UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2010

 

 

SPANSION INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51666   20-3898239
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

915 DeGuigne Drive

P.O. Box 3453

Sunnyvale, California 94088

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 962-2500

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

As previously disclosed, on March 1, 2009, Spansion Inc. (the “ Company ”), Spansion Technology LLC, Spansion LLC, Cerium Laboratories LLC and Spansion International, Inc. (collectively, the “ Debtors ”) filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”) seeking relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”). The Debtors continued to operate their businesses as debtors-in-possession under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the Bankruptcy Court.

On April 16, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “ Confirmation Order ”) confirming and approving the Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization Dated April 7, 2010 (As Amended) (including all exhibits thereto, and as modified by the Confirmation Order, the “ Plan ”). A summary of the material features of the Plan, including the related rights offering (the “ Rights Offering ”) and financing arrangements, is contained in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on April 22, 2010.

On May 10, 2010 (the “ Effective Date ”), the Plan became effective. The distributions of Debtors’ securities pursuant to the Plan and as described in this Current Report on Form 8-K will be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On the Effective Date, all Old Spansion Interests (as defined in the Plan), including the Company’s then existing equity securities, were cancelled pursuant to the Plan. In addition, on the Effective Date, pursuant to the Rights Offering, the Company sold and issued 12,974,496 unregistered shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), and one unregistered share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “ Common Stock ”) at $8.43 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $109.4 million. Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Restated Certificate ”), the Class B Common Stock will convert automatically on a share-for-share basis into Class A Common Stock upon the written consent of the holder of Class B Common Stock in the event that a person or entity other than Silver Lake (as defined in the Restated Certificate) becomes the owner of the Class B Common Stock, or Aggregate Ownership Interest (as defined in the Restated Certificate) of Silver Lake ceases to be at least 5% on or after August 10, 2010. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock available to each eligible Rights Offering participant was based on each claimant’s proportionate claim as of December 14, 2009. In connection with the Rights Offering, the Company entered into a Backstop Rights Purchase Agreement (the “ Backstop Agreement ”) with SLS Spansion Holdings, LLC (“ SLS ”) and Silver Lake Sumeru Fund, L.P. (“ Silver Lake Sumeru ”) whereby SLS (the “ Backstop Party ”) (i) committed to purchase the balance of Rights Offering shares of Class A Common Stock not otherwise subscribed for by the Rights Offering participants, (ii) committed to purchase the one share of Class B Common Stock, and (iii) received a backstop fee of $4.5 million in connection therewith.

Also on the Effective Date, the Company reserved for issuance an additional 46,247,760 unregistered shares of Class A Common Stock to satisfy the allowed claims of certain unsecured creditors, as specified in the Plan, except for (1) certain classes of unsecured creditors as specified in the Plan, (2) holders of claims up to $2,000, who will receive cash for their claims, and (3) distributions to the holders of the Debtors’ Senior Notes (as defined in the Plan) and the holders of the Debtors’ Exchangeable Debentures (as defined in the Plan), if any, which have been temporarily stayed. A copy of the Plan is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.


The shares of Common Stock issued in the Rights Offering were exempt from registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) in reliance on Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, or, in the case of shares of Common Stock issued to SLS, an accredited investor, in its capacity as the Backstop Party, Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance to satisfy the allowed claims of certain unsecured creditors in accordance with the Plan, when issued, will be exempt from registration requirements of the Securities Act in reliance on Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On May 10, 2010, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Restated Certificate and the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) adopted the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ Restated Bylaws ”). The rights of holders of the Class A Common Stock are substantially similar to the rights of the Company’s prior Class A Common Stock that was canceled in accordance with the Plan. For more information, see Item 5.03.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure of Directors

On the Effective Date, the following directors departed from the Company’s board of directors in accordance with the Plan: Donald L. Lucas, David K. Chao, Boaz Eitan and John M. Stich.

Election of Directors

On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, the Board was reconstituted to consist of John H. Kispert, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Raymond Bingham, Eugene I. Davis, Hans Geyer, Paul Mercadante, Ajay Shah and Clifton Thomas Weatherford. Raymond Bingham was appointed as Chairman of the Board and the following persons were designated as members of the various Board committees specified below:

 

   

Clifton Thomas Weatherford (chair), Hans Geyer and Paul Mercadante were designated as members of the Audit Committee of the Board;

 

   

Raymond Bingham (chair), Hans Geyer and Ajay Shah were designated as members of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”); and

 

   

Paul Mercadante (chair), Raymond Bingham, Clifton Thomas Weatherford and Eugene I. Davis were designated as members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.

Pursuant to the Restated Certificate, if the Aggregate Ownership Interest (as defined in the Restated Certificate) of Silver Lake (as defined in the Restated Certificate) represents at least 5% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company, the number of directors will be not more than 7. The holder of the share of Class B Common Stock may vote for up to two directors to the Board (the “ Class B Directors ”). At any time that the Aggregate Ownership Interest (as defined in the Restated Certificate) of Silver Lake falls below the designated thresholds listed in the table below, the resulting size of the Board will be reduced accordingly and the appropriate number of Class B Directors will resign from the Board. The number of Class B Directors that holders of Class B Common Stock can elect to the Board shall depend on an Aggregate Ownership Interest of such holders as follows:

 

Aggregate Ownership Interest of Silver Lake

   Number of
Class B Directors

³ 10%

   2

³ 5% and <10%

   1

<5%

   0

Paul Mercadante and Ajay Shah were elected as the Class B Directors.

 

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Spansion Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan

On the Effective Date and pursuant to the Plan, the Board approved the Spansion Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “ Equity Incentive Award Plan ”) pursuant to which the Company has reserved 6,580,240 shares Class A Common Stock for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Equity Incentive Award Plan. The following is a summary of the principal features of the Equity Incentive Award Plan, and this summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Equity Incentive Award Plan:

Purpose

The purpose of the Equity Incentive Award Plan is to promote the success and enhance the value of the Company by linking the personal interests of selected employees and other eligible persons to those of the Company’s stockholders and by providing such individuals with an incentive for outstanding performance to generate superior returns to the Company’s stockholders. The Equity Incentive Award Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to attract, motivate and retain the services of selected employees and other eligible persons upon whose judgment, interest and special effort the successful conduct of the Company’s operation is largely dependent.

Administration

The Compensation Committee will administer the Equity Incentive Award Plan. The Compensation Committee must consist of at least two members of the Board, each of whom is intended to qualify as (i) an “outside director,” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”); (ii) a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”); and (iii) an “independent director” within the meaning of the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, or other principal securities market on which shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are traded. The Equity Incentive Award Plan provides that the Compensation Committee may delegate its authority to grant awards to employees other than executive officers and certain senior executives to a committee consisting of one or more members of the Board or one or more of the Company’s officers. The Board may at any time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Compensation Committee under the Equity Incentive Award Plan except with respect to matters which under Rule 16-b3 of the Exchange Act and Section 162(m) of the Code are required to be determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. The full Board will administer the Equity Incentive Award Plan with respect to awards to non-employee directors. (The appropriate acting body, whether the Board, the Compensation Committee, another committee, or a director or officer within his or her delegated authority, is referred to in this summary as the “Administrator.”)

 

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The Administrator has broad authority under the Equity Incentive Award Plan with respect to awards, including, without limitation, the authority to:

 

   

Select award recipients and determine the types of awards that they are to receive;

 

   

Determine the number of shares subject to awards and the terms and conditions of awards, including the price (if any) to be paid for the shares or the award;

 

   

Determine the date of grant of an award, which may be after but not before the Administrator’s action, and fair market value of an award;

 

   

Construe and interpret the Equity Incentive Award Plan and its terms and conditions;

 

   

Determine whether and pursuant to what circumstances an award may be canceled, forfeited or surrendered;

 

   

Accelerate or extend the vesting or exercisability or extend the term of certain awards;

 

   

Amend any outstanding award to increase or reduce the price per share or to cancel and replace an award with the grant of an award having a price per share that is less than, greater than, or equal to the price per share of the original award;

 

   

Subject to the other provisions of the Equity Incentive Award Plan, make certain adjustments to an outstanding award and to authorize the conversion, succession or substitution of an award; and

 

   

Determine the methods by which the payments by any holder of any award delivered under the Equity Incentive Award Plan are to be paid.

Eligibility

Persons eligible to receive awards under the Equity Incentive Award Plan include officers, employees and directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and certain consultants and advisors to the Company or its subsidiaries.

Authorized Shares; Limits on Awards

A maximum of 6,580,240 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock may be issued or transferred pursuant to awards under the Equity Incentive Award Plan. The maximum number of such shares that may be delivered pursuant to awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights is 3,290,120 shares.

To the extent that an award terminates, expires, or lapses for any reason, or an award is settled in cash without the delivery of shares to the recipient, then any shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock subject to the award will again be available for the grant of an award pursuant to the Equity Incentive Award Plan. Any shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock tendered or withheld to satisfy the grant or exercise price or tax withholding obligation pursuant to any award shall again be available for the grant of an award pursuant to the Equity Incentive Award Plan. Any shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock repurchased by the Company prior to vesting so that such shares are returned to the Company will again be available for awards. To the extent permitted by applicable law or any exchange rule, shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock issued in assumption of, or in substitution for, any outstanding awards of any entity acquired in any form of combination by the Company or any subsidiary shall not be counted against shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock

 

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available for grant pursuant to the Equity Incentive Award Plan. The payment of dividend equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding awards shall not be counted against the shares available for issuance under the Equity Incentive Award Plan.

Types of Awards

The Equity Incentive Award Plan provides that the Administrator may grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock, dividend equivalents, performance awards, stock payments and other stock-based and cash-based awards, or any combination thereof. Each award will be set forth in a separate agreement to be entered into with the person receiving the award and will indicate the type, terms and conditions of the award.

Stock options represent the right to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock during a specified period at a specified price per share (the “ exercise price ”). The per share exercise price of an option generally may not be less than the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on the date of grant, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator. The maximum term of an option is seven years from the date of grant. An option may either be an incentive stock option or a nonqualified stock option. Incentive stock options are subject to more restrictive terms and are limited in amount by the Code and the Equity Incentive Award Plan. Incentive stock options may be granted only to employees of the Company or one of its subsidiaries.

A stock appreciation right (“ SAR ”) is the right to receive payment of an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of a specific number of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR over the base price of the SAR. The base price will be established by the Administrator at the time of grant of the SAR and generally cannot be less than the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on the date of grant, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator.

Restricted stock may be granted to any eligible individual and made subject to such restrictions as may be determined by the Administrator. Restricted stock, typically, may be forfeited for no consideration or repurchased by us at the original purchase price if the conditions or restrictions on vesting are not met. In general, restricted stock may not be sold or otherwise transferred until restrictions are removed or expire. Purchasers of restricted stock, unlike recipients of options, will have voting rights and will have the right to receive dividends, if any, prior to the time when the restrictions lapse; however, extraordinary dividends will generally be placed in escrow, and will not be released until restrictions are removed or expire.

A restricted stock unit (“ RSU ”) may be awarded to any eligible individual, typically without payment of consideration, but subject to vesting conditions based on continued employment or service or on performance criteria established by the Administrator. Like restricted stock, RSUs may not be sold, or otherwise transferred or hypothecated, until vesting conditions are removed or expire. Unlike restricted stock, stock underlying RSUs will not be issued until the RSUs have vested, and recipients of RSUs generally will have no voting or dividend rights prior to the time when vesting conditions are satisfied.

Deferred stock represents the right to receive shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on a future date. Deferred stock may not be sold or otherwise hypothecated or transferred until issued. Deferred stock will not be issued until the deferred stock award has vested, and recipients of deferred stock generally will have no voting or dividend rights prior to the time when the vesting conditions are satisfied and the shares are issued. Deferred stock awards generally will be forfeited, and the underlying shares of deferred stock will not be issued, if the applicable vesting conditions and other restrictions are not met.

 

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Dividend equivalents represent the value of the dividends, if any, per share paid by us, calculated with reference to the number of shares covered by the award. Dividend equivalents may be settled in cash or shares and at such times as determined by the Administrator.

Performance awards may be granted by the Administrator on an individual or group basis. Generally, these awards will be based upon specific performance targets and may be paid in cash or in Class A Common Stock or in a combination of both. Performance awards may include “phantom” stock awards that provide for payments based upon the value of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. Performance awards may also include bonuses that may be granted by the Administrator on an individual or group basis and which may be payable in cash or in Class A Common Stock or in a combination of both.

