UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): December 4, 2013

 

 

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-35509   82-0543156

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

200 South 108 th Avenue

Omaha, Nebraska

  68154
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (402) 331-7856

(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)

 

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¨ 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-(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 4, 2013, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (“TD Ameritrade”) entered into Amendment No. 5 to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2005, as amended (the “Stockholders Agreement”), among TD Ameritrade, TD Luxembourg International Holdings S.a.r.l. (“TD Lux”), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (together with TD Lux, “TD”), and J. Joe Ricketts, his wife and certain trusts created for the benefit of their family (collectively, the “R Parties”). TD through TD Lux owns approximately 232 million shares of common stock of TD Ameritrade, and the R Parties own approximately 67 million shares of common stock of TD Ameritrade. In addition, TD Ameritrade transacts business and has extensive relationships with TD and certain of its affiliates, a description of which is contained in TD Ameritrade’s proxy statement filed with the SEC on January 3, 2013 and in TD Ameritrade’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on November 22, 2013, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Under Amendment No. 5 all of the terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement continue in full force and effect except as described below.

 

    

Summary

  

Location

Term    The term is extended from January 24, 2016 until January 24, 2021    §6.3(c)(ii)
Ricketts Holders    Beginning January 24, 2016, the R Parties shall be removed as parties to the Stockholders Agreement.    Entire Stockholders Agreement
TD Ownership Limitations    The amount of common stock of TD Ameritrade that TD is entitled to own remains unchanged at 45%. However, in determining the amount owned by TD, beginning January 24, 2016, instead of excluding up to 1% of securities that TD holds for clients and in other capacities in the ordinary course of their business (“ordinary course securities”), up to 2% of ordinary course securities will be excluded.    Definition of TD Ownership Limitation Percentage
Future Stock Repurchases    Beginning January 24, 2016, in the event repurchases of TD Ameritrade common stock by TD Ameritrade cause TD’s ownership to exceed 45%, TD shall use reasonable efforts to sell or dispose of such excess stock, subject to TD’s commercial judgment as to optimal timing, amount and method of sales with a view to maximizing proceeds from any such sales. TD has no absolute obligation to reduce the number of TD Ameritrade common stock it owns to 45% by the termination of the Stockholders Agreement. However, beginning January 24, 2016 but prior to the termination of the Stockholders Agreement, TD will vote any such excess stock on any matter submitted to the holders of the TD Ameritrade stock for a vote in the same proportions as all the outstanding shares of stock held by holders other than TD and its Affiliates are voted. In addition, from and after the date of termination of the Stockholders Agreement, TD will vote such excess shares as of the date of termination of the Stockholders Agreement on any matter submitted to the holders of TD Ameritrade stock for a vote in the same proportions as all the outstanding shares of stock held by holders other than TD and its Affiliates are voted.    §2.1(e)
Ordinary Course Securities    Beginning January 24, 2016, in the event TD owns more than 45% of the outstanding voting stock of TD Ameritrade and TD owns ordinary course securities in excess of 1% of the outstanding voting common stock of TD Ameritrade, then TD will, within 6 months after the date its ordinary course securities exceed 1% of the outstanding voting stock of TD Ameritrade, sell such ordinary course securities to the extent TD has sole or shared voting power over such securities (or, at TD’s sole option, sell an equivalent number of non-ordinary course securities), subject to certain specified exceptions. During the period in which TD owns more than 45% of the outstanding voting stock of TD Ameritrade and TD owns ordinary course securities in excess of 1% of the outstanding voting common stock of TD Ameritrade, TD will vote shares of ordinary course securities that it holds in excess of 1% of the outstanding voting common stock of TD Ameritrade on any matter submitted to the holders of the TD Ameritrade stock for a vote in the same proportions as all the outstanding shares of stock held by holders other than TD and its Affiliates.    §2.1(f)


 

Bank Ownership Restrictions

  

 

The exception set forth in Section 5.4(c)(i) was amended in its entirety to read as follows: (i) as a result of a business combination transaction approved by the board and involving a person not more than 75% of whose consolidated revenues for its most recently completed fiscal year were generated by one or more insured depository institutions and as to which (1) TD has elected to acquire such person’s insured depository institutions at a price mutually agreed between TD Ameritrade and TD, (2) TD Ameritrade divests (or causes the seller to divest) completely such insured depository institutions before closing or (3) TD otherwise consents to the business combination transaction with such person.

