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): November 9, 2016

 

 

SMART SAND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37936   45-2809926

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

24 Waterway Avenue, Suite 350

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(281) 231-2660

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 9, 2016 (the “ Closing Date ”), Smart Sand, Inc. (the “ Company ,” “ we ,” “ us ,” “ our ” and similar terms) completed its initial public offering (the “ Offering ”) of 11,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value (the “ Common Stock ”), at a price to the public of $11.00 per share ($10.34 per share, net of the underwriting discount) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-213692) (the “ Registration Statement ”), initially filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) on September 19, 2016 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). The material provisions of the Offering are described in the prospectus, dated November 3, 2016 (the “ Prospectus ”), filed by the Company with the Commission on November 7, 2016 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act. The Company granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 877,500 shares of Common Stock at the initial offering price, and the selling stockholders described in the Prospectus granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an aggregate additional 877,500 shares of Common Stock at the initial offering price.

Registration Rights Agreement

On the Closing Date, we entered into a registration rights agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) with certain stockholders (the “ Registration Rights Holders ”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we may be required to register under the Securities Act shares of Common Stock owned by the Registration Rights Holders (the “ Registrable Securities ”) upon their request in certain circumstances.

Demand Registration Rights . At any time, following the expiration of the 180-day lockup period described in the Prospectus, certain Demand Holders (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) will have the right to require us by written notice to register their Registrable Securities. We will be obligated to effect two demand registrations on a long-form registration statement in any twelve-month period and an unlimited number of demand registrations on a short-form registration statement, including “shelf registrations”; provided that we will not be obligated to file more than one registration statement in response to a demand registration within 90 days after the effective date of any registration statement filed by us in response to a demand registration. Upon written request of any of the Demand Holders, we will retain underwriters and facilitate an underwritten offering to dispose of Registrable Securities having a market price of at least $20.0 million held individually by a Demand Holder, or collectively by the Demand Holders.

Piggy-back Registration Rights . If, at any time, we propose to register an offering of our securities (subject to certain exceptions) for our own account or for the account of any stockholder other than the Registration Rights Holders, then we must give notice to the Registration Rights Holders holding at least $0.1 million in shares of our Common Stock to allow them to include a specified number of Registrable Securities in that registration statement.

Conditions and Limitations; Expenses . The registration rights are subject to certain conditions and limitations, including the right of the underwriters to limit the number of Registrable Securities to be included in a registration and our right to delay or withdraw a registration statement under certain circumstances. We will generally pay all registration expenses in connection with our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, regardless of whether a registration statement is filed or becomes effective. The obligations to register Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement will terminate when no Registrable Securities remain outstanding. Registrable Securities will cease to be covered by the Registration Rights Agreement when they have (i) been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (ii) been sold in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act (including transactions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act), (iii) are held by the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (iv) at the time such Registrable Security has been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under the Registration Rights Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of such securities; or (v) are sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under the Registration Rights Agreement are assigned to the transferee and such transferee is not an affiliate of the Company, two years following the transfer of such Registrable Security to such transferee.

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.


Stockholders Agreement

On the Closing Date, we entered into a stockholders agreement (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”) with Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P. (“ Clearlake ”) and Keystone Cranberry, LLC (the entity through which our Chief Executive Officer beneficially owns substantially all of his shares of our Common Stock, and, together with Clearlake, the “ Principal Stockholders ”) that provides each Principal Stockholder certain rights to designate nominees for election to our board of directors. The Stockholders Agreement provides that, for so long as a Principal Stockholder beneficially owns at least 30% of our Common Stock then outstanding, it will be entitled to designate three directors; for so long as a Principal Stockholder beneficially owns at least 20% of our Common Stock then outstanding, it will be entitled to designate two directors; and for so long as a Principal Stockholder beneficially owns at least 10% of our Common Stock then outstanding, it will be entitled to designate one director.

A Principal Stockholder will be entitled to designate the replacement for any of their board designees whose board service terminates prior to the end of the director’s term regardless of their beneficial ownership at such time. Each Principal Stockholder will also have the right, but not the obligation, to designate at least one of their nominees as a member to each of the committees of our board of directors for so long as they are allowed to designate at least one director, subject to compliance with applicable law and stock exchange rules.

For so long as such Principal Stockholder holds at least 20% of our outstanding Common Stock, we and our subsidiaries will not effect any transaction or series of related transactions involving a change of control of the Company (or enter into an agreement to take such action) without the approval of such Principal Stockholder.

Additionally, for so long as such Principal Stockholder has one of its designees serving on our board of directors, we and our subsidiaries will not take the following actions (or enter into an agreement to take such actions) without the approval of such Principal Stockholder:

 

    any increase or decrease in the size or composition of the board of directors, committees of the board of directors, and boards and committees of subsidiaries of the Company; or

 

    any action that otherwise could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such Principal Stockholder’s board of directors and committee designation rights.

The rights and obligations of each Principal Stockholder under the Stockholders Agreement will be several and not joint, and no Principal Stockholder will be responsible in any way for the performance of the rights and obligations of any other Principal Stockholder under the Stockholders Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Stockholders Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Stockholders Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

Indemnification Agreements

On the Closing Date, we entered into indemnification agreements (the “ Indemnification Agreements ”) with each of our directors and officers. Each Indemnification Agreement provides, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (as defined below) against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The Indemnification Agreements provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for the reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws.

A copy of the form of Indemnification Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Indemnification Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.


Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan

The description of the 2016 Plan (as defined below) provided under Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. A copy of the 2016 Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The description of the 2016 ESPP (as defined below) provided under Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. A copy of the 2016 ESPP is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The descriptions of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement contained in Item 1.01 are incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.

 

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

Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan

In connection with the Offering, we adopted and our stockholders approved the Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “ 2016 Plan ”), under which we may grant cash and equity-based incentive awards to eligible service providers in order to attract, retain and motivate the persons who make important contributions to the Company. The material terms of the 2016 Plan are summarized below.

Eligibility and Administration . Our employees, consultants and directors, and employees and consultants of our subsidiaries, are eligible to receive awards under the 2016 Plan. The 2016 Plan is administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors, which may delegate its duties and responsibilities to one or more officers, agents or advisors as provided in the 2016 Plan (referred to collectively as the plan administrator below), subject to the limitations imposed under the 2016 Plan, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, stock exchange rules and other applicable laws, or a sub-committee thereof or any other committee designated by the board of directors. The plan administrator has the authority to take all actions and make all determinations under the 2016 Plan, to interpret the 2016 Plan and award agreements and to adopt, amend and repeal rules for the administration of the 2016 Plan as it deems advisable. The plan administrator also has the authority to determine which eligible service providers receive awards, grant awards and set the terms and conditions of all awards under the 2016 Plan, including any vesting and vesting acceleration provisions, subject to the conditions and limitations in the 2016 Plan.

Shares Available for Awards . The aggregate number of shares of our Common Stock that will initially be available for issuance under the 2016 Plan is equal to the sum of (i) 3,911,456 shares and (ii) any shares of Common Stock which as of the effective date of the 2016 Plan are subject to awards granted under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ 2012 Plan ”) that are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without the issuance of shares. No more than 3,911,456 shares of Common Stock may be issued under the 2016 Plan upon the exercise of incentive stock options.

If an award under the 2016 Plan or the 2012 Plan expires, lapses or is terminated, exchanged for cash, canceled without having been fully exercised or forfeited, any unused shares subject to the award will, as applicable, become or again be available for new grants under the 2016 Plan. Any shares of Common Stock repurchased on the open market using the proceeds from the exercise of an award under the 2016 Plan will not increase the number of shares available under the 2016 Plan.

In addition, the maximum aggregate grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board ASC Topic 718 (or any successor thereto), of awards granted to any non-employee director for services as a director pursuant to the 2016 Plan during any fiscal year may not exceed $600,000 (or, in the fiscal year of any director’s initial service, $1,000,000). The plan administrator may, however, make exceptions to such limit on director compensation in extraordinary circumstances, subject to the limitations in the 2016 Plan.


Awards . The 2016 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, including incentive stock options, or ISOs, and nonqualified stock options, or NSOs, stock appreciation rights, or SARs, restricted stock, dividend equivalents, restricted stock units, or RSUs, performance awards, performance cash awards and other stock or cash based awards. Certain awards under the 2016 Plan may constitute or provide for payment of “nonqualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”). All awards under the 2016 Plan will be set forth in award agreements, which will detail the terms and conditions of awards, which may include any applicable vesting and payment terms and post-termination exercise limitations.

Performance Measures . The plan administrator may select performance measures for an award to establish performance goals for a performance period. Performance measures under the 2016 Plan may include, but are not limited to, the following: net earnings (either before or after one or more of the following: interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion and/or accretion, amortization, non-cash equity-based compensation expense, gain or loss on sale of assets, financing costs, development costs, non-cash charges, unusual or nonrecurring charges and gain or loss on extinguishment of debt); gross or net sales or revenue or sales or revenue growth; net income (either before or after taxes); adjusted net income; operating earnings or profit; cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow); return on assets; return on capital; return on stockholders’ equity; total stockholder return; return on sales; gross or net profit or operating margin; costs (including, but not limited to, production costs); funds from operations; expenses; working capital; earnings per share; adjusted earnings per share; price per share; regulatory body approval for commercialization of a product; implementation or completion of critical projects; market share; economic value; debt levels or reduction; sales-related goals; comparisons with other stock market indices; operating efficiency; financing and other capital raising transactions; recruiting and maintaining personnel; year-end cash; customer service; and marketing initiatives, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or on a per share, per ton, per product, per customer/prospect, per employee, or any other similar basis or as compared to any incremental increase or decrease. Such performance goals also may be based solely by reference to the company’s performance or the performance of a subsidiary, division, business segment or business unit of the company or a subsidiary, or based upon performance relative to performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the indicators of performance relative to performance of other companies. When determining performance goals, the plan administrator may provide for the inclusion or exclusion of the impact of an event or occurrence which the plan administrator determines should appropriately be included or excluded, including, without limitation, non-recurring charges or events, acquisitions or divestitures, changes in the corporate or capital structure, events unrelated to the business or outside of the control of management, foreign exchange considerations, and legal, regulatory, tax or accounting changes.

Certain Transactions . In the event of a change in control in which outstanding awards under the 2016 Plan are not assumed or substituted, then prior to the change in control (i) all outstanding options and SARs will become immediately exercisable in full and will terminate upon consummation of the change in control; (ii) all restrictions and vesting requirements applicable to any award based solely on the continued service of the participant will terminate; and (c) all awards, the vesting or payment of which are based on performance goals, will vest as though such performance goals were achieved at target. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with a change in control, the plan administrator may determine that outstanding stock-based awards granted under the 2016 Plan, whether or not exercisable or vested, will be canceled and terminated in exchange for a cash payment (or the delivery of shares, other securities or a combination of cash, shares and securities) equal to the difference, if any, between the consideration to be received by company stockholders in respect of a share of Common Stock in connection with such change in control and the purchase price per share, if any, under the award, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award. In addition, in the event of certain non-reciprocal transactions with our stockholders, the plan administrator will make equitable adjustments to the 2016 Plan and outstanding awards as it deems appropriate to reflect the transaction.

Plan Amendment and Termination . Our board of directors may terminate the 2016 Plan at any time and the plan administrator may amend the 2016 Plan at any time; however, no amendment, other than an amendment that increases the number of shares available under the 2016 Plan, may adversely affect an award outstanding under the 2016 Plan without the consent of the affected participant, and stockholder approval will be obtained for any amendment to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws. Further, the plan administrator cannot, without


the approval of our stockholders, amend any outstanding stock option or SAR to reduce its price per share. The 2016 Plan will remain in effect until the day before the tenth anniversary of the date it was initially approved by our board of directors, unless earlier terminated by our board of directors. No awards may be granted under the 2016 Plan after its termination.

Foreign Participants, Claw-Back Provisions, Transferability and Participant Payments . The plan administrator may modify awards granted to participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States or establish subplans or procedures to address differences in laws, rules, regulations or customs of such foreign jurisdictions. All awards will be subject to any company claw-back policy as set forth in such claw-back policy or the applicable award agreement. Except as expressly provided in the 2016 Plan or in an award agreement, awards under the 2016 Plan are generally non-transferrable, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and are generally exercisable only by the participant. With regard to exercise price obligations arising in connection with the exercise of options under the 2016 Plan, such amounts must be paid in cash (including check, bank draft or money order), except that the plan administrator may allow such payments to be made by tender of a broker exercise notice, tender of previously acquired shares of our Common Stock, net exercise, a combination of such methods or any other method approved by the plan administrator. With regard to tax withholding obligations arising in connection with awards under the 2016 Plan, the plan administrator may permit or require such withholding obligations to be satisfied through the withholding of shares underlying an award, tender of previously acquired shares, delivery of a broker exercise notice, or a combination of such methods.

The foregoing description of the 2016 Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2016 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In connection with the Offering, we adopted and our stockholders approved the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ 2016 ESPP ”). The material terms of the 2016 ESPP are summarized below.

Shares available for Awards; Administration . A total of 3,911,456 shares of our Common Stock are initially reserved for issuance under the 2016 ESPP and no more than 3,911,456 shares of our Common Stock may be issued on each purchase date under the 2016 ESPP. The number of shares available for issuance under the 2016 ESPP is subject to adjustment in certain events, as described below.

The compensation committee of our board of directors, or a subcommittee thereof, has authority to interpret the terms of the 2016 ESPP and determine the eligibility of participants. The compensation committee may delegate its duties, power and authority under the 2016 ESPP to any officers of the Company in accordance with the terms of the 2016 ESPP.

Eligibility . Our employees are eligible to participate in the 2016 ESPP if they are customarily employed by us or a participating subsidiary for more than 20 hours per week and more than five months in any calendar year. However, an employee may not be granted rights to purchase stock under our 2016 ESPP if such employee, immediately after the grant, would own (directly or through attribution) stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of our common or other class of stock.

Grant of Rights . The 2016 ESPP is intended to qualify under Section 423 of the Code and stock will be offered under the 2016 ESPP during offering periods. The length of the offering periods under the 2016 ESPP will be determined by the plan administrator and may be up to 27 months long. Employee payroll deductions will be used to purchase shares on each purchase date during an offering period. The purchase dates for each offering period will be the final trading day in the offering period. Offering periods under the 2016 ESPP are initially intended to continue for six months and will commence on January 1 and July 1 of each year, except that the first offering period under the 2016 ESPP will commence and terminate when determined by the plan administrator. The plan administrator may, in its discretion, modify the terms of future offering periods.

The 2016 ESPP permits participants to purchase Common Stock through payroll deductions of up to 20% of their eligible compensation, which includes a participant’s gross base compensation for services to us, including


commissions that are included in regular compensation, amounts that would have constituted compensation but for a participant’s election to defer or reduce compensation pursuant to any deferred compensation, cafeteria, capital accumulation or any other similar plan of the company, and overtime and shift premiums, but excluding all other amounts such as amounts attributable to stock-based, cash-based and other incentive compensation and bonuses. The plan administrator will establish a maximum number of shares that may be purchased by a participant during any offering period, which, in the absence of a contrary designation, will be 1,000 shares. In addition, no employee will be permitted to accrue the right to purchase stock under the 2016 ESPP at a rate in excess of $25,000 worth of shares during any calendar year during which such a purchase right is outstanding (based on the fair market value per share of our Common Stock as of the first day of the offering period).

On the first trading day of each offering period, each participant will automatically be granted an option to purchase shares of our Common Stock. The option will expire at the end of the applicable offering period, and will be exercised at that time to the extent of the payroll deductions accumulated during the offering period. The purchase price of the shares, in the absence of a contrary designation, will be 85% of the lower of the fair market value of our Common Stock on the first trading day of the offering period or on the purchase date, which will be the final trading day of the offering period. Participants may voluntarily end their participation in the 2016 ESPP at any time prior to the end of the applicable offering period, and will be paid their accrued payroll deductions that have not yet been used to purchase shares of Common Stock. Participation ends automatically upon a participant’s termination of employment.

A participant may not transfer rights granted under the 2016 ESPP other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

Certain Transactions . In the event of certain non-reciprocal transactions or events affecting our Common Stock known as “equity restructurings,” the plan administrator will make equitable adjustments to the 2016 ESPP and outstanding rights. In the event of a merger or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, each outstanding option will be assumed or substituted by the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation does not assume or substitute for outstanding options, or in the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the company, the offering period then in progress will be shortened by setting a new exercise date immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.

Plan Amendment . The board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate the 2016 ESPP at any time. However, stockholder approval of any amendment to the 2016 ESPP will be obtained for any amendment to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws.

The foregoing description of the 2016 ESPP is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2016 ESPP, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this item 5.02 by reference.

 

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

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

On the Closing Date, the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company became effective (the “ Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”) and, among other things:

 

    provided for a 2,200 for 1 stock split;

 

    increased the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to 350,000,000 shares;

 

    authorized 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock that may be issued from time to time by the Company’s board of directors in one or more series;

 

    divided our board of directors into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, with staggered three-year terms;


    renounced any interest or expectancy in certain corporate opportunities;

 

    designated the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders; and

 

    provides that, after such time as the Principal Stockholders cease to collectively beneficially own at least 50% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of our stock entitled to vote, our stockholders may only amend or repeal our bylaws with the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of our stock entitled to vote.

The foregoing description of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this item 5.03 by reference.

Second Amended and Restated Bylaws

On the Closing Date, the Company’s bylaws were amended and restated (as amended and restated, the “ Second Amended and Restated Bylaws ”) to, among other things:

 

    establish procedures relating to the presentation of stockholder proposals at stockholder meetings;

 

    establish procedures relating to the nomination of directors; and

 

    conform to the amended provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

The foregoing description of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this item 5.03 by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

  3.1*   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Smart Sand, Inc.
  3.2*   Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Smart Sand, Inc.
  4.1*   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2016, by and among Smart Sand, Inc. and the Persons listed on Schedule A thereto.
  4.2*   Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2016, by and among Smart Sand, Inc., Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P. and Keystone Cranberry, LLC.
10.1   Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Smart Sand, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-213692) filed with the Commission on October 18, 2016.
10.2*#   Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
10.3*#   2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

* Filed herewith
# Compensatory plan or arrangement


SIGNATURES

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.

 

    SMART SAND, INC.
Dated: November 15, 2016     By:  

/s/ Lee Beckelman

      Lee Beckelman
      Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

  3.1*   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Smart Sand, Inc.
  3.2*   Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Smart Sand, Inc.
  4.1*   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2016, by and among Smart Sand, Inc. and the Persons listed on Schedule A thereto.
  4.2*   Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2016, by and among Smart Sand, Inc., Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P. and Keystone Cranberry, LLC.
10.1   Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Smart Sand, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-213692) filed with the Commission on October 18, 2016.
10.2*#   Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
10.3*#   2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

* Filed herewith
# Compensatory plan or arrangement

Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

SMART SAND, INC.

Smart Sand, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies as follows:

1. The name of the Corporation is “Smart Sand, Inc.” The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 19, 2011 under the name Smart Sand, Inc. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed on September 13, 2011 (the “ First A&R Certificate ”), as amended by the Certificate of Amendment to the First A&R Certificate filed on August 17, 2012, the Certificate of Amendment to the First A&R Certificate filed on July 24, 2013, the Third Certificate of Amendment to the First A&R Certificate filed on March 26, 2014, the Fourth Certificate of Amendment to the First A&R Certificate filed on March 28, 2014 and the Fifth Certificate of Amendment to the First A&R Certificate filed on February 23, 2015.

2. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “ Second A&R Certificate ”) was duly adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL” ).

3. This Second A&R Certificate shall become effective at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on November 9, 2016 (the “ Effective Time ”).

4. The text of the First A&R Certificate is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

FIRST : The name of the Corporation is Smart Sand, Inc.

SECOND : The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101 in the City of Dover, County of Kent, Delaware 19904. The name of its registered agent at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

THIRD : The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented.

FOURTH : The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “ Common Stock ” and “ Preferred Stock .” The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 360,000,000. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 350,000,000, having a par value of $0.001 per share, and the total number of shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 10,000,000, having a par value of $0.001 per share.

FIFTH : The designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of each class of capital stock of the Corporation are as follows:


A. COMMON STOCK .

1. General . The voting, dividend, liquidation, conversion and stock split rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock of any series as may be designated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) upon any issuance of the Preferred Stock of any series.

2. Voting . Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held by such holder. Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) (the “ Bylaws ”) and applicable law on all matters put to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. No holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to exercise any right of cumulative voting.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Second A&R Certificate (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Second A&R Certificate (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto).

The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation (the “ Voting Stock ”) entitled to vote thereon, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

3. Dividends . Subject to the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to the payment of dividends when and as declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law and to receive other distributions from the Corporation. Any dividends declared by the Board of Directors to the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock shall be paid to the holders thereof pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder as of the record date of such dividend.

4. Liquidation . Subject to the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the funds and assets of the Corporation that may be legally distributed to the Corporation’s stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder.


5. No Preemptive or Subscription Rights . No holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.

B. PREFERRED STOCK

Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such terms as stated or expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided.

Authority is hereby expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and in connection with the creation of any such series, by adopting a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the shares thereof and by filing a certificate of designations relating thereto in accordance with the DGCL to determine and fix the number of shares of such series and such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions, all to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the DGCL and that certain stockholders agreement, dated as of November 9, 2016, by and among the Corporation and the other persons party thereto (as it may be amended from time to time, the “ Stockholders Agreement ”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior or rank equally or be junior to any other series of Preferred Stock to the extent permitted by law.

