Form 8-K

 

 

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): December 25, 2018

 

 

Dell Technologies Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37867   80-0890963

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

                                 

  

One Dell Way

Round Rock, Texas

   78682                        
   (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)   

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 289-3355

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Introductory Note

As previously announced, and as further described in this report, on December 28, 2018 (the “Closing Date”), Dell Technologies Inc. (“Dell Technologies” or the “Company”) completed a transaction (the “Class V transaction”) pursuant to which each outstanding share of Class V common stock of the Company (the “Class V Common Stock”) was converted into the right of the holder thereof to receive either (1) $120.00 in cash, without interest, subject to a cap of $14 billion on the aggregate cash consideration, or (2) 1.8066 shares of Class C common stock of the Company (the “Class C Common Stock”). The Class V transaction was effected pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 and amended as of November 14, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”).

Additional information about the Class V transaction, the Merger and the other matters discussed in this report is set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus dated October 19, 2018, as supplemented by the supplement thereto dated November 26, 2018, forming part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Registration No. 333-226618), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 3.03 and 8.01 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.

Stockholders Agreements

In connection with the Class V transaction, the Company entered into new stockholders agreements and amended and restated some existing stockholders agreements with the following stockholders of the Company, among others:

 

   

Michael S. Dell and the Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust and their permitted transferees (the “MD stockholders”);

 

   

MSDC Denali Investors, L.P. and MSDC Denali EIV, LLC and their permitted transferees (the “MSD Partners stockholders”);

 

   

Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P. Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and their permitted transferees (the “SLP stockholders”); and

 

   

Venezio Investments Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek”).

MD Stockholders Agreement; SLP Stockholders Agreement

Before the registration of the Class C Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), in connection with the Class V transaction, the Company was a party to an Amended and Restated Sponsor Stockholders Agreement (the “Sponsor Stockholders Agreement”), dated as of September 7, 2016, with Denali Intermediate Inc. (“Denali Intermediate”), Dell Inc. (“Dell”), EMC Corporation (“EMC”), Denali Finance Corp. (“Denali Finance”), and Dell International L.L.C. (“Dell International”), each of which is a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders, the SLP stockholders and the other stockholders named therein. As described in Item 1.02 of this report, the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement was terminated effective as of December 25, 2018.

Effective as of December 25, 2018, concurrently with the termination of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, the Company entered into a stockholders agreement with Denali Intermediate, Dell, EMC, Denali Finance, Dell International and the MD stockholders (the “MD Stockholders Agreement”) and into a stockholders agreement with Denali Intermediate, Dell, EMC, Denali Finance, Dell International, the SLP stockholders and the other stockholders

 

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named therein (the “SLP Stockholders Agreement” and together with the MD Stockholders Agreement, the “Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements”). The MD stockholders are parties to the SLP Stockholders Agreement solely with respect to the specified provisions relating to the tag-along rights described below, certain representations and provisions relating to certain tax matters. The Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements contain provisions relating to rights, obligations and agreements of the parties as the owners of the Company’s common stock, including provisions relating to the composition of the board of directors and its committees and provisions relating to transfers of the Company’s securities.

Under the Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, each of the MD stockholders and the SLP stockholders have the right to nominate a number of individuals for election as directors which is equal to (1) in the case where the MD stockholders and SLP stockholders beneficially own more than 70% of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of the Company, the percentage of (x) the total voting power for the regular election of directors beneficially owned by the MD stockholders or by the SLP stockholders, as the case may be, multiplied by (y) the number of directors then on the board of directors (and any vacancy thereon) who are not members of the audit committee, or (2) in the case where the MD stockholders and SLP stockholders beneficially own 70% or less of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of the Company, the percentage of (x) the total voting power for the regular election of directors beneficially owned by the MD stockholders or by the SLP stockholders, as the case may be, multiplied by (y) the number of directors then on the board of directors (and any vacancy thereon), in each case rounded up to the nearest whole number. Further, so long as the MD stockholders or the SLP stockholders each beneficially own at least 5% of all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, each of the MD stockholders or the SLP stockholders, as applicable, are entitled to nominate at least one individual for election to the board of directors as a Group I Director. As described in Item 3.03 of this report, beginning at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), the board of directors was divided into two classes. The directors in the class of Group I Directors will be elected annually by the holders of the outstanding series of the Company’s common stock voting together as a single class. The SLP Stockholders Agreement provides that, so long as the MD stockholders and the MSD Partners stockholders in the aggregate beneficially own common stock representing a majority of the total voting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock, the SLP stockholders will use their reasonable best efforts to expand the size of the board of directors to up to 21 directors at the request of the MD stockholders.