Stock payments may be authorized by the Administrator in the form of Class A Common Stock or an option or other right to purchase Class A Common Stock as part of a deferred compensation or other arrangement, generally in lieu of all or any part of compensation, including bonuses, that would otherwise be payable in cash to the recipient.

Change in Control

In the event of a change in control where the acquirer does not assume or replace awards granted under the Equity Incentive Award Plan, awards issued under the Equity Incentive Award Plan may, at the discretion of the Administrator, be subject to accelerated vesting such that 100% of such awards will become vested and exercisable or payable, as applicable, prior to the consummation of such transaction and if not exercised or paid the awards will terminate upon consummation of the transaction. In addition, the Administrator will also have complete discretion to structure one or more awards under the Equity Incentive Award Plan to provide that such awards will become vested and exercisable or payable on an accelerated basis in the event such awards are assumed or replaced with equivalent awards but the individual’s service with us or the acquiring entity is subsequently terminated within a designated period following the change in control event. The Administrator may also make appropriate adjustments to awards under the Equity Incentive Award Plan and is authorized to provide for the acceleration, cash-out, termination, assumption, substitution or conversion of such awards in the event of a change in control or certain other unusual or nonrecurring events or transactions.

Under the Equity Incentive Award Plan, a change in control is generally defined as: (i) the transfer or exchange in a single or series of related transactions by the Company’s stockholders of more than 50% of the Company’s voting stock to a person or group; (ii) a change in the composition of the Company’s Board over a two-year period such that 50% or more of the members of the Board were elected through one or more contested elections; (iii) a merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination in which the Company is involved, directly or indirectly, other than a merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination which results in the Company’s outstanding voting securities immediately before the transaction continuing to represent a majority of the voting power of the acquiring company’s outstanding voting securities and after which no person or group beneficially owns 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after the transaction; (iv) the sale, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or (v) stockholder approval of the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

Transfer Restrictions

Awards under the Equity Incentive Award Plan generally are not transferable by the recipient other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and are generally exercisable, during the

 

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recipient’s lifetime, only by the recipient. Any amounts payable or shares issuable under an award generally will be paid only to the recipient or the recipient’s beneficiary or representative. The Administrator has discretion, however, to permit the transfer of awards to other persons or entities, provided that such transfers comply with any applicable state, federal, local or foreign tax or securities laws and certain other conditions are satisfied.

Adjustments

Each share limit and the number and kind of shares available under the Equity Incentive Award Plan and any outstanding awards, as well as the exercise or purchase prices of awards, and performance goals under certain types of performance-based awards, are subject to adjustment in the event of certain reorganizations, mergers, combinations, recapitalizations, stock splits, stock dividends or other similar events that change the number or kind of shares outstanding, and extraordinary dividends or distributions of property to the stockholders.

No Limit on Other Authority

The Equity Incentive Award Plan does not affect any other compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company or its subsidiaries. The Equity Incentive Award Plan does not limit the authority of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to establish any other incentives or compensation, or to grant or assume options or other rights or awards otherwise than under the Equity Incentive Award Plan in connection with any proper corporate purpose.

Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Equity Incentive Award Plan

The Board may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Equity Incentive Award Plan in whole or in part at any time. However, except for action summarized in the sections “Change in Control” and “Adjustments” above, the Company’s stockholders must approve any action by the Administrator that increases the limits imposed on the maximum number of shares which may be issued under the Equity Incentive Award Plan as incentive stock options, which approval may be given within twelve months before or after the Administrator’s action. The Equity Incentive Award Plan will expire on, and no option or other award may be granted pursuant to the Equity Incentive Award Plan after, the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the Equity Incentive Award Plan. Any award that is outstanding on the expiration date of the Equity Incentive Award Plan will remain in force according to the terms of the Equity Incentive Award Plan and the applicable award agreement.

Generally, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Equity Incentive Award Plan may, without the consent of the award holder, impair any rights or obligations under any outstanding award, unless the award itself expressly provides otherwise. Outstanding awards may be amended by the Compensation Committee, but the consent of the award holder is generally required if the amendment adversely affects the holder. However, neither consent mentioned in this paragraph is required for certain amendments concerning Section 409A of the Code.

The preceding description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Equity Incentive Award Plan. A copy of the Equity Incentive Award Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to Spansion Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan

On the Effective Date, the Board approved an amendment to the Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “ Equity Incentive Award Plan Amendment ”) pursuant to which the number of shares of Class A

 

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Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Equity Incentive Award Plan will automatically increase on the first day of each year beginning in 2011 and ending in 2015 by the least of (a) 7 million shares, (b) a percentage of the shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding (on an as-converted basis) on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year as follows: 7% for the increase made January 1, 2011, 6% for the increase made January 1, 2012, 4.5% for the increase made January 1, 2013 and 3.5% for the increases made thereafter, or (c) such smaller number as may be determined by the Board prior to the first day of such year. The Equity Incentive Award Plan Amendment did not increase the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may be granted as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, which remains 6,580,240. A copy of the Equity Incentive Award Plan Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2, and is incorporated herein by reference.

One-Time Cash Bonus Awards in Connection with Decrease in Shares Issuable Under Equity Incentive Award Plan

In order to facilitate confirmation of the Plan by the Bankruptcy Court, the Company reduced the proposed number of shares of Class A Common Stock it initially sought to make available to employees under the Equity Incentive Award Plan. In order to attract and retain talented employees and to remain competitive with other companies in its industry, the Board approved a program pursuant to which the Company will provide one-time cash payments to employees of the Company to offset the resulting decrease in awards of RSUs and stock options originally proposed. One-time cash bonus awards to be made to the Company’s executive officers is provided in the table under the heading “Executive Compensation Plan” below.

Director Compensation

On the Effective Date, the Board adopted and approved initial equity grants (“ Initial Equity Grants ”) to each director upon joining the Board as follows:

 

   

15,000 RSUs, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years from the grant date;

 

   

An option to purchase 25,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.51 per share, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years;

 

   

For the Chairman of the Board, an additional 25,000 RSUs, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years from the grant date, and an option to purchase an additional 35,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.51 per share, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years;

 

   

For the chairs of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee, an additional 10,000 RSUs, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years from the grant date, and an option to purchase an additional 30,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.51 per share, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years; and

 

   

For the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, an additional 5,000 RSUs, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years from the grant date, and an option to purchase an additional 15,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.51 per share, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years.

On the Effective Date, the new Board members received Initial Equity Grants as described above.

 

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In addition, the Board approved annual equity awards (“ Annual Equity Awards ”) to be granted on the first trading day in April of each year, beginning in April 2011, to each director as follows:

 

   

7,500 RSUs, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years from the grant date;

 

   

An option to purchase 20,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price equal to Fair Market Value (as defined in the Equity Incentive Award Plan) on the grant date, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years;

 

   

For the chair of the Board, an additional 12,500 RSUs, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years from the grant date, and an option to purchase an additional 30,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price equal to Fair Market Value (as defined in the Equity Incentive Award Plan) on the grant date, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years;

 

   

For the chairs of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee, an additional 7,500 RSUs and an option to purchase an additional 25,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price equal to Fair Market Value (as defined in the Equity Incentive Award Plan) on the grant date, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years; and

 

   

For the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, an additional 3,750 RSUs, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years from the grant date, and an option to purchase an additional 12,500 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price equal to Fair Market Value (as defined in the Equity Incentive Award Plan) on the grant date, which will vest quarterly over three (3) years.

If a new director joins the Board during the period from April 1 through September 30 of a given year, such director’s first grant of Annual Equity Awards will not be prorated. If a new director joins the Board during the period from October 1 to March 31 of a given year, such director’s first grant of Annual Equity Awards will be prorated based on the number of months such director served on the Board since the prior grant of Annual Equity Awards to directors.

 

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Executive Compensation Plan

On the Effective Date, the Board approved the 2010 Executive Compensation Plan (the “ Executive Compensation Plan ”) pursuant to which grants of RSUs and stock options to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock were made to the Company’s executive officers, and compensation for such executive officers was set as follows:

 

Name

  

Position

   Base Pay    Target Incentive
Compensation
(as percentage of
base pay) 1
   Initial Grant
of RSUs 2
   Initial
Grant of
Option to
Purchase
Class A
Common
Stock 3
   One-Time
Cash Bonus
Awards for
Decrease in
Equity
Incentive
Award Plan 4

John H. Kispert

   Chief Executive Officer    $ 900,000    200%    431,775    802,606    $ 1,736,342

Randy W. Furr

  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

   $ 440,000    125%    215,888    401,303    $ 868,170

Ahmed Nawaz

   Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales    $ 409,275      80%    115,140    215,362    $ 465,908

Jim Reid

   Executive Vice President, Marketing    $ 370,000      80%    124,735    223,600    $ 483,732

Indemnification Agreements

On the Effective Date, the Board approved of a form indemnification agreement and authorized the Company to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of the current directors and executive officers pursuant to which the Company agrees to indemnify the directors and executive officers for various liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with their service as directors and executive officers.

The description above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form indemnification agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Change of Control and Severance Agreements

On the Effective Date, the Board approved of a form change of control severance agreement and authorized the Company to enter into separate change of control severance agreements with each of John H. Kispert, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Randy W. Furr, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Pursuant to these change of control

 

 

1

Precise amount of incentive compensation will depend on the Company’s achievement of revenue and operating margin goals.

 

2

Subject to the achievement of certain performance objectives, the RSUs will vest in four (4) successive and equal annual installments on the final trading day in January of each year, beginning with the final trading day in January 2011.

 

3

Stock options were granted at an exercise price of $10.51 per share and will vest as follows: one-third (rounded down to the nearest share) will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining two-thirds will vest in equal monthly installments thereafter on the monthly anniversary of the grant date.

 

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To be paid in equal installments on or about November 1, 2010, and May 1, 2011.

 

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severance agreements, in the event of the executive officer’s involuntary termination other than for cause, death or disability or voluntary termination for good reason following a Change of Control (as defined in the form of change of control severance agreement), the Company will provide such executive officer a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the executive’s monthly base salary immediately prior to employment termination multiplied by the number of months in the Severance Period (as defined in the form of change of control severance agreement), accelerated vesting of equity awards and the continuation of benefits during the Severance Period.

The description above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of change of control severance agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Transactions with Related Persons

In connection with the Backstop Agreement, the Company (i) issued to SLS the balance of Rights Offering shares of Class A Common Stock not otherwise subscribed for by the Rights Offering participants, (ii) issued to SLS one share of Class B Common Stock, and (iii) paid a backstop fee of $4.5 million to SLS. As the holder of the share of Class B Common Stock, Silver Lake (as defined in the Restated Certificate) has the right to appoint up to two Class B Directors, as described in this Section 5.02 under the heading “Election of Directors.” The Class B Directors serving on the newly constituted Board are Ajay Shah and Paul Mercadante.

The Plan requires Eugene I. Davis to act as the claims agent for the estates of the Debtors in connection with the Plan. On May 7, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with Pirinate Consulting Group, LLC (“ Pirinate ”), to serve as the claims agent of the Debtors’ estates under the Plan (the “ Claims Agent ”). Eugene I. Davis, who is a member of the newly constituted Board, is the chairman of Pirinate. The transaction involves the reorganized Debtors paying to Pirinate (i) a monthly fee of $15,000 for services rendered as the Claims Agent, and (ii) an incentive fee of (A) $25,000 in the event that the aggregate amount of allowed general unsecured claims (exclusive of the claims of Spansion Japan, claims of Tessera, Inc., claims of Samsung, Senior Notes Claims and Exchangeable Debentures Claims (each as defined in the Plan)) (the Final Claim Amount ”) at the conclusion of the employment period of the Claims Agent, as specified in the Plan, is below $840 million; (B) $50,000 in the event that the Final Claim Amount is below $800 million; (C) $100,000 in the event that the Final Claim Amount is below $750 million; (D) $200,000 in the event that the Final Claim Amount is below $700 million; (E) $300,000 in the event that the Final Claim Amount is below $650 million; and (F) $400,000 in the event that the Final Claim Amount is below $550 million.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

In accordance with the Plan, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation and bylaws. The Restated Certificate and Restated Bylaws both became effective on the Effective Date. A description of the key provisions of the Restated Certificate and Restated Bylaws is included in the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A/A under “Description of Capital Stock” filed with the SEC on May 10, 2010, which is incorporated herein by reference. This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of these documents, which are attached as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, of this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 10, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
10.1   Spansion Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May 10, 2010, and incorporated by reference herein).
10.2   Amendment to Spansion Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan.
10.3   Form of Indemnification Agreement.
10.4   Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement.
99.1   Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization Dated April 7, 2010 (As Amended) (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2010, and incorporated by reference herein).
99.2   Press release, dated May 10, 2010.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 14, 2010   SPANSION INC.
  By:  

/s/ Randy W. Furr

  Name:   Randy W. Furr
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
10.1   Spansion Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May 10, 2010, and incorporated by reference herein).
10.2   Amendment to Spansion Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan.
10.3   Form of Indemnification Agreement.
10.4   Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement.
99.1   Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization Dated April 7, 2010 (As Amended) (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2010, and incorporated by reference herein).
99.2   Press release, dated May 10, 2010.