The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Voting Stock entitled to vote thereon, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

SIXTH : At the Effective Time, each then-outstanding share of Common Stock (“ Old Common Stock ”) shall be automatically converted into 2,200 validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock without any further action by the Corporation or the holder of such shares of Old Common Stock (the “ Common Stock Split ”). Each stock certificate representing shares of Old Common Stock shall thereafter represent a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the same number of shares of Old Common Stock previously represented by such stock certificate, multiplied by 2,200 and rounded down to the nearest whole number; provided, however, that each person holding of record a stock certificate or certificates that represented shares of Old Common Stock shall receive, upon surrender of such certificate or certificates, a new certificate or certificates evidencing and representing the number of whole shares of Common Stock to which such person is entitled as a result of the Common Stock Split based on the aggregate number of shares of Old Common Stock held by such person. No fractional interest in a share of Common Stock shall be deliverable upon the Common Stock Split. Stockholders who otherwise would have been entitled to receive any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, in lieu of receipt of such fractional interest, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation an amount in cash equal to the fair value of such fractional interest as of the Effective Time. All share numbers, dollar amounts and other provisions set forth herein give effect to the Common Stock Split.


SEVENTH : Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the total number of directors of the Corporation shall be determined from time to time exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the Stockholders Agreement and the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, any vacancies and newly created directorships shall be filled exclusively by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws so provide, the election of directors need not be by written ballot. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement and the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, any director may only be removed with cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the Voting Stock entitled to vote thereon.

The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in numbers as possible, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. At the Effective Time, each Director then in office shall be designated as a Class I Director, a Class II Director or a Class III Director. The initial Class I Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time; the initial Class II Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time; and the initial Class III Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time. At each annual meeting of stockholders beginning with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders to be held following their election, with each director in each such class to hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the Board of Directors is authorized to assign Directors already in office at the Effective Time to Class I, Class II and Class III. The provisions of this Article Seventh are subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors.

EIGHT : Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that for so long as a Principal Stockholder (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) continues to beneficially own at least 20% of the Voting Stock, that Principal Stockholder may call a special meeting. Special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

NINTH : In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the DGCL or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise, without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make new bylaws or alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws (i) in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, prior to the date the Principal Stockholders (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and their Affiliates cease to


beneficially own in aggregate at least 50% of the Voting Stock entitled to vote thereon, by a majority of the Voting Stock entitled to vote thereon (the “ Trigger Date ”), and (ii) in addition to any other vote otherwise require by law, from and after the Trigger Date, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66  2 3 % of the Voting Stock entitled to vote thereon. The Corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon its Board of Directors in addition to the foregoing and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by applicable law.

TENTH : The Corporation is authorized to indemnify, and to advance expenses to, each current, former or prospective director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader rights than permitted prior thereto). To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware as it now exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader rights than permitted prior thereto), no director shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. No amendment to, or modification or repeal of, this Article Tenth shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or of any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any current, former or prospective director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity 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. To the extent that the Corporation maintains any policy or policies providing such insurance, each such current, former or prospective director or officer, and each such agent or employee to which rights to indemnification have been granted as provided in the Bylaws or elsewhere, shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage thereunder for any such current, former or prospective director, officer, employee or agent.

ELEVENTH : The Corporation shall, through the Bylaws or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader rights than permitted prior thereto), indemnify, advance expenses and hold harmless any person who was or is a director or officer of the Corporation or its subsidiaries. The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses to such other employees or agents of the Corporation or its subsidiaries to such extent and to such effect as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by the DGCL. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Eleventh shall not adversely affect any rights or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such repeal or modification.


TWELFTH : In recognition and anticipation that (i) the principals, officers, members, managers and/or employees of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (“Clearlake”) or its Affiliated Companies (as defined below) may serve as directors or officers of the Corporation, (ii) Clearlake and its Affiliated Companies engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, and (iii) that the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies may engage in material business transactions with Clearlake and its Affiliated Companies, and that the Corporation is expected to benefit therefrom, the provisions of this Article Twelfth are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve Clearlake and/or its Affiliated Companies and/or their respective principals, officers, members, managers and/or employees, including any of the foregoing who serve as officers or directors of the Corporation (collectively, the “Covered Persons”), and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith. As used in this Second A&R Certificate, “Affiliated Companies” shall mean (a) in respect of Clearlake, any entity that controls, is controlled by or under common control with Clearlake (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and any investment funds managed by Clearlake and (b) in respect of the Corporation, any company controlled by the Corporation.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Clearlake and nor any of its Affiliated Companies nor any of their respective Covered Persons, shall have any fiduciary duty to refrain from (A) carrying on and conduct, whether directly, or as a partner in any partnership, or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director or stockholder of any corporation, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies, (B) doing business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies, or (C) making investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation may make investments. In the event that Clearlake or any of its Affiliated Companies or any of their respective Covered Persons acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (1) (a) the Covered Person, in his or her capacity with Clearlake or any of its Affiliated Companies, or (b) Clearlake or any of its Affiliated Companies and (2) the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies, none of Clearlake, its Affiliated Companies or any of their respective Covered Persons shall have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies hereby renounce any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies in such corporate opportunity and waive any claim against each of Clearlake, its Affiliated Companies and their respective Covered Persons and shall indemnify Clearlake, its Affiliated Companies and each of their respective Covered Persons against any claim that Clearlake, its Affiliated Companies or their respective Covered Persons is liable to the Corporation, its Affiliated Companies or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, as a director, officer or stockholder of the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies, solely by reason of the fact that Clearlake, any Affiliated Company or any of their respective Covered Persons (x) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any affiliate, (y) directs, recommends, sells, assigns, or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another person or (z) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies. The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this Article Twelfth.


To the fullest extent permitted by law, no potential transaction or business opportunity may be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity of the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies unless (i) the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies would be permitted to undertake such transaction or opportunity in accordance with this Second A&R Certificate, (ii) the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies at such time have sufficient financial resources to undertake such transaction or opportunity and (iii) such transaction or opportunity would be in the same or similar line of business in which the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies are then engaged or a line of business that is reasonably related to, or a reasonable extension of, such line of business.

No Covered Person will be liable to the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies or stockholders for breach of any duty (at law, in equity, contractual or otherwise) by reason of any activities or omissions of the types referred to in this Article Twelfth.

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article Twelfth.

For purposes of this Article Twelfth, the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies shall not be deemed Affiliated Companies of Clearlake.

This Article Twelfth may not be amended, modified or repealed without the prior written consent of Clearlake.

THIRTEENTH : 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 stockholders and, subject to the next sentence, may not be effected by any consent or consents in writing by stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if (A) a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant class(es) or series of stock of the Corporation representing 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 of stock of the Corporation then issued and outstanding (other than treasury stock) entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and (B) the action to be taken and the taking of the action by written consent are approved by the Board of Directors, including the directors designated by each of the Principal Stockholders.

FOURTEENTH : The Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any


provision of the DGCL or this Second A&R Certificate or the Bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article Fourteenth.

FIFTEENTH : From time to time, any of the provisions of this Second A&R Certificate may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this Second A&R Certificate are granted subject to the provisions of this Article Fifteenth. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Second A&R Certificate, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Second A&R Certificate, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage or separate class vote may be specified by law or otherwise, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the capital stock required by law or otherwise, no provision of this Second A&R Certificate may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision of this Second A&R Certificate or the Bylaws inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Second A&R Certificate or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved, (i) prior to the Trigger Date, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock entitled to vote thereon, and (ii) from and after the Trigger Date, by the holders of at least 66  2 3 % of the outstanding Voting Stock entitled to vote thereon.

SIXTEENTH : The Corporation elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has executed this Second A&R Certificate on this 7th day of November, 2016.

 

  SMART SAND, INC.
By:  

/s/ Lee E. Beckelman

  Name: Lee E. Beckelman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Smart Sand, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

SMART SAND, INC.

 

 

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Stockholders

Section 1.01.  Annual Meetings . If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of stockholders of Smart Sand, Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.02.  Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called only in the manner provided in the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, dated as of November 9, 2016 (as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.03.  Place of Meeting . The Board of Directors or the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, as the case may be, may designate the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting of the stockholders called by the Board of Directors or the Chairperson of the Board of Directors. If no designation is so made, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive offices of the Corporation.

Section 1.04.  Notice of Meetings . Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.


Section 1.05.  Adjournments . Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, if any, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to a stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

Section 1.06.  Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.05 of these Bylaws until a quorum shall attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another entity, if a majority of the shares or other capital stock entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partner or other oversight board vested with the authority to direct the management of such other entity is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to vote shares of stock held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 1.07.  Organization . Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the President and Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence by any officer, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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Section 1.08.  Voting; Proxies . Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing (or in such manner prescribed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) by the stockholder, or by his or her duly authorized attorney in fact. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect such directors. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.

Section 1.09 Notice of Business To Be Brought Before a Meeting .

(a) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors or the Chairperson of the Board of Directors or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder present in person who (A) (1) was a beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 1.09 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (3) has complied with this Section 1.09 in all applicable respects or (B) properly made such proposal 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”). 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. 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 Board of Directors, and stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders. For purposes of this Section 1.09, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting of the Corporation, or, if the proposing stockholder is not an individual, a qualified representative of such proposing stockholder, appear at such annual meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be, if such proposing stockholder is (i) a general or limited partnership, any general partner or person who functions as a general partner of the general or limited partnership or who controls the general or limited partnership, (ii) a corporation or a limited liability company, any officer or person who functions as an officer of the corporation or limited liability company or any officer, director, general partner or person who functions as an officer, director or general partner of any entity ultimately in control of the corporation or limited liability company or (iii) a trust, any trustee of such trust. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors must comply with Section 1.10 and Section 1.11, and this Section 1.09 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 1.10 and Section 1.11.

 

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(b) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 1.09. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.

(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 1.09, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

(i) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records); and (B) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series 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”);

(ii) As to each Proposing Person, (A) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the

 

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notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person’s business as a derivatives dealer, (B) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (C) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (D) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation, on the other hand, (E) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement) and (F) 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; and

(iii) As to each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of 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 record or beneficial holder(s) or persons(s) who have a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation or any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; and (D) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this paragraph (iii) shall not include any disclosures with respect to 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.

For purposes of this Section 1.09, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made, and (iii) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such stockholder in such solicitation or associate (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of these Bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.

 

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(d) A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Corporation of its intent to propose business at an annual meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 1.09 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of 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 notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (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 and subject to Section 1.10 and Section 1.11, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 1.09. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 1.09, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting, and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

(f) This Section 1.09 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s proxy statement. In addition to the requirements of this Section 1.09 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 1.09 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(g) For purposes of these Bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Section 1.10 Notice of Nominations for Election to the Board of Directors .

(a) Nominations of any person for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or 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) may be made at such meeting only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, including by any committee or persons authorized to do so by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, or (ii) by a stockholder present in person (A) who was a beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 1.10 and at the time

 

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of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Section 1.10 and Section 1.11 as to such notice and nomination. For purposes of this Section 1.10, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the meeting of the Corporation, or, if the proposing stockholder is not an individual, a qualified representative of such stockholder, appear at such meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be, if such proposing stockholder is (x) a general or limited partnership, any general partner or person who functions as a general partner of the general or limited partnership or who controls the general or limited partnership, (y) a corporation or a limited liability company, any officer or person who functions as an officer of the corporation or limited liability company or any officer, director, general partner or person who functions as an officer, director or general partner of any entity ultimately in control of the corporation or limited liability company or (z) a trust, any trustee of such trust. 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 of Directors at an annual meeting or special meeting.

(b) (i) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (A) provide Timely Notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation, (B) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required to be set forth by this Section 1.10 and Section 1.11 and (C) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 1.10 and Section 1.11.

(ii) Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling a special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting, the stockholder must (A) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (B) provide the information with respect to such stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required by this Section 1.10 and Section 1.11 and (C) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 1.10. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 1.09) of the date of such special meeting was first made.

(iii) In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 1.10, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

(i) As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 1.09(c)(i), except that for purposes of this Section 1.10 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 1.09(c)(i));

 

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(ii) As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 1.09(c)(ii), except that for purposes of this Section 1.10 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 1.09(c)(ii) and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Section 1.09(c)(ii) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting); and

(iii) As to each candidate whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such candidate for nomination that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.10 and Section 1.11 if such candidate for nomination were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such candidate for nomination 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 candidate’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 any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each candidate for nomination or his or her respective associates or any other participants in such solicitation, 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 candidate for nomination were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) are referred to as “Nominee Information”), and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 1.11(a).

For purposes of this Section 1.10, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) the 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 (iii) any associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner or any other participant in such solicitation.

(d) 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 this Section 1.10 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of 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 notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (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).

 

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(e) In addition to the requirements of this Section 1.10 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 1.11. Additional Requirements For Valid Nomination of Candidates To Serve as Director and, If Elected, To Be Seated as Directors.

(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for election as a director of the Corporation at an annual or special meeting, a candidate must be nominated in the manner prescribed in Section 1.10 and the candidate for nomination, whether nominated by the Board of Directors or by a stockholder of record, must have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such candidate given by or on behalf of the Board of Directors), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (i) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee and (ii) a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Corporation) that such candidate for nomination (A) is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office, will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given and will not give 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”) or (2) 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, (B) 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 or reimbursement for service as a director that has not been disclosed therein and (C) if elected as a director of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to directors and in effect during such person’s term in office as a director (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect);

(b) The Board of Directors may also require any proposed candidate for nomination as a director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board of Directors in writing prior to the meeting of stockholders at which such candidate’s nomination is to be acted upon in order for the Board of Directors to determine the eligibility of such candidate for nomination to be an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

(c) No candidate shall be eligible for nomination as a director of the Corporation unless such candidate for nomination and the Nominating Person seeking to place such candidate’s name in nomination has complied with Section 1.10 and this Section 1.11, as applicable. The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with Section 1.10 and this Section 1.11, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination at the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the candidate in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots case for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no candidate for nomination shall be eligible to be seated as a director of the Corporation unless nominated and elected in accordance with this Section 1.11.

Section 1.12 Effect of Other Rights . Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to limit the exercise, the method or timing of the exercise of, the rights of any person granted by the Corporation to nominate directors (including pursuant to that certain stockholders agreement, dated as of November 9, 2016, by and among the Corporation and the other persons party thereto (as it may be amended from time to time, the “ Stockholders Agreement ”)), which rights may be exercised without compliance with the provisions of Sections 1.10 and 1.11.

Section 1.13.  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record .

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, 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. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(c) Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the

 

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Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose 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 accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

Section 1.14.  List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote . The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of a date that is no more than ten (10) days before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder as of the record date (or such other date). Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, at least ten (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 meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined 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. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 1.14 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 1.15.  Action By Written Consent of Stockholders .

(a) Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, subject to the next sentence, may not be effected by any consent or consents in writing by stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until such time as the Principal Stockholders (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and their affiliates collectively cease to beneficially own at least 50% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “ Trigger Date ”), any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if (A) a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant class(es) or series of stock of the Corporation representing 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 of stock of the Corporation then issued and outstanding (other than treasury stock) entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and (B) the action to be taken and the taking of the action by written consent are approved by the Board of Directors, including the directors designated by each of the Principal Stockholders.

 

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(b) So long as stockholders of the Corporation have the right to act by written consent in accordance with this Section 1.15, the following provisions shall apply:

(i) For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting as may be permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation relating to any outstanding class or series of preferred stock, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) (or the maximum number permitted by applicable law) days after the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, request that the Board of Directors fix a record date, which notice shall include the text of any proposed resolutions. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 1.15(b) or otherwise within ten (10) days of receipt of a valid request by a stockholder, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required pursuant to applicable law, 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 pursuant to Section 1.15(b); provided , however , that if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall in such an event be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(ii) 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 written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation, in the manner required by this Section 1.15(b), within sixty (60) (or the maximum number permitted by applicable law) days of the date of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this Section 1.15. A written record of the information upon which the person making such determination relied shall be made and kept in the records of the proceedings of the stockholders. Any such consent shall be inserted in the minute book as if it were the minutes of a meeting of stockholders. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

Section 1.15.  Inspectors of Election . The Corporation 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 Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so

 

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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. 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 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 inspectors’ 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. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.

Section 1.16.  Conduct of Meetings . 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 announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors 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 of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person 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 safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person 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. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare at the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

Section 2.01.  Number; Qualifications . The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 2.02.  Election; Resignation; Vacancies . The Board of Directors shall initially consist of Charles E. Young, José E. Feliciano, Colin Leonard, Timothy Pawlenty, Tracy Robinson, Sharon Spurlin and Andrew Speaker. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Commencing with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the original effectiveness of Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation, directors of each class the term of which shall then expire shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term and until the election and qualification of their respective successors in office. Any director may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation. Except as otherwise required by law or the Stockholders Agreement and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office and entitled to vote thereon, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director entitled to vote thereon, and not by the stockholders. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, any director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, any director may be removed only with cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors.

Section 2.03.  Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 2.04.  Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the President and Chief Executive Officer, or by any member of the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting at least twenty-four hours before the special meeting.

Section 2.05.  Telephonic Meetings Permitted . Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this by-law shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

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Section 2.06.  Quorum; Vote Required for Action . At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

Section 2.07.  Organization . Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the President and Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.08.  Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.

Section 2.09.  Compensation of Directors.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary or other compensation (which compensation may be paid in the form of cash, equity awards or any combination thereof) as a director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. Any director of the Corporation may decline any or all such compensation payable to such director in his or her discretion.

 

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ARTICLE III

Committees of the Board of Directors

Section 3.01.  Committees . The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

Section 3.02.  Committee Rules . Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Officers

Section 4.01.  Officers; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies . The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, choose a Chairperson of the Board of Directors and a Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors from among its members. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as it shall from time to time deem necessary or desirable. Each such officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 4.02.  Powers and Duties of Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

Section 4.03.  Appointing Attorneys and Agents; Voting Securities of Other Entities . Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other Corporation or other entity, any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consents, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he or she may deem necessary or proper. Any of the rights set forth in this Section 4.03 which may be delegated to an attorney or agent may also be exercised directly by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary.

 

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ARTICLE V

Stock

Section 5.01.  Certificates . The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. 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 Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or the President and Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer, or the Secretary, or by a Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 5.02.  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates . The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

Section 6.01.  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 (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved (including involvement, without limitation, as a witness) 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 and whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, excise taxes, penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person, and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.03, 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 of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article VI shall be a contract right.

Section 6.02.  Advancement 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 6.03.  Claims . If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty 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 to the fullest extent permitted by law. 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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Section 6.04. Service for Subsidiaries. Any person serving as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, administrator, 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 or other enterprise, at least 50% of whose equity interests are owned by the Corporation (a “ subsidiary ” for purposes of this Article VI) shall be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.

Section 6.05. Reliance. Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain directors or officers of the Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advancement of expenses and other rights contained in this Article VI in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall apply to claims made against an indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof.

Section 6.06.  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 the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.07.  Other Sources . The Corporation shall (i) be the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to a Covered Person shall be primary and any obligation of other entities or persons with respect to which a director or officer may have rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance for the same liability, loss or expenses incurred by such Covered Person (the “ Secondary Indemnitors ”), is secondary), and (ii) subject always to the provisions of Section 6.02, be required to advance the full amount of expenses actually and reasonably incurred by a Covered Person and shall be liable for the full amount of all liabilities, losses and expenses as required by the terms of this Article VI, without regard to any rights a Covered Person may have against any Secondary Indemnitor. Except as set forth in this Section 6.07, 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 6.08.  Amendment or Repeal . Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these Bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

Section 6.09.  Other Indemnification and Advancement 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.

 

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Section 6.10. Savings Clause. If this Article VI or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and advance expenses to each person entitled to indemnification under this Article VI as to all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, excise taxes, penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person and for which indemnification and advancement of expenses is available to such person pursuant to this Article VI to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VI that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

Section 7.01.  Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 7.02.  Seal . The corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 7.03.  Manner of Notice . Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 7.03, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. Notice to directors may be given by telecopier, telephone or other means of electronic transmission.

Section 7.04.  Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees . Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.

Section 7.05.  Form of Records . Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time.

Section 7.06.  Amendment of Bylaws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the DGCL or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise, without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make new bylaws or alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws (i) in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, prior to the Trigger Date,

 

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by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation, and (ii) in addition to any other vote otherwise require by law, from and after the Trigger Date, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66  2 3 % of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of November 9, 2016, by and among Smart Sand, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the Persons listed on Schedule A hereto (the “ Stockholders ”).

WHEREAS, in connection with the Company’s initial public offering and the transactions related thereto, the Company has agreed to provide the registration and other rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions . The terms set forth below are used herein as so defined:

Adverse Effect ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(b) .

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement ” has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph.

Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

Clearlake ” means Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Commission ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.02 .

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001.

Company ” has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph.

Demand Holder ” shall mean Clearlake and/or Keystone, as the context requires.

Demand Notice ” means a written request from a Demand Holder to the Company to (a) prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.01 or (b) effectuate an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.02(a) , as applicable.

Effectiveness Period ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01 .


Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Holder ” means each Stockholder for so long as such Person is a record holder of any Registrable Securities, including any transferee of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.10 .

Keystone ” means Keystone Cranberry, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company.

“Long-Form Registration Statement ” means a registration statement of the Company filed with the Commission on Form S-1 (or any successor form or other appropriate form under the Securities Act) covering the Registrable Securities.

Losses ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.01(a) of this Agreement.

Managing Underwriter ” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, the lead book-running manager of such Underwritten Offering.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, voluntary association, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability partnership, unincorporated organization, government or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, or any other form of entity.

Piggyback Notice ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(a) .

