements and other
out-of-pocket costs, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlements) paid or incurred
by or imposed upon the Indemnitee in the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of, or
otherwise in connection with, a Claim (including, without limitation, being a witness) or in
establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement, the Charter or By-Laws,
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) or otherwise, and
any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or
deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement.
(g)
Indemnifiable Event
. Indemnifiable Event means any event or occurrence related
to the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee or other agent or
fiduciary of the Company, or any Subsidiary, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as
a director, officer, employee, trustee or other agent or fiduciary of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action or inaction on
the part of the Indemnitee while serving in such capacity.
(h)
Independent Legal Counsel
. Independent Legal Counsel means an attorney or firm of
attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a) herein, whether or not in the
event of a Change in Control.
(i)
Potential Change in Control
. Potential Change in Control means that after the
date of this Agreement any of the following shall occur: (i) any person or entity publicly
announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which, if consummated, might result in
a Change in Control or (ii) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this
Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.
(j)
Reviewing Party
. Reviewing Party means the person or body appointed by the Board
pursuant to Section 11(d) herein and in accordance with applicable law, which person or body shall
be either members of the Board who are not interested in the particular Claim or Independent Legal
Counsel;
provided
,
however
, that if there has been a Change in Control or Potential
Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be Independent Legal Counsel.
(k)
Subsidiary
. Subsidiary means any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting
securities are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries, or by one or more other Subsidiaries.
2.
Agreement to Serve
. The Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve the Company
as an Agent, at its will (or under separate agreement if such agreement exists), in the
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capacity in which the Indemnitee serves or has been requested to serve by the Company, so long
as the Indemnitee is duly appointed or elected and qualified in accordance with the Charter and
By-Laws, or until such time as the Indemnitee tenders the Indemnitees resignation in writing,
provided
,
however
, that nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to create any
right to continued service by the Indemnitee.
3.
Basic Indemnification
. Subject to the terms of this Agreement:
(a)
Claims Other than Derivative Claims in Favor of the Company
. As to all Claims
other than derivative Claims in favor of the Company, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee
against all Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
(b)
Derivative Claims for Judgment in Favor of the Company
. As to all derivative
Claims in favor of the Company, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee against all Expenses to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law;
provided that
, no indemnification shall be
made as to such derivative Claim if the Indemnitee has been finally adjudged to be liable to the
Company in connection with such Claim or any claim, issue or matter therein, unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which the Claim was brought shall
determine that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the facts and
circumstances, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such Expenses
which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
(c)
Standard of Conduct Required for Entitlement to Basic Indemnification
. The
Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification under Sections 3(a) and (b) herein if the
Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company;
provided that
, in the case of any criminal
action or proceeding, the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitees conduct
was unlawful and, in the case of Section 3(b) hereof, subject further to the exclusion set forth
therein. The termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without
court approval), conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that (i) the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner
which the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, (ii) the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the Indemnitees conduct was
unlawful or (iii) a court determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law or
pursuant to Section 3(b) herein. In addition, neither the failure of any Reviewing Party to have
made a determination as to whether the Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct set forth in this
Section 3(c) or had any particular belief, nor an actual determination by any Reviewing Party that
the Indemnitee has not met such standard of conduct or did not have such belief, shall be a defense
to the Indemnitees right to indemnification or create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not
meet any particular standard of conduct or did not have any particular belief. If the Indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, the Indemnitee
shall be deemed to have acted in a manner in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.
(d)
Success on the Merits
. To the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful on
the merits or otherwise (including, without limitation, dismissal or withdrawal of a Claim
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with or without prejudice) in defense of any Claim or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee against Expenses in connection with such Claim
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
4.
Additional Indemnification Rights
. The Company further agrees to indemnify the
Indemnitee in connection with any Claim and to make Expense Advances to the Indemnitee, in each
case to the fullest extent as may be provided for under the Charter, By-Laws or applicable law,
vote of either the Companys stockholders or its disinterested directors, notwithstanding that any
such indemnification or Expense Advance is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of
this Agreement. It is the intent of the parties hereto that (i) in the event of any change, after
the date of this Agreement, in any applicable law, statute or rule which expands the right of a
Delaware corporation to indemnify or make Expense Advances to an Agent to a greater degree than
would be afforded currently under the Charter, By-Laws, pursuant to a vote of either the Companys
stockholders or its disinterested directors, and this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall enjoy by
virtue of this Agreement, the greater benefits afforded by such change; (ii) in the event of any
change, after the date of this Agreement, in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the
right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify or make Expense Advances to an Agent to a greater
degree than would be afforded currently under the Charter, By-Laws or applicable law, pursuant to a
vote of either the Companys stockholders or its disinterested directors and this Agreement, such
change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this
Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties rights and obligations hereunder,
except as set forth in Section 5(a) herein; and (iii) this Agreement be interpreted and enforced so
as to provide indemnification and Expense Advances under such circumstances as set forth in this
Agreement, if any, in which the providing of indemnification or Expense Advances would otherwise be
discretionary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expense Advance under this Agreement shall be
made in violation of Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
5.