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

SPANSION INC.

(Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

ARTICLE I.

NAME

The name of the corporation (herein called the “ Corporation ”) is Spansion Inc. The Corporation was originally incorporated pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) on November 22, 2005.

ARTICLE II.

REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III.

PURPOSE & DURATION

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL. The Corporation is to have a perpetual existence.

ARTICLE IV.

CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 1.        Authorized Capital Stock .  The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 200,000,001 shares, consisting of: (i) 150,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”); (ii) one (1) share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “ Common Stock ”); and (iii) 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), issuable in one or more series as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2.      Preferred Stock.

(i)  Authorization .  Subject to the voting and approval procedures set forth in the Corporation’s Bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”), the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) is hereby expressly granted authority to authorize in accordance with law from time to time the issuance of one or more series of Preferred Stock, and with respect to any such series, to fix by resolution or resolutions the numbers, powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

(A) entitling the holders thereof to cumulative, non-cumulative or partially cumulative dividends, or to no dividends;

(B) entitling the holders thereof to receive dividends payable on a parity with, junior to, or in preference to, the dividends payable on any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation;

(C) entitling the holders thereof to rights upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or upon any other distribution of the assets of, the Corporation, on a parity with, junior to or in preference to, the rights of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation;


(D) providing for the conversion, at the option of the holder or of the Corporation or both, of the shares of Preferred Stock into shares of any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation or of any series of the same or into property of the Corporation or into the securities or properties of any other Person (as defined below), including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board shall determine, or providing for no conversion;

(E) providing for the redemption, in whole or in part, of the shares of Preferred Stock at the option of the Corporation or the holder thereof, in cash, bonds or other property, at such price or prices (which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates), within such period or periods, and under such conditions as the Board shall so provide, including provisions for the creation of a sinking fund for the redemption thereof, or providing for no redemption;

(F) lacking voting rights or having limited voting rights or enjoying general, special or multiple voting rights; and

(G) specifying the number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series.

All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects with the other shares of such series, except that shares of any one series of Preferred Stock issued at different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative. The Board may change the powers, designation, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of, and number of shares in, any series of Preferred Stock as to which no shares are issued and outstanding.

(ii)  Dividends .  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.

(iii)  Liquidation Rights .  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 in accordance with the respective priorities and preferential amounts (including unpaid cumulative dividends, if any, and interest thereon, if any) payable with respect thereto, and among shares of any series of Preferred Stock, ratably among the shares of such series.

SECTION 3.      Common Stock .

(i)  Voting Generally .  In all elections of directors to the Board, (A) subject to reduction as provided in Article V, Section 3, the holders of the Class B Common Stock, acting as a separate class, shall be entitled to vote (or provide written consent) under law or under this Certificate of Incorporation for up to two (2) directors to the Board (the “ Class B Directors ”), and (B) the holders of the Class A Common Stock, voting as a separate class, shall be entitled to vote under law or under this Certificate of Incorporation for all other directors to the Board (the “ Class A Directors ” and, collectively with the Class B Directors, the “ Directors ”). The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote under law or under this Certificate of Incorporation with respect to all other matters put to a vote of the Corporation’s stockholders. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or as required by law, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall vote together as a single class and shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held by such stockholder.

(ii)  Automatic Conversion .  The Class B Common Stock shall automatically, without any further act or deed on the part of this Corporation or any other Person, as defined immediately below, be converted into Class A Common Stock on a share-for-share basis (as may be adjusted pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(vi)) (A) upon the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B Common Stock; (B) in the event that any Person other than SLS Spansion Holdings, LLC, Silver Lake Sumeru Fund, L.P. and their respective Affiliates and managed accounts (including their successors, “ Silver Lake ”) becomes the owner of the Class B

 

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Common Stock; or (C) Silver Lake’s Aggregate Ownership Interest, as defined below, ceases to be at least five percent (5%) following August 10, 2010. At such time of automatic conversion of Class B Common Stock pursuant to this Article IV, Section 3(ii), the certificate formerly representing the outstanding share of Class B Common Stock will thereafter be deemed to represent a like number of shares of Class A Common Stock (as may be adjusted pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(vi)). Shares of the Class B Common Stock converted into shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Article IV, Section 3(ii) shall be retired and the Corporation shall not be authorized to reissue such share of Class B Common Stock. “ Person ” means any person or entity, whether an individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, business association, firm joint venture, other legal entity or other governmental authority. “ Affiliate ” of a Person means any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such Person. The term “ control ” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. A Person shall be deemed an Affiliate of another Person only so long as such control relationship exists.

(iii) The holder of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to convert such Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock on a share-for-share basis at any time (as may be adjusted pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(vi)).

(iv) As promptly as practicable after the presentation and surrender for conversion, during usual business hours at any office or agency of the Corporation, of any certificate representing shares of Class B Common Stock that have been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to Article IV, Sections 3(ii) or 3(iii) hereof, the Corporation shall issue and deliver at such office or agency, to or upon the written order of the holder thereof, a certificate representing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion. The issuance of certificates representing shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock by the registered holder thereof shall be made without charge to the converting holder for any tax imposed on the Corporation in respect to the issue thereof. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable with respect to any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the registered holder of the shares being converted, and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver any such certificate unless and until the Person requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.

(v) In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity in connection with which shares of Common Stock are converted into or exchangeable for shares of stock, other securities or property, including cash, all holders of Common Stock, regardless of Class, will be entitled to receive the same kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property, including cash.

(vi) In the event that the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are subdivided (by stock split, stock dividend or otherwise), into a greater number of shares of Class A Common Stock, the conversion ratio of the Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock then in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of such subdivision, be proportionately increased. If the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock shall be combined (by reclassification or otherwise) into a lesser number of shares of Class A Common Stock, the conversion ratio of the Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock then in effect immediately prior to such combination shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of such combination, be proportionately decreased.

(vii) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to this Article IV, Section 3, such number of its shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock shall not be sufficient for such purpose, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available to a holder of such Class B Common Stock, the Corporation will take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose, including, without

 

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limitation, engaging in best efforts to obtain the requisite stockholder approval of any necessary amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 4.      No Preemptive Rights .  The holders of the capital stock of the Corporation shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe for, purchase or receive any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized, or of bonds, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock.

ARTICLE V.

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1.      Number of Directors .  Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of (i) Article IV, Section 2 with respect to the rights of holders of shares of Preferred Stock to elect additional Directors or (ii) Article V, Section 3 with respect to holders of shares of Class B Common Stock to elect Class B Directors, the number of Directors on the Board shall be not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9), with the then authorized number of directors being fixed by the Board; provided , however , that if the Aggregate Ownership Interest, as defined below, of Silver Lake represents five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation, the number of Directors on the Board shall be not more than seven (7).

SECTION 2.      Classified Board .  The Board (other than those directors elected by holders of any series of Preferred Stock) shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III, which shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. Directors of Class I shall hold office for an initial term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2011. Directors of Class II shall hold office for an initial term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2012. Directors of Class III shall hold office for an initial term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2013. Subject to Article V, Section 5 and Article V, Section 6 below with respect to filling of vacancies on the Board and the removal of Directors, at each annual meeting of the stockholders, the respective successors of the Directors whose terms are then expiring shall be elected for terms expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held on the third anniversary thereof. Upon the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation, the Directors of the Board shall be as follows:

 

Class I:    Eugene Davis and Paul Mercadante
Class II:    Hans Geyer and Clifton Thomas Weatherford
Class III:    Ajay Shah, Raymond Bingham and John Kispert

The mailing address for each director listed above shall be c/o Spansion Inc., 915 DeGuigne Drive, P.O. Box 3453, Sunnyvale, California 94088.

SECTION 3.       At any time that the Aggregate Ownership Interest, as defined below, of the holder of Class B Common Stock, together with shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation held by Silver Lake, falls below the designated thresholds listed in the table below (a “ Class B Triggering Event ”), then the number of Class B Directors shall be reduced to the corresponding number in the table below (and, subject to Article V, Section 5 below, the resulting size of the Board shall be reduced accordingly) and the appropriate number of Class B Directors shall resign from the Board (such resigning Class B Director(s) to be selected by the Class B Directors within ten (10) days of to the occurrence of the Class B Triggering Event); provided, however , that if any Class B Director so designated to resign in accordance with this Article V, Section 3 shall refuse to resign within ten (10) days of the Class B Triggering Event, the size of the Board shall be reduced by a number equal to the number of directors refusing to resign from such Class B directorship, with the Class B Director(s) whose last name(s) starts with the letter alphabetically closest to the letter “Z” being designated the person(s) no longer qualified to serve on the Board. In calculating whether the Class B Triggering Event has occurred, the Aggregate Ownership Interest shall be recalculated each time (a) a Transfer, as defined below, of shares of Silver Lake occurs (other than to an Affiliate) or (b) upon Silver Lake’s receipt of written notice from the Corporation, which such notice shall be given by the Corporation when the Corporation reasonably believes that a Class B Triggering Event may have occurred. The number of Class B Directors that holders of Class B Common Stock can elect to the Board shall depend on an

 

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Aggregate Ownership Interest of such holders as follows:

 

Aggregate Ownership Interest

   Number of
Class B Directors

³ 10%

   2

³ 5% and <10%

   1

<5%

   0

At any time that the Aggregate Ownership Interest of Silver Lake represents five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation, unless otherwise agreed by the holders of a majority of shares of the Class B Common Stock (or as otherwise required by law or stock exchange rules), one director elected by the holders of the Class B Common Stock will be entitled to be a member of each committee of the Board. “Aggregate Ownership Interest” means, with respect to Silver Lake, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation held or beneficially owned (as such term is used under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by Silver Lake by (b) the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation. “ Transfer ” with respect to any share of Common Stock or portion thereof, means a direct or indirect sale, conveyance, exchange, assignment, gift, bequest or other transfer or disposition by any other means, whether for value or no value and whether voluntary or involuntary (including, without limitation, by merger or operation of law), or a written agreement to do any of the foregoing.

SECTION 4.      Protective Provisions.   So long as any shares of Class B Common Stock remains outstanding, the Corporation shall not take any of the following actions without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock: (A) alter or change the rights or privileges of the shares of Class B Common Stock so as to affect adversely the shares or holders of Class B Common Stock; (B) offer to purchase any shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation from all holders of such Class A Common Stock unless such offer is made pro rata to the holders of the Class B Common Stock; or (C) issue or commit to issue any additional Class B Common Stock.

SECTION 5.      Vacancies .  (i) At the time that the operation of Article V, Section 3 above results in vacancies such that the number of Directors serving on the Board is less than seven (7) Directors, then upon the affirmative vote of the majority of Directors, any such vacancies may be filled with that number of additional Class A Directors needed to maintain seven (7) Directors serving on the Board. Such additional Class A Director(s) shall be, if practicable, assigned to the same class or classes of Directors referred to in Article V, Section 2 above in which the vacancy or vacancies were created, but in any event so that the designated classes shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. Any Class A Director elected in accordance with this Article V, Section 5 shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which such Class A Director has been elected expires, and until such Director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

(ii) Except as provided in Article V, Sections 3 and 5(i) above:

(A) any vacancies resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause with respect to a Class A Director shall be filled by the affirmative vote of the remaining Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum of the Board;

(B) any vacancies resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause with respect to a Class B Director shall be filled by the sole remaining Class B Director. In the absence of a sole remaining Class B Director, such vacancies shall be filled by the holders of the Class B Common Stock voting separately as a class, who may act by written consent of the holders of a majority of such shares; and

(D) any directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by the Board acting by a majority of the Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum.