In addition, under the Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, if any person nominated by the MD stockholders or the SLP stockholders ceases to serve on the board of directors as a Group I Director for any reason (except as a result of a reduction in such stockholder’s right to nominate Group I Directors pursuant to the applicable Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreement), then the stockholder who nominated such Group I Director is entitled to nominate a replacement so long as the stockholder is entitled to nominate at least one Group I Director to the board of directors at such time. For so long as either the MD stockholders or the SLP stockholders have the right to nominate a Group I Director or Group I Directors under the applicable Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, each of the Company, the MD stockholders and the SLP stockholders will agree to nominate such Group I Director or Group I Directors for election as part of the slate of directors that is included in the Company’s proxy statement and to provide the highest level of support for the election of such nominees as it provides to any other individual standing for election as a director of the Company. Each of the MD stockholders and the SLP stockholders also are obligated to vote in favor of each Group I Director nominated by the MD stockholders or the SLP stockholders in accordance with the MD Stockholders Agreement or the SLP Stockholders Agreement, as applicable, unless the SLP stockholders elect to terminate such arrangements under the SLP Stockholders Agreement. Further, under the Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, none of the MD stockholders or the SLP stockholders may nominate or support any person who is not nominated by the MD stockholders or the SLP stockholders or the then incumbent directors of the Company.

Under the MD Stockholders Agreement, for so long as the MD stockholders are entitled to nominate at least one Group I Director, they may have at least one of their nominees then serving on the board of directors serve on each committee of the board (except the audit committee), to the extent permitted by applicable law and stock exchange rules and subject to certain exceptions. Under the SLP Stockholders Agreement, the SLP stockholders have the same right to representation on board committees for so long as they are entitled to nominate at least one Group I Director.

 

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The SLP Stockholders Agreement permits the SLP stockholders to terminate certain governance-related provisions of such agreement, including the director nomination and support obligations, in their sole discretion at any time at which they beneficially own less than 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock (after giving effect to the conversion of all shares of common stock owned by the SLP stockholders into Class C Common Stock). The MD Stockholders Agreement permits the MD stockholders to terminate such agreement if the SLP Stockholders Agreement is terminated. The MD Stockholders Agreement also requires that any termination, amendments or waiver of certain of the Company’s rights thereunder will require the consent of each Group I Director.

Under the Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, for 180 days following the completion of the Class V transaction, the MD stockholders and the SLP stockholders generally are subject to provisions that, with specific exceptions, restrict their sale or other transfer of outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “Class A Common Stock”), Class B common stock (the “Class B Common Stock”), Class C Common Stock and Class D common stock (the “Class D Common Stock”) (collectively, “common stock”), any equity or debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, common stock, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any common stock or such equity or debt securities (collectively, “DTI securities”).

Under the SLP Stockholders Agreement, if the MD stockholders propose to (1) transfer all or a portion of their DTI securities equal to 10% or more of the then-outstanding common stock to any person (other than their permitted transferees) or (2) enter into a sale or business combination transaction with any person not affiliated with the MD stockholders or the Company involving the transfer of a majority of the fully-diluted common stock or of the aggregate voting power of the common stock or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries (subject to specified qualifications and exceptions), the SLP stockholders may exercise tag-along rights to sell their DTI securities on the same terms, conditions and price as the MD stockholders, subject to certain limitations. The tag-along rights will expire on the earlier to occur of (a) 18 months after the completion of the Class V transaction and (b) such date as the MD stockholders no longer beneficially own common stock representing a majority of the common stock beneficially owned by them immediately following the closing of Dell’s going-private transaction on October 29, 2013.

The Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements provide for a renunciation of corporate opportunities presented to any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who is also a director, officer, employee, managing director or other affiliate of (1) MSD Partners L.P. or its affiliates or other MSD Partners stockholders (other than Michael Dell for so long as he is an executive officer of the Company or any specified subsidiary), under the MD Stockholders Agreement, or (2) Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles, or the SLP stockholders, under the SLP Stockholders Agreement. Further, the Company agrees, subject to certain exceptions, to indemnify the MD stockholders and specified affiliated persons under the MD Stockholders Agreement and the SLP stockholders and specified affiliated persons under the SLP Stockholders Agreement from certain losses arising out of the indemnified persons’ investment in, or actual, alleged or deemed control of or an ability to influence, the Company.