Piggyback Registration ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(a) .

Registrable Securities ” means the shares of Common Stock owned by the Stockholders, which Registrable Securities are subject to the rights provided herein until such rights terminate pursuant to the provisions hereof, and including any such shares of Common Stock transferred along with an assignment of rights hereunder pursuant to Section 2.10 .

Registration Expenses ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.07(b) .

Registration Statement ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01 .

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Selling Expenses ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.07(b) .

Selling Holder ” means a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement.

Shelf Registration Statement ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a).

Short-Form Registration Statement ” means a registration statement of the Company filed with the Commission on Form S-3 (or any successor form or other appropriate form under the Securities Act).

Stockholders ” has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph.

 

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Underwritten Offering ” means an offering in which shares of Common Stock are sold to an underwriter on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public or an offering that is a “bought deal” with one or more investment banks.

Section 1.02 Registrable Securities . Any Registrable Security will cease to be a Registrable Security (a) at the time a registration statement covering such Registrable Security has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”), or otherwise has become effective, and such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of pursuant to such registration statement; (b) at the time such Registrable Security has been sold (other than in a private transaction) pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act; (c) if such Registrable Security is held by the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (d) at the time such Registrable Security has been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of such securities; or (e) if such Registrable Security has been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are assigned to the transferee and such transferee is not an Affiliate of the Company, two years following the transfer of such Registrable Security to such transferee (as may be extended for any delays incurred pursuant to Section 2.04 ).

ARTICLE II.

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 2.01 Demand Registration .

(a) Upon receipt of a written request from a Demand Holder at any time following the 180th day after the date hereof, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act (a “ Registration Statement ”) providing for the resale of the Registrable Securities, which may, at the option of the Demand Holder, be a registration statement that provides for the resale of the Registrable Securities from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a “ Shelf Registration Statement ”). Within five (5) business days of the receipt of a Demand Notice, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand Notice to all Holders, and the Holders shall have three (3) business days following receipt of such notice of the Demand Notice from the Company to request in writing (including by electronic mail) to the Company to be included as a seller of Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after the initial filing of the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the Holders of any and all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (including those elected to be included in such Registration Statement following notice of a Demand Notice from the Company pursuant to this Section 2.01 ). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.01 to be continuously effective, supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for the resale of all Registrable Securities by the Holders until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities (the “ Effectiveness Period ”). The Registration Statement when effective (and the documents incorporated therein by reference) shall comply as to form in all material

 

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respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As soon as practicable following the date that the Registration Statement becomes effective, but in any event within two (2) business days of such date, the Company shall provide the Holders with written notice of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company shall only be obligated to effect two (2) demand registrations on a Long-Form Registration Statement under this Section 2.01 in any twelve-month period; provided, however, that a registration on a Long-Form Registration Statement shall not count as a registration under this Section 2.01 unless it has become effective. The Company shall be obligated to effect an unlimited number of registrations under this Section 2.01 on Short-Form Registration Statements. The Company shall not be obligated to file more than one (1) Registration Statement (including Short-Form Registration Statements) in response to requests pursuant to this Section 2.01 within 90 days after the effective date of any Registration Statement filed by the Company in response to requests pursuant to this Section 2.01 . Once a Holder’s Registrable Securities become eligible for resale without restriction and without the need for current public information pursuant to any section of Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act, assuming the Holder of such Registrable Securities is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the Securities Act) of the Company, then such Holder may, at its option, at any time, request that the Company take such steps as are reasonably necessary to deregister such Holder’s Registrable Securities. In connection with such request, such Holder’s rights under this Agreement shall all be terminated, including without limitation the right to demand an Underwritten Offering and the right to participate in a Piggyback Registration, and such Holder, to the extent such Holder beneficially owns less than 0.5% of the Common Stock then outstanding, shall no longer be subject to any obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation the obligation to enter into letter agreements with underwriters pursuant to Section 2.13 .

Section 2.02 Underwritten Offerings .

(a) Request for an Underwritten Offering . If a Demand Holder(s) elects to dispose of Registrable Securities (whether pursuant to an effective registration statement or a registration statement requested pursuant to Section 2.01 ) having a market price, based on the last sales price of the shares of Common Stock as of the trading date prior to the date of demand, of at least $20.0 million, individually or in aggregate with another Demand Holder (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.04 ), the Company shall, upon the written request by such Demand Holder, retain underwriters (selected as provided in Section 2.02(c) ) in order to permit such Demand Holder to effect such sale through an Underwritten Offering. Within two (2) business days of the receipt of the Demand Notice, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand Notice to all Holders, and the Holders shall have three (3) business days following receipt of such notice of the Demand Notice from the Company to request in writing (including by electronic mail) to the Company to include, subject to Section 2.02(e ), any Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering; provided that, in the case of an already effective shelf registration statement, unless the Company is eligible to use an Automatic Registration Statement, Holders shall be entitled to include only those Registrable Securities that are available or can be made available for sale pursuant to such Registration Statement without the need for filing a new registration statement or a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement. The obligation of the Company to retain underwriters shall include the preparation and entry into an

 

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underwriting agreement, in customary form, with the Managing Underwriter or underwriters, which shall include, among other provisions, such representations, covenants, indemnities and other rights and obligations as are customary and indemnities to the effect provided in Section 2.08 and taking all reasonable actions as requested by the Managing Underwriter or underwriters to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including causing its management to participate in a “roadshow” or similar marketing efforts.

(b) Block Trades . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Demand Holder wishes to engage in an underwritten block trade off of a Short-Form Registration Statement, then notwithstanding the foregoing time periods, such Holder only need to notify the Company of the block trade offering two business days prior to the day such offering is to commence (unless a longer period is agreed to by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the underwritten block trade) and the Company shall promptly notify other holders of Registrable Securities and such other holders of Registrable Securities must elect whether or not to participate by the next business day ( i.e. one business day prior to the day such offering is to commence) (unless a longer period is agreed to by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the underwritten block trade) and the Company shall as expeditiously as possible use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such offering (which may close as early as three business days after the date it commences); provided that the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and the underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the Registration Statement and other offering documentation related to the underwritten block trade.

(b) Limitation on Offerings . In no event shall the Company be required hereunder to participate in more than one Underwritten Offering in any ninety-day period.

(c) Selection of Underwriters . The Demand Holder holding a majority of the Registrable Securities included in any Underwritten Offering requested pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall have the right to select the Managing Underwriter as well as other investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering, subject to the Company’s approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

(d) Withdrawal . If any Selling Holder disapproves of the terms of an Underwritten Offering, such Person may elect to withdraw its request that the Company undertake such offering by written notice to the Company; provided , however , that such withdrawal must be made at a time prior to the time of pricing of such offering. No such withdrawal shall affect the Company’s obligation to pay Registration Expenses, if applicable.

(e) Priority on Underwritten Offerings Pursuant to a Demand Notice . If in connection with an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.02 , the Managing Underwriter shall advise the Company that, in its reasonable opinion, the number of securities requested and otherwise proposed to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities to be offered (an “ Adverse Effect ”), then in the case of any such registration pursuant to Section 2.02 , the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering prior to the inclusion of any securities that are not Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities that

 

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such Managing Underwriter advises the Company can be sold without having such Adverse Effect, pro rata among the Holders that have requested to participate in such Underwritten Offering based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder ( provided that any securities thereby allocated to a Holder that exceed such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Holders in like manner).

Section 2.03 Piggyback Rights .

(a) Participation . So long as a Holder has Registrable Securities, if the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement or conduct an Underwritten Offering, whether for its own account or for the account of any holders of its securities (other than in connection with a Demand Notice, which shall be governed by Section 2.01 and Section 2.02), ( a “ Piggyback Registration ”), then the Company shall give prompt written notice (a “ Piggyback Notice ”) (including notice by electronic mail) to each Holder holding at least $0.1 million of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities of the Company (based on the last sales prices of the shares of Common Stock as of the trading date prior to the date of the Piggyback Notice) regarding such proposed registration, and such notice shall offer such Holders the opportunity to include in such Piggyback Registration such number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request. Each Piggyback Notice shall specify, at a minimum, the number and type of securities proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such Piggyback Registration with the Commission, the proposed means of distribution, the proposed Managing Underwriter or underwriters (if any and if known) and a good faith estimate by the Company of the proposed minimum offering price of such securities. Each such Holder shall make such request in writing to the Company (including by electronic mail) within five (5) business days (or one (1) business day in connection with any overnight or bought Underwritten Offering) after the receipt of any such Piggyback Notice, which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder, and, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to include in such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities held by such Holders; provided , that if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register equity securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register its equity securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination within five business days thereof to each Holder of Registrable Securities and, thereupon, shall not be obligated to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but shall nevertheless pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of the Holders of Registrable Securities that a registration be effected under Section 2.01 or Section 2.02 .

(b) Priority in Connection with Piggyback Registrations . If in connection with an Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Section 2.03 , the Managing Underwriter shall advise the Company that, in its reasonable opinion, the number of securities requested and otherwise proposed to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without an Adverse Effect, then the Company shall include in such registration the number of Registrable Securities that such Managing Underwriter advises the Company can be sold without having such Adverse Effect. In the case of a primary offering initiated by the Company, such number shall be allocated to (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities of the Holders that have elected to participate in such

 

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Underwritten Offering pro rata among the Holders that have requested to participate in such Underwritten Offering based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder ( provided that any securities thereby allocated to a Holder that exceed such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Holders in like manner), and (iii) third, if any, the number of other securities that, in the opinion of such Managing Underwriter, can be sold without having such Adverse Effect In connection with a secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Company’s securities (other than the Holders pursuant to Section 2.02 ), such number shall be allocated to the securities requested to be sold by the holders initially requesting such registration and the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among such persons based on the relative number of securities then held by each such person ( provided that any securities thereby allocated to a person that exceed such person’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting persons in like manner).

Section 2.04 Selection of Underwriters . If any Piggyback Registration is an Underwritten Offering, the selection of investment banker(s) and manager(s) for the offering shall be made (a) by the Company, in the event that the Underwritten Offering is conducted by the Company, for its own account or for the account of any holders of its securities (other than in connection with a Demand Notice), and no single Holder requests to include in the Underwritten Offering more Registrable Securities than the Company or any other holder of its securities, or (b) by the Holder that requests to include in the Underwritten Offering the most Registrable Securities if there is more than one Holder that requests to include more Registrable Securities than the Company; provided , that, in the case of Section 2.04(b) , any such investment banker(s) and manager(s) must be approved by the Company, with such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

Section 2.05 Delay Rights . If the Board determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that the Company’s compliance with its obligations under this Article II would be materially detrimental to the Company because such registration would (a) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, reorganization, financing or other similar transaction involving the Company, (b) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential or (c) render the Company unable to comply with applicable securities laws, then the Company shall have the right to postpone compliance with its obligations to all but not less than all Holders under this Article II until such time that, in the Board’s reasonable good faith determination, compliance would not be materially detrimental to the Company; provided , that such postponement does not exceed 60 calendar days in any twelve-month period.

Section 2.06 Sale Procedures . In connection with its obligations under this Article II , the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement;

 

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(b) if a prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or similar marketing document will be used in connection with the marketing of an Underwritten Offering and the Managing Underwriter notifies the Company in writing that, in the sole judgment of such Managing Underwriter, inclusion of detailed information in such prospectus supplement is of material importance to the success of such offering, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to include such information in such prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or similar marketing document;

(c) furnish to each Selling Holder (i) as far in advance as reasonably practicable before filing the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any supplement or amendment thereto, upon request, copies of reasonably complete drafts of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits and each document incorporated by reference therein to the extent then required by the rules and regulations of the Commission) or use of a similar marketing instrument, and provide each such Selling Holder the opportunity to object to any information pertaining to such Selling Holder and its plan of distribution that is contained therein and make the corrections reasonably requested by such Selling Holder with respect to such information prior to filing the Registration Statement or such other registration statement or supplement or amendment thereto or use of a similar marketing instrument, and (ii) such number of copies of the Registration Statement or such other registration statement and the prospectus included therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or similar marketing instrument as such Persons may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement or other registration statement;

(d) if applicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Selling Holders or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the Managing Underwriter, shall reasonably request; provided, however , that the Company will not be required to qualify generally to transact business in any jurisdiction where it is not then required to so qualify or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(e) promptly notify each Selling Holder and each underwriter, at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of (i) the filing of the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement to be used in connection therewith, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; and (ii) any written comments from the Commission with respect to any filing referred to in clause (i) and any written request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement thereto;

(f) immediately notify each Selling Holder and/or the underwriters, at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of: (i) the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus or prospectus supplement contained in such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or

 

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any post-effective amendment thereto, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made); (ii) the issuance or threat of issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; or (iii) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction. Following the provision of such notice, the Company agrees to, as promptly as practicable, amend or supplement the prospectus or prospectus supplement or take other appropriate action so that the prospectus or prospectus supplement does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and to take such other reasonable action as is necessary to remove a stop order, suspension, threat thereof or proceedings related thereto;

(g) upon request and subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations, furnish to each Selling Holder copies of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence with the Commission or any other governmental agency or self-regulatory body or other body having jurisdiction (including any domestic or foreign securities exchange) relating to any offering of Registrable Securities;

(h) in the case of an Underwritten Offering, furnish upon request, (i) an opinion of counsel for the Company dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement or purchase agreement, as applicable and (ii) a “cold comfort” letter, dated the pricing date of such offering (to the extent available) and a letter of like kind dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in each case, signed by the independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference into the applicable registration statement, and each of the opinion and the “cold comfort” letter shall be in customary form and covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus and any prospectus supplement included therein) as have been customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel and in accountants’ letters delivered to the underwriters or placement agents in public offerings or private placements, as applicable, of securities by the Company and such other matters as the underwriters or Selling Holders, as applicable, may reasonably request;

(i) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder;

(j) make available to the appropriate representatives of the underwriters or Selling Holders, as applicable, access to such information and Company personnel as is reasonable and customary to enable such parties to establish a due diligence defense under the Securities Act;

 

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(k) cause all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement to be listed on each securities exchange or nationally recognized quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(l) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company to enable the Selling Holders to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities;

(m) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

(n) enter into customary agreements and take such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities;

(o) at the request of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, file any prospectus supplement or, if the applicable Shelf Registration Statement is an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, any post-effective amendments and otherwise take any action necessary to include therein all disclosure and language deemed necessary or advisable by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to effect such Shelf Offering; and

(p) if the Company files any Automatic Shelf Registration Statement for the benefit of the holders of any of its securities other than the holders of Registrable Securities, and the holders of Registrable Securities do not request that their Registrable Securities be included in such Shelf Registration Statement, the Company agrees that, at the request of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, it shall include in such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act in order to ensure that the holders of Registrable Securities may be added to such Shelf Registration Statement at a later time through the filing of a prospectus supplement rather than a post-effective amendment.

Each Selling Holder, upon receipt of notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in subsection (f) of this Section 2.05 , shall forthwith discontinue disposition of the Registrable Securities by means of a prospectus or prospectus supplement until such Selling Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subsection (f) of this Section 2.05 or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings incorporated by reference in the prospectus.

Section 2.07 Cooperation by Holders . (i) The Company shall have no obligation to include in a registration statement pursuant to Section 2.01 , an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.02(a) or in a Piggyback Registration pursuant to Section 2.03(a ), Registrable Securities of a Selling Holder who has failed to timely furnish such information that, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company, is reasonably required in order for a registration statement or prospectus supplement, as applicable, to comply with the Securities Act.

 

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(ii) No Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements (including, without limitation, pursuant to any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the underwriters; provided that no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities such Holder has requested to include) and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. Each holder of Registrable Securities shall execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and the Managing Underwriter(s) that are consistent with such Holder’s obligations hereunder.

(iii) In the case of an Underwritten Offering in response to a Demand Notice, the price, underwriting discount and other financial terms of the related underwriting agreement for the Registrable Securities shall be determined by the Demand Holder holding the majority of the Registrable Securities included in such Underwritten Offering.

Section 2.08 Expenses .

(a) Expenses . The Company will pay all reasonable Registration Expenses of the Registration Statement or Underwritten Offering, regardless of whether any sale of Registrable Securities is consummated. Each Selling Holder shall pay all Selling Expenses in connection with any sale of its Registrable Securities hereunder.

(b) Certain Definitions . “ Registration Expenses ” means all expenses incident to the Company’s performance under or compliance with this Agreement to effect the registration of Registrable Securities contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03 and/or in connection with an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.02 , and the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, all registration, filing, securities exchange listing and securities exchange fees, all registration, filing, qualification and other fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., fees of transfer agents and registrars, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, any transfer taxes and the fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Company, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance and those counsel fees and disbursements described in clause (c) below. “ Selling Expenses ” means all underwriting discounts and selling commissions or placement agency fees applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities.

(c) Counsel Fees and Disbursements . In connection with each registration of Registrable Securities contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03 and/or in connection with an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.02 , and the disposition of such Registrable Securities, the Company shall reimburse the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel

 

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chosen by the Demand Holder holding a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration or participating in such offering and disbursements of each additional counsel retained by any Holder of Registrable Securities for the purpose of rendering a legal opinion on behalf of such Holder in connection with any Underwritten Offering.

Section 2.09 Indemnification .

(a) By the Company . In the event of a registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder participating therein, its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each Person, if any, who controls such Selling Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and its directors, officers, employees or agents, against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “ Losses ”), joint or several, to which such Selling Holder, director, officer, employee, agent or controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact (in the case of any prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such statement is made) contained in the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and will reimburse each such Selling Holder, its directors, officers, employee and agents, and each such controlling Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss or actions or proceedings as such expenses are incurred; provided, however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Selling Holder, its directors, officers, employees and agents or such controlling Person in writing specifically for use in the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as applicable. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Selling Holder or any such directors, officers, employees agents or controlling Person, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Selling Holder.

(b) By Each Holder . Each Selling Holder agrees severally and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or of the Exchange Act, and its directors, officers, employees and agents, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Selling Holders, but only with respect to information regarding such Selling Holder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto; provided, however , that the liability of each Selling Holder shall not be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of any Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification.

 

 

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(c) Notice . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify the indemnifying party in writing thereof, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party other than under this Section 2.08 . In any action brought against any indemnified party, it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume and undertake the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume and undertake the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 2.08 for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so selected; provided, however , that, (i) if the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense or employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnified party or (ii) if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and counsel to the indemnified party shall have concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or if the interests of the indemnified party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the indemnifying party, then the indemnified party shall have the right to select a separate counsel and to assume such legal defense and otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the reasonable expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other reasonable expenses related to such participation to be reimbursed by the indemnifying party as incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no indemnified party shall settle any action brought against it with respect to which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the consent of the indemnifying party, unless the settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, and includes a complete and unconditional release from all liability of, the indemnifying party and further, no indemnifying party shall settle any action brought against any indemnified party with respect to which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the consent of such indemnified party, unless the settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, and includes a complete and unconditional release from all liability of, the indemnified party.

(d) Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.08 is held by a court or government agency of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to any indemnified party or is insufficient to hold them harmless in respect of any Losses, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of such indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however , that in no event shall the Selling Holder be required to contribute an aggregate amount in excess of the dollar amount of proceeds (net of Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities

 

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following an offering giving rise to such indemnification. The relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact has been made by, or relates to, information supplied by such party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be deemed to include any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any Loss that is the subject of this paragraph. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who is not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) Other Indemnification . The provisions of this Section 2.08 shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution that an indemnified party may have pursuant to law, equity, contract or otherwise.

Section 2.10 Distributions. If the Holders of Registrable Securities seek to effectuate a distribution in kind of all or part of their respective Registrable Securities to their respective direct or indirect equityholders, the Company shall, subject to any applicable lock-up agreements, work with the foregoing persons to facilitate such distribution in kind in the manner reasonably requested.

Section 2.11 Rule 144 Reporting . With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

(a) make and keep public information regarding the Company available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times from and after the date hereof;

(b) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act at all times from and after the date hereof; and

(c) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to such Holder forthwith upon request a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing such Holder to sell any such securities without registration.

Section 2.12 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities granted to a Holder by the Company under this Article II and all other rights as a Holder hereunder (including rights as a Demand Holder) may be transferred or assigned by such Holder to one or more transferee(s) or assignee(s) of such

 

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Registrable Securities; provided, however , that (a) unless such transferee or assignee is an Affiliate of the Holder, each such transferee or assignee holds Registrable Securities representing at least $2.0 million of Registrable Securities (based on the last sales price of the shares of Common Stock as of the trading date prior to the time of such transfer or assignment), subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.04 , (b) the Company is given written notice prior to any said transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of each such transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned and (c) each such transferee or assignee agrees to be bound by this Agreement.

In the event any Demand Holder elects to transfer or assigns its rights hereunder as a Demand Holder to a transferee or assignee of all or a portion of its Registrable Securities, such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities and the Registrable Securities so transferred or assigned shall be aggregated for purposes of exercising the rights of any Demand Holder hereunder and any rights exercisable by Clearlake or Keystone as a Demand Holder hereunder will thereafter be exercisable by the holder of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by Clearlake and its assignees or transferees in aggregate or by the holder of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by Keystone and its assignees or transferees in aggregate, as applicable.

Section 2.13 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights . From and after the date hereof, the Company shall not enter into any agreement with any current or future holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such current or future holder to require the Company to include securities in any registration statement filed by the Company on a basis that would reduce or limit the rights of the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder or otherwise on terms more favorable to such other holders than this Agreement.