 

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Any Director elected in accordance with this Article V, Section 5(ii) shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which such Director has been elected expires, and until such Director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

SECTION 6.      Removal .  Except with respect to any directors elected by holders of Preferred Stock, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation):

(i) Any Director may be removed at any time, with cause, by majority vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock (and any series of Preferred Stock then entitled to vote at an election of directors), voting together as one class.

(ii) Any Class B Director may be removed at any time, without cause, only by majority vote of the holders of the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class.

SECTION 7.      No Written Ballot .  Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of Directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

SECTION 8.      Amendment .  Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, in addition to any vote of the stockholders required by this Certificate of Incorporation, for as long as there are outstanding any shares of Class B Common Stock and the affirmative vote of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class, as applicable, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article V. Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this Article V nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article V shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article V in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article V, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption.

ARTICLE VI.

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 1.      Liability .  A Director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duties as a Director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the DGCL is amended after the Effective Time 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 fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this provision shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification. The Corporation is authorized to provide by by-law, agreement or otherwise for indemnification of Directors, officers, employees and agents for breach of duty to the Corporation and its stockholders in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by applicable law.

SECTION 2.      Right to Indemnification .  The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “ Covered Person ”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in this Article VI, Section 2, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board.

 

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SECTION 3.      Prepayment of Expenses .  The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided , however , that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

SECTION 4.      Claims .  If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

SECTION 5.      Nonexclusivity of Rights .  The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

SECTION 6.      Other Sources .    The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

SECTION 7.      Amendment or Repeal .  Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

SECTION 8.      Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses .  This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

ARTICLE VII.

AMENDING THE BYLAWS

Subject to Section 2.11 of the Bylaws, in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, (i) the Board is expressly authorized and empowered to make, amend, supplement or repeal the Bylaws in any manner, without the assent or vote of the stockholders, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or this Certificate of Incorporation, and (ii) the stockholders may change or amend or repeal the Bylaws in any manner pursuant to a vote of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote.

ARTICLE VIII.

STOCKHOLDER ACTION

Except for actions taken by written consent by the holders of the Class B Common Stock, consenting separately by class, or as otherwise provided pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock designation) fixing the powers, privileges or rights of any class or series of stock other than the Common Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders.

 

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ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENT

Except as provided in Article V, Section 8, 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 statute, provided that such action is approved in the manner, and otherwise complies with the requirements, set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE X.

NONVOTING EQUITY SECURITIES

The Corporation shall not issue any nonvoting equity securities to the extent prohibited by Section 1123(a)(6) of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) as in effect on the date of the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; provided , however , that this Article X (i) will have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123 (a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) will have such force and effect, if any, only for so long as Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation, and (iii) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with such applicable law as from time to time may be in effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Spansion Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its Chief Executive Officer on May 10, 2010.

 

SPANSION INC.
By: /s/ John H. Kispert                                             
Name:  John H. Kispert
Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

S IGNATURE P AGE TO A MENDED AND R ESTATED C ERTIFICATE OF I NCORPORATION OF S PANSION I NC .

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

SPANSION INC.

ARTICLE I.

OFFICES

SECTION 1.1. Delaware Office. The office of Spansion Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) within the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.

SECTION 1.2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices and keep the books and records of the Corporation, except as otherwise may be required by law, in such other place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II.

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 2.1. Place of Meetings . All meetings of holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware or at such other place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by the Board or specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

SECTION 2.2. Annual Meetings . An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors (the “ Directors ”) and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting (an “ Annual Meeting ”) shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board shall each year fix, which date shall be within thirteen (13) months of the last annual meeting of stockholders or, if no such meeting has been held, the date of incorporation.

SECTION 2.3. Special Meetings . Except as required by law and subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock (as defined below), special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time only by the Chairman of the Board, any Class B Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”)) or by the Board pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the then authorized number of Directors. Any such call must specify the matter or matters to be acted upon at such meeting and only such matter or matters shall be acted upon thereat.

 

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SECTION 2.4. Notice of Meetings . Except as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or as otherwise may be required by law, notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether an Annual Meeting or a special meeting, shall be in writing, shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting, the place, date and hour of the meeting and, unless it is an Annual Meeting, shall indicate that the notice is being issued by or at the direction of the Person or Persons, as defined below, calling the meeting, and a copy thereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, not less than ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days before the date of said meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock records of the Corporation, unless such stockholder shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices to such stockholder be mailed to some other address in which case it shall be directed to such stockholder at such other address. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place to which the meeting is to be adjourned was announced at the meeting at which the adjournment was taken, unless (i) the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or (ii) the Board shall fix a new record date for such adjourned meeting after the adjournment. Person means any person or entity, whether an individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, business association, firm, joint venture, other legal entity or governmental authority. “ Affiliate ” of a Person means any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such Person. The term “ control ” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. A Person shall be deemed an Affiliate of another Person only so long as such control relationship exists.

SECTION 2.5. Quorum . At each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the holders of shares having a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall be present or represented by proxy to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law. Where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, a majority of the shares of such class or classes in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter.

SECTION 2.6. Adjournments . In the absence of a quorum at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment or adjournments thereof, the Chairman of the Board or holders of shares having a majority of the voting power of the capital stock present or represented by proxy at the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called if a quorum had been present or represented by proxy thereat.

SECTION 2.7. Business Brought Before a Meeting . No business shall be transacted at a meeting of stockholders except in accordance with the following procedures.

(a) At any Annual Meeting, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the Annual Meeting. To be properly brought before an Annual Meeting, business must be (i) brought before the Annual Meeting by the Corporation and specified

 

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in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation who (A) was a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.7 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the meeting, (B) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.7. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “ Exchange Act ”), and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an Annual Meeting of the stockholders. Stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders, and the only matters that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting pursuant to Section 2.3. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board must comply with Section 2.8, and this Section 2.7 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 2.8.

(b) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.7, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.7, and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action as determined by the Board. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for on a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the Annual Meeting was made or the notice of the meeting was mailed, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting of stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. The stockholder’s notice shall contain, at a minimum, the information set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 2.7. For purposes of these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(c) Contents of Stockholder’s Notice . Any proper stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.7 shall set forth:

(i) For each item of business that the stockholder proposes for consideration before the Annual Meeting, (A) a reasonably detailed description of the business desired to be

 

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brought before the Annual Meeting, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text on any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), (C) the reasons for conducting such business at the stockholder meeting and (D) a reasonably detailed description of any material interest in such business of such stockholder, beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of these Bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner (each, a “ Proposing Person ”), including all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

(ii) As to each Proposing Person, (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, (B) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record of such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as “ Stockholder Information ”); and

(iii) As to each Proposing Person, (A) any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to give such Proposing Person economic risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such derivative, swap or other transactions are determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or which derivative, swap or other transactions provide, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any increase in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the Corporation (“ Synthetic Equity Interests ”), which Synthetic Equity Interests shall be disclosed without regard to whether (x) the derivative, swap or other transactions convey any voting rights in such shares to such Proposing Person, (y) the derivative, swap or other transactions are required to be, or are capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares or (z) such Proposing Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such derivative, swap or other transactions, (B) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to vote any shares of any class or series of the Corporation, (C) any agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of shares of any class or series of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to the shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in the price or value of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation (“ Short Interests ”), (D) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or if

 

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any, Synthetic Equity Interests or Short Interests, and (E) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (E) are referred to as “ Disclosable Interests ”); provided , however , that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.

(d) A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to), or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(e) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting except in accordance with this Section 2.7. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chair of the meeting shall have the power and duty, if the facts warrant, to (i) determine whether any business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting was proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.7 and (ii) if any proposed business is not in compliance with this Section 2.7 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made solicits (or is part of a group which solicits) proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in compliance with these Bylaws), declare that such proposed business shall not be transacted.

(f) This Section 2.7 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting other than any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.7. Nothing in this Section 2.7 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

SECTION 2.8. Advance Notice of Nominations for Election of Directors at a Meeting . Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right of holders of preferred shares of the Corporation or shares of Class B Common Stock to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain

 

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circumstances.

(a)      (i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at an Annual Meeting or at a special meeting of stockholders (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) only (i) by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or the Chairman of the Board or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (A) was a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination is proposed to be made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.8 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the meeting, (B) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.8 as to such nomination. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an Annual Meeting or special meeting.

(ii) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons to the Board at an Annual Meeting or at a special meeting of stockholders (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting), nominations to be properly brought before such meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 2.8, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.8. To be timely, for nominations of persons for election to the Board at an Annual Meeting, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for on a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date of the Annual Meeting, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the Annual Meeting was made or the notice of the meeting was mailed, whichever first occurs. To be timely, for nominations of persons for election to the Board at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting), a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such special meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the special meeting is called for on a date that is less than ninety (90) days prior to the special meeting, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting was made or the notice of the meeting was mailed, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting or special meeting, as applicable, of stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. The stockholder’s notice shall contain, at a minimum, the information set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.8.

 

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(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2.8 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of the Corporation at an Annual Meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s Annual Meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.8 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(b) Contents of Stockholder’s Notice. Any proper stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.8 shall set forth:

(i) As to each stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made, and any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner (each, a “ Nominating Person ”), the name, age, nationality, business address and residence address of such Nominating Person, (ii) the principal occupation and employment of such Nominating Person and (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such Nominating Person;

(ii) As to any Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.7(c)(iii), except that for purposes of this Section 2.8(b) the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.7(c)(iii) and the disclosure in clause (E) of Section 2.7(c)(iii) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting);

(iii) As to each person whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.8(b) if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such proposed nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in this Section 2.8(e); and

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other information (A) as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation’s Principles of Corporate Governance or (B) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee.

(c) A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to Section 2.8(b) shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to), or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(d) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8 shall be eligible to be elected at an Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chair of the meeting shall have the power and duty to (i) determine whether a nomination to be brought before an Annual Meeting or special meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8 and (ii) if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with this Section 2.8 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made solicits (or is part of a group which solicits), or fails to so solicit (as the case may be), proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by paragraph (e) of this Section 2.8), to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded.

(e) To be eligible to be a nominee for election as a director of the Corporation, if so requested by the Corporation, the proposed nominee must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under this Section 2.8) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such proposed nominee (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such proposed nominee (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “ Voting Commitment ”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (ii) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation and

 

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(iii) in such proposed nominee’s individual capacity and on behalf of the stockholder (or the beneficial owner, if different) on whose behalf the nomination is made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

(f) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.8 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.

SECTION 2.9. Proxies and Voting . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or pursuant to a resolution of the Board adopted pursuant thereto establishing a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation (“ Preferred Stock ”), at each meeting of stockholders, each holder of shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each such share standing in such holder’s name on the stock records of the Corporation maintained in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof (i) at the time fixed pursuant to Section 7.4 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting or (ii) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice thereof shall be given. At each meeting of stockholders, all matters (except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3 of these Bylaws and except in cases where a larger vote is required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of shares of capital stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, a quorum being present. At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this Section 2.9 may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. All voting, including on the election of Directors but excepting where otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote; provided, however , that upon demand therefor by a stockholder entitled to vote or by such stockholder’s proxy, a stock vote shall be taken. Every stock vote shall be taken by ballots, each of which shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting.

SECTION 2.10. Inspectors . The Board may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Board may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated

 

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shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspector’s count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. The results of any election at which inspectors are appointed shall not be deemed final and effective until the receipt and approval by the Board of the inspector’s certification and report.

SECTION 2.11. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . Except for actions taken by written consent by the holders of Class B Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), consenting separately as a class, or as otherwise provided pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation fixing the powers, privileges or rights of any class or series of stock other than the Common Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders.

With respect to the written consents allowed by the Certificate of Incorporation, such consents shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered to the Corporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed in this Section.

SECTION 2.12. Meeting Procedures . Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board or by another chair designated by the Board. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be determined by the chair of the meeting and announced at the meeting. The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chair of any meeting of stockholders shall have the exclusive right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chair of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the

 

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safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

ARTICLE III.

DIRECTORS

SECTION 3.1. Powers . Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the unqualified power:

(a) to declare dividends from time to time in accordance with law;

(b) to purchase or otherwise acquire any property, rights or privileges on such terms as it shall determine;

(c) to authorize the creation, making and issuance, in such form as it may determine, of written obligations of every kind, negotiable or non-negotiable, secured or unsecured, and to do all things necessary in connection therewith;

(d) to remove any officer of the Corporation with or without cause, and from time to time to devolve the powers and duties of any officer upon any other person for the time being;

(e) to confer upon any officer of the Corporation the power to appoint, remove and suspend subordinate officers, employees and agents;

(f) to adopt from time to time such stock, option, stock purchase, bonus or other compensation plans for Directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as it may determine;

(g) to adopt from time to time such insurance, retirement, and other benefit plans for Directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as it may determine; and

(h) to adopt from time to time regulations, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, for the management of the Corporation’s business and affairs.