  

 

§5.4(c)(i)

Compliance Protocols    As long as TD Ameritrade is deemed to be a “subsidiary” of TD under the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act, TD Ameritrade, under the oversight of the Outside Independent Directors Committee, shall cooperate on a reasonable basis with TD to implement enhanced information sharing and operational protocols to ensure compliance with U.S. and Canadian banking laws and guidelines as applicable from time to time.    §5.4(d)

This summary of Amendment No. 5 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of the Amendment No. 5, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

   Description
10.1    Amendment No. 5 to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2005, among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, TD Luxembourg International Holdings S.a.r.l., The Toronto-Dominion Bank, J. Joe Ricketts, his wife and certain trusts created for the benefit of their family

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
Date: December 5, 2013     By:  

/s/ William J. Gerber

     

Name: William J. Gerber

Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

   Description
10.1    Amendment No. 5 to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2005, among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, TD Luxembourg International Holdings S.a.r.l., The Toronto-Dominion Bank, J. Joe Ricketts, his wife and certain trusts created for the benefit of their family

 

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Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of December 4, 2013 by and among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (the “ Company ”), the stockholders of the Company listed on the signature pages hereto under the heading “R Parties” (collectively, the “ R Parties ”), The Toronto-Dominion Bank, a Canadian chartered bank (“ TD Bank ”) and TD Luxembourg International Holdings S.à r.l., a Luxembourg company and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank (“ TD Lux ,” and collectively with TD Bank, “ TD ”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Stockholders Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, the R Parties and TD Bank are parties to that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2005, as amended (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, TD Lux has become an owner of record of shares of Common Stock; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Stockholders Agreement, each of TD, the R Parties and the Outside Independent Directors Committee has approved this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS

Section 1.1. Amendment to Section 1.1 (Certain Defined Terms) . Section 1.1 of the Stockholders Agreement is hereby amended, effective from and after January 24, 2016, as follows:

(a) To amend and restate the definition of “TD Ownership Limitation Percentage” in its entirety to read as follows:

TD Ownership Limitation Percentage ” means (i) prior to the third anniversary of the Closing, 39.9% of the Total Voting Power and (ii) from and after the third anniversary of the Closing, 45% of the Total Voting Power (in each case assuming the exercise, conversion or exchange of all outstanding In-the-Money options and other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by TD but not by any other Person); provided that in calculating the number of Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by TD for purposes of this definition, all Ordinary Course Securities shall be excluded, to the extent such Ordinary Course Securities do not exceed 2.0% of all Voting Securities then outstanding.


(b) To add the following definition after the definition of “TD Ownership Limitation Percentage”:

Termination Date Excess Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e).”

Section 1.2. Amendment to Section 2.1 (General Limitation on Acquisition of Additional Voting Securities) . Section 2.1 of the Stockholders Agreement is hereby amended, effective from and after January 24, 2016, as follows:

(a) To amend Section 2.1(c) by replacing the words “in each case” in the parenthetical in the first sentence thereof with the words “in the case of the R Parties”.