Section 2.14 Holdback Agreements . (i) Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees to enter into a customary letter agreement with underwriters providing such Holder will not effect any sale, transfer or distribution of the Registrable Securities during a period, in the case of the Company’s initial Public Offering, commencing on the earlier of the date on which the Company gives notice to the holders of Registrable Securities that a preliminary prospectus has been circulated for such initial Public Offering or the “pricing” of such offering and continuing to the date that is 180 days following the date of the final prospectus for such initial Public Offering and, in the case of any other offering, commencing on the earlier of the date on which the Company gives notice to the holders of Registrable Securities of the circulation of a preliminary or final prospectus for such Public Offering or the “pricing” of such offering and continuing to the date that is 90 days following the date of the final prospectus for such Public Offering (or, in each case, such shorter period as agreed to by the managing underwriter for such Underwritten Offering), provided that the duration of the foregoing restrictions shall be no longer than the duration of the shortest restriction generally imposed by the underwriters on the Company or the officers, directors or any stockholder of the Company on whom a restriction is imposed (the foregoing periods, “ the Hold-Back Period ”).

(ii) The Company (i) shall not file any registration statement for a Public Offering or cause any such registration statement to become effective, or effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities, options or rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities during any Holdback Period, (ii) (A) shall use its

 

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best efforts to cause each holder of at least one percent (1%) (on a fully-diluted basis) of its Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in a Public Offering) to agree not to effect any of the foregoing transaction during any Holdback Period and (B) shall cause each of its directors and executive officers to agree not to effect any such transactions during any Holdback Period, in each case, except as part of such underwritten registration, if otherwise permitted, unless the underwriters managing the Public Offering otherwise agree in writing.

ARTICLE III.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.01 Communications . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by electronic mail, courier service or personal delivery:

(a) if to Clearlake:

Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P.

c/o Clearlake Capital Group

233 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 800

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Attn: José E. Feliciano and Fred Ebrahemi

With a copy to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 N. LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60654

Fax: (312) 862-2200

Attn: Carol Anne Huff and Hamed Meshki

(b) if to Keystone:

Keystone Cranberry, LLC

24 Waterway Avenue, Suite 350

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

Attn: Charles E. Young

With a copy to:

Fox Rothschild LLP

Princeton Pike Corporate Center

997 Lenox Drive, Building 3

Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2311

Fax: (609) 896-1469

Attn: Vincent Vietti

 

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(c) if to any Holder, or except as permitted by Section 2.10 , if to a transferee of any Holder, to the contact information listed on Schedule A hereto; and

(d) if to the Company:

Smart Sand, Inc.

24 Waterway Avenue, Suite 350

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

Attn: Lee E. Beckelman

Email: lbeckelman@smartsand.com

With a copy to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

811 Main Street, Suite 3700

Houston, TX 77002

Fax: (713) 546-5401

Attn: Ryan J. Maierson

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when receipt acknowledged, if sent via facsimile or sent via electronic mail; and when actually received, if sent by courier service or any other means.

Section 3.02 Successor and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities to the extent permitted herein.

Section 3.03 Assignment of Rights . All or any portion of the rights and obligations of the Holders under this Agreement may be transferred or assigned by the Holders in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof.

Section 3.04 Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Registrable Securities . The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to any and all securities of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of, the Registrable Securities, and shall be appropriately adjusted for combinations, splits, recapitalizations, pro rata distributions and the like occurring after the date of this Agreement.

Section 3.05 Specific Performance . Damages in the event of breach of this Agreement by a party hereto may be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain, and it is therefore agreed that each party, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, will have the right to an injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining any such breach, and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, and each

 

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of the parties hereto hereby waives any and all defenses it may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an injunction or other equitable relief. The existence of this right will not preclude any such party from pursuing any other rights and remedies at law or in equity that such party may have.

Section 3.06 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

Section 3.07 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

Section 3.08 Governing Law . The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern this Agreement.

Section 3.09 Severability of Provisions . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting or impairing the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 3.10 Scope of Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the rights granted by the Company set forth herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

Section 3.11 Amendment . (i) This Agreement may be amended only by means of a written amendment signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities; provided, however , that that no such amendment, modification or waiver that would adversely affect a Holder disproportionately to all other Holders, other than amendments and modifications required to implement the provisions of clause (ii) below, shall be effective against such Holder without the consent of the Holder adversely affected thereby.

(ii) Subject to the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, the Company may permit any Person who acquires Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock from the Company after the date of this Agreement (the “Acquired Common”) to become a party to this Agreement and to succeed to all of the rights and obligations of a holder of Registrable Securities under this Agreement, if applicable, by obtaining an executed joinder to this Agreement from such Person in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (a “ Joinder ”). Upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder by such Person, the Acquired Common Stock shall constitute Registrable Securities and such Person shall be a holder of Registrable Securities under this Agreement with respect to the Acquired Common, and the Company shall add such Person’s name and address to Schedule A hereto and circulate such information to the holders of Registrable Securities.

 

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Section 3.12 No Presumption . If any claim is made by a party relating to any conflict, omission, or ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion shall be implied by virtue of the fact that this Agreement was prepared by or at the request of a particular party or its counsel.

Section 3.13 Aggregation of Registrable Securities . All Registrable Securities held or acquired by Persons who are Affiliates of one another shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.

Section 3.14 Obligations Limited to Parties to Agreement . Each of the parties hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Company and the Holders shall have any obligation hereunder and that, notwithstanding that one or more of the Holders may be a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, no recourse under this Agreement or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the Holders or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the Holders or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, as such, for any obligations of the Holders under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligation or its creation, except in each case for any assignee of the Holders hereunder.

Section 3.15 Independent Nature of Each Holder’s Obligations . The obligations of each Holder under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

Section 3.16 Interpretation . All references to instruments, documents, contracts and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The word “including” shall mean “including but not limited to.” Whenever any determination, consent or approval is to be made or given by the Holders under this Agreement, such action shall be in the Holders’ sole discretion unless otherwise specified.

 

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Section 3.17 Termination of Initial Stockholders’ Agreement . Reference is made to the Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2011 (the “ Existing Stockholders Agreement ”) among the Company and certain of the parties hereto. The parties hereto that are party to the Existing Stockholders Agreement and the Company acknowledge and agree that the Existing Stockholders Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect without any action of any party hereto upon the consummation of the Company’s initial Public Offering; provided that such termination shall not impair the Investors’ (as defined in the Existing Stockholders Agreement) rights to reimbursement pursuant to Section 7.13 of the Existing Stockholders Agreement with respect to any costs or expenses incurred by them prior to such termination, including those incurred in connection with Company’s initial Public Offering.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Agreement, effective as of the date first above written.

 

SMART SAND, INC.
By:  

/s/ Lee Beckelman

  Name: Lee Beckelman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


KEYSTONE CRANBERRY, LLC
By:  

/s/ Charles E. Young

  Name: Charles E. Young
  Title: Managing Member

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


CLEARLAKE CAPITAL PARTNERS II (MASTER), L.P.
By: Clearlake Capital Partners II GP, L.P., its General Partner
By: Clearlake Capital Partners, LLC, its General Partner
By:  

/s/ José E. Feliciano

  Name: José E. Feliciano
  Title: Co-President

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


Frank Porcelli
By:  

/s/ Frank Porcelli

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


Andrew Speaker
By:  

/s/ Andrew Speaker

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


Speaker Children 2012 Irrevocable Trusts
By:  

/s/ Joseph Speaker

  Name: Joseph Speaker
  Title: Trustee

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


BAMK Associates, LLC
By:  

/s/ Robert Kiszka

  Name: Robert Kiszka
  Title: Sole Member

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


Blane Trust U/A/D dated January 26, 2001
By:  

/s/ F. Philip Handy

  Name: F. Philip Handy
  Title: Trustee

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SCHEDULE A

 

1. Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
2. Keystone Cranberry, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
3. Frank Porcelli
4. Andrew Speaker
5. Speaker Children 2012 Irrevocable Trusts
6. BAMK Associates, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
7. Blaine Trust U/A/D dated January 26, 2001


EXHIBIT A

JOINDER TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 9, 2016 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), by and among Smart Sand, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and the Persons listed on Schedule A thereto.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement as a holder of Registrable Securities in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement, and the undersigned’s                      shares of Common Stock shall be included as Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement.

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the              day of                     ,             .

 

 

Signature of Stockholder

 

Print Name of Stockholder
Address:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed and Accepted as of
                                                                                                   .

 

SMART SAND, INC.,

By:  

 

Its:  

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

SMART SAND, INC.

November 9, 2016


SMART SAND, INC.

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of November 9, 2016, by and among Smart Sand, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Clearlake ”), and Keystone Cranberry, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (“ Keystone ” and Clearlake, each a “ Principal Stockholder ”). This Agreement shall become effective (the “ Effective Date ”) upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering of shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”).

WHEREAS, the Company is contemplating making an initial public offering of shares of its Common Stock;

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering, the Company and each of the Principal Stockholders wish to set forth certain understandings between such Principal Stockholder and the Company, including with respect to certain governance matters;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company agrees with each of the Principal Stockholders as follows:

1. Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any other person controlled by, controlling or under common control with such person; provided that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of either of the Principal Stockholders. As used herein, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise).

Beneficially Own ” means that a specified person has or shares the right, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, to vote shares of capital stock of the Company.

Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

Change of Control ” means (i) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to any person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than to either of the Principal Stockholder or their respective Affiliates; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions (including, but not limited to, a merger or consolidation) that results in any person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than either of the Principal Stockholders and their respective Affiliates, acquiring shares of Common Stock or other equity interest of the Company that represent more than 50% of the total voting power of the Company (or any resulting company after such transaction).

 

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Subsidiary ” or “ Subsidiaries ” of any person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which such person (either alone or through or together with any other person), owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the stock or other equity interests which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity.

2. Board Nomination Rights .

(a) The Company covenants and agrees with Clearlake that, on and after the Effective Date, at every meeting of the Board, or a committee thereof, for which directors of the Company are appointed by the Board or are nominated to stand for election by stockholders of the Company, Clearlake, together with its Affiliates, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to appoint or nominate for election to the Board, as applicable, a number of representatives equal to (such persons, the “ Clearlake Nominees ”): (i) three (3) directors so long as Clearlake (together with its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns at least thirty percent (30%) of the then outstanding Common Stock; (ii) two (2) directors so long as Clearlake (together with its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns at least twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding Common Stock; and (iii) one (1) director so long as Clearlake (together with its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns at least ten percent (10%) of the then outstanding Common Stock. At the Effective Date, the initial Clearlake Nominees shall be José E. Feliciano, Colin Leonard and Timothy Pawlenty.

(b) The Company covenants and agrees with Keystone that, on and after the Effective Date, at every meeting of the Board, or a committee thereof, for which directors of the Company are appointed by the Board or are nominated to stand for election by stockholders of the Company, Keystone, together with its Affiliates, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to appoint or nominate for election to the Board, as applicable, a number of representatives equal to (such persons, the “ Keystone Nominees ” and together with the Clearlake Nominees, the “ Nominees ”): (i) three (3) directors so long as Keystone (together with its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns at least thirty percent (30%) of the then outstanding Common Stock; (ii) two (2) directors so long as Keystone (together with its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns at least twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding Common Stock; and (iii) one (1) director so long as Keystone (together with its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns at least ten percent (10%) of the then outstanding Common Stock. At the Effective Date, the initial Keystone Nominees shall be Charles E. Young and Andrew Speaker.

(c) At the Effective Date, the Board shall be comprised of seven members.

(d) The Company covenants and agrees with each of the Principal Stockholders that, for so long as such Principal Stockholder has the right to designate at least one (1) director pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) , the Board shall be divided in three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III, with each director serving a three-year term and one class being elected at each year’s annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. The term of office of the

 

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initial Class I directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Company after the Effective Date, the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at the second succeeding annual meeting of stockholders of the Company after the Effective Date and the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company after the Effective Date. The initial Clearlake Nominees shall be assigned to each class as follows: Timothy Pawlenty shall serve in Class I, Colin Leonard shall serve in Class II, and José E. Feliciano shall serve in Class III. The initial Keystone Nominees shall be assigned to Class II and Class III as follows: Andrew Speaker shall serve in Class II and Charles E. Young shall serve in Class III.

(e) No reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock over which a Principal Stockholder and its respective Affiliates retain voting control shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(f) In the event that any Nominee shall cease to serve for any reason, the Principal Stockholder that nominated such Nominee shall be entitled to designate such person’s successor in accordance with this Agreement (regardless of the Principal Stockholder’s Beneficial Ownership in the Company at the time of such vacancy) and the Board shall promptly fill the vacancy with such successor Nominee (it being understood that any such Nominee shall serve the remainder of the term of the director whom such Nominee replaces).

(g) If a Nominee is not appointed or elected to the Board because of such person’s death, disability, disqualification, withdrawal as a nominee or for other reason is unavailable or unable to serve on the Board, the Principal Stockholder that nominated such Nominee shall be entitled to designate promptly another Nominee and the director position for which the original Nominee was nominated shall not be filled pending such designation.

 

  (h) The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain in effect at all times directors and officers indemnity insurance coverage reasonably satisfactory to each of the Principal Stockholders and the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (each as may be further amended, supplemented or waived in accordance with its terms) shall at all times provide for indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law.

3. Company Obligations . The Company covenants and agrees with each Principal Stockholder that, for so long as such Principal Stockholder has the right to designate at least one (1) director pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) , respectively, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to ensure that (i) each Nominee nominated pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) , as applicable, is included in the Board’s slate of nominees to the stockholders for each election of directors; and (ii) each Nominee is included in the proxy statement prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election of members of the Board, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company or the Board with respect to the election of members of the Board.

 

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4. Committees . The Company covenants and agrees with each Principal Stockholder that, as of the Effective Date, the Board shall have three standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a Compensation Committee, each comprised of three directors. The members of the Audit Committee shall initially include Sharon Spurlin, as committee chairman, Timothy Pawlenty and Tracy Robinson. The members of the Compensation Committee shall initially include José E. Feliciano, as committee chairman, Timothy Pawlenty and Tracy Robinson. The members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall initially include Colin Leonard, as committee chairman, and Tracy Robinson. The Company covenants and agrees with each Principal Stockholder that, for so long as such Principal Stockholder has the right to designate at least one (1) director pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) , as applicable, such Principal Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate at least one of its Nominees as a member to each of the committees of the Board, provided that any such Nominees shall be directors and shall be eligible to serve on the applicable committee under applicable law and the NASDAQ listing standards, including any applicable independence requirements (subject to any applicable exceptions, including those for newly public companies, and any applicable phase-in periods). Any additional members shall be designated by the Board.

5. Approval Rights .

(a) The Company covenants and agrees with each Principal Stockholder that, for so long as such Principal Stockholder Beneficially Owns at least 20% of the then outstanding Common Stock, the Company shall not take or commit to take, and (to the extent applicable) shall not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to take or commit to take, directly or indirectly, whether by amendment, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise, any transaction or series of related transactions involving a Change of Control of the Company without the approval of such Principal Stockholder:

(b) The Company covenants and agrees with each Principal Stockholder that, for so long as such Principal Stockholder has Nominee serving on the Board, the Company shall not take or commit to take, and (to the extent applicable) shall not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to take or commit to take, directly or indirectly, whether by amendment, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise, any of the following actions without the approval of such Principal Stockholder:

 

  1. any increase or decrease in the size or composition of the Board, committees of the Board, and boards and committees of Subsidiaries of the Company; or

 

  2. any action that otherwise could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such Principal Stockholder’s rights under Section 2 or Section 4 .

 

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6. Amendment and Waiver . Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and, with respect to any provision applicable to such Principal Stockholder, such Principal Stockholder, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

7. Non-Promotion Language . The Company agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the applicable Principal Stockholder, (a) use in advertising, publicity, on the Company’s website or otherwise, the name of the such Principal Stockholder or any of its Affiliates or any partner or employee of such Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates, nor any trade name, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof owned by such Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates, or (b) represent, directly or indirectly, that any product or any service provided by the Company has been approved or endorsed by such Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates.

8. Benefit of Parties . This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Principal Stockholder. Nothing herein contained shall confer or is intended to confer on any third party or entity that is not a party to this Agreement any rights under this Agreement.

9. Headings . Headings are for ease of reference only and shall not form a part of this Agreement.

10. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

11. Jurisdiction . Any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement may be brought against any of the parties in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, and each of the parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the parties agrees that service of process upon such party at the address referred to in Section 18 , together with written notice of such service to such party, shall be deemed effective service of process upon such party.

 

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12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

13. Entire Agreement . Without limiting any of the rights of any Principal Stockholder under the Company’s Second Amended Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Second Amended and Restated Bylaws as they may be amended from time to time, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral among the Company and each Principal Stockholder with respect to the subject matter hereof.

14. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original. An executed copy or counterpart hereof delivered by means of a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction shall be deemed an original instrument.

15. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

16. Further Assurances . Each of the parties hereto shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be required to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement.

17. Specific Performance . Each of the parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any federal or state court located in the State of Delaware, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

18. Notices . All notices, requests and other communications to any party or to the Company shall be in writing (including telecopy or similar writing) and shall be given,

If to the Company :

Smart Sand, Inc.

24 Waterway Avenue, Suite 350

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

Fax: (832) 791-5975

Attn: Lee E. Beckelman

 

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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) :

Latham & Watkins LLP

811 Main Street, Suite 3700

Houston, TX 77002

Fax: (713) 546-5401

Attn: Ryan J. Maierson

If to Clearlake or any Clearlake Nominee :

Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P.

c/o Clearlake Capital Group

233 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 800

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Fax: (310) 400-8801

Attn: José E. Feliciano and Fred Ebrahemi

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) :

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 N. LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60654

Fax: (312) 862-2200

Attn: Carol Anne Huff and Hamed Meshki

If to Keystone or any Keystone Nominee :

Keystone Cranberry, LLC

24 Waterway Avenue, Suite 350

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

Fax: (832) 791-5975

Attn: Charles E. Young

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) :

Latham & Watkins LLP

811 Main Street, Suite 3700

Houston, TX 77002

Fax: (713) 546-5401

Attn: Ryan J. Maierson

or to such other address or telecopier number as such party or the Company may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other parties and the Company. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective when delivered at the address specified in this Section 18 during regular business hours.

 

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  19. Enforcement . Each of the parties hereto covenant and agree that the disinterested members of the Board have the right to enforce, waive or take any other action with respect to this Agreement on behalf of the Company.

 

  20. Independent Nature of Each Principal Stockholder’s Rights and Obligations . The obligations of each Principal Stockholder’s Rights and Obligations under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Principal Stockholder, and no Principal Stockholder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Principal Stockholder under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Principal Stockholder pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to create a presumption that the Principal Stockholders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the rights and obligations contemplated by this Agreement. Each Principal Stockholder shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Principal Stockholder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.

 

SMART SAND, INC.
By: /s/ Lee Beckelman                                             
Name: Lee Beckelman
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Smart Sand, Inc. - Stockholders Agreement]


CLEARLAKE CAPITAL PARTNERS II (MASTER), L.P.
By:   Clearlake Capital Partners II GP, L.P., its General Partner
By:   Clearlake Capital Partners, LLC, its General Partner
By:  

/s/ José E. Feliciano

  Name: José E. Feliciano
  Title: Co-President

[Smart Sand, Inc. - Stockholders Agreement]


KEYSTONE CRANBERRY, LLC

By:  

/s/ Charles E. Young

  Name: Charles E. Young
  Title:   Managing Member

[Smart Sand, Inc. - Stockholders Agreement]

Exhibit 10.2

SMART SAND, INC.

2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN


Table of Contents

 

1. Purpose of Plan

     1   

2. Definitions

     1   

3. Plan Administration

     7   

4. Shares Available for Issuance

     10   

5. Participation

     12   

6. Options

     12   

7. Stock Appreciation Rights

     14   

8. Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units

     15   

9. Performance Awards

     17   

10. Annual Performance Cash Awards

     18   

11. Non-Employee Director Awards

     18   

12. Other Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards

     18   

13. Performance Measures

     19   

14. Dividend Equivalents

     23   

15. Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Service

     23   

16. Payment of Withholding Taxes

     26   

17. Change in Control

     27   

18. Rights of Eligible Recipients and Participants; Transferability

     30   

19. Securities Law and Other Restrictions

     31   

20. Deferred Compensation; Compliance with Section 409A

     31   

21. Amendment, Modification and Termination

     32   

22. Effective Date and Duration of this Plan

     33   

23. Miscellaneous

     33   

 


SMART SAND, INC.

2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

1. Purpose of Plan .

The purpose of the Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is to advance the interests of Smart Sand, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and its stockholders by enabling the Company and its Subsidiaries to attract and retain qualified individuals to perform services for the Company and its Subsidiaries, providing incentive compensation for such individuals that is linked to the growth and profitability of the Company and increases in stockholder value and aligning the interests of such individuals with the interests of its stockholders through opportunities for equity participation in the Company.

2. Definitions .

The following terms will have the meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly otherwise requires. Terms defined elsewhere in this Plan will have the same meaning throughout this Plan.

2.1 “ Adverse Action ” means any action or conduct by a Participant that the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to be injurious, detrimental, prejudicial or adverse to the interests of the Company or any Subsidiary, including: (a) disclosing confidential information of the Company or any Subsidiary to any person not authorized by the Company or Subsidiary to receive it, (b) engaging, directly or indirectly, in any commercial activity that in the judgment of the Committee competes with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary or (c) interfering with the relationships of the Company or any Subsidiary and their respective employees, independent contractors, customers, prospective customers and vendors.