SECTION 3.2. Number; Terms and Vacancies . The Corporation shall have the number of Directors as is set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. The Board shall be classified in the manner set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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SECTION 3.3. Nominations; Election . Nominations for the election of Directors may be made by the Board or a committee appointed by the Board, or by any stockholder entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors who complies with the procedures set forth in Section 2.8. Directors shall be at least 21 years of age. Directors need not be stockholders. At each meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors at which a quorum is present, the persons receiving a plurality of the votes cast shall be elected Directors.

SECTION 3.4. Place of Meetings . Meetings of the Board shall be held at the Corporation’s office in the State of Delaware or at such other places, within or without such State, as the Board may from time to time determine or as shall be specified or fixed in the notice or waiver of notice of any such meeting.

SECTION 3.5. Regular Meetings . The Board shall hold meetings at least once per every fiscal quarter at a date and time determined by the Board. Each Director shall use such Director’s best efforts to attend each meeting in person.

SECTION 3.6. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board may be held at the request of any Director, upon not less than five (5) business days written notice (which may be provided in accordance with Section 3.7) or telephonic notice to each Director (which notice shall be provided to the other Directors by the requesting Director).

SECTION 3.7. Notice of Meetings . The regular quarterly meetings of the Board shall be held upon not less than five (5) business days written notice.

SECTION 3.8. Quorum and Manner of Acting . The presence of a majority of the total number of authorized Directors in person or by telephone conference or by other means of communications by means of which all Directors participating therein can hear each other, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking action by the Board at any meeting of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, a majority of 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. No action taken by the Directors at any meeting shall be valid unless the requisite quorum is present. Except where a different vote is required or permitted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or otherwise, all actions, determinations or resolutions of the Board at a meeting shall require the affirmative vote or consent of the majority of the Directors. Each Director shall be entitled to one (1) vote, and Directors shall not be entitled to cast their vote through proxies. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board; provided, however , that such electronic transmission or transmissions must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission or transmissions were authorized by the Director. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Interpreters will be provided for any meeting of the Board, at the cost of the Corporation, upon the request of any Director. The resolution and the written consents thereto by the Directors shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.

 

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SECTION 3.9. Resignation . Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice or by electronic transmission to the Corporation; provided , however , if such notice is given by electronic transmission, such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the Director; provided , further , however , that written notice to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or the Secretary of the Corporation shall be deemed to constitute notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 3.10. Removal of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock to elect Directors under circumstances specified in a resolution of the Board, adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws establishing such series, (i) any Director may be removed at any time, with cause, by majority vote of the holders of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock (and any series of Preferred Stock then entitled to vote at an election of directors), voting together as one class, and (ii) any Class B Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by majority vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class.

SECTION 3.11. Compensation of Directors . The Board may provide for the payment to any of the Directors, other than officers or employees of the Corporation, of a specified amount for services as Director or member of a committee of the Board, or of a specified amount for attendance at each regular or special Board meeting or committee meeting, or of both, and all Directors shall be reimbursed for expenses of attendance at any such meeting; provided, however , that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

SECTION 3.12. Chairman of the Board. The Board may elect a Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if one is chosen, shall be chosen from among the members of the Board.

ARTICLE IV.

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

SECTION 4.1. Appointment and Powers of Audit Committee . The Board shall, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of Directors, designate an Audit Committee of the Board, which shall consist of three or more Directors, each of whom shall satisfy the independence requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, as then in effect and applicable to the Corporation. Subject to the approval of the Board, the Audit Committee shall adopt and from time to time assess and revise a written charter which will specify how the Audit Committee will carry out its responsibilities and such other matters as the Board and the Audit Committee determine are necessary or desirable. Unless otherwise agreed by the holders of the Class B Common Stock (or as otherwise required by law or stock exchange rules), one (1) member of such committee shall be a Class B Director for so long as there are Class B Directors.

 

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SECTION 4.2. Appointment and Powers of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee . The Board shall, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of Directors, designate a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, which shall consist of three or more Directors, each of whom shall satisfy the independence requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, as then in effect and applicable to the Corporation. Subject to the approval of the Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall adopt and from time to time assess and revise a written charter which will specify how the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will carry out its responsibilities and such other matters as the Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee determine are necessary or desirable. Unless otherwise agreed by the holders of the Class B Common Stock (or as otherwise required by law or stock exchange rules), one (1) member of such committee shall be a Class B Director for so long as there are Class B Directors.

SECTION 4.3. Compensation Committee . The Board shall, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of Directors, designate a Compensation Committee of the Board, which shall consist of three or more Directors, each of whom shall satisfy the independence requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, as then in effect and applicable to the Corporation. Subject to the approval of the Board, the Compensation Committee shall adopt and from time to time assess and revise a written charter which will specify how the Compensation Committee will carry out its responsibilities and such other matters as the Board and the Compensation Committee determine are necessary or desirable. Unless otherwise agreed by the holders of the Class B Common Stock (or as otherwise required by law or stock exchange rules), one (1) member of such committee shall be a Class B Director for so long as there are Class B Directors.

SECTION 4.4. Other Committees . The Board may, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of Directors, designate members of the Board to constitute such other committees of the Board as the Board may determine. Such committees shall in each case consist of such number of Directors as the Board may determine, and shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, such powers as the Board may delegate to them in the respective resolutions appointing them. Each such committee may determine its manner of acting and fix the time and place of its meetings, unless the Board shall otherwise provide. A majority of the members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the committee and the act of a majority of the members of such committee present at a meeting at which a quorum shall be present shall be the act of the committee. Unless otherwise agreed by the holders of the Class B Common Stock (or as otherwise required by law or stock exchange rules), one (1) member of any such committee shall be a Class B Director for so long as there are Class B Directors.

SECTION 4.5. Action by Consent; Participation by Telephone or Similar Equipment . Unless the Board shall otherwise provide, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of such committee consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee; provided , however , that such electronic transmission or transmissions must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic

 

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transmission or transmissions were authorized by the Director. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Unless the Board shall otherwise provide, any one or more members of any such committee may participate in any meeting of the committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting of the committee.

SECTION 4.6. Resignations; Removals . Any member of any committee may resign at any time by giving notice to the Corporation; provided, however , that notice to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the chairman of such committee or the Secretary of the Corporation shall be deemed to constitute notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any member of any such committee may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of Directors at any meeting of the Board called for that purpose.

ARTICLE V.

OFFICERS

SECTION 5.1. Number and Qualification . The Corporation shall have such officers as may be necessary or desirable for the business of the Corporation. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as may from time to time be appointed by the Board. Officers shall be elected by the Board, which shall consider that subject at its first meeting after every Annual Meeting of stockholders. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. The failure to elect a Chief Executive Officer, Secretary or Treasurer shall not affect the existence of the Corporation.

SECTION 5.2. Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer shall supervise the daily operations of the business of the Corporation, and shall report to the Board. Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and to the direction of the Board, he or she shall perform all duties and have all powers which are commonly incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer or which are delegated to him or her by the Board. He or she shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation which are authorized and shall have general supervision and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer may not serve as the Chairman of the Board.

SECTION 5.3. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the responsibility for maintaining the financial records of the Corporation. He or she shall make such disbursements of the funds of the Corporation as are authorized and shall render from time to time an account of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall also perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

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keep minutes of, all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. He or she shall have charge of the corporate books and shall perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time prescribe. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and he shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature.

SECTION 5.5. Delegation of Authority . The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

SECTION 5.6. Removal . Any officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board.

SECTION 5.7. Resignations . Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation; provided, however , that notice to the Board, Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary shall be deemed to constitute notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 5.8. Vacancies . Any vacancy among the officers, whether caused by death, resignation, removal or any other cause, shall be filled in the manner prescribed for election or appointment to such office.

SECTION 5.9. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations . Unless otherwise directed by the Board, any officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders of or with respect to any action of stockholders of any other corporation in which this Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which this Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.

SECTION 5.10. Bonds of Officers . If required by the Board, any officer of the Corporation shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety or sureties as the Board may require.

ARTICLE VI.

CONTRACTS, CHECKS, LOANS, DEPOSITS, ETC.

SECTION 6.1. Contracts . The Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument, which authorization may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized by the Board, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or for any amount.

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indebtedness of the Corporation, shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be authorized by the Board, which authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 6.3. Loans . No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name, unless authorized by the Board, which authorization may be general or confined to specific instances, and bonds, debentures, notes and other obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation issued for such loans shall be made, executed and delivered as the Board shall authorize.

SECTION 6.4. Deposits . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositors as may be selected by or in the manner designated by the Board. The Board or its designees may make such special rules and regulations with respect to such bank accounts, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, as they may deem advisable.

ARTICLE VII.

CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 7.1. Certificates of Stock . Shares of capital stock of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided for under the DGCL. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be by facsimile.

SECTION 7.2. Stock List . At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the officer in charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare 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. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall 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. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

 

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SECTION 7.3. Transfers of Stock . Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the Corporation kept at an office of the Corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of the stock of the Corporation. If such stock is certificated and except where a certificate is issued in accordance with Section 7.5 of these Bylaws, an outstanding certificate for the number of shares involved shall be surrendered for cancellation before a new certificate is issued therefor.

SECTION 7.4. Record Date . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or 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 may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described; provided, however , that if no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held, and, for determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise any rights of change, conversion or exchange of stock or for any other purpose, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts a resolution relating thereto.

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 may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board may fix a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall be not more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, request the Board to fix a record date. The Board shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and no prior action by the Board is required by the DGCL, the record date shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed by Section 2.11 hereof. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required by the DGCL with respect to the proposed action by written consent of the stockholders, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

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concerning the giving of satisfactory bond or bonds of indemnity.

SECTION 7.6. Regulations . The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates of stock shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board may establish.

ARTICLE VIII.

NOTICES

SECTION 8.1. Notices . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by law, all notices, requests, instructions or consents required or permitted under these Bylaws shall be in writing and will be deemed given: (a) when delivered personally; (b) when sent by confirmed facsimile; (c) ten (10) business days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (d) three (3) business days after deposit with an internationally recognized commercial overnight carrier specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt.

SECTION 8.2. Waivers . A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder, Director, officer, employee or agent, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such stockholder, Director, officer, employee or agent, and, to the extent permitted by law, his or her attendance at any such meeting requiring notice shall constitute waiver of such notice, except when he or she 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 lawfully called for or convened. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.

ARTICLE IX.

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.1. Signatures . In addition to the provisions for use of manual, facsimile or electronic signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board or a committee thereof.

SECTION 9.2. Corporate Seal . The Board may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary of the Corporation. If and when so directed by the Board or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Corporation’s Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

SECTION 9.3. Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records . Each Director, each member of any committee designated by the Board, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board so designated, or by any other person as to matters which such Director or committee member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 9.4. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as fixed by the Board.

SECTION 9.5. Time Periods . In applying any provision of these Bylaws which requires that an act be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.

ARTICLE X.

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

SECTION 10.1. Right to Indemnification . The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “ Covered Person ”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a Director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.1, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board.

SECTION 10.2. Prepayment of Expenses . The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article X or otherwise.

SECTION 10.3. Claims . If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article X is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

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these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

SECTION 10.5 Other Sources . The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

SECTION 10.6 Amendment or Repeal . Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article X shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

SECTION 10.7 Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses . This Article X shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

SECTION 10.8. Insurance . The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or 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 DGCL.

ARTICLE XI.

AMENDMENTS

The Board may from time to time make, amend, supplement or repeal these Bylaws by vote of a majority of the Board, and the stockholders may change or amend or repeal these Bylaws by the affirmative vote of the majority of holders of the Common Stock, voting as a single class. In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, these Bylaws or any of them may be amended or supplemented in any respect at any time, either: (i) at any meeting of stockholders, provided that any amendment or supplement proposed to be acted upon at any such meeting shall have been described or referred to in the notice of such meeting; or (ii) at any meeting of the Board, provided that any amendment or supplement proposed to be acted upon at any such meeting shall have been described or referred to in the notice of such meeting or an announcement with respect thereto shall have been made at the last previous Board meeting, and provided further that no amendment or supplement adopted by the Board shall vary or conflict with any amendment or supplement adopted by the stockholders. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, in addition to any vote of the Board and the stockholders required by these Bylaws, for as long as there are outstanding any shares of Class B Common Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class, as applicable, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, the last sentence of any of Article IV, Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

AMENDMENT

TO SPANSION INC.