Exclusions
. Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify or provide Expenses Advances to the Indemnitee:
(a) to the extent any such indemnification or Expense Advance would be prohibited under
applicable law, statute or rule; or
(b) to the extent that the Indemnitee actually received from any other source (including an
insurer) amounts otherwise payable hereunder;
(c) to the extent that Claims are initiated or brought voluntarily by the Indemnitee and not
by way of defense, counterclaim or crossclaim, except (i) with respect to actions or proceedings
brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any other
agreement or insurance policy or under the Charter or By-laws now or hereafter in effect relating
to Claims for Indemnifiable Events, (ii) in specific cases, if the Board has approved the
initiation or bringing of such Claim or (iii) as otherwise required under Section 145 of the DGCL,
regardless of whether the Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such
indemnification, Expense Advances, or insurance recovery, as the case may be;
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(d) to the extent that any Expenses are incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to any action
instituted (i) by the Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court having
jurisdiction over such action makes a final judicial determination (as to which all rights of
appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed) that each of the material assertions made by
the Indemnitee as a basis for such action was not made in good faith or was frivolous or (ii) by or
in the name of the Company to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court having jurisdiction
over such action makes a final judicial determination (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom
have been exhausted or have lapsed) that each of the material defenses asserted by the Indemnitee
in such action was made in bad faith or was frivolous;
(e) for Expenses and the payment of profits arising from the purchase and sale by the
Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Act or any similar successor statute;
provided that
, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, the Indemnitee
shall be entitled under Section 6 herein to receive Expense Advances with respect to any Claim
unless and until a court having jurisdiction over such Claim shall have made a final determination
(as to which all rights of appeal therefrom shall have been exhausted or lapsed) that the
Indemnitee is prohibited from receiving indemnification with respect thereto.
6.
Expense Advances
. Within ten (10) business days of receipt by the Company of an
undertaking (the Undertaking), substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit 1
, by
or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount of any Expense Advance with respect to any Claim
if and to the extent that it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification for such amount, the Company shall make Expense Advances to the Indemnitee to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Undertaking shall be unsecured and shall bear no
interest.
7.
Non-Exclusivity; Continuation
. The indemnification and Expense Advances pursuant to
this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the Indemnitee may be
entitled under the Charter or By-Laws, pursuant to any vote of the Companys stockholders or its
disinterested directors, or under any other agreement, any law or otherwise, both as to actions in
the Indemnitees official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while an Agent. All
agreements and obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall continue as to the
Indemnitee while the Indemnitee is an Agent and after the Indemnitee has ceased to be an Agent.
8.
Change in Control; Potential Change in Control
.
(a) The Company agrees that if there is a Change in Control, then with respect to all matters
concerning the rights of the Indemnitee to indemnification and Expense Advances under this
Agreement, the Charter or By-Laws, pursuant to any vote of the Companys stockholders or its
disinterested directors, under any other agreement, any law or otherwise, the Company shall seek
legal advice only from Independent Legal Counsel. For all purposes of this Agreement, such
Independent Legal Counsel shall be such person or firm selected by the Indemnitee and approved by
the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) which has not otherwise performed
services for the Company or the Indemnitee within the prior three years (other than in connection
with such matters). The Independent Legal Counsel shall,
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among other things, render its written opinion to the Company and the Indemnitee as to whether
and to what extent the Indemnitee is permitted to be indemnified and receive Expense Advances. The
Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Legal Counsel relating to
its engagement pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) In the event of a Potential Change in Control, the Company may, in its sole discretion,
create a trust for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time fund such trust in such
amounts as the Board may determine to satisfy Expenses reasonably anticipated or proposed to be
incurred or paid from time to time in connection with any Claims. The terms of any trust
established pursuant hereto shall provide that upon a Change in Control (i) the trust shall not be
revoked or the principal thereof invaded, without the written consent of the Indemnitee, (ii) the
trustee shall advance (solely to the extent of trust assets), within two business days of a request
by the Indemnitee, all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse
the trust under the circumstances under which the Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the
Company under Section 6 herein), (iii) the trustee shall promptly pay (solely to the extent of
trust assets) to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise and (iv) all unexpended funds in such trust
shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Reviewing Party or a court of
competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified or is
not entitled to be indemnified under the terms of this Agreement as to all Claims. The trustee
shall be a person or entity reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee. Nothing in this Section
8(b) shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under any other provision of this
Agreement.