2.2 “ Annual Award Limit ” or “ Annual Awards Limits ” have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.

2.3 “ Annual Performance Cash Awards ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 of this Plan.

2.4 “ Applicable Accounting Standard ” means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, International Financial Reporting Standards or such other accounting principles or standards as may apply to the Company’s financial statements under United States federal securities laws from time to time.

2.5 “ Applicable Law ” means any applicable law, including without limitation, (a) provisions of the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any rules or regulations thereunder; (b) corporate, securities, tax or other laws, statutes, rules, requirements or regulations, whether federal, state, local or foreign; and (c) rules of any securities exchange, national market system or automated quotation system on which the shares are listed, quoted or traded.

2.6 “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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2.7 “ Broker Exercise Notice ” means a written notice pursuant to which a Participant, upon exercise of an Option, irrevocably instructs a broker or dealer to sell a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or loan a sufficient amount of money to pay all or a portion of the exercise price of the Option or any related withholding tax obligations and remit such sums to the Company and directs the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise directly to such broker or dealer or their nominee.

2.8 “ Cause ” means (a) conviction of, or the entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or any other crime that causes the Company or any Subsidiary public disgrace or disrepute, or adversely affects the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s operations or financial performance or the relationship the Company has with any Subsidiary; (b) gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, including, without limitation, fraud, embezzlement, theft or proven dishonesty in the course of the subject employment or engagement with the Company or any Subsidiary; (c) unlawful or irresponsible consumption of alcohol, or use of controlled substances, (other than in accordance with a physician’s prescription) which causes the Participant’s conduct, performance or attendance to be unsatisfactory, or which precludes the Participant from performing his/her duties; (d) refusal, failure or inability to perform any material obligation or fulfill any duty (other than any duty or obligation of the type described in clause (f) below) to the Company or any Subsidiary (other than due to a Disability), which failure, refusal or inability is not cured within 30 days after delivery of notice thereof; (e) material breach of any agreement with or duty owed to the Company or any Subsidiary; or (f) any breach of any obligation or duty to the Company or any Subsidiary (whether arising by statute, common law, contract or otherwise) relating to confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation or proprietary rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant and the Company or any Subsidiary have entered into an employment agreement, consulting agreement or other similar agreement that specifically defines “cause,” then with respect to such Participant, “Cause” shall have the meaning defined in that employment agreement, consulting agreement or other agreement.

2.9 “ Cash-Based Award ” means an Incentive Award made pursuant to this Plan that is denominated and paid in cash.

2.10 “ Change in Control ” means an event described in Section 17.1 of this Plan.

2.11 “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code herein will be deemed to include a reference to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or amended section of the Code.

2.12 “ Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof, or any other committee comprised solely of directors designated by the Board to administer this Plan who are (a) “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, (b) “independent directors” as defined under the rules of any securities exchange or automatic quotation system on which the Common Stock may be traded or quoted and (c) unless otherwise determined by the Board, “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. The members of the Committee will be appointed from time to time by and will serve at the discretion of the Board. If the Committee does not exist or cannot function for any reason, the Board may take any action under this Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee, except as otherwise provided in this Plan.

 

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2.13 “ Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, or the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be changed in accordance with Section 4.5 of this Plan.

2.14 “ Company ” means Smart Sand, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto as provided in Section 23.6 of this Plan.

2.15 “ Consultant ” means a person engaged to provide consulting or advisory services (other than as an Employee or a Director) to the Company or any Subsidiary that: (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.

2.16 “ Covered Employee ” means any Employee who is or may become a “Covered Employee,” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code, and who is designated, either as an individual Employee or class of Employees, by the Committee within the shorter of: (a) ninety (90) days after the beginning of any Performance Period, or (b) twenty-five percent (25%) of any Performance Period has elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under this Plan for such applicable Performance Period.

2.17 “ Director ” means a member of the Board.

2.18 “ Director Fees ” means any compensation payable by the Company in the form of cash to a Non-Employee Director for service as a Non-Employee Director on the Board or any committee of the Board as may be approved from time to time by the Board, excluding expense allowances, reimbursements and insurance premiums paid to or on behalf of such Non-Employee Directors.

2.19 “ Disability ” means the disability of the Participant such as would entitle the Participant to receive disability income benefits pursuant to the long-term disability plan of the Company or Subsidiary then covering the Participant or, if no such plan exists or is applicable to the Participant, the permanent and total disability of the Participant within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

2.20 “ Effective Date ” means the date immediately preceding the day on which the Company’s registration statement relating to its initial public offering becomes effective, provided that the Board has adopted the Plan prior to such date, subject to approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders.

2.21 “ Eligible Recipients ” means all Employees, all Non-Employee Directors and all Consultants.

2.22 “ Employee ” means any individual performing services for the Company or a Subsidiary and designated as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on the payroll records thereof. An Employee will not include any individual during any period he or she is classified or treated by the Company or Subsidiary as an independent contractor, a consultant, or any

 

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employee of an employment, consulting or temporary agency or any other entity other than the Company or Subsidiary, without regard to whether such individual is subsequently determined to have been, or is subsequently retroactively reclassified as a common-law employee of the Company or Subsidiary during such period. An individual will not cease to be an Employee in the case of: (a) any leave of absence approved by the Company, or (b) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company or any Subsidiaries. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, is not so guaranteed, then three (3) months following the ninety-first (91st) day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by a Participant will cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Non-Statutory Stock Option. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a Director’s fee by the Company will be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

2.23 “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Exchange Act herein will be deemed to include a reference to any applicable rules and regulations thereunder and any successor or amended section of the Exchange Act.

2.24 “ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to the Common Stock, as of any date: (a) the closing sale price of the Common Stock as of such date at the end of the regular trading session on an established securities market, such as the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT or any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed (or, if no shares were traded on such date, as of the next preceding date on which there was such a trade) as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable; (b) if the Common Stock is not so listed, admitted to unlisted trading privileges or reported on any national exchange, the closing sale price as of such date at the end of the regular trading session, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board or the Pink OTC Markets, or other comparable quotation service (or, if no shares were traded or quoted on such date, as of the next preceding date on which there was such a trade or quote); or (c) if the Common Stock is not so listed or reported, such price as the Committee determines in good faith in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, and consistent with the definition of “fair market value” under Section 409A of the Code. If determined by the Committee, such determination will be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes and on all persons, including the Company, the stockholders of the Company, the Participants and their respective successors-in-interest. No member of the Committee will be liable for any determination regarding the fair market value of the Common Stock that is made in good faith.

2.25 “ Grant Date ” means the date an Incentive Award is granted to a Participant pursuant to this Plan and as determined pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan.

2.26 “ Incentive Award ” means, individually or collectively, an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Award, Annual Performance Cash Award, Non-Employee Director Award, Other Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award, in each case granted to an Eligible Recipient pursuant to this Plan.

 

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2.27 “ Incentive Award Agreement ” means either: (a) a written or electronic (as provided in Section 23.8) agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Incentive Award granted under this Plan, including any amendment or modification thereof, or (b) a written or electronic (as provided in Section 23.8) statement issued by the Company to a Participant describing the terms and provisions of such an Incentive Award, including any amendment or modification thereof.

2.28 “ Incentive Stock Option ” means a right to purchase Common Stock granted to an Employee pursuant to Section 6 of this Plan that is designated as and intended to meet the requirements of an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

2.29 “ Non-Statutory Stock Option ” means a right to purchase Common Stock granted to an Eligible Recipient pursuant to Section 6 of this Plan that is not intended to meet the requirements of or does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

2.30 “ Non-Employee Director ” means a Director who is not an Employee.

2.31 “ Non-Employee Director Award ” means any Non-Statutory Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit granted, whether singly, in combination, or in tandem, to an Eligible Recipient who is a Non-Employee Director, pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions and limitations as the Board or Committee may establish in accordance with this Plan, including any Non-Employee Director Option.

2.32 “ Non-Employee Director Option ” means a Non-Statutory Stock Option granted to a Non-Employee Director pursuant to Section 11.1 of this Plan.

2.33 “ Option ” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Statutory Stock Option, including a Non-Employee Director Option.

2.34 “ Other Cash-Based Award ” means an Incentive Award, denominated and paid in cash, not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan, granted pursuant to Section 12 of this Plan.

2.35 “ Other Stock-Based Award ” means an equity-based or equity-related Incentive Award not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan, granted pursuant to Section 12 of this Plan.

2.36 “ Participant ” means an Eligible Recipient who receives one or more Incentive Awards under this Plan.

2.37 “ Participation Factor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2 of this Plan.

2.38 “ Performance Award ” means a right granted to an Eligible Recipient pursuant to Section 9 of this Plan to receive an amount of cash, number of shares of Common Stock, or a combination of both, contingent upon and the value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent of the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during a specified Performance Period or the achievement of other objectives during a specified period.

 

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2.39 “ Performance-Based Compensation ” means compensation under an Incentive Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code for certain performance-based compensation paid to Covered Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Plan will be construed to mean that an Incentive Award which does not satisfy the requirements for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code does not constitute performance-based compensation for other purposes, including Section 409A of the Code.

2.40 “ Performance Goals ” mean with respect to any applicable Incentive Award, one or more targets, goals or levels of attainment required to be achieved in terms of the specified Performance Measures during the specified Performance Period, as set forth in the related Incentive Award Agreement.

2.41 “ Performance Measure Element ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 of this Plan.

2.42 “ Performance Measures ” mean: (a) with respect to any Incentive Award intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, any one or more of the measures described in Section 13.1 of this Plan on which the Performance Goals are based and which measures are approved by the Company’s stockholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify Incentive Awards as Performance-Based Compensation; and (b) with respect to any other Incentive Award, any performance measures as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and set forth in the applicable Incentive Award Agreement for purposes of determining the applicable Performance Goal.

2.43 “ Performance Period ” means the period of time, as determined by the Committee, during which the Performance Goals must be met in order to determine the degree of payout or vesting with respect to an Incentive Award.

2.44 “ Plan ” means the Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

2.45 “ Plan Year ” means the Company’s fiscal year.

2.46 “ Previously Acquired Shares ” means shares of Common Stock that are already owned by the Participant or, with respect to any Incentive Award, that are to be issued to the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of such Incentive Award.

2.47 “ Prior Plans ” mean the Smart Sand, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended to date.

2.48 “ Restricted Stock Award ” means an award of Common Stock granted to an Eligible Recipient pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan that is subject to the restrictions on transferability and the risk of forfeiture imposed by the provisions of such Section 8.

2.49 “ Restricted Stock Unit ” means an award denominated in shares of Common Stock granted to an Eligible Recipient pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan.

 

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2.50 “ Retirement ,” unless otherwise defined in the Incentive Award Agreement or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Subsidiary, means “Retirement” as defined from time to time for purposes of this Plan by the Committee or by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, if not so defined, means voluntary termination of employment or service by the Participant on or after the date the Participant reaches age fifty-five (55) with the present intention to leave the Company’s industry or to leave the general workforce.

2.51 “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Securities Act herein will be deemed to include a reference to any applicable rules and regulations thereunder and any successor or amended section of the Securities Act.

2.52 “ Stock Appreciation Right ” means a right granted to an Eligible Recipient pursuant to Section 7 of this Plan to receive a payment from the Company, in the form of shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination of both, equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of one or more shares of Common Stock and the exercise price of such shares under the terms of such Stock Appreciation Right.

2.53 “ Stock-Based Award ” means any equity-based or equity-related Incentive Award made pursuant to this Plan, including Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards denominated or payable in shares of Common Stock and Other Stock-Based Awards.

2.54 “ Subsidiary ” means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in which the Company has or obtains, directly or indirectly, an interest of more than fifty percent (50%) by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.

2.55 “ Successor Entity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.1 of this Plan.

2.56 “ Target Payout ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2 of this Plan.

2.57 “ Tax Date ” means the date any withholding tax obligation arises under the Code for a Participant with respect to an Incentive Award.

3. Plan Administration .

3.1 The Committee . The Plan will be administered by the Committee. The Committee will act by majority approval of the members at a meeting or by unanimous written consent, and a majority of the members of the Committee will constitute a quorum. The Committee may exercise its duties, power and authority under this Plan in its sole discretion without the consent of any Participant or other party, unless this Plan specifically provides otherwise. The Committee will not be obligated to treat Participants or Eligible Recipients uniformly, and determinations made under this Plan may be made by the Committee selectively among Participants or Eligible Recipients, whether or not such Participants and Eligible Recipients are similarly situated. Each determination, interpretation or other action made or taken by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of this Plan will be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes and on all persons, and no member of the Committee will be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Incentive Award

 

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granted under this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the full Board, acting by a majority of its members in office, shall conduct the general administration of the Plan with respect to Incentive Awards granted to Non-Employee Directors and (b) the Board or Committee may delegate its authority hereunder to the extent permitted by Section 3.3 hereof.

3.2 Authority of the Committee . In accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Committee will have full and exclusive discretionary power and authority to take such actions as it deems necessary and advisable with respect to the administration of this Plan, including the following:

(a) To designate the Eligible Recipients to be selected as Participants;

(b) To determine the nature and extent of the Incentive Awards to be made to each Participant, including the amount of cash or number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each Incentive Award, any exercise price, the manner in which Incentive Awards will vest or become exercisable and whether Incentive Awards will be granted in tandem with other Incentive Awards, and the form of Incentive Award Agreement, if any, evidencing such Incentive Award;

(c) To determine the time or times when Incentive Awards will be granted;

(d) To determine the duration of each Incentive Award;

(e) To determine the restrictions and other conditions to which the payment or vesting of Incentive Awards may be subject;

(f) To construe and interpret this Plan and Incentive Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration and in so doing, to correct any defect, omission, or inconsistency in this Plan or in an Incentive Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make this Plan fully effective;

(g) To determine Fair Market Value in accordance with Section 2.22 of this Plan;

(h) To amend this Plan or any Incentive Award Agreement, as provided in this Plan;

(i) To adopt subplans or special provisions applicable to Incentive Awards regulated by the laws of a jurisdiction other than, and outside of, the United States, which subplans or special provisions may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan;

(j) To authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any Incentive Award Agreement or any other instrument required to effect the grant of an Incentive Award previously granted by the Committee;

(k) To determine whether Incentive Awards will be settled in shares of Common Stock, cash or in any combination thereof;

 

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(l) Subject to Section 14, to determine whether Incentive Awards will be adjusted for “dividend equivalents,” meaning a credit, made at the discretion of the Committee, to the account of a Participant in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock represented by an Incentive Award held by such Participant;

(m) Accelerate wholly or partially the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any Incentive Award or portion thereof at any time after the grant of an Incentive Award, subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee and Section 4.5; and

(n) To impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any shares of Common Stock, including restrictions under an insider trading policy, restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers and other restrictions designed to increase equity ownership by Participants or otherwise align the interests of Participants with the Company’s stockholders.

3.3 Delegation . To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more officers of the Company or any Subsidiary or to one or more agents or advisors such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee or any individuals to whom it has delegated duties or powers as aforesaid may employ one or more individuals to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such individuals may have under this Plan. The Committee may, by resolution, authorize one or more directors of the Company or one or more officers of the Company to do one or both of the following on the same basis as can the Committee: (a) designate Eligible Recipients to be recipients of Incentive Awards pursuant to this Plan; and (b) determine the size of any such Incentive Awards; provided , however , that (x) the Committee will not delegate such responsibilities to any such director(s) or officer(s) for any Incentive Awards granted to an Eligible Recipient: (i) who is considered a Covered Employee or who is subject to the reporting and liability provisions of Section 16 under the Exchange Act, or (ii) to whom authority to grant or amend Incentive Awards has been delegated hereunder; provided, further , that any delegation of administrative authority shall only be permitted to the extent it is permissible under Section 162(m) of the Code and Applicable Law; (y) the resolution providing such authorization will set forth the type of Incentive Awards and total number of each type of Incentive Awards such director(s) or officer(s) may grant; and (z) such director(s) or officer(s) will report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the Incentive Awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated. At all times, the delagatee appointed under this Section 3.3 shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Committee.

3.4 No Re-pricing . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan other than Section 4.5, the Committee may not, without prior approval of the Company’s stockholders, seek to effect any re-pricing of any previously granted, “underwater” Option or Stock Appreciation Right by: (i) amending or modifying the terms of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right to lower the exercise price; (ii) canceling the underwater Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for (A) cash; (B) replacement Options or Stock Appreciation Rights having a lower

 

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exercise price; or (C) other Incentive Awards; or (iii) repurchasing the underwater Options or Stock Appreciation Rights and granting new Incentive Awards under this Plan. For purposes of this Section 3.4, an Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be deemed to be “underwater” at any time when the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock is less than the exercise price of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right.

3.5 Participants Based Outside of the United States . In addition to the authority of the Committee under Section 3.2(i) and notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend the terms of this Plan or Incentive Awards with respect to Participants resident outside of the United States or employed by a non-U.S. Subsidiary in order to comply with local legal requirements, to otherwise protect the Company’s or Subsidiary’s interests or to meet objectives of this Plan, and may, where appropriate, establish one or more sub-plans (including the adoption of any required rules and regulations) for the purposes of qualifying for preferred tax treatment under foreign tax laws. The Committee will have no authority, however, to take action pursuant to this Section 3.5: (i) to reserve shares of Common Stock or grant Incentive Awards in excess of the limitations provided in Section 4.1; (ii) to effect any re-pricing in violation of Section 3.4; (iii) to grant Options or Stock Appreciation Rights having an exercise price less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Grant Date in violation of Section 6.3 or Section 7.3; or (iv) for which stockholder approval would then be required pursuant to Section 422 of the Code or the rules of any stock exchange on which shares of Common Stock may be listed for trading.

4. Shares Available for Issuance .

4.1 Maximum Number of Shares Available . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5 of this Plan, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be available for issuance under this Plan will be the sum of:

(a) 3,563,762 shares; and

(b) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to Incentive Awards outstanding under the Prior Plans as of the Effective Date but only to the extent that such outstanding Incentive Awards are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without the issuance of such shares of Common Stock.

4.2 Restrictions on Incentive Stock Options . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5 of this Plan, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be available for issuance pursuant to Incentive Stock Options under this Plan will be 3,563,762 shares.

4.3 Accounting for Incentive Awards . Shares of Common Stock that are issued under this Plan or that are subject to outstanding Incentive Awards will be applied to reduce the maximum number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for issuance under this Plan only to the extent they are used; provided , however , that the full number of shares of Common Stock subject to a Stock Appreciation Right granted that are settled by the issuance of shares of Common Stock will be counted against the shares authorized for issuance under this Plan,

 

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regardless of the number of shares actually issued upon settlement of such Stock Appreciation Right. Furthermore, any shares of Common Stock withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations on Incentive Awards issued under this Plan, any shares of Common Stock withheld to pay the exercise price of Incentive Awards under this Plan and any shares of Common Stock not issued or delivered as a result of the “net exercise” of an outstanding Option pursuant to Section 6.5 or settlement of a Stock Appreciation Right in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 7.7 will not be counted against the shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under this Plan, will be available again for grant under this Plan and correspondingly increase the total number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under this Plan under Section 4.1. Any shares of Common Stock repurchased by the Company on the open market using the proceeds from the exercise of an Incentive Award will not increase the number of shares available for future grant of Incentive Awards. Any shares of Common Stock related to Incentive Awards granted under this Plan or under any Prior Plans that terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of the shares of Common Stock, or are settled in cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock, or are exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock, for Incentive Awards not involving shares of Common Stock, will be available again for grant under this Plan and correspondingly increase the total number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under this Plan under Section 4.1.

4.4 Non-Employee Director Annual Awards Limit . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, the Committee or the Board may establish compensation for Non-Employee Directors from time to time, subject to the limitations in the Plan. The Committee or the Board will from time to time determine the terms, conditions and amounts of all such Non-Employee Director compensation in its discretion and pursuant to the exercise of its business judgment, taking into account such factors, circumstances and considerations as it shall deem relevant from time to time, provided that the sum of any cash compensation, or other compensation, and the value (determined as of the grant date in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) of Incentive Awards granted to a non-employee Director as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director during any fiscal year of the Company may not exceed $600,000 increased to $1,000,000 in the fiscal year of a Non-Employee Director’s initial service as a Non-Employee Director. The Committee or the Board may make exceptions to this limit for individual Non-Employee Directors in extraordinary circumstances, as the Committee or the Board may determine in its discretion, provided that the Non-Employee Director receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation or in other contemporaneous compensation decisions involving Non-Employee Directors.

4.5 Adjustments to Shares and Incentive Awards .

(a) In the event of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, rights offering, divestiture or extraordinary dividend (including a spin off) or any other similar change in the corporate structure or shares of the Company, the Committee (or, if the Company is not the surviving corporation in any such transaction, the board of directors of the surviving corporation) will make appropriate adjustment (which determination will be conclusive) as to: (i) the number and kind of securities or other property (including

 

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cash) available for issuance or payment under this Plan, including the sub-limits set forth in Section 4.2 and the Annual Award Limits set forth in Section 4.4, and (ii) in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants, the number and kind of securities or other property (including cash) subject to outstanding Incentive Awards and the exercise price of outstanding Incentive Awards. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, will be final, conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan.

(b) Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, without affecting the number of shares of Common Stock reserved or available hereunder, the limits in Section 4.2 and the Annual Award Limits in Section 4.4, the Committee may authorize the issuance or assumption of benefits under this Plan in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock or reorganization upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, subject to compliance with the rules under Sections 422 and 424 of the Code, as and where applicable.

4.6 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, if Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Plan, the Incentive Award, and the Incentive Award Agreement shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule, and such additional limitations shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into such Incentive Award to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.