2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

Pursuant to the authority reserved to the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Spansion Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), under Section 14.1 of the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “ Plan ”), the Board hereby amends the Plan as follows:

1. Section 3.1(a) of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(a) Subject to Section 14.2 and Section 3.1(b) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued or transferred pursuant to Awards under the Plan is the sum of (i) 6,580,240 (provided, that subject to Section 14.2 and, with respect to Full Value Awards that terminate, expire or lapse or for which shares of Common Stock are tendered or withheld, Section 3.1(b) the aggregate number of shares of Common stock which may be issued or transferred pursuant to Full Value Awards under this Section 3.1(a)(i) is 3,290,120) and (ii) an annual increase on the first day of each year beginning in 2011 and ending in 2015, equal to the least of (A) seven million (7,000,000) shares; (B) a percentage of the shares of Common Stock outstanding (on an as converted basis) on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year as follows: 7% for the increase made January 1, 2011, 6% for the increase made January 1, 2012, 4.5% for the increase made January 1, 2013 and 3.5% for the increases made thereafter; and (C) such smaller number as may be determined by the Board prior to the first day of such year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no more than 6,580,240 shares of Common Stock may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options.”

* * * *

[S IGNATURE P AGE F OLLOWS ]


I hereby certify that the foregoing Amendment to the Plan was duly adopted by the Company’s Board effective as of May 10, 2010.

Executed on this 14 th day of May, 2010.

 

/s/ Randy W. Furr

Randy W. Furr
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 10.3

INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

This Indemnity Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of                      by and between Spansion Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (“Indemnitee”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous agreements between the Company and Indemnitee covering the subject matter of this Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held corporations as directors or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation.

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. The Bylaws of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”). The Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons in order to protect such persons against claims and expenses arising from their services on behalf of the Company.

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons.

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future.

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify and hold harmless and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so protected against liabilities.

 

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WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Charter and Bylaws of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Charter, Bylaws and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an officer or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified.

WHEREAS, the Agreement hereby amends and restates any existing indemnification agreement between Indemnitee and the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

1. Services to the Company . Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as an officer, director or key employee of the Company for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders his resignation or is terminated by the Company. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliated entities. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after the Indemnitee has ceased to serve as an officer, director or key employee of the Company.

2. Definitions . As used in this Agreement:

(a) References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other official of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other Enterprise (as defined below) at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

(b) The terms “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below) as in effect on the date hereof.

(c) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party . Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, unless (1) the change in the relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, or (2) such acquisition was approved in advance by the Continuing Directors (as defined below) and such acquisition would not constitute a Change in Control under part (iii) of this definition;

 

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(ii) Change in Board of Directors . Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose election for nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively, the “Continuing Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;

(iii) Corporate Transactions . The effective date of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination: (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 51% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and with the power to elect at least a majority of the Board or other governing body of the surviving entity; (2) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 15% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination; and (3) at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were Continuing Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors, providing for such Business Combination;

(iv) Liquidation . The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement or series of agreements for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than factoring the Company’s current receivables or escrows due (or, if such approval is not required, the decision by the Board to proceed with such a liquidation, sale, or disposition in one transaction or a series of related transactions); or

(v) Other Events . There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.

(d) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise (as defined below) which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.

 

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(e) “Delaware Court” shall mean the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

(f) “Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding (as defined below) in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

(g) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent.

(h) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(i) “Expenses” shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement (including any taxes that may be imposed upon the actual or deemed receipt of payments under this Agreement with respect to the imposition of federal, state, local or foreign taxes), fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding (as defined below). Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding (as defined below), including without limitation the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedes bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(j) “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm or a member of a law firm with significant experience in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements); or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding (as defined below) giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

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(k) References to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

(l) The term “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; provided , however , that “Person” shall exclude: (i) the Company; (ii) any Subsidiaries (as defined below) of the Company; (iii) any employment benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company; and (iv) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of 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.

(m) A “Potential Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) the Company enters into an agreement or arrangement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control; (ii) any Person or the Company publicly announces an intention to take or consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a Change in Control; (iii) any Person who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 5% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors increases his Beneficial Ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such Person on the date hereof unless such acquisition was approved in advance by the Board; or (iv) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.

(n) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative, legislative or investigative (formal of informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or of any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner,

 

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managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement. If Indemnitee believes in good faith that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, this shall be considered a Proceeding under this paragraph.

(o) The term “Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.

(p) In connection with any merger or consolidation, references to the “Company” shall include not only the resulting or surviving company, but also any constituent company or constituent of a constituent company, which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents. The intent of this provision is that a person who is or was a director of such constituent company after the date hereof or is or was serving at the request of such constituent company as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other Enterprise after the date hereof, shall stand in the same position under this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving company as the person would have under this Agreement with respect to such constituent company if its separate existence had continued.

3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings . The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness or otherwise) in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company . The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness or otherwise) in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification or to be held harmless for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the

 

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extent that any court in which the Proceeding was brought or the Delaware Court shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification or to be held harmless.

5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with or related to each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. If the Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

6. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise asked to participate in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified and held harmless against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

7. Additional Indemnification .

(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding. No indemnification or hold harmless rights shall be available under this Section 7(a) on account of Indemnitee’s conduct which constitutes a breach of Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders or is an act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law.

(b) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, 5 or 7(a), the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to

 

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procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.

8. Contribution in the Event of Joint Liability .

(a) To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s)
and/or transaction(s).

(b) The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.

(c) The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.

9. Exclusions . Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification or hold harmless payment:

(a) in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity provision or otherwise;

(b) in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act); or

 

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(c) except as otherwise provided in Sections 14(e)-(f) hereof, prior to a Change in Control, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) such payment arises in connection with any counterclaim that the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees assert against Indemnitee or any affirmative defense that the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees raise, which, by any doctrine of issue or claim preclusion, could result in liability to Indemnitee, or (iii) the Company provides the indemnification or hold harmless payment, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

10. Advances of Expenses; Defense of Claim .

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall advance the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee (or reasonably expected by Indemnitee to be incurred by Indemnitee within three months) in connection with any Proceeding within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to be indemnified or held harmless under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing a Proceeding to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, solely upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement, the Charter, the Bylaws of the Company, applicable law or otherwise. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 10(a) shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment is excluded pursuant to Section 9.

(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

(c) The Company shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

11. Procedure for Notification and Application for Indemnification .

(a) Indemnitee agrees to notify promptly the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or hold harmless rights, or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The written notification shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or otherwise.

 

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(b) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall deliver to the Company a written application to indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, in accordance with this Agreement. Such application(s) may be delivered from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion. Following such a written application for indemnification by Indemnitee, the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be determined according to Section 12(a) of this Agreement.

12. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification .

(a) A determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied. If it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in

 

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Section 2 of this Agreement. If the Independent Counsel is selected by the Board, the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided , however , that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Delaware Court or such other person as the Delaware Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

(c) The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel and to fully indemnify and hold harmless such Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

(d) If the Company disputes a portion of the amounts for which indemnification is requested, the undisputed portion shall be paid and only the disputed portion withheld pending resolution of any such dispute.

13. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings .

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(b) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its

 

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directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(b) Subject to Section 14(g), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by laws, be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a final judicial determination that any or all such indemnification is expressly prohibited under applicable law; provided , however , that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided , further , that the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(b) shall not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination the Board has resolved to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy-five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement.

(c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

 

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(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

14. Remedies of Indemnitee .

(a) Subject to 14(g), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5, 6, 7 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) a contribution payment is not made in a timely manner pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, (vi) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vii) in the event that the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Delaware Court to such indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or advancement rights. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a); provided , however , that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. Except as set forth herein, the provisions of Delaware law (without regard to its conflict of laws rules) shall apply to any such arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless and to receive advances of Expenses under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified and held harmless, and to receive advances of Expenses, as the case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any determination pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement adverse to Indemnitee for any purpose. If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 10 until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed).

 

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(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

(d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

(e) It is the intent of the Company that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law against all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of such written request) advance to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial proceeding or arbitration brought by Indemnitee (i) in connection with, to enforce his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement or any other indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement or contribution agreement or provision of the Charter, or the Company’s Bylaws now or hereafter in effect; or (ii) for recovery or advances under any insurance policy maintained by any person for the benefit of Indemnitee; provided , however , with respect to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), if Indemnitee is not wholly successful on the underlying claims, then such indemnification and advancement shall be only to the extent Indemnitee is successful on such underlying claims or otherwise as permitted by law, whichever is greater. To the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not wholly successful on the underlying claims, the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay, if required by law, the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent the Indemnitee is not successful on such underlying claims.

(f) Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the legal rate under Delaware law for amounts which the Company indemnifies or holds harmless, or is obliged to indemnify or hold harmless for the period commencing with the date on which Indemnitee requests indemnification or to be held harmless, contribution, reimbursement or advancement of any Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made to Indemnitee by the Company.

 

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(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

15. Establishment of Trust . In the event of a Potential Change in Control, the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee, create a “Trust” for the benefit of Indemnitee and from time to time upon written request of Indemnitee shall fund such Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, participating in or defending any Proceedings, and any and all judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such judgments, fines penalties and amounts paid in settlement) in connection with any and all Proceedings from time to time actually paid or claimed, reasonably anticipated or proposed to be paid. The trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”) shall be a bank or trust company or other individual or entity chosen by the Indemnitee and reasonably acceptable to the Company. Nothing in this Section 15 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by mutual agreement of the Indemnitee and the Company or, if the Company and the Indemnitee are unable to reach such an agreement, by Independent Counsel selected in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement. The terms of the Trust shall provide that, except upon the consent of both the Indemnitee and the Company, (a) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded, without the written consent of the Indemnitee; and (b) upon a Change in Control: (i) the Trustee shall advance, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, within two (2) business days of a request by the Indemnitee any and all Expenses to the Indemnitee; (ii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligations set forth above; (iii) the Trustee shall promptly pay to the Indemnitee all amounts for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or to be held harmless pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise; and (iv) all unexpended funds in such Trust shall revert to the Company upon mutual agreement by the Indemnitee and the Company or, if the Indemnitee and the Company are unable to reach such an agreement, by Independent Counsel selected in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement, that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified and held harmless under the terms of this Agreement. The Trust shall be governed by Delaware law (without regard to its conflicts of laws rules) and the Trustee shall consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court in accordance with Section 23 of this Agreement.

16. Security . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent requested by the Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to the Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to the Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.

17. Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation .

(a) The rights of Indemnitee as provided by this Agreement (i) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under

 

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applicable law, the Charter, the Company’s Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise and (ii) shall be enforced and this Agreement shall be interpreted independently of and without reference to or limitation or constraint (whether procedural, substantive or otherwise) by any other such rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, narrows or limits indemnification or advancement of Expenses that are afforded currently under the Company’s Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that such change, except to the extent required by applicable law, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties’ rights and obligations hereunder. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

(b) The DGCL and the Company’s Bylaws permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection or make other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond (“Indemnification Arrangements”) on behalf of Indemnitee against any liability asserted against him or incurred by or on behalf of him or in such capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement or under the DGCL, as it may then be in effect. The purchase, establishment, and maintenance of any such Indemnification Arrangement shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or of the Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or the other party or parties thereto under any such Indemnification Arrangement.

(c) The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ insurance programs providing coverage to Indemnitee for Expenses during the time period Indemnitee serves the Company in a Corporate Status. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective 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 Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

 

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(d) [The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Silver Lake Sumeru Fund, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Fund Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Fund Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company (or any other agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Fund Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Fund Indemnitors on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Fund Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 17(d).] 1

(e) [Except as set forth in Section 17(d) above,] 1 in the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights. 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, contract, agreement or otherwise.

(f) [Except as set forth in Section 17(d) above,] 1 the Company’s obligation to indemnify and hold harmless or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or hold harmless payments or advancement of expenses from such Enterprise.