(b) To add the following new subsections after Section 2.1(d) of the Stockholders Agreement:

“(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent any repurchases of Common Stock by the Company cause the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by TD to exceed the TD Ownership Limitation Percentage, TD shall use reasonable efforts to sell or dispose of such Voting Securities that exceed the TD Ownership Limitation Percentage, subject to the limitations set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the parenthetical to Section 2.1(c) and subject also to TD’s commercial judgment as to optimal timing, amount and method of sales with a view to maximizing proceeds from any such sales (it being understood that TD shall have no absolute obligation pursuant to this Section 2.1(e) to reduce the number of Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by it to a number that results in TD being in compliance with Section 2.1(a)(i)(A) by the termination of this Agreement). Prior to the termination of this Agreement, TD agrees that it shall cause such Voting Securities that exceed the TD Ownership Limitation Percentage as a result of repurchases of Common Stock by the Company to be voted, on any matter submitted to the holders of the Common Stock for a vote, in the same proportions as all the outstanding shares of Common Stock held by holders other than TD and its Affiliates are voted (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) votes which are cast as abstentions, (ii) shares which are present at any such meeting but are not voted because of a lack of instructions from the beneficial owners thereof, such as broker non-votes, and (iii) shares which are not present at any such meeting and therefore not voted at such meeting). From and after the date of termination of this Agreement, TD agrees that it shall cause such Voting Securities that exceed the TD Ownership Limitation Percentage as a result of repurchases of Common Stock by the Company as of the date of termination of this Agreement (the “ Termination Date Excess Shares ”), for so long as TD Beneficially Owns such Termination Date Excess Shares, to be voted, on any matter submitted to the holders of the Common Stock for a vote, in the same proportions as all the outstanding shares of Common Stock held by holders other than TD and its Affiliates are voted (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) votes which are cast as abstentions, (ii)

 

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shares which are present at any such meeting but are not voted because of a lack of instructions from the beneficial owners thereof, such as broker non-votes, and (iii) shares which are not present at any such meeting and therefore not voted at such meeting) notwithstanding the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement (it being understood that the voting requirement for the Termination Date Excess Shares shall not apply to any other shares that TD may own following the termination of this Agreement, whether acquired before or after such termination, and that any Voting Securities sold by TD following the termination of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been Termination Date Excess Shares until the amount thereof, if any, shall be reduced to zero). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company repurchase shares of Common Stock that would result in the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by TD (including, solely for purposes of this sentence in this Section 2.1(e), all Ordinary Course Securities held by TD) representing more than 47% of the Total Voting Power.

(f) Subject to Section 2.1(c), if the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by TD equal or exceed the TD Ownership Limitation Percentage and TD Beneficially Owns Ordinary Course Securities that exceed 1% of the Total Voting Power, then TD shall promptly (beginning within six (6) months after the date its Ordinary Course Securities exceed 1% of the Total Voting Power, but subject to the limitations set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the parenthetical to Section 2.1(c)) sell such Ordinary Course Securities that exceed 1% of the Total Voting Power to the extent TD has sole or shared voting power over such Ordinary Course Securities (or, at TD’s sole option, sell an equivalent number of non-Ordinary Course Securities Beneficially Owned by TD). During the period in which the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by TD equal or exceed the TD Ownership Limitation Percentage and TD Beneficially Owns Ordinary Course Securities that exceed 1% of the Total Voting Power, TD shall cause a number of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by TD equal to the number of such Ordinary Course Securities that exceed 1% of the Total Voting Power to be voted, on any matter submitted to the holders of the Common Stock for a vote, in the same proportions all the outstanding shares of Common Stock held by holders other than TD and its Affiliates are voted (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) votes which are cast as abstentions, (ii) shares which are present at any such meeting but are not voted because of a lack of instructions from the beneficial owners thereof, such as broker non-votes, and (iii) shares which are not present at any such meeting and therefore not voted at such meeting).”

Section 1.3. Amendment to Section 5.4 (Non-Competition) . Section 5.4 is hereby amended as follows:

(a) To amend Section 5.4(c) of the Stockholders Agreement by amending and restating clause (i) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

“(i) as a result of a business combination transaction approved by the Board and involving a Person not more than 75% of whose consolidated revenues for its most recently completed fiscal year were generated by one or more insured

 

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depository institutions and as to which (A) TD has elected to acquire such Person’s insured depository institutions at a price mutually agreed between the Company and TD, (B) the Company divests (or causes the seller to divest) completely such insured depository institutions before closing, or (C) TD otherwise consents to the business combination transaction with such Person, or”