5. Participation .

Participants in this Plan will be those Eligible Recipients who, in the judgment of the Committee, have contributed, are contributing or are expected to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Eligible Recipients may be granted from time to time one or more Incentive Awards, singly or in combination or in tandem with other Incentive Awards, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Incentive Awards will be deemed to be granted as of the date specified in the grant resolution of the Committee, which date will be the Grant Date of any related Incentive Award Agreement with the Participant.

6. Options .

6.1 Grant . An Eligible Recipient may be granted one or more Options under this Plan, and such Options will be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may designate whether an Option is to be considered an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Statutory Stock Option. To the extent that any Incentive Stock Option (or portion thereof) granted under this Plan ceases for any reason to qualify as an “incentive stock option” for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such Incentive Stock Option (or portion thereof) will continue to be outstanding for purposes of this Plan but will thereafter be deemed to be a Non-Statutory Stock Option. Options may be granted to an Eligible Recipient for services provided to a Subsidiary only if, with respect to such Eligible Recipient, the underlying shares of Common Stock constitute “service recipient stock” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii).

 

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6.2 Incentive Award Agreement . Each Option grant will be evidenced by an Incentive Award Agreement that will specify the exercise price of the Option, the maximum duration of the Option, the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Option pertains, the conditions upon which an Option will become vested and exercisable, and such other provisions as the Committee will determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan. The Incentive Award Agreement also will specify whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Statutory Stock Option.

6.3 Exercise Price . The per share price to be paid by a Participant upon exercise of an Option granted pursuant to this Section 6 will be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion at the time of the Option grant; provided , however , that such price will not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Grant Date (one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value if, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, the Participant owns, directly or indirectly, more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company).

6.4 Exercisability and Duration . An Option will become exercisable at such times and in such installments and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion at the time of grant, including (i) the achievement of one or more of the Performance Goals; or that (ii) the Participant remain in the continuous employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary for a certain period; provided , however , that no Option may be exercisable after ten (10) years from the Grant Date (five (5) years from the Grant Date in the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Participant who owns, directly or indirectly, more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the exercise of an Option that is exercisable in accordance with its terms is prevented by the provisions of Section 19, the Option will remain exercisable until thirty (30) days after the date such exercise first would no longer be prevented by such provisions, but in any event no later than the expiration date of such Option.

 

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6.5 Payment of Exercise Price .

(a) The total purchase price of the shares to be purchased upon exercise of an Option will be paid entirely in cash (including check, bank draft or money order); provided , however , that the Committee, in its sole discretion and upon terms and conditions established by the Committee, may allow such payments to be made, in whole or in part, by (i) tender of a Broker Exercise Notice; (ii) by tender, either by actual delivery or attestation as to ownership, of Previously Acquired Shares; (iii) a “net exercise” of the Option (as further described in paragraph (b), below); (iv) by a combination of such methods; or (v) any other method approved or accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no Participant who is a Director or an “executive officer” of the Company within the meaning of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act shall be permitted to make payment with respect to any Incentive Awards granted under the Plan, or continue any extension of credit with respect to such payment with a loan from the Company or a loan arranged by the Company in violation of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

(b) In the case of a “net exercise” of an Option, the Company will not require a payment of the exercise price of the Option from the Participant but will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise by the largest number of whole shares that has a Fair Market Value on the exercise date that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price for the shares exercised under this method. Shares of Common Stock will no longer be outstanding under an Option (and will therefore not thereafter be exercisable) following the exercise of such Option to the extent of (i) shares used to pay the exercise price of an Option under the “net exercise,” (ii) shares actually delivered to the Participant as a result of such exercise and (iii) any shares withheld for purposes of tax withholding pursuant to Section 16 of this Plan.

(c) For purposes of such payment, Previously Acquired Shares tendered or covered by an attestation will be valued at their Fair Market Value on the exercise date of the Option.

6.6 Manner of Exercise . An Option may be exercised by a Participant in whole or in part from time to time, subject to the conditions contained in this Plan and in the Incentive Award Agreement evidencing such Option, by delivery in person, by facsimile or electronic transmission or through the mail of written notice of exercise to the Company at its principal executive office in The Woodlands, Texas (or to the Company’s designee as may be established from time to time by the Company and communicated to Participants) and by paying in full the total exercise price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased in accordance with Section 6.5 of this Plan.

7. Stock Appreciation Rights .

7.1 Grant . An Eligible Recipient may be granted one or more Stock Appreciation Rights under this Plan, and such Stock Appreciation Rights will be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to an Eligible Recipient for services provided to a Subsidiary only if, with respect to such Eligible Recipient, the underlying shares of Common Stock constitute “service recipient stock” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii).

 

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7.2 Incentive Award Agreement . Each Stock Appreciation Right will be evidenced by an Incentive Award Agreement that will specify the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right, the term of the Stock Appreciation Right, and such other provisions as the Committee will determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan.

7.3 Exercise Price . The exercise price of a Stock Appreciation Right will be determined by the Committee, in its discretion, at the Grant Date; provided , however , that such price may not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Grant Date.

7.4 Exercisability and Duration . A Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable at such times and in such installments as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion at the time of grant; provided , however , that no Stock Appreciation Right may be exercisable after ten (10) years from its Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right that is exercisable in accordance with its terms is prevented by the provisions of Section 19, the Stock Appreciation Right will remain exercisable until thirty (30) days after the date such exercise first would no longer be prevented by such provisions, but in any event no later than the expiration date of such Stock Appreciation Right.

7.5 Manner of Exercise . A Stock Appreciation Right will be exercised by giving notice in the same manner as for Options, as set forth in Section 6.6, subject to any other terms and conditions consistent with the other provisions of this Plan as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

7.6 Settlement . Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a Participant will be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:

(a) The excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over the per share exercise price; by

(b) The number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised.

7.7 Form of Payment . Payment, if any, with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right settled in accordance with Section 7.6 will be made in accordance with the terms of the applicable Incentive Award Agreement, in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as the Committee determines.

8. Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units .

8.1 Grant . An Eligible Recipient may be granted one or more Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Units under this Plan, and such awards will be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Restricted Stock Units will be similar to Restricted Stock

 

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Awards except that no shares of Common Stock are actually awarded to the Participant on the Grant Date of the Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units will be denominated in shares of Common Stock but paid in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Committee, in its sole discretion, will determine, and as provided in the Incentive Award Agreement.

8.2 Incentive Award Agreement . Each Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit grant will be evidenced by an Incentive Award Agreement that will specify the type of Incentive Award, the period(s) of restriction, the number of shares of restricted Common Stock, or the number of Restricted Stock Units granted, and such other provisions as the Committee will determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan.

8.3 Conditions and Restrictions . The Committee will impose such restrictions or conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan, to the vesting of such Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Units as it deems appropriate, including (a) the achievement of one or more of the Performance Goals; or that (b) the Participant remain in the continuous employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary for a certain period.

8.4 Rights as a Stockholder . Except as provided in Sections 8.1, 8.5, 8.6 and 18.3 of this Plan, upon a Participant becoming the holder of record of shares of Common Stock issued under a Restricted Stock Award pursuant to this Section 8, the Participant will have all voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights with respect to such shares (other than the right to sell or transfer such shares) as if such Participant were a holder of record of shares of unrestricted Common Stock. A Participant will have no voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder.

8.5 Dividends and Distributions . Unless the Committee determines otherwise in its sole discretion (either in the Incentive Award Agreement evidencing the Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit at the time of grant or at any time after the grant of the Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit), any dividends or distributions paid with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to the unvested portion of a Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit will be subject to the same restrictions as the shares to which such dividends or distributions relate. The Committee will determine in its sole discretion whether any interest will be paid on such dividends or distributions.

8.6 Enforcement of Restrictions . To enforce the restrictions referred to in this Section 8, the Committee may place a legend on the stock certificates representing Restricted Stock Awards referring to such restrictions and may require the Participant, until the restrictions have lapsed, to keep the stock certificates, together with duly endorsed stock powers, in the custody of the Company or its transfer agent, or to maintain evidence of stock ownership, together with duly endorsed stock powers, in a certificateless book entry stock account with the Company’s transfer agent. Alternatively, Restricted Stock Awards may be held in non-certificated form pursuant to such terms and conditions as the Company may establish with its registrar and transfer agent or any third-party administrator designated by the Company to hold Restricted Stock Awards on behalf of Participants.

 

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8.7 Lapse of Restrictions; Settlement . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8, shares of Common Stock underlying a Restricted Stock Award will become freely transferable by the Participant after all conditions and restrictions applicable to such shares have been satisfied or lapse (including satisfaction of any applicable tax withholding obligations). Upon the vesting of a Restricted Stock Unit, the Restricted Stock Unit will be settled, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Incentive Award Agreement, (a) in cash, based upon the Fair Market Value of the vested underlying shares of Common Stock, (b) in shares of Common Stock or (c) a combination thereof, as provided in the Incentive Award Agreement, except to the extent that a Participant has properly elected to defer income that may be attributable to a Restricted Stock Unit under a Company deferred compensation plan or arrangement.

8.8 Section 83(b) Election for Restricted Stock Award . If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant must file, within thirty (30) days following the Grant Date of the Restricted Stock Award, a copy of such election with the Company and with the Internal Revenue Service, in accordance with the regulations under Section 83 of the Code. The Committee may provide in the Incentive Award Agreement that the Restricted Stock Award is conditioned upon the Participant’s making or refraining from making an election with respect to the award under Section 83(b) of the Code.

9. Performance Awards.

9.1 Grant . An Eligible Recipient may be granted one or more Performance Awards under this Plan, and such awards will be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, including the achievement of one or more Performance Goals.

9.2 Incentive Award Agreement . Each Performance Award will be evidenced by an Incentive Award Agreement that will specify the amount of cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of both to be received by the Participant upon payout of the Performance Award, any Performance Goals upon which the Performance Award is subject, any Performance Period during which any Performance Goals must be achieved and such other provisions as the Committee will determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan.

9.3 Vesting . The Committee may impose such restrictions or conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan, to the vesting of such Performance Awards as it deems appropriate, including the achievement of one or more of the Performance Goals.

9.4 Form and Timing of Performance Award Payment . Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Awards will be entitled to receive payment on the value and number of Performance Awards earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding Performance Goals have been achieved. Payment of earned Performance Awards will be as determined by the Committee and as evidenced in the Incentive Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Awards in the form of cash or in shares of Common Stock (or in a combination thereof) equal to the value of the earned Performance Awards at the close of the

 

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applicable Performance Period. Payment of any Performance Award will be made as soon as practicable after the Committee has determined the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals have been achieved and not later than the March 15 th immediately following the end of the performance period, or earlier than the January 1 st preceding such March 15, except to the extent that a Participant has properly elected to defer payment that may be attributable to a Performance Award under a Company deferred compensation plan or arrangement. The determination of the Committee with respect to the form of payment of Performance Awards will be set forth in the Incentive Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the award. Any shares of Common Stock issued in payment of earned Performance Awards may be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee, including that the Participant remain in the continuous employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary for a certain period.

10. Performance Cash Awards .

10.1 Grant . Subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant to Participants Incentive Awards denominated in cash in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee may determine, which may be based on the achievement of specified Performance Goals for annual periods or other time periods as determined by the Committee (the “ Annual Performance Cash Awards ”).

10.2 Target Payout . The target amount that may be paid with respect to an Annual Performance Cash Award (the “ Target Payout ”) will be determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 13.2 and may be based on a percentage of a Participant’s actual annual base compensation at the time of grant (“ Participation Factor ”), within the range established by the Committee for each Participant and subject to adjustment as may be determined by the Committee or its delegate.

11. Non-Employee Director Awards .

11.1 Automatic and Non-Discretionary Awards to Non-Employee Directors . The Committee at any time and from time to time may approve resolutions providing for the automatic grant to Non-Employee Directors of Non-Employee Director Awards granted under this Plan and may grant to Non-Employee Directors such discretionary Non-Employee Director Awards on such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, and set forth in an applicable Incentive Award Agreement.

11.2 Deferral of Incentive Award Payment . The Committee may permit a Non-Employee Director the opportunity to defer payment of an Incentive Award pursuant to such terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe from time to time.

12. Other Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards .

12.1 Other Cash-Based Awards . Subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Other Cash-Based Awards to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee may determine.

 

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12.2 Other Stock-Based Awards . Subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of this Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, the Committee may grant Other Stock-Based Awards not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted shares of Common Stock) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee will determine. Such Incentive Awards may involve the transfer of actual shares of Common Stock to Participants or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of shares, and may include Incentive Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

12.3 Value of Other Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards . Each Other Cash-Based Award will specify a payment amount or payment range as determined by the Committee. Each Other Stock-Based Award will be expressed in terms of shares of Common Stock or units based on shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may establish Performance Goals in its discretion for any Other Cash-Based Award or any Other Stock-Based Award. If the Committee exercises its discretion to establish Performance Goals for any such Incentive Awards, the number or value of Other Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards that will be paid out to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the Performance Goals are met.

12.4 Payment of Other Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards . Payment, if any, with respect to an Other Cash-Based Award or an Other Stock-Based Award will be made in accordance with the terms of the Incentive Award, in cash for any Other Cash-Based Award and in cash or shares of Common Stock for any Other Stock-Based Award, as the Committee determines, except to the extent that a Participant has properly elected to defer payment that may be attributable to an Other Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award under a Company deferred compensation plan or arrangement.

13. Performance Measures .

13.1 Performance Measures . The Performance Goals upon which the payment or vesting of an Incentive Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may be based on one or more specified objective Performance Measures that are based on any of the following Performance Measure elements as determined by the Committee (each, a “ Performance Measure Element ”):

(a) net earnings (either before or after one or more of the following: (i) interest, (ii) taxes, (iii) depreciation, depletion and/or accretion (iv) amortization, (v) non-cash equity-based compensation expense, (vi) gain or loss on sale of assets, (vii) financing costs (viii) development costs (ix) non-cash charges and (x) unusual or non-recurring charges and (xi) gain or loss on extinguishment of debt);

(b) gross or net sales or revenue or sales or revenue growth;

(c) net income (either before or after taxes);

(d) adjusted net income;

 

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(e) operating earnings or profit;

(f) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow);

(g) return on assets;

(h) return on capital;

(i) return on stockholders’ equity;

(j) total stockholder return;

(k) return on sales;

(l) gross or net profit or operating margin;

(m) costs (including, but not limited to, production costs);

(n) funds from operations;

(o) expenses;

(p) working capital;

(q) earnings per share;

(r) adjusted earnings per share;

(s) price per share;

(t) regulatory body approval for commercialization of a product;

(u) implementation or completion of critical projects;

(v) market share;

(w) economic value;

(x) debt levels or reduction;

(y) sales-related goals;

(z) comparisons with other stock market indices;

(aa) operating efficiency;

(bb) financing and other capital raising transactions;

(cc) recruiting and maintaining personnel;

 

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(dd) year-end cash;

(ee) customer service; and

(ff) marketing initiatives, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms for the Company or any operating unit of the Company or on per share basis, per ton basis, per product basis, per customer or prospect basis, per employee basis, or any other similar basis for the Company or any operating unit of the Company or as compared to any incremental increase or decrease or as compared to results of a peer group or to market performance indicators or indices.

Any Performance Measure Element can be a Performance Measure. In addition, any of the Performance Measure Element(s) can be used in an algebraic formula (e.g., averaged over a period, combined into a ratio, compared to a budget or standard, compared to previous periods or other formulaic combinations) based on the Performance Measure Elements to create a Performance Measure. Any Performance Measure(s) may be used to measure the performance of the Company or Subsidiary as a whole or any division or business unit of the Company, product or product group, region or territory, or Subsidiary, or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate. Any Performance Measure(s) can be compared to the performance of a peer group, or published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may select any Performance Measure(s) above as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Incentive Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to any Performance Measure(s) specified in this Section 13.1.

13.2 Establishment of Performance Goals . Any Incentive Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation will be granted, and Performance Goals for such an Incentive Award will be established, by the Committee in writing not later than ninety (90) days after the commencement of the Performance Period to which the Performance Goals relate, or such other period required under Section 162(m) of the Code; provided that the outcome is substantially uncertain at the time the Committee establishes the Performance Goal; and provided further that in no event will a Performance Goal be considered to be pre-established if it is established after twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance Period (as scheduled in good faith at the time the Performance Goal is established) has elapsed.

13.3 Certification of Payment . Before any payment is made in connection with any Incentive Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee must certify in writing, as reflected in the minutes, that the Performance Goals established with respect to such Incentive Award have been achieved.

13.4 Evaluation of Performance . The Committee may provide in any such Incentive Award Agreement including Performance Goals that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a Performance Period: (a) items related to a change in accounting principles; (b) items relating to financing activities; (c) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (d) other non-operating items; (e) items related to acquisitions; (f) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the Performance Period; (g) items related to the disposal of a business or

 

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segment of a business; (h) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under applicable accounting standards; (i) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of stock occurring during the Performance Period; (j) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (k) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments; (l) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (m) items that are outside the scope of the Company’s core, on-going business activities; (n) items related to acquired in-process research and development; (o) items relating to changes in tax laws; (p) items relating to major licensing or partnership arrangements; (q) items relating to asset impairment charges; (r) items relating to gains or losses for litigation, arbitration and contractual settlements; (s) foreign exchange gains and losses; or (t) items relating to any other unusual or nonrecurring events or changes in applicable laws, accounting principles or business conditions. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Incentive Awards to Covered Employees, they will be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code for deductibility.

13.5 Adjustment of Performance Goals, Performance Periods or other Vesting Criteria . Subject to Section 13.6, the Committee may amend or modify the vesting criteria (including any Performance Goals, Performance Measures or Performance Periods) of any outstanding Incentive Awards based in whole or in part on the financial performance of the Company (or any Subsidiary or division, business unit or other sub-unit thereof) in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including the events described in Section 4.5(a) hereof) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent unintended dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be final, conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan. For all Awards intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, such determinations shall be made within the time prescribed by, and otherwise in compliance with, Section 162(m) of the Code.

13.6 Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation . Incentive Awards that are intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may not be adjusted upward. The Committee will retain the discretion to adjust such Incentive Awards downward, either on a formula or discretionary basis or any combination, as the Committee determines.

13.7 Committee Discretion . In the event that applicable tax or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining stockholder approval of such changes, the Committee will have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining stockholder approval. In addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Incentive Awards that will not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and base vesting on Performance Measures other than those set forth in Section 13.1.

 

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14. Dividend Equivalents .

Any Participant selected by the Committee may be granted dividend equivalents based on the dividends declared on shares of Common Stock that are subject to any Incentive Award, to be credited as of dividend payment dates, during the period between the date the Incentive Award is granted and the date the Incentive Award is exercised, vests or expires, as determined by the Committee. Such dividend equivalents will be converted to cash or additional shares of Common Stock by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may not grant dividend equivalents based on the dividends declared on shares of Common Stock that are subject to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right and further, no dividend or dividend equivalents will be paid out with respect to any unvested Incentive Awards, the vesting of which is based on the achievement of Performance Goals.

15. Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Service .

15.1 Termination Due to Death, Disability or Retirement . Unless otherwise expressly provided by the Committee in its sole discretion in an Incentive Award Agreement, and subject to Sections 15.3 and 15.4 of this Plan, in the event a Participant’s employment or other service with the Company and all Subsidiaries is terminated by reason of death, Disability or Retirement (other than with respect to a Non-Employee Director):

(a) All outstanding Options (excluding Non-Employee Director Options) and Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant as of the effective date of such termination will, to the extent exercisable as of the date of such termination, remain exercisable for a period of one year after the date of such termination (but in no event after the expiration date of any such Option or Stock Appreciation Right) and Options and Stock Appreciation Rights not exercisable as of the date of such termination will be terminated and forfeited;

(b) All outstanding Restricted Stock Awards held by the Participant as of the effective date of such termination that have not vested as of the date of such termination will be terminated and forfeited;

(c) All outstanding but unpaid Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards, Other Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards held by the Participant as of the effective date of such termination will be terminated and forfeited; provided , however , that with respect to any such Incentive Awards the vesting of which is based on the achievement of Performance Goals, if a Participant’s employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, is terminated by reason of death, Disability or Retirement prior to the end of the Performance Period of such Incentive Award, but after the conclusion of a portion of the Performance Period (but in no event less than one year), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, cause shares of Common Stock to be delivered or payment made with respect to the Participant’s Incentive Award, but only if otherwise earned for the entire Performance Period and only with respect to the portion of the applicable Performance Period completed at the date of such event, with proration based on full fiscal years only and no shares to be delivered for

 

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partial fiscal years. The Committee will consider the provisions of Section 15.5 of this Plan and will have the discretion to consider any other fact or circumstance in making its decision as to whether to deliver such shares of Common Stock or other payment, including whether the Participant again becomes employed; and

(d) If the effective date of such termination is before the end of the Performance Period to which an Annual Performance Cash Award relates, then any such Annual Performance Cash Award held by a Participant will be terminated and forfeited; if the effective date of such termination is on or after the end of the Performance Period to which an Annual Performance Cash Award relates, then any such Annual Performance Cash Award held by a Participant will be paid to the Participant in accordance with the payment terms of such Award.

15.2 Termination for Reasons Other than Death, Disability or Retirement . Unless otherwise expressly provided by the Committee in its sole discretion in an Incentive Award Agreement, and subject to Sections 15.4 and 15.5 of this Plan, in the event a Participant’s employment or other service with the Company and all Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement:

(a) All outstanding Options (including Non-Employee Director Options) and Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant as of the effective date of such termination will, to the extent exercisable as of such termination, remain exercisable for a period of three months after such termination (but in no event after the expiration date of any such Option or Stock Appreciation Right) and Options and Stock Appreciation Rights not exercisable as of such termination will be terminated and forfeited.