(g) If Indemnitee is a director of the Company during the term of this Agreement and if Indemnitee ceases to be a director of the Company for any reason, the Company shall procure a run-off directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred before the time Indemnitee ceased to be a director of the Company and covering Indemnitee, which policy, without any lapse in coverage, will provide coverage for a period of six (6) years after the time Indemnitee ceased to be a director of the Company and will provide coverage (including amount and type of coverage and

 

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size of deductibles) that are substantially comparable to the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that was most protective of Indemnitee in the twelve (12) months preceding the time Indemnitee ceased to be a director of the Company; provided , however , that:

(i) this obligation shall be suspended during the period immediately following the time Indemnitee ceases to be a director of the Company if and only so long as the Company has a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy in effect covering Indemnitee for such claims that, if it were a run-off policy, would meet or exceed the foregoing standards, but in any event this suspension period shall end when a Change in Control occurs; and

(ii) no later than the end of the suspension period provided in the preceding clause (i) (whether because of failure to have a policy meeting the foregoing standards or because a Change in Control occurs), the Company shall procure a run-off directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy meeting the foregoing standards and lasting for the remainder of the six (6)-year period.

(h) Notwithstanding the preceding clause (f) including the suspension provisions therein, if Indemnitee ceases to be an officer or a director of the Company in connection with a Change in Control or at or during the one (1)-year period following the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall procure a run-off directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy covering Indemnitee and meeting the foregoing standards in clause (f) and lasting for a six (6)-year period upon the Indemnitee’s ceasing to be an officer or a director of the Company in such circumstances.

18. Duration of Agreement . This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or at the request of the Company, as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of another Enterprise; or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement relating thereto.

19. Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

 

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20. Enforcement and Binding Effect .

(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to encourage Indemnitee to serve and/or continue to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company.

(b) Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Charter or Bylaws of the Company as they may be amended from time to time, and except as provided in Section 17(a), this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

(c) The rights to be indemnified and to receive contribution and advancement of Expenses provided by or granted Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to Indemnitee’s service as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Company prior to the date of this Agreement.

(d) The indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise at the Company’s request, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, estate, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.

(e) The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, 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.

(f) The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking, among other things, injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by the Court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking.

 

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21. Modification and Waiver . No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

22. Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Company.

(b) If to the Company, to:

 

  Spansion Inc.  
 

915 DeGuigne Drive

 
 

Sunnyvale, California 94088

 
  Attention: General Counsel  

or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in writing by the Company.

23. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction . This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country; (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (c) appoint irrevocably, to the extent such party is not subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, RL&F Service Corp., One Rodney Square, 10th Floor, 10th and King Streets, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware; (d) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court; and (e) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, or is subject (in whole or in part) to a jury trial.

24. Identical Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

 

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25. Miscellaneous . Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

26. Additional Acts . If for the validation of any of the provisions in this Agreement any act, resolution, approval or other procedure is required, the Company undertakes to cause such act, resolution, approval or other procedure to be affected or adopted in a manner that will enable the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.

 

SPANSION INC.       INDEMNITEE
By:  

 

     

 

  Name:       Name:
  Title:       Address:

 

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Exhibit 10.4

SPANSION INC.

CHANGE OF CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

This Change of Control Severance Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between                      (the “Executive”) and Spansion Inc. (the “Company”), as of the latest date set forth by the signatures of the parties hereto below. For purposes of the employment relationship only, the “Company” includes Spansion LLC.

RECITALS

A. It is expected that the Company from time to time will consider the possibility of an acquisition by another company or other change of control. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that such consideration can be a distraction to the Executive and can cause the Executive to consider alternative employment opportunities. The Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its securityholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication and objectivity of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company.

B. The Board believes that it is in the best interests of the Company and its securityholders to provide the Executive with an incentive to continue the Executive’s employment and to motivate the Executive to maximize the value of the Company upon a Change of Control for the benefit of its securityholders.

C. The Board believes that it is imperative to provide the Executive with severance benefits upon the Executive’s termination of employment following a Change of Control that provides the Executive with enhanced financial security and provides incentive and encouragement to the Executive to remain with the Company notwithstanding the possibility of a Change of Control.

D. Certain capitalized terms used in the Agreement are defined in Section 4 below.

The parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Term of Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective on the latest date set forth by the signatures of the parties hereto below (the “Effective Date”). Following the Effective Date, this Agreement shall not be terminated as long as the Executive remains in the position of [insert executive officer title]. If the Executive no longer holds the title of [insert executive officer title], this Agreement shall terminate upon the date that all obligations of the parties hereto with respect to this Agreement have been satisfied or upon cancellation with written notice by either of the parties setting forth the effective date of such cancellation; provided , however , that the effective date of such cancellation shall in no event be earlier than two (2) years from the date on which the written notice of cancellation is given. If, prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Executive ceases to be employed by the Company for any reason, then this Agreement shall terminate on the effective date of the Executive’s termination of employment.

2. At-Will Employment . The Company and the Executive acknowledge that the Executive’s employment is and shall continue to be “at-will,” as defined under applicable law. The Executive understands that nothing in this Agreement modifies the Executive’s “at-will”


employment status with the Company; the Company or the Executive may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause subject to the benefits provided to the Executive under this Agreement.

3. Change of Control Severance Benefits .

a. Involuntary Termination other than for Cause, Death or Disability or Voluntary Termination for Good Reason Following A Change of Control . If, within twelve (12) months following a Change of Control, the Executive’s employment is terminated involuntarily by the Company other than for Cause, or due to death or Disability, or by the Executive pursuant to a Voluntary Termination for Good Reason, and the Executive executes and does not revoke a general release of claims against the Company and its affiliates in a form acceptable to the Company within 60 days after the date of Executive’s termination of employment, then the Company shall provide the Executive with the benefits set forth below:

(i) Cash Award . A lump sum payment in an amount equal to the Executive’s monthly base salary immediately prior to such employment termination multiplied by the number of months in the Severance Period, in addition to any other earned but unpaid compensation due through the date of such termination. This lump sum payment is to be paid as soon as practicable after the effective date of the employment termination but in any event no later than 60 days after the effective date of the employment termination.

(ii) Acceleration of Vesting of Equity Awards . All vesting for (AA) outstanding options to purchase the common stock of the Company or any affiliate of the Company granted under any equity plan of the Company or affiliate of the Company then held by the Executive, (BB) restricted stock granted under any equity plan of the Company or affiliate of the Company then held by the Executive and (CC) other equity and equity equivalent awards granted under any equity plan of the Company or affiliate of the Company then held by the Executive shall be accelerated in full to on or before the effective employment termination date, and thereafter all such options, restricted stock and other equity awards shall be immediately vested, and, where applicable, exercisable for such period of time following termination as provided for by the specific agreements governing each such award.

(iii) Benefits Continuation . During the Severance Period, the Company shall pay directly, on behalf of the Executive, or reimburse the Executive, at the Executive’s option, for premium costs incurred by the Executive and the Executive’s dependents for continued health care coverage under the applicable plans maintained by the Company, pursuant to Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Sections 601-608 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and under any other applicable state law, to the extent required by such laws.

(iv) Entire Change of Control Benefits . All of the foregoing benefits shall replace and be in lieu of any other severance benefit(s) to which Executive would otherwise be entitled following a Change of Control.

b. Voluntary Resignation; Termination For Cause . If the Executive’s employment terminates by reason of the Executive’s voluntary resignation (and is not a Voluntary Termination for Good Reason), or if the Executive is terminated for Cause, then the Executive shall not be entitled to receive severance or other benefits pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Executive shall receive all earned but unpaid compensation as may be required by law.

 

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c. Disability; Death . If the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates as a result of the Executive’s Disability, or if the Executive’s employment is terminated due to the death of the Executive, then the Executive or the Executive’s estate shall not be entitled to receive severance or other benefits pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Executive or the Executive’s estate shall receive all earned but unpaid compensation as may be required by law.

d. Termination Apart from Change of Control . In the event the Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason not related to a Change of Control prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, or for any reason after the twenty-four (24) month period following a Change of Control, then the Executive shall not be entitled to receive severance or other benefits pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Executive shall receive all earned but unpaid compensation as may be required by law (or any benefits to which Executive is entitled pursuant to his offer letter agreement with the Company).

4. Definition of Terms . The following terms referred to in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

a. Cause . “Cause” means any of the following acts committed by Executive: (i) theft, dishonesty or falsification of any employment or Company records that is not trivial in nature; (ii) malicious or reckless disclosure of the Company’s confidential or proprietary information; (iii) commission of any immoral or illegal act or any gross or willful misconduct, where a majority of the disinterested members of the Board reasonably determines that such act or misconduct has (A) seriously undermined the ability of the Board or the Company’s management to entrust Executive with important matters or otherwise work effectively with Executive, (B) contributed to the Company’s loss of significant revenues or business opportunities, or (C) significantly and detrimentally effected the business or reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and/or (iv) the failure or refusal by Executive to follow the reasonable and lawful directives of the Board, provided such failure or refusal continues after Executive’s receipt of reasonable notice in writing of such failure or refusal and an opportunity to correct the problem.

b. Change of Control . “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) the closing of a business combination (such as a merger or consolidation) of the Company with any other corporation or other type of business entity (such as a limited liability company), other than a business combination consummated in connection with the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy or 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 fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such controlling surviving entity outstanding immediately after such business combination; or

 

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(ii) the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all (more than seventy percent (70%)) of the Company’s assets by value, other than in connection with the Company’s liquidation or dissolution as a result of its bankruptcy; or

(iii) an acquisition of any voting securities of the Company by any “person” (as the term “person” is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) immediately after which such person has “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, other than any such acquisition arising out of the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy.

c. Disability . “Disability” means that the Executive has been unable to perform the Executive’s Company duties as the result of the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness, and such inability, at least twenty-six (26) weeks after its commencement, is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative (such Agreement as to acceptability not to be unreasonably withheld). Termination resulting from Disability may only be effected after at least thirty (30) days’ written notice by the Company of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment. In the event that the Executive resumes the performance of substantially all of the Executive’s Company duties before the termination of the Executive’s employment becomes effective, the notice of intent to terminate shall automatically be deemed to have been revoked.

d. Severance Period . “Severance Period” means the number of months following Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, determined as follows:

(i) the Severance Period shall be 18 months if Executive’s termination of employment occurs within 24 months after Executive’s commencement of employment with the Company, or

(ii) if Executive’s termination of employment occurs after the 24 month anniversary of Executive’s commencement of employment with the Company, the Severance Period shall be 24 months.

e. Voluntary Termination for Good Reason . “Voluntary Termination for Good Reason” means the Executive voluntarily resigns from employment with the Company within sixty (60) days of one or more of the following events which occurs without the Executive’s consent and which remains uncured thirty (30) days after the Executive’s delivery to the Company of written notice thereof:

(i) a material reduction in Executive’s authority, title, duties and responsibilities as [insert executive officer title];

(ii) a material reduction by the Company in Executive’s base salary in effect immediately prior to such reduction, except in connection with a reduction in salary affecting all senior management employees of the Company;

 

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(iii) the Company’s material breach of any of its obligations under the offer letter agreement between the Company and the Executive, and

(iv) a relocation of the Executive without his or her written consent, to a facility or location fifty (50) miles from the Company’s current headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.

5. Successors .

a. Company’s Successors . Any successor to the Company (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) or to all or substantially all of the Company’s business and/or assets shall assume the obligations under this Agreement and agree expressly to perform the obligations under this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform such obligations in the absence of a succession. For all purposes under this Agreement, the term “Company” shall include any successor to the Company’s business and/or assets which executes and delivers the assumption agreement described in this Section 5(a) or which becomes bound by the terms of this Agreement by operation of law.

b. Executive’s Successors . The terms of this Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

6. Notice .

a. General . Notices and all other communications contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or one day following mailing via Federal Express or similar overnight courier service. In the case of the Executive, mailed notices shall be addressed to the Executive at the Executive’s home address that the Company has on file for the Executive. In the case of the Company, mailed notices shall be addressed to its corporate headquarters, and all notices shall be directed to the attention of its Secretary.

b. Notice of Termination of Employment . Any termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause or by the Executive pursuant to a Voluntary Termination for Good Reason shall be communicated by a notice of employment termination to the other party given in accordance with Section 6(a) of this Agreement. Such notice shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination under the provision so indicated, and shall specify the effective termination date (which shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice). The failure by either party to include in the notice any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Voluntary Termination for Good Reason or termination for Cause shall not waive any right of the party hereunder or preclude the party from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the party’s rights hereunder.