(b) To add the following new subsection after Section 5.4(c) of the Stockholders Agreement:

“(d) As long as the Company is deemed to be a “subsidiary” of TD under the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended from time to time, as such term in defined in Section 225.2(a) of the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation Y, the Company, under the oversight of the Outside Independent Directors Committee, shall cooperate in good faith and on a reasonable basis with TD to implement enhanced information sharing and operational protocols to ensure compliance with U.S. and Canadian banking laws and guidelines as applicable from time to time. If there is an issue or disagreement regarding the terms of such protocols or the implementation thereof, then such issue or disagreement will first be submitted to the management of the Company and TD to reach agreement, and if not resolved by the management of the Company and TD, such issue or disagreement shall then be submitted to Chief Executive Officers of the Company and TD (or their designees, who shall be executive officers of the Company and TD). If the respective Chief Executive Officers or their designees do not reach agreement, such issue or disagreement shall be reviewed and resolved jointly by the Outside Independent Directors Committee and TD. In each case, the parties involved shall use all reasonable best efforts to reach mutual agreement on such issue or disagreement consistent with applicable laws and regulations.”

Section 1.4. Amendment to Section 6.3 (Termination) . Section 6.3(c) of the Stockholders Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (ii) in the first sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

“(ii) January 24, 2021,”.

Section 1.5. R Parties . Effective as of January 24, 2016, the R Parties shall be removed as parties to the Stockholders Agreement, all references to the R Parties in the Stockholders Agreement shall be deleted and all of their rights and obligations thereunder, and any obligations to them thereunder, shall terminate without any further action by any of the parties hereto (and the R Parties irrevocably waive, from and after such date, any related rights they may have in their capacity as R Parties under the Restated Charter, including without limitation pursuant to Article VI, paragraph (a)(ii) thereof). Without limiting the foregoing, the R Parties shall take all necessary action to cause any R Directors then on the Board to resign or be removed from the Board (and the R Parties shall vote all the shares of Common Stock they Beneficially Own, if necessary, to effect such removal), effective as of the day before the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders occurring in 2016.

 

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ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.1. Continued Effect of Original Agreement . As amended hereby, the Stockholders Agreement as heretofore amended is hereby ratified and confirmed and agreed to by all of the parties hereto and continues in full force and effect. Without limiting the foregoing, Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 to the Stockholders Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that no provision of Section 1.1 or 1.2 of this Amendment shall take effect until January 24, 2016. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties agree that the provisions of that certain letter agreement, dated May 16, 2011 (the “ 2011 Letter Agreement ”), shall remain in full force and effect until January 24, 2016. All references in the Stockholders Agreement to the “Agreement” shall be read as references to the Stockholder s Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and as it may be further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Section 2.2. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed by facsimile in separate counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 2.3. Governing Law . This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (except to the extent that mandatory provisions of federal law are applicable), without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law, and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties.

[ signature pages follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

 

COMPANY :
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Ellen L.S. Koplow

  Name:   Ellen L.S. Koplow
  Title:   Executive Vice President, General
    Counsel & Secretary
TD :
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
By:  

/s/ Norie Campbell

  Name:   Norie Campbell
  Title:   Group Head Legal, Compliance, AML & General Counsel
TD LUXEMBOURG INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
By:  

/s/ David Sparvell

  Name:   David Sparvell
  Title:   Board Manager

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 5]


R PARTIES :

/s/ J. Joe Ricketts

J. Joe Ricketts

/s/ Marlene M. Ricketts

Marlene M. Ricketts
MARLENE M. RICKETTS 1994 DYNASTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Alfred Levitt

  Name:   Alfred Levitt for RPTC Inc.
  Title:   Trust Officer, RPTC Inc., Trustee
J. JOE RICKETTS 1996 DYNASTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Alfred Levitt

  Name:   Alfred Levitt for RPTC Inc.
  Title:   Trust Officer, RPTC Inc., Trustee

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 5]