(b) All Restricted Stock Awards held by the Participant as of the effective date of such termination that have not vested as of such termination will be terminated and forfeited;

(c) All outstanding unpaid Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards, Other Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards held by the Participant as of the effective date of such termination will be terminated and forfeited; and

(d) All outstanding Annual Performance Cash Awards held by a Participant as of the effective date of such termination will be terminated and forfeited.

15.3 Modification of Rights upon Termination . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 15, upon a Participant’s termination of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, the Committee may, in its sole discretion (which may be exercised at any time on or after the Grant Date, including following such termination) cause Options or Stock Appreciation Rights (or any part thereof) held by such Participant as of the effective date of such termination to terminate, become or continue to become exercisable or remain exercisable following such termination of employment or service, and Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards, Annual Performance Cash Awards, Non-Employee Director Awards, Other Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards held by such Participant as of the effective date of such termination to terminate, vest or

 

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become free of restrictions and conditions to payment, as the case may be, following such termination of employment or service, in each case in the manner determined by the Committee; provided , however , that (a) no Option or Stock Appreciation Right may remain exercisable beyond its expiration date; (b) the Committee may not take any action not permitted pursuant to Section 13.6; (c) the Committee taking any such action relating to Non-Employee Director Awards will consist solely of “independent directors” as defined in the NASDAQ Listing Rules (or other applicable exchange or market on which the Common Stock may be traded or quoted); and (d) any such action by the Committee adversely affecting any outstanding Incentive Award will not be effective without the consent of the affected Participant (subject to the right of the Committee to take whatever action it deems appropriate under Section 4.5, 15.5, 17 or 21).

15.4 Determination of Termination of Employment or Other Service .

(a) The change in a Participant’s status from that of an Employee to that of a Consultant will, for purposes of this Plan, be deemed to result in a termination of such Participant’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries, unless the Committee otherwise determines in its sole discretion.

(b) The change in a Participant’s status from that of a Consultant to that of an Employee will not, for purposes of this Plan, be deemed to result in a termination of such Participant’s service as a Consultant, and such Participant will thereafter be deemed to be an Employee until such Participant’s employment is terminated, in which event such Participant will be governed by the provisions of this Plan relating to termination of employment or service (subject to paragraph (a) above).

(c) Unless the Committee otherwise determines in its sole discretion, a Participant’s employment or other service will, for purposes of this Plan, be deemed to have terminated on the date recorded on the personnel or other records of the Company or the Subsidiary for which the Participant provides employment or other service, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion based upon such records.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if payment of an Incentive Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code is triggered by a termination of a Participant’s employment or other service, such termination must also constitute a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, and any change in employment status that constitutes a “separation from service” under Section 409A of the Code will be treated as a termination of employment or service, as the case may be.

15.5 Additional Forfeiture Events .

(a) Effect of Actions Constituting Cause or Adverse Action . Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary and in addition to the other rights of the Committee under this Section 15.5, if a Participant is determined by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, to have taken any action that would constitute Cause or an Adverse Action during or after the termination of employment or other service with the Company or a Subsidiary, irrespective of whether such action or the Committee’s determination occurs before or after termination of such Participant’s employment or other service with the

 

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Company or any Subsidiary and irrespective of whether or not the Participant was terminated as a result of such Cause or Adverse Action, (i) all rights of the Participant under this Plan and any Incentive Award Agreements evidencing an Incentive Award then held by the Participant will terminate and be forfeited without notice of any kind, and (ii) the Committee in its sole discretion will have the authority to rescind the exercise, vesting or issuance of, or payment in respect of, any Incentive Awards of the Participant that were exercised, vested or issued, or as to which such payment was made, and to require the Participant to pay to the Company, within ten (10) days of receipt from the Company of notice of such rescission, any amount received or the amount of any gain realized as a result of such rescinded exercise, vesting, issuance or payment (including any dividends paid or other distributions made with respect to any shares subject to any Incentive Award). The Company may defer the exercise of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right for a period of up to six (6) months after receipt of the Participant’s written notice of exercise or the issuance of share certificates upon the vesting of any Incentive Award for a period of up to six (6) months after the date of such vesting in order for the Committee to make any determination as to the existence of Cause or an Adverse Action. The Company will be entitled to withhold and deduct from future wages of the Participant (or from other amounts that may be due and owing to the Participant from the Company or a Subsidiary) or make other arrangements for the collection of all amounts necessary to satisfy such payment obligations. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an applicable Incentive Award Agreement, this Section 15.5(a) will not apply to any Participant following a Change in Control.

(b) Forfeiture of Incentive Awards . If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, then any Participant who is one of the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will reimburse the Company for the amount of any Incentive Award received by such individual under this Plan during the 12-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, of the financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement. In addition, all Awards under this Plan will be subject to forfeiture or other penalties pursuant to any clawback or forfeiture policy of the Company, as in effect from time to time, and such forfeiture and/or penalty conditions or provisions as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. In addition, the Company may seek to recover any Incentive Award made as required by the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any other clawback, forfeiture or recoupment provision required by Applicable Law or under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or traded.

16. Payment of Withholding Taxes .

16.1 General Rules . The Company is entitled to (a) withhold and deduct from future wages of the Participant (or from other amounts that may be due and owing to the Participant from the Company or a Subsidiary), or make other arrangements for the collection of, all legally required amounts necessary to satisfy any and all federal, foreign, state and local withholding

 

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and employment related tax requirements attributable to an Incentive Award, including the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of, or payment of dividends with respect to, an Incentive Award or a disqualifying disposition of stock received upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, or (b) require the Participant promptly to remit the amount of such withholding to the Company before taking any action, including issuing any shares of Common Stock, with respect to an Incentive Award. When withholding shares of Common Stock for taxes is effected under this Plan, it shall be withheld only up to an amount based on the maximum statutory tax rates in the Participant’s applicable tax jurisdiction or such other rate that will not trigger a negative accounting impact on the Company.

16.2 Special Rules . The Committee may, in its sole discretion and upon terms and conditions established by the Committee, permit or require a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding or employment related tax obligation described in Section 16.1 of this Plan by withholding shares of Common Stock underlying an Award, by electing to tender, or by attestation as to ownership of, Previously Acquired Shares, by delivery of a Broker Exercise Notice or a combination of such methods. For purposes of satisfying a Participant’s withholding or employment-related tax obligation, shares of Common Stock withheld by the Company or Previously Acquired Shares tendered or covered by an attestation will be valued at their Fair Market Value.

17. Change in Control .

17.1 Change in Control . For purposes of this Section 17, a “ Change in Control ” of the Company will mean (a) the consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (i) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination, (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in any single transaction or series of related transactions or (iii) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case, other than a transaction which (x) results in the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “ Successor Entity ”)) directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and (y) after which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this Section 17.1(a)(iii)(y) as beneficially owning fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction, (b) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, (c) any Person, other than Clearlake Capital Partners II (Master), L.P. or any of its affiliates, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at elections of directors in one transaction or a series of related transactions or (d) individuals who constitute the Board on the Effective Date of this Plan cease for any reason to constitute at least a

 

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majority thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date of this Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors comprising the Board on the Effective Date of this Plan (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) will be, for purposes of this clause (d), considered as though such person were a member of the Board on the Effective Date of this Plan unless such person’s initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board.

17.2 Acceleration of Vesting . Without limiting the authority of the Committee under Sections 3.2 and 4.5 or 17.3 of this Plan, if a Change in Control of the Company occurs, then, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its sole discretion either in the Incentive Award Agreement evidencing an Incentive Award at the time of grant or at any time after the grant of an Incentive Award the following provisions will apply:

(a) If the Successor Entity does not assume the outstanding Incentive Awards or does not substitute equivalent equity awards relating to the securities of such Successor Entity or its affiliates for such Incentive Awards, then prior to the Change in Control (a) all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights will become immediately exercisable in full and will remain exercisable until immediately prior to the consummation of the Change in Control and terminate upon consummation of the Change in Control; (b) all restrictions and vesting requirements applicable to any Incentive Award based solely on the continued service of the Participant will terminate; and (c) all Incentive Awards the vesting or payment of which are based on Performance Goals will vest as though such Performance Goals were fully achieved at target and will become immediately payable; provided , however , that no Incentive Award that provides for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code will be cashed out upon the occurrence of a Change in Control unless the event or circumstances constituting the Change in Control also constitute a “change in the ownership” of the Company, a “change in the effective control” of the Company or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company, in each case as determined under Section 409A of the Code. The treatment of any other Incentive Awards in the event of a Change in Control will be as determined by the Committee in connection with the grant thereof, as reflected in the applicable Incentive Award Agreement.

(b) If the Successor Entity assumes the outstanding Incentive Awards or substitutes equivalent equity awards relating to the securities of such Successor Entity or its affiliates for such Incentive Awards, then all such Incentive Awards or such substitutes therefore shall remain outstanding and be governed by their respective terms and the provisions of the Plan or its successor.

 

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17.3 Alternative Treatment of Stock-Based Awards . In connection with a Change in Control, the Committee in its sole discretion, either in an Incentive Award Agreement at the time of grant of a Stock-Based Award or at any time after the grant of such an Incentive Award, may determine that any or all outstanding Stock-Based Awards granted under this Plan, whether or not exercisable or vested, as the case may be, will be canceled and terminated and that in connection with such cancellation and termination the holder of such Stock-Based Award will receive for each share of Common Stock subject to such Incentive Award a cash payment (or the delivery of shares of stock, other securities or a combination of cash, stock and securities with a fair market value (as determined by the Committee in good faith) equivalent to such cash payment) equal to the difference, if any, between the consideration to be received by stockholders of the Company in respect of a share of Common Stock in connection with such Change in Control and the purchase price per share, if any, under the Incentive Award, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Incentive Award (or in which such Incentive Award is denominated); provided that if such product is zero ($0) or less or to the extent that the Incentive Award is not then exercisable, the Incentive Award may be canceled and terminated without payment therefor; provided , however , that no Stock-Based Award that provides for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code will be cashed out upon the occurrence of a Change in Control unless the event or circumstances constituting the Change in Control also constitute a “change in the ownership” of the Company, a “change in the effective control” of the Company or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company, in each case as determined under Section 409A of the Code. The treatment of any other Stock-Based Awards in the event of a Change in Control will be as determined by the Committee in connection with the grant thereof, as reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. If any portion of the consideration pursuant to a Change in Control may be received by holders of shares of Common Stock on a contingent or delayed basis, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine the fair market value per share of such consideration as of the time of the Change in Control on the basis of the Committee’s good faith estimate of the present value of the probable future payment of such consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to a Stock-Based Award that immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Change in Control are subject to no further restrictions pursuant to this Plan or an Incentive Award Agreement (other than pursuant to the securities laws) will be deemed to be outstanding shares of Common Stock and receive the same consideration as other outstanding shares of Common Stock in connection with the Change in Control.

17.4 Limitation on Change in Control Payments . Notwithstanding anything in Section 17.2 or 17.3 to the contrary, if, with respect to a Participant, the acceleration of the vesting of an Incentive Award as provided in Section 17.2 or the payment of cash in exchange for all or part of a Stock-Based Award as provided in Section 17.3 (which acceleration or payment could be deemed a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code), together with any other “payments” that such Participant has the right to receive from the Company or any corporation that is a member of an “affiliated group” (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to Section 1504(b) of the Code) of which the Company is a member, would constitute a “parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code), then the “payments” to such Participant pursuant to Section 17.2 or 17.3 will be reduced (or acceleration of vesting eliminated) to the largest amount as will result in no portion of such “payments” being subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code; provided, that such reduction will be made only if the aggregate amount of the payments after such reduction exceeds the difference between (a) the amount of such payments absent such reduction minus (b) the aggregate amount of the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code attributable to any

 

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such excess parachute payments; and provided further that such payments will be reduced (or acceleration of vesting eliminated) in the following order: (i) options with an exercise price above fair market value that have a positive value for purposes of Section 280G of the Code, (ii) pro rata among Incentive Awards that constitute deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, and (iii) finally, among the Incentive Awards that are not subject to Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if a Participant is subject to a separate agreement with the Company or an Affiliate or Subsidiary that expressly addresses the potential application of Section 280G or 4999 of the Code, then this Section 17.4 will not apply and any “payments” to a Participant pursuant to Section 17.2 or 17.3 will be treated as “payments” arising under such separate agreement.

18. Rights of Eligible Recipients and Participants; Transferability .

18.1 Employment . Nothing in this Plan or an Incentive Award Agreement will interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment or service of any Eligible Recipient or Participant at any time, nor confer upon any Eligible Recipient or Participant any right to continue employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary.

18.2 No Rights to Awards . No Participant or Eligible Recipient will have any claim to be granted any Incentive Award under this Plan.

18.3 Rights as a Stockholder . Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant will have no rights as a stockholder with respect to shares of Common Stock covered by any Stock-Based Award unless and until the Participant becomes the holder of record of such shares.

18.4 Restrictions on Transfer .

(a) Except pursuant to testamentary will or the laws of descent and distribution or as otherwise expressly permitted by subsections (b) and (c) below, no right or interest of any Participant in an Incentive Award prior to the exercise (in the case of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) or vesting, issuance or settlement of such Incentive Award will be assignable or transferable, or subjected to any lien, during the lifetime of the Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise.

(b) A Participant will be entitled to designate a beneficiary to receive an Incentive Award upon such Participant’s death, and in the event of such Participant’s death, payment of any amounts due under this Plan will be made to, and exercise of any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 15 of this Plan) may be made by, such beneficiary. If a deceased Participant has failed to designate a beneficiary, or if a beneficiary designated by the Participant fails to survive the Participant, payment of any amounts due under this Plan will be made to, and exercise of any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 15 of this Plan) may be made by, the Participant’s legal representatives, heirs and legatees. If a deceased Participant has designated a beneficiary and such beneficiary survives the Participant but dies before complete payment of all amounts due under this Plan or exercise of all exercisable Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, then such payments will be made to, and the exercise of such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be made by, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of the beneficiary.

 

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(c) Upon a Participant’s request, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a transfer of all or a portion of a Non-Statutory Stock Option, other than for value, to such Participant’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, any person sharing such Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which any of the foregoing have more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial interests, a foundation in which any of the foregoing (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests. Any permitted transferee will remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to the Participant prior to the transfer. A permitted transfer may be conditioned upon such requirements as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine, including execution or delivery of appropriate acknowledgements, opinion of counsel, or other documents by the transferee.

18.5 Non-Exclusivity of this Plan . Nothing contained in this Plan is intended to modify or rescind any previously approved compensation plans or programs of the Company or create any limitations on the power or authority of the Board to adopt such additional or other compensation arrangements as the Board may deem necessary or desirable.

19. Securities Law and Other Restrictions .

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or any Incentive Award Agreements entered into pursuant to this Plan, the Company will not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock under this Plan, and a Participant may not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to Incentive Awards granted under this Plan, unless (a) there is in effect with respect to such shares a registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable securities laws of a state or foreign jurisdiction or an exemption from such registration under the Securities Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws, and (b) there has been obtained any other consent, approval or permit from any other U.S. or foreign regulatory body which the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable. The Company may condition such issuance, sale or transfer upon the receipt of any representations or agreements from the parties involved, and the placement of any legends on certificates representing shares of Common Stock, as may be deemed necessary or advisable by the Company in order to comply with such securities law or other restrictions.

20. Deferred Compensation; Compliance with Section 409A .

It is intended that all Incentive Awards issued under the Plan be in a form and administered in a manner that will comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, or the requirements of an exception to Section 409A of the Code, and the Incentive Award Agreements and this Plan will be construed and administered in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to such intent. The Committee is authorized to adopt rules or regulations

 

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deemed necessary or appropriate to qualify for an exception from or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. With respect to an Incentive Award that constitutes a deferral of compensation subject to Code Section 409A: (i) if any amount is payable under such Incentive Award upon a termination of service, a termination of service will be treated as having occurred only at such time the Participant has experienced a “separation from service” as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A; (ii) if any amount is payable under such Incentive Award upon a Disability, a Disability will be treated as having occurred only at such time the Participant has experienced a “disability” as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A; (iii) if any amount is payable under such Incentive Award on account of the occurrence of a Change of Control, a Change of Control will be treated as having occurred only at such time a “change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation” as such terms are defined for purposes of Code Section 409A, (iv) if any amount becomes payable under such Incentive Award on account of a Participant’s separation from service at such time as the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then no payment shall be made, except as permitted under Code Section 409A, prior to the first business day after the earlier of (y) the date that is six months after the date of the Participant’s separation from service or (z) the Participant’s death, and (v) no amendment to or payment under such Incentive Award will be made except and only to the extent permitted under Code Section 409A.

21. Amendment, Modification and Termination .

21.1 Generally . Subject to other subsections of this Section 21 and Sections 3.4 and 21.3, the Board at any time may suspend or terminate this Plan (or any portion thereof) or terminate any outstanding Incentive Award Agreement and the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may amend this Plan or amend or modify the terms of an outstanding Incentive Award. The Committee’s power and authority to amend or modify the terms of an outstanding Incentive Award includes the authority to modify the number of shares or other terms and conditions of an Incentive Award, extend the term of an Incentive Award, accelerate the exercisability or vesting or otherwise terminate any restrictions relating to an Incentive Award, accept the surrender of any outstanding Incentive Award or, to the extent not previously exercised or vested, authorize the grant of new Incentive Awards in substitution for surrendered Incentive Awards; provided , however that the amended or modified terms are permitted by this Plan as then in effect and that any Participant adversely affected by such amended or modified terms has consented to such amendment or modification.

21.2 Stockholder Approval . No amendments to this Plan will be effective without approval of the Company’s stockholders if stockholder approval of the amendment is then required pursuant to Section 422 of the Code, the rules of the primary stock exchange or stock market on which the Common Stock is then traded, applicable U.S. state corporate laws or regulations, applicable U.S. federal laws or regulations, and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Incentive Awards are, or will be, granted under this Plan.

21.3 Incentive Awards Previously Granted . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, no termination, suspension or amendment of this Plan may adversely affect any outstanding Incentive Award without the consent of the affected Participant; provided , however , that this sentence will not impair the right of the Committee to take whatever action it deems appropriate under Sections 3.4, 4.5, 13.5, 15, 17, 20 or 21.4 of this Plan.

 

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21.4 Amendments to Conform to Law . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Committee may amend this Plan or an Incentive Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming this Plan or an Incentive Award Agreement to any present or future law relating to plans of this or similar nature, and to the administrative regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder. By accepting an Incentive Award under this Plan, a Participant agrees to any amendment made pursuant to this Section 21.4 to any Incentive Award granted under this Plan without further consideration or action.

22. Effective Date and Duration of this Plan .

The Plan is effective as of the Effective Date. The Plan will terminate at midnight on the day before the ten year anniversary of the date the Plan was initially approved by the Board, and may be terminated prior to such time by Board action. No Incentive Award will be granted after termination of this Plan, but Incentive Awards outstanding upon termination of this Plan will remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of this Plan.

23. Miscellaneous .

23.1 Usage . In this Plan, except where otherwise indicated by clear contrary intention, (a) any masculine term used herein also will include the feminine, (b) the plural will include the singular, and the singular will include the plural, (c) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term, and (d) “or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or”.

23.2 Unfunded Plan . Participants will have no right, title or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company or its Subsidiaries may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under this Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, will create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other individual. To the extent that any individual acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Subsidiary under this Plan, such right will be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company or the Subsidiary, as the case may be. All payments to be made hereunder will be paid from the general funds of the Company or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, and no special or separate fund will be established and no segregation of assets will be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in this Plan.

23.3 Relationship to Other Benefits . No payment under this Plan will be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare, or benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary unless provided otherwise in such plan.

 

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23.4 Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued or delivered under this Plan or any Incentive Award. The Committee will determine whether cash, other Incentive Awards or other property will be issued or paid in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock or whether such fractional shares of Common Stock or any rights thereto will be forfeited or otherwise eliminated by rounding up or down.

23.5 Governing Law . Except to the extent expressly provided herein or in connection with other matters of corporate governance and authority (all of which will be governed by the laws of the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation), the validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of this Plan and any rules, regulations and actions relating to this Plan will be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, notwithstanding the conflicts of laws principles of any jurisdictions.

23.6 Successors . All obligations of the Company under this Plan with respect to Incentive Awards granted hereunder will be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.

23.7 Construction . Wherever possible, each provision of this Plan and any Incentive Award Agreement will be interpreted so that it is valid under the applicable law. If any provision of this Plan or any Incentive Award Agreement is to any extent invalid under the applicable law, that provision will still be effective to the extent it remains valid. The remainder of this Plan and the Incentive Award Agreement also will continue to be valid, and the entire Plan and Incentive Award Agreement will continue to be valid in other jurisdictions.

23.8 Delivery and Execution of Electronic Documents . To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company may: (a) deliver by email or other electronic means (including posting on a Web site maintained by the Company or by a third party under contract with the Company) all documents relating to this Plan or any Incentive Award hereunder (including prospectuses required by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and all other documents that the Company is required to deliver to its security holders (including annual reports and proxy statements), and (b) permit Participants to use electronic, internet or other non-paper means to execute applicable Plan documents (including Incentive Award Agreements) and take other actions under this Plan in a manner prescribed by the Committee.

23.9 Indemnification . Subject to any limitations and requirements of Delaware law, each individual who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a Committee appointed by the Board, or an officer or Employee of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3.3, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under this Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his/her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Smart Sand, Inc. on November 2, 2016.