 

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7. Confidentiality; Non-Solicitation .

a. Confidentiality . While the Executive is employed by the Company or an affiliate of the Company, and thereafter, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly disclose or make available to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever, any Confidential Information (as defined below). Upon termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company (or affiliate of the Company), all Confidential Information in the Executive’s possession that is in written or other tangible form (together with all copies or duplicates thereof, including computer files) shall be returned to the Company and shall not be retained by the Executive or furnished to any third party, in any form, except as provided herein; provided, however , that the Executive shall not be obligated to treat as confidential any Confidential Information that (i) was publicly known at the time of disclosure to the Executive, (ii) becomes publicly known or available thereafter other than by any means in violation of this Agreement or any other duty owed to the Company by any person or entity or (iii) is lawfully disclosed to the Executive by a third party. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean information disclosed to the Executive or known by the Executive as a consequence of or through the Executive’s relationship with the Company, and includes technical information (e.g., know-how, formulas, computer programs, software and documentation, secret processes or machines, inventions and research projects), business information (e.g., information about costs, profits, manufacturing yields, markets, sales, suppliers, customers, business development plans and public relations methods), personnel information (e.g., policies, employee compensation, employee work preferences, and personnel files) and other non-public data and information of a similar nature of the Company and its affiliates.

b. Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement . In addition to the Executive’s obligations under any proprietary information or similar agreement, the Executive shall not for a period of two (2) years following the Executive’s termination of employment for any reason, either on the Executive’s own account or jointly with or as a manager, agent, officer, employee, consultant, partner, joint venturer, owner or shareholder or otherwise on behalf of any other person, firm or corporation, directly or indirectly solicit or attempt to solicit away from the Company or any of the Company’s affiliates any of their respective officers, employees or customers; provided, however , that a general advertisement to which an employee of the Company or one of its affiliates responds shall in no event be deemed to result in a breach of this Section 7.b. In addition, the Executive shall not, and shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Executive’s attorneys, agents or other representatives do not, take any action or make or publish any statement, whether oral or written, which disparages in any way, directly or indirectly, the Company or any of the present or former employees, officers, directors or affiliates of the Company, or which interferes in any way with the ability of the Company or any of its affiliates to market its products or services, to retain existing customer relationships or to obtain new customer relationships.

c. Survival of Provisions . The provisions of this Section 7 shall survive the termination or expiration of the Executive’s employment with the Company and shall be fully enforceable thereafter. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in any state that any restriction in this Section 7 is excessive in duration or scope or is unreasonable or

 

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unenforceable under the laws of that state, it is the intention of the parties that such restriction may be modified or amended by the court to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by the law of that state.

8. Code Section 280G .

a. In the event that: (i) the aggregate payments or benefits to be made or afforded to the Executive which are deemed to be “parachute payments” as defined in Section 280G of the Code or any successor thereof, (the “Termination Benefits”) would be deemed to include an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code; and (ii) if (A) such Termination Benefits were reduced to an amount (the “Non-Triggering Amount”), the value of which is one dollar ($1.00) less than an amount equal to three times the Executive’s “base amount,” as determined in accordance with Section 280G of the Code, and (B) the Non-Triggering Amount less the product of the marginal rate of any applicable state and federal income tax and the Non-Triggering Amount would be greater than the aggregate value of the Termination Benefits (without such reduction) minus (a) the amount of tax required to be paid by the Executive thereon by Section 4999 of the Code and further minus (b) the product of the Termination Benefits and the marginal rate of any applicable state and federal income tax, then (iii) the Termination Benefits shall be reduced to the Non-Triggering Amount.

b. If it is determined that the Executive’s Termination Benefits shall be reduced pursuant to Section 8(a), the Termination Benefits shall be reduced in the following order: (i) the cash severance payment in Section 3(a)(i), (ii) the acceleration of vesting of equity awards described in Section 3(a)(ii), and (iii) the benefits continuation described in Section 3(a)(iii).

c. Any determination of whether there will be a limitation on payments to the Executive pursuant to Section 8(a) above shall be made by the nationally recognized certified public accounting firm used by the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control or, if such firm declines to serve, such other nationally recognized certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Executive (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive not less than ten (10) business days prior to the Change of Control. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 8, the Accounting Firm may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good-faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code.

d. The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would result in a loss by the Company of any portion if its tax deduction for payments made by the Company to the Executive due to the application of Section 280G of the Code.

e. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8, the Company may withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service for the benefit of the Executive all or any portion of the applicable taxes under Section 4999 of the Code that it determines in good faith that it is or may be in the future required to withhold, and the Executive hereby consents to such withholding.

 

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9. Arbitration and Equitable Relief .

a. Except as provided in Section 9(d) below, the Executive and the Company agree that to the extent permitted by law, any dispute or controversy arising out of, relating to, or in connection with this Agreement, or the interpretation, validity, construction, performance, breach, or termination thereof will be settled by arbitration to be held in the County of Santa Clara, California, in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes then in effect of the American Arbitration Association (the “Rules”). There will be one arbitrator who may grant injunctions or other relief in such dispute or controversy. The decision of the arbitrator will be final, conclusive and binding on the parties to the arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s decision in any court having jurisdiction.

b. The arbitrator will apply California law to the merits of any dispute or claim, without reference to rules of conflict of law. The Executive hereby expressly consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in California for any action or proceeding arising from or relating to this Agreement and/or relating to any arbitration in which the parties are participants.

c. The Company will pay the direct costs and expenses of the arbitration. The Company and the Executive are responsible for their respective attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with enforcing this Agreement.

d. The Company and the Executive may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other interim or conservatory relief, as necessary to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, without breach of this arbitration agreement and without abridgement of the powers of the arbitrator.

THE EXECUTIVE HAS READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS SECTION 9, WHICH DISCUSSES ARBITRATION. THE EXECUTIVE UNDERSTANDS THAT BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE AGREES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO SUBMIT ANY FUTURE CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE INTERPRETATION, VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, PERFORMANCE, BREACH, OR TERMINATION THEREOF TO BINDING ARBITRATION, AND THAT THIS ARBITRATION CLAUSE CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF THE EXECUTIVE’S RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND RELATES TO THE RESOLUTION OF ALL DISPUTES RELATING TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE EMPLOYER/EXECUTIVE RELATIONSHIP, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS:

i. EMPLOYMENT; BREACH OF CONTRACT, BOTH EXPRESS AND IMPLIED; BREACH OF THE COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING, BOTH EXPRESS AND IMPLIED; NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS; NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL MISREPRESENTATION; NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT OR PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE; AND DEFAMATION;

 

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ii. ANY AND ALL CLAIMS FOR VIOLATION OF ANY FEDERAL STATE OR MUNICIPAL STATUTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT, AND ANY LAW OF ANY STATE; AND

iii. ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF ANY OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION.

10. Miscellaneous Provisions .

a. Waiver . No provision of this Agreement shall be modified, waived or discharged unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and by an authorized officer of the Company (other than the Executive). No waiver by either party of any breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of any other condition or provision or of the same condition or provision at another time.

b. Whole Agreement . No agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement have been made or entered into by either party with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement and any proprietary information agreement represent the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior arrangements and understandings regarding same.

c. Choice of Law . The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, as applied to agreements among California residents entered into and to be wholly performed within the State of California (without reference to any choice or conflicts of laws rules or principles that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction).

d. Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, which shall remain in full force and effect.

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

f. Code Section 409A . This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and administered in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and any payment scheduled to be made hereunder that would otherwise violate Section 409A of the Code shall be delayed to the extent necessary for this Agreement and such payment to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, no amount deemed deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be payable to Executive hereunder unless Executive’s termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” with the Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the

 

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Department of Treasury regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder. In addition, if Executive is deemed by the Company at the time of Executive’s separation from service to be a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, to the extent delayed commencement of any portion of the benefits to which Executive is entitled under this Agreement is required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such portion of Executive’s benefits shall not be provided to Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” with the Company (as such term is defined in the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code) or (ii) the date of Executive’s death. Upon the first business day following the expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) period, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section shall be paid in a lump sum to Executive, and any remaining payments due under the Agreement shall be paid as otherwise provided herein. Finally, to the extent that any reimbursements payable pursuant to this Agreement are subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, any such reimbursements payable to Executive pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid to Executive no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred, the amount of expenses reimbursed in one year shall not affect the amount eligible for reimbursement in any subsequent year, and Executive’s right to reimbursement under this Agreement will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

(ii) Additionally, in the event that following the date hereof the Company or the Executive reasonably determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Company and the Executive shall work together to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other commercially reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the compensation and benefits provided with respect to this Agreement or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance.

(iii) For purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), Executive’s right to receive any installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments and, accordingly, each such installment payment shall at all times be considered a separate and distinct payment.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement, in the case of the Company by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year set forth below.

 

SPANSION INC.
By:  

 

Title:  

 

Date:  

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

Date:  

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

LOGO

Spansion Emerges from Chapter 11 Reorganization

Company Exits with Significantly Reduced Debt and Strong Cash Position

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 10, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Leading flash memory solutions provider, Spansion Inc., today announced that it has emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization. During the reorganization, Spansion focused its business on serving embedded and targeted wireless applications, resulting in four consecutive quarters of operating profit and $225 million in generated cash.

“We are pleased to have emerged from Chapter 11 a stronger, more focused company. As a result, we are better able to serve our customers,” said John Kispert, president and CEO of Spansion, who also pointed to a healthy balance sheet as the foundation for long-term success.

Spansion entered Chapter 11 reorganization with over $1.5 billion in debt. Today, Spansion emerged a well capitalized company with less than $480 million in debt and approximately $230 million in cash, which is supplemented with an undrawn credit line of up to $65 million. Stockholder’s equity was enhanced by a rights offering of approximately $105 million which is reflected in its cash position.

On March 1, 2009, Spansion filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company submitted its first plan of reorganization on October 26, 2009 and gained approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on its amended disclosure statement on December 22, 2009. Spansion received confirmation from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for its plan of reorganization on April 16, 2010 and emerged from Chapter 11 protection on May 10, 2010. As a result of Spansion’s emergence, Spansion’s old common stock has been canceled and no longer trades. Some pre-bankruptcy claims and other administrative matters will remain pending until they are resolved. However, effective as of today, Spansion is no longer under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

“Through the determination of the entire Spansion team, the company has remained focused on serving our customers as we restructured,” said Kispert. “Now that the reorganization process is behind us, we look forward to applying even greater energy to ensure our customers’ success in their chosen markets.”

About Spansion

Spansion’s technology is at the heart of electronics systems, powering everything from the internet of today to the smart grid of tomorrow, positively impacting people’s daily lives at work and play. Spansion’s broad Flash memory product portfolio, smart innovation and industry leading service and support are enabling customers to achieve greater efficiency and success in their target markets. For more information, visit http://www.spansion.com .

Spansion(R), the Spansion logo, MirrorBit(R), MirrorBit(R) Eclipse(TM), ORNAND(TM), EcoRAM(TM) and combinations thereof, are trademarks and registered trademarks of Spansion LLC in the United States and other countries. Other names used are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Cautionary Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements. The risks and uncertainties include the following: demand for the company’s Flash memory products may be lower than currently expected; average selling prices of the company’s products may decline; loss of key intellectual property arrangements may create a greatly increased risk of patent or other intellectual property infringement claims; instability of the global economy and tight credit markets could continue to adversely impact the company’s business in several respects, including adversely impacting credit quality and insolvency risk of the company and its customers and business partners, including suppliers and distributors, and resulting in reductions and deferrals of demand for the company’s products; the company may lose a key customer or experience a reduction of demand from a key customer; the company may not successfully develop, introduce and commercialize new products and technologies or accelerate its product development cycle; competitors may introduce new memory or other technologies that may make the company’s Flash memory products uncompetitive or obsolete; the company may fail to successfully develop next generation products; customers’ ability to change booked orders may lead to excess inventory; the company’s investments in research and development may not lead to timely improvements in technology; the company may experience manufacturing constraints


internally or through its arrangements with third parties; the company may fail to achieve manufacturing efficiencies; fresh start accounting will likely have a meaningful impact on the company’s financial statements; the company may experience manufacturing disruptions of suppliers interrupt supply or increase prices for raw materials; intellectual property claims or litigation could cause the company to incur substantial costs or pay substantial damages or prohibit sales of the company’s products. The company urges investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties discussed in the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Unless otherwise required by applicable laws, the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Spansion Inc.

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