9.
Partial Indemnification
. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this
Agreement or otherwise to indemnification or Expense Advances by the Company for a portion, but not
all, of any Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee, the Company shall indemnify or provide Expense
Advances to the Indemnitee, as the case may be, for the portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is
entitled.
10.
Contribution
. If indemnification is unavailable by reason of a court decision
described in Section 11(e) herein based on grounds other than that set forth in Section 5(a)
herein, then in respect of any Claim in which the Company is jointly liable with the Indemnitee (or
would be if joined in such Claim), the Company shall contribute to the amount of the Indemnitees
Expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand, and by the Indemnitee on the other hand, from the transaction from which
such Claim arose, and (ii) the relative fault of the Company on the one hand, and of the Indemnitee
on the other hand, in connection with the events which resulted in such Expenses, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand, and of
the Indemnitee on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
the circumstances resulting in such Expenses. The Company agrees that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 10 were determined by pro rata allocation or any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the foregoing equitable considerations.
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11.
Procedures
.
(a)
Timing of Payments
. All payments of Expenses (including, without limitation,
Expense Advances) by the Company to the Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement shall be made to the
fullest extent permitted by law as soon as practicable after written demand by the Indemnitee
therefor is presented to the Company, but in no event later than thirty (30) business days after
such written demand by the Indemnitee is presented to the Company, except in the case of Expense
Advances, which shall be made no later than ten (10) business days after such written demand by the
Indemnitee is presented to the Company.
(b)
Notice
. Promptly after receipt by the Indemnitee of notice of the commencement, or
the threat of commencement, of any Claim, the Indemnitee shall, if the Indemnitee believes that
indemnification or Expense Advances with respect thereto may be sought from the Company by the
Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement or threat of
commencement thereof, which notice may, but need not, be substantially in the form attached hereto
as
Exhibit 2
. Any failure of the Indemnitee to provide such notice to the Company shall
not, however, relieve the Company of any liability which it may have to the Indemnitee unless and
to the extent such failure materially prejudices the interests of the Company. If, at the time it
receives such notice from the Indemnitee, the Company has directors and officers liability
insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement, or the threat of
commencement, of such Claim to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
respective applicable insurance policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or
desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as
a result of such Claim in accordance with the terms of such policies;
provided that
no such
payments by such insurers shall relieve the Company of any liability or obligation which it may
have to the Indemnitee, except as and to the extent expressly provided under this Agreement.
(c)
Assumption of Defense
. If the Company shall be obligated to pay Expenses arising
in connection with any Claim against the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee may in its sole discretion (but
shall not be obligated to) allow the Company to assume the defense of such Claim, with counsel
approved by the Indemnitee (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), upon the delivery
to the Company of notice of Indemnitees election to so tender the defense of such Claim. After
delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by the Indemnitee and the retention of such
counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for
any fees and expenses of counsel subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to the same
Claim;
provided that in any such event
(i) the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ the
Indemnitees own counsel in connection with any Claim at the Indemnitees expense; (ii) if (A) the
employment of counsel by the Indemnitee shall have been previously authorized by the Company, (B)
the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the
Company and the Indemnitee in the conduct of such defense, or (C) the Company shall not, in fact,
have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Claim, in each such case the fees and expenses
of the Indemnitees counsel shall be paid by the Company, it being agreed and understood that the
Company shall only be required to pay the fees and expenses of one separate counsel (plus, if
necessary, one local counsel); and (iii) the Company shall not settle any Claim in any manner which
would
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impose any penalty, limitation or unindemnified Expense on the Indemnitee without the
Indemnitees consent.