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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was approved by the stockholders of Smart Sand, Inc. on November 3, 2016.

Executed on this 9th day of November, 2016.

 

/s/ Susan Neumann

Vice President of Accounting, Controller and Secretary

 

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Exhibit 10.3

SMART SAND, INC.

2016 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

1. Purpose . This Smart Sand, Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ Plan ”) is intended to advance the interests Smart Sand, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto (the “ Company ”), and its stockholders by providing Eligible Employees of the Company and each Designated Subsidiary with opportunities to acquire Shares on favorable terms through payroll deductions. The Plan is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and will be construed so as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

2. Definitions . For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

(a) “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(b) “ Committee ” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof consisting solely of not less than two (2) members of the Board who are “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

(c) “ Common Stock ” shall mean shares of common stock, par value $0.001 of the Company or the stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be changed in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.

(d) “ Company Group ” shall mean the Company, together with each Designated Subsidiary.

(e) “ Compensation ” shall mean regular straight-time earnings and commissions that are included in regular compensation, including amounts that would have constituted compensation but for a Participant’s election to defer or reduce compensation pursuant to any deferred compensation, cafeteria, capital accumulation or any other similar plan of the Company and including overtime and shift premium, but excluding all other amounts such as amounts attributable to stock-based, cash-based and other incentive compensation and bonuses (except to the extent that the inclusion of any such item is specifically directed by the Committee), determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

(f) “ Designated Subsidiary ” shall mean a Subsidiary that has been designated by the Board from time to time, in its sole discretion, as eligible to participate in the Plan.

(g) “ Eligible Employee ” shall mean an Employee of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary who does not, immediately after an Option is granted, own (directly or through attribution) stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of Common Stock or other stock of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary (as determined under Section 423(b)(3) of the Code). For purposes of the foregoing, the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code with regard to the attribution of stock ownership shall


apply in determining the stock ownership of an individual, and stock which an Employee may purchase under outstanding Options shall be treated as stock owned by the Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may determine in its discretion, and if so determined, shall set forth in the terms of the applicable Offering, that an Employee of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary shall not be eligible to participate in such Offering if: (a) such Employee has been in the employ of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary for less than two years (or any shorter period); (b) such Employee’s customary employment with the Company or any Designated Subsidiary is twenty (20) hours or less per week and/or not more than five (5) months per calendar year (or any lesser number of hours per week or months per calendar year); (c) such Employee is a “highly compensated employee” of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary (within the meaning of Code Section 414(q)), or is such a “highly compensated employee” (i) with compensation above a specified level, (ii) who is an officer and/or (iii) is subject to the disclosure requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act; and/or (d) such employee is a citizen or resident of a foreign jurisdiction and the grant of an Option under the Plan or Offering is prohibited under the laws of such foreign jurisdiction, or compliance with the laws of such foreign jurisdiction would cause the Plan or Offering to violate the requirements of Code Section 423; provided , that any exclusion in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) shall be applied in an identical manner under each Offering to all employees of the Company and all Designated Subsidiaries, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(e).

(h) “ Employee ” shall mean any person, including an officer, who renders services to the Company or a Designated Subsidiary in the status of an employee within the meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code. “Employee” shall not include any director of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary who does not render services to the Company or a Designated Subsidiary in the status of an employee within the meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code. For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence approved by the Company or Designated Subsidiary and meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-7(h)(2). Where the period of leave exceeds ninety (90) days and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have terminated on the ninety first (91 st ) day of such leave.

(i) “ Employer ” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, the member of the Company Group by which the Participant is principally employed.

(j) “ Enrollment Date ” shall mean the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.

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

(l) “ Exercise Date ” shall mean the last Trading Day of each Offering Period.

 

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(m) “ Fair Market Value ” shall mean, with respect to the Shares, as of any date: (i) the closing sale price of the Shares as of such date at the end of the regular trading session, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE/MKT LLC or any national securities exchange on which the Shares are then listed or quoted (or, if no shares were traded on such date, as of the next preceding date on which there was such a trade); (ii) if the Shares are not so listed, admitted to unlisted trading privileges, or reported on any national securities exchange, the closing sale price as of such date at the end of the regular trading session, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board or the OTC Markets Group, Inc., or other comparable service (or, if no shares were traded or quoted on such date, as of the next preceding date on which there was such a trade or quote); or (iii) if the Shares are not so listed or reported, such price as the Committee determines in its sole discretion in a manner acceptable under Section 423 of the Code.

(n) “ New Exercise Date ” is defined in Section 19(b) below.

(o) “ Offering ” means any of the offerings to Participants of Options to purchase Shares under the Plan, as described in Section 4 below.

(p) “ Offering Period ” is defined in Section 4 below.

(q) “ Option ” shall mean the right to purchase Shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan during each Offering.

(r) “ Participant ” shall mean an Eligible Employee who participates in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.

(s) “ Purchase Price ” shall mean eighty five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower; provided , however , that the Purchase Price may be adjusted by the Committee pursuant to Section 19 of the Plan; provided , further , that the Purchase Price shall not be less than the par value of one Share.

(t) “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(u) “ Shares ” shall mean the shares of Common Stock of the Company, or the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be changed in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.

(v) “ Subsidiary ” shall mean any subsidiary corporation of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.

(w) “ Trading Day ” shall mean a day on which the principal exchange on which the Shares are traded is open for trading.

3. Eligibility .

(a) Any Employee who is an Eligible Employee on the Enrollment Date for an Offering Period (as defined in Section 4 below) shall be eligible to participate in the Plan during such Offering Period, subject to the requirements of Section 3(b) of the Plan and the limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code.

 

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(b) No Eligible Employee shall be granted an Option under the Plan if the amount of payroll deductions that the Eligible Employee has elected to have withheld under such Option (pursuant to Section 5 below) would permit the Eligible Employee to purchase Shares under all “employee stock purchase plans” (within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code) of the Company or any Subsidiary to accrue ( i.e. , become exercisable) at a rate that exceeds twenty five thousand dollars (USD $25,000) of Fair Market Value of such Shares (determined as of the Enrollment Date) for each calendar year in which such Option is outstanding at any time.

4. Offering Periods . Options to purchase Shares shall be offered to Participants under the Plan through a continuous series of Offerings, each continuing for six months and each of which shall commence on January 1 and July 1 of each year, as the case may be, and shall terminate on June 30 and December 31 of such year, as the case may be (each such period being, an “ Offering Period ”);  provided however , that (a) the Committee may suspend Offerings under the Plan or any Offering Period at any time and for any reason and (b) the first Offering Period under the Plan and any subsequent Offering Period commenced immediately after a suspension of the Plan shall have an Enrollment Date and Exercise Date as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Offerings under the Plan shall continue until either (i) the Committee decides, in its sole discretion, (x) to suspend Offerings under the Plan or (y) that no further Offerings shall be made because the number of Shares remaining available under the Plan is insufficient to make an Offering to all Eligible Employees, or (ii) the Plan is terminated under Section 20 below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting the authority of the Committee under Sections 14, 19 and 20 of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may (a) accelerate the Exercise Date of the then current Offering Period and provide for the exercise of Options thereunder by Participants in accordance with Section 8 of the Plan, or (b) accelerate the Exercise Date of the then current Offering Period and provide that all payroll deductions credited to the accounts of Participants will be paid to Participants as soon as practicable after such Exercise Date and that all Options for such Offering Period will automatically be canceled and will no longer be exercisable, if such change is announced at least five (5) days prior to the newly scheduled Exercise Date.

5. Participation .

(a) Each Eligible Employee may become a Participant with respect to any Offering Period by completing a subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions in a form acceptable to the Committee and filing it with the Company (or its designated third-party stock plan administrator) at least fifteen (15) calendar days (or a different number of days as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion) prior to the first day of such Offering Period. A Participant’s completion of a subscription agreement with respect to any Offering Period will enroll such Participant in the Plan for each subsequent Offering Period on the terms contained therein until the Participant either submits a new subscription agreement, withdraws from participation under the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan, or otherwise becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan.

 

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(b) Payroll deductions for a Participant shall commence on the first payday following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payday in the Offering Period with respect to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10 of the Plan.

(c) During a Participant’s leave of absence approved by the Participant’s Employer and meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-7(h)(2), such Participant may continue to participate in the Plan by making cash payments to the Company on each payday equal to the amount of the Participant’s payroll deductions under the Plan for the payday immediately preceding the first day of such Participant’s leave of absence. If a leave of absence is unapproved or fails to meet the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-7(h)(2), the Participant will automatically cease to participate in the Plan and may not make any further contributions to the Plan hereunder. In such event, the Company will automatically cease to deduct the Participant’s payroll under the Plan. The Company will pay to the Participant his or her total payroll deductions for the Offering Period, in cash in one lump sum (without interest), as soon as practicable after the Participant ceases to participate in the Plan.

(d) The subscription agreement(s) used in connection with the Plan shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine whether such agreement shall be submitted in written or electronic form.

6. Payroll Deductions .

(a) At the time a Participant files a subscription agreement, such Participant shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each payday (such amount to be deducted after any applicable deduction for tax and other withholding) during the Offering Period in an amount from one percent (1%) to twenty percent (20%) of the Compensation which the Participant receives on each pay day during the Offering Period.

(b) All payroll deductions made for a Participant shall be credited to his or her account under the Plan and shall be withheld in whole percentages only. Except as described in Section 5(c) of the Plan, a Participant may not make any additional payments into such account.

(c) A Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan. A Participant may not increase or decrease the rate of his or her payroll deductions during the Offering Period.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) of the Plan, a Participant’s payroll deductions may be decreased to zero percent (0%) at any time during an Offering Period.

 

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(e) At the time an Option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all of the Shares issued under the Plan are disposed of, the Participant must make adequate provision for any foreign, federal, state, or other tax obligations, if any, which arise upon the exercise of the Option or the disposition of the Shares. At any time, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, withhold from all of the Participant’s compensation the amount necessary for the Company to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to the sale or early disposition of Shares by the Participant.

7. Grant of Option . On the Enrollment Date of each Offering Period, each Participant in such Offering Period shall be granted an Option to purchase on the Exercise Date with respect to such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of the Shares determined by dividing such Participant’s payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Participant’s account as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided, however, that (i) such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3 and 13 of the Plan, and (ii) in no event may more than [one thousand (1,000)] Shares be purchased by any Participant during any Offering Period. Exercise of the Option shall occur as provided in Section 8 of the Plan, unless the Participant has withdrawn from participation pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan or otherwise becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan. The Option shall expire on the last day of the Offering Period.

8. Exercise of Option .

(a) Unless a Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan or otherwise becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan, such Participant’s Option for the purchase of Shares shall be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full Shares subject to the Option shall be purchased for such Participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the accumulated payroll deductions in his account. No fractional Shares shall be purchased, and any payroll deductions accumulated in a Participant’s account which are not sufficient to purchase a full Share shall be retained in such Participant’s account for the subsequent Offering Period. During a Participant’s lifetime, a Participant’s Option to purchase Shares hereunder is exercisable only by such Participant.

(b) If the Committee determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of Shares with respect to which Options are to be exercised may exceed (i) the number of Shares that were available for sale under the Plan on the Enrollment Date of the applicable Offering Period (notwithstanding any authorization of additional Shares for issuance under the Plan by the Company’s stockholders subsequent to such Enrollment Date); (ii) the number of Shares available for sale under the Plan on such Exercise Date; or (iii) the number of Shares available for sale on such Exercise Date, the Committee shall provide that the Company (or its designated third-party stock plan administrator) shall make a pro rata allocation of the Shares available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising Options to purchase Shares on such Exercise Date, and shall decide, in its

 

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sole discretion, to either (x) continue all Offering Periods then in effect or (y) terminate any or all Offering Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 20 of the Plan. In the event of such a pro rata allocation of Shares pursuant to this Section 8(b), the balance of the amount credited to the account of each Participant that has not been applied to the purchase of Shares shall be paid to each such Participant in one lump sum in cash as soon as reasonably practicable after the Exercise Date, without any interest thereon.

9. Deposit of Shares.  As promptly as practicable after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of Shares occurs, the Company may arrange for the deposit, into each Participant’s account with any broker designated by the Company to administer this Plan, of the number of Shares purchased upon exercise of each such Participant’s Option.

10. Withdrawal .

(a) At any time prior to the Exercise Date, a Participant, by giving written notice to the Company (or its designated third-party stock plan administrator) in a form acceptable to the Committee, may withdraw all but not less than all of the payroll deductions credited to such Participant’s account and not yet used to exercise an Option under the Plan. All of the Participant’s payroll deductions credited to his or her account during the Offering Period, plus any balance retained in his or her account from a prior Offering Period, if any, shall be paid to such Participant as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of notice of withdrawal, and such Participant’s Option for the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated, and no further payroll deductions for the purchase of Shares shall be made for such Offering Period. If a Participant withdraws from an Offering Period, payroll deductions shall not resume at the beginning of any subsequent Offering Period unless the Participant delivers to the Company (or its designated third-party stock plan administrator) a new subscription agreement in accordance with the terms of Section 5(a) of the Plan.

(b) A Participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period shall not have any effect upon such Participant’s eligibility to participate in any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in Offering Periods which commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the Participant withdraws.

11. Termination of Employment . Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, for any reason, such Participant shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan, and the payroll deductions credited to such Participant’s account during the Offering Period, plus any balance retained in his or her account from a prior Offering Period, if any, shall be paid to the Participant, or in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 15 of the Plan, as soon as reasonably practicable, and such Participant’s Option for the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated.

12. Interest . No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions or lump sum contributions of a Participant in the Plan.

 

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13. Shares Subject to Plan .

(a) Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 19 of the Plan, a maximum of [                    ] (                    ) Shares shall be made available for sale under the Plan and no more than maximum of [                    ] (                    ) Shares may be issued on each Exercise Date. If any Option granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the Shares not purchased under such Option shall again become available for issuance under the Plan. The Shares subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares bought on the market or otherwise.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, with respect to Shares subject to an Option granted under the Plan, a Participant shall not be deemed to be a stockholder of the Company, and the Participant shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder, until such Shares have been issued to the Participant or his or her nominee following exercise of the Participant’s Option. No adjustments shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash securities, or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the record date occurs prior to the date of such issuance, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

14. Administration . The Plan will be administered by the Committee. To the extent consistent with applicable corporate or other law, the Committee may delegate to any officers of the Company the duties, power and authority of the Committee under the Plan pursuant to such conditions or limitations as the Committee may establish;  provided however , that only the Committee may exercise such duties, power and authority with respect to Participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The Committee may exercise its duties, power and authority under the Plan in its sole discretion without the consent of any Participant or other party, unless the Plan specifically provides otherwise. Each determination, interpretation or other action made or taken by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan will be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes and on all persons, including, without limitation, the Company, the stockholders of the Company, the Participants and their respective successors-in-interest. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Option granted under the Plan.

15. Designation of Beneficiary .

(a) A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any Shares and cash, if any, from such Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent to an Exercise Date on which the Option is exercised but prior to delivery to such Participant of such Shares and cash. In addition, a Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death prior to exercise of the Option. To the extent required under applicable law, spousal consent shall be required for such designation to be effective if the Participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the Participant’s spouse.

 

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(b) Such beneficiary designation may be changed by the Participant at any time by written notice to the Company. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant’s death, the Company shall deliver such Shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company may, in its discretion, deliver such Shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent, or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

16. Transferability . Neither payroll deductions credited to a Participant’s account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an Option or to receive Shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of in any way by the Participant (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution, or as provided in Section 15 of the Plan). Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge, or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 of the Plan.

17. Use of Funds . All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

18. Reports . Individual accounts shall be maintained for each Participant in the Plan. Statements of account shall be given to Participants following each Offering Period, which statements shall set forth the amounts of payroll deductions, the Purchase Price, the number of Shares purchased, and the remaining cash balance, if any.

19. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Merger, Asset Sale, Dissolution or Liquidation .

(a) Changes in Capitalization . The number of Shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but not yet placed under Option, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued on any Exercise Date (pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan), the maximum number of Shares each Participant may purchase in each Offering Period (pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan), as well as the price per Share and the number of Shares covered by each Option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination, or reclassification of the Shares, or any other increase or decrease in the number of Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all Participants and the Company. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Option.

 

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(b) Merger, Asset Sale, Dissolution or Liquidation . In the event of a proposed merger of the Company with or into another corporation or a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent Option substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, or in the event of the proposed dissolution, or liquidation of the Company, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by the Committee by setting a new Exercise Date (the “ New Exercise Date ”), which shall occur no later than immediately prior to the effective date of such proposed merger, sale, dissolution or liquidation, as applicable. The Company shall notify each Participant in writing, at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s Option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s Option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such New Exercise Date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 of the Plan.

20. Amendment or Termination .

(a) The Board may at any time and for any reason terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 19 of the Plan and this Section 20, no amendment or termination of the Plan may make any change in any Option theretofore granted which adversely affects the rights of any Participant without the consent of such Participant; provided, however, that an Offering Period may be terminated by the Board if the Board determines that the termination of the Offering Period or the Plan is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or provision or any other applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange rule), the Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

(b) Without stockholder approval and without regard to whether any Participant’s rights may be considered to have been “adversely affected,” the Committee shall be entitled to change the Offering Periods (but in no event may an Offering Period have a duration in excess of twenty seven (27) months), limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Shares for each Participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the Participant’s Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Committee determines in its sole discretion advisable which are consistent with the Plan.

(c) Upon termination of the Plan, the balance in each Participant’s account under the Plan shall be refunded as soon as practicable after such termination, without any interest thereon.

 

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(d) In the event the Board determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Board may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify, or amend the Plan to reduce or eliminate such financial accounting consequences, including, but not limited to:

(i) altering the Purchase Price for any Offering Period including an Offering Period underway at the time of the change in Purchase Price;

(ii) shortening any Offering Period so that the Offering Period ends on a new Exercise Date, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the Committee action; and

(iii) allocating Shares.

Such modifications or amendments shall not require stockholder approval or the consent of any Participants.

21. Notices . All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

22. Conditions to Issuance of Shares .

(a) The Company shall not be required to issue Shares purchased upon the exercise of Options prior to fulfillment of all the following conditions:

(i) The admission of such Shares to listing on all stock exchanges, if any, on which the Shares are then listed;

(ii) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable;

(iii) Such Participant’s payment to the Company of all amounts which it is required to withhold under federal, state or local law upon exercise of the Option; and

(iv) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Option as the Committee may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience.

(b) The obligation of the Company to issue Shares or otherwise shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Option to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling any Shares pursuant to an Option unless such Shares has been properly registered for sale with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the

 

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Company, that such Shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale or resale under the Securities Act any of the Shares to be offered or sold under the Plan or any Shares issued upon exercise or settlement of Options. If the Shares offered for sale or sold under the Plan is offered or sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, the Company may restrict the transfer of such Shares and may make a book-entry notation representing such Shares in such manner as it deems advisable to ensure the availability of any such exemption.

23. Term of Plan . The Plan shall become effective as of the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders (the “ Effective Date ”). Subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with this Section 23, the Plan shall be in effect until the day before the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the Effective Date, unless sooner terminated under Section 20 of the Plan. In the event the Company’s stockholders do not approve this Plan pursuant to this Section 23, neither this Plan nor any elections made hereunder shall be of any force or effect, any outstanding Option shall be cancelled for no consideration, and all amounts deducted from each Participant’s paycheck shall be repaid to such Participant as soon as practicable without interest.

24. Equal Rights and Privileges . All Eligible Employees shall have equal rights and privileges under this Plan so that this Plan qualifies as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code. Any provision of this Plan that is inconsistent with this requirement to provide equal rights and privileges shall, without further act or amendment by the Company, the Board or the Committee, be reformed to comply with the equal rights and privileges requirement of Section 423 of the Code.

25. Code Section 409A . The Options to purchase Shares under the Plan are not intended to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. However, if at any time the Committee determines that the Options may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to amend the Plan and any outstanding Options as it may determine is necessary or desirable either to exempt the Options from the application of Section 409A of the Code or to cause the Options to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

26. No Employment Rights . Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to give any person (including any Eligible Employee or Participant) the right to remain in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary, or to affect the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any person (including any Eligible Employee or Participant) at any time, with or without cause.

27. Notice of Disposition of Shares . If required by the Company, each Participant shall give prompt notice to the Company (at its local Human Resources office), or cause a designated third-party stock administrator to give prompt notice to the Company, of any disposition or other transfer of any Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option hereunder if such disposition or transfer is made either (a) within two (2) years from the Enrollment Date of the Offering Period in which the Shares were purchased or (b) within one (1) year after the Exercise Date on which such Shares were purchased. Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness, or other consideration, by the Participant in such disposition or other transfer.

 

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28. Tax Withholding Obligations . Regardless of any action the Company or any Designated Subsidiary takes with respect to any or all income tax (including U.S. federal, state and local taxes and/or non-U.S. taxes), social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“ Tax-Related Items ”), the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by a Participant will be the Participant’s responsibility. If a Participant becomes subject to taxation in more than one country between the Enrollment Date and the date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, Company or any Designated Subsidiary may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one country.

29. Governing Law . Subject to any applicable provisions of federal law (including, without limitation, Section 423(b) of the Code), and except to the extent expressly provided herein or in connection with other matters of corporate governance and authority (all of which shall be governed by the laws of the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation), the validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of the Plan and any rules, regulations, and actions relating to the Plan shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, notwithstanding the conflicts of laws principles of any jurisdictions.

 

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