(d)
Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification
. In the event of any demand by the
Indemnitee for indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, the Board shall promptly
designate a Reviewing Party. The Reviewing Party shall determine that indemnification is proper if
it finds that the Indemnitee has met the required standard of conduct set forth in Section 3(c)
herein and that indemnification is not prohibited pursuant to Section 5 herein. If the Reviewing
Party is more than one member of the Board, it shall act by a majority vote. If the Reviewing
Party is Independent Legal Counsel, the determination of the Reviewing Party shall be rendered in
the form of a written legal opinion. Subject to Sections 11(e) and 12 herein, any indemnification
under Sections 3 and 4 herein (unless ordered by a court or pursuant to Section 3(d) herein) shall
be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case and upon the determination of the
Reviewing Party that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification in the circumstances because the
Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct set forth in Section 3(c) herein and that
indemnification is not prohibited pursuant to Section 5 herein. The Indemnitees demand for
indemnification shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification and
the Reviewing Party shall have 30 days from the date of receipt of the Indemnitees demand in which
to render in writing and deliver to the Indemnitee its determination. If the Reviewing Party makes
no timely determination, the Reviewing Party shall be deemed to have determined that the Indemnitee
is entitled to the indemnification demanded. If the Reviewing Party determines, which
determination shall be based upon clear and convincing evidence sufficient to rebut the aforesaid
presumption of entitlement, that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, in whole or in
part, in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct set forth in
Section 3(c) herein or because the indemnification is prohibited pursuant to Section 5 herein, the
Indemnitee shall (i) be entitled to obtain a favorable determination or to appeal such negative
determination in the manner provided in Sections 11(e) and 12 herein and (ii) not be required to
reimburse the Company for any Expense Advances or Expenses theretofore paid to or on behalf of the
Indemnitee until a final determination has been made with respect to the Indemnitees legal
entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom shall have been
exhausted or shall have lapsed).
(e)
Indemnitees Rights on Unfavorable Determination
. Notwithstanding a determination
by a Reviewing Party or any forum listed in Section 12 herein that the Indemnitee is not entitled
to indemnification with respect to a specific Claim, or any claim, issue or matter therein, the
Indemnitee shall have the right to apply to the Court of Chancery of Delaware or any other court of
competent jurisdiction for the purpose of determining and enforcing the Indemnitees right to
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and the Company hereby consents to service
of process and agrees to appear in any such proceeding. Such court shall find that the Indemnitee
is entitled to indemnification unless the Company shall prove by clear and convincing evidence that
(i) the Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required to entitle the
Indemnitee to such indemnification or that indemnification is prohibited pursuant to Section 5
herein, and (ii) the requirements of Section 3(d) herein have not been met.
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12.
Appeal of a Reviewing Partys Determination of No Right to Indemnification
.
(a) The Indemnitee shall be entitled to select from the following alternatives a forum in
which the validity of a Reviewing Partys determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification will be heard, which forum shall determine that the Indemnitee is entitled to such
indemnification unless such forum determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that (i)
the Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required to entitle the Indemnitee
to such indemnification or that indemnification is prohibited pursuant to Section 5 herein, and
(ii) the requirements of Section 3(d) herein have not been met:
(A) those members of the Board who are disinterested parties with respect to
the Claim, acting by a majority vote;
(B) Independent Legal Counsel, in the form of a written opinion; or
(C) those stockholders of the Company who are disinterested parties with
respect to the Claim, acting by a majority vote.
(b) As soon as practicable, and in no event later than 30 days after notice of the
Indemnitees choice of forum pursuant to Section 12(a) herein, the Company shall, at its own
expense, submit to the selected forum in such manner as the Indemnitee or the Indemnitees counsel
may reasonably request, the basis for the determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification, and the Company shall act in good faith to assure the Indemnitee a complete
opportunity to defend against and appeal such determination.
13.
Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the
benefit of the successors, heirs, personal and legal representatives and assigns of the parties
hereto, including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise
to all, substantially all or a substantial part of the business or assets of the Company. The
Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect, and whether by purchase,
merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part of the business
or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Indemnitee
(acting reasonably), expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and
to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken
place.
14.
Expenses and Expense Advances to Enforce the Agreement
. It is the intent of the
Company that the Indemnitee shall not be required to incur any Expenses arising from any effort to
enforce the Indemnitees rights under this Agreement, because incurring such Expenses would
substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder.
Accordingly, if it should appear to the Indemnitee, that the Company has failed to comply with any
of its obligations under this Agreement or if the Company or any other person or entity (other than
the Court of Chancery of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction in a final
determination, as which all rights of appeal therefrom shall have been exhausted or shall have
lapsed) takes any action to declare this Agreement or any provision hereof void or unenforceable,
or institutes any action, suit or proceeding designed (or having the effect of being designed) to
deny or recover from the Indemnitee the benefits intended to be provided to the
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Indemnitee hereunder, the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes the Indemnitee from time to
time to retain counsel of the Indemnitees choice to represent the Indemnitee in connection with
the enforcement of the Indemnitees rights under this Agreement. If the Indemnitee is successful
in whole or in part in enforcing the Indemnitees rights under this Agreement, the Company shall
pay and be solely responsible for any and all costs and liabilities (including, without limitation,
all reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith.
15.
Insurance; Other Indemnification
.
(a) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing
liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Company or of any other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which
such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be an insured under such policy
or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available
for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies.
(b) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts
otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) hereunder if and to the
extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, the
Charter, the By-laws, contract, agreement or otherwise.
(c) The Companys obligation to indemnify or make an Expense Advance hereunder to Indemnitee
who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of
any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as
indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
16.
Notices
. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) when delivered by hand or (ii) if
mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the
mailing date. Addresses for notice to either party shall be as shown on the signature page of this
Agreement or as subsequently modified by the addressee by such written notice.
17.
Severability
. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, (i) the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of the Agreement (including, without limitation, all
portions of any paragraph of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby, (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of this Agreement
containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested
by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable and (iii) to the fullest extent possible,
any
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such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall be reformed so as to be
valid, legal and enforceable and to give effect to the intent manifested by such provision.
18.
Modifications, Amendments, and Waivers
. No modification or amendment of this
Agreement, or waiver of any of the provisions hereof, shall be binding unless executed in writing
by both of the parties hereto, in the case of a modification or amendment, or by the waiving party,
in the case of a waiver. No waiver of any such provision shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of
such provision on any other occasion or a waiver of any other provision.
19.
Consent to Jurisdiction
. The Company and the Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably
consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State Court or any United States federal
court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York for any purpose in connection
with any action or proceeding which arises out of or relates to this Agreement.
20.
Governing Law
. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and this
Agreement and all matters arising out of or relating in any way whatsoever to this Agreement
(whether in contract, tort or otherwise) shall be governed by, the law of the State of Delaware.
21.
Subrogation
. In the event of payment by the Company under this Agreement, the
Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the
Indemnitee, who agrees, at the sole expense of the Company, to execute all papers reasonably
required and to do all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary on the part of the
Indemnitee to secure such rights, including, without limitation, the execution of documents
necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
22.
Integration and Entire Agreement
. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and merges all previous written and oral
negotiations, commitments, understandings and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof;
provided that
, in the event the Indemnitee has entered into a separate agreement with
respect to employment with the Company, the rights granted hereunder shall be in addition to the
rights granted under any such employment agreement and in the event of any inconsistency between
the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any such employment agreement with respect to the
subject matter hereof, the terms hereof shall control.
23.
No Construction as Employment Agreement
. In the case of any Indemnitee who is an
employee of the Company, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving the
Indemnitee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or affiliated entities.
24.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
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TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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888 Seventh Avenue, 25
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Floor
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New York, New York 10106
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INDEMNITEE
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Name:
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Address:
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Exhibit 1
UNDERTAKING
1. This Undertaking is submitted pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement dated as of [DATE],
between Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the
undersigned (the Agreement). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.
2. I am requesting certain Expense Advances in connection with a Claim.
3. I hereby undertake to repay such Expense Advances if it shall ultimately be determined that
I am not entitled to be indemnified by the Company therefor under the Agreement or otherwise.
4. The Expense Advances are, in general, all related to (attach additional pages if
necessary):
Exhibit 2
NOTICE AND DEMAND FOR INDEMNIFICATION
1. This Notice and Demand for Indemnification is submitted pursuant to the Indemnification
Agreement dated as of [DATE], between Town Sports International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the Company), and the undersigned (the Agreement). Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.
2. I am notifying the Company as to the following Claim (attach additional pages if
necessary):
3. I am requesting indemnification and Expense Advances with respect to such Claim to the full
extent provided for in the Agreement or to which I may otherwise be entitled.