The foregoing description of the MD Stockholders Agreement and the SLP Stockholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the MD Stockholders Agreement and SLP Stockholders Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, to this report.

MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement

Effective as of December 25, 2018, concurrently with the termination of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, the Company entered into a stockholders agreement with Denali Intermediate, Dell, EMC, Denali Finance, Dell International, the MSD Partners stockholders, the MD stockholders (for limited purposes) and the other stockholders named therein (the “MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement”). The MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement contains provisions relating to rights, obligations and agreements of the MSD Partners stockholders as the owners of the Company’s common stock, including provisions relating to the election of directors and provisions relating to transfers of DTI securities.

The MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement provides that each MSD Partners stockholder is required to vote all of its shares of common stock in favor of the election of each director who is included as part of the slate of directors set forth in any Company proxy statement and whose election the board of directors has recommended. In addition, the MSD Partners stockholders agree not to nominate or support any person as a director who is not either nominated by the then-incumbent directors of the Company or nominated pursuant to the Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements.

 

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The MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement provides that the MSD Partners stockholders are subject to provisions restricting their transfer of DTI securities, subject to limited exceptions, for 180 days following the completion of the Class V transaction. In addition, the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement grants the MSD Partners stockholders tag-along rights with respect to a transfer of DTI securities by the MD stockholders substantially similar to those granted to the SLP stockholders under the SLP Stockholders Agreement, as described above under “—MD Stockholders Agreement; SLP Stockholders Agreement.” The MD stockholders are parties to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement solely with respect to those provisions related to the MSD Partners stockholders’ tag-along rights.

The MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement provides for a renunciation of corporate opportunities presented to any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who is also a director, officer, employee, managing director or other affiliate of the MSD Partners stockholders, unless such corporate opportunity is offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Further, the Company agrees, subject to certain exceptions, to indemnify the MSD Partners stockholders and specified affiliated persons from certain losses arising out of the indemnified persons’ investment in, or actual, alleged or deemed control of or ability to influence, the Company.

The MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement will terminate on, among the occurrence of other events, the earlier of the date on which the MSD Partners stockholders beneficially own less than 1% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock or the termination of the Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements.

The foregoing description of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this report.

Amended Registration Rights Agreement

Before the Class V transaction, the Company was a party to an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016, by and among the Company, the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders, the SLP stockholders, Temasek and the management stockholders party thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). The Registration Rights Agreement provided that the stockholder parties thereto, their affiliates and certain of their transferees had the right, under certain circumstances and subject to certain restrictions, to require the Company to register for resale the shares of the Class C Common Stock (including shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon any conversion of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock and the Class D Common Stock) to be sold by them. The Registration Rights Agreement required that, if requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in an underwritten offering, each of the Company and each stockholder party thereto would agree, and the Company would cause its executive officers to agree, during the period beginning seven days before the effective date of the Company’s registration statement filed in connection with an “IPO,” and ending 180 days thereafter, not to offer, sell, pledge, transfer, loan, grant any option to purchase or short sell, or otherwise dispose of, any securities of the Company or securities convertible or exchangeable into such securities.

Effective as of December 25, 2018, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement with the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders, the SLP stockholders, Temasek and the management stockholders parties thereto (the “Amended Registration Rights Agreement”), which amended and restated the Registration Rights Agreement. Under the Amended Registration Rights Agreement, the completion of the Class V transaction is treated as an “IPO” for which a lock-up is requested or required. As a result, the parties thereto are subject to the transfer restrictions described in the preceding paragraph for 180 days following the completion of the Class V transaction, subject to the exceptions set forth in the Amended Registration Rights Agreement. If the lock-up provisions related to the 180-day period immediately following the Class V transaction are waived in whole or in part with respect to the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders or the SLP stockholders, then each other stockholder of the Company that is subject to such lock-up provision or subject to the 180-day lock-up described above under “—MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement” or below under “—Amended

 

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Management Stockholders Agreement,” “—Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement” or “—Amended Class A Stockholders Agreement” will be correspondingly released with respect to a pro rata portion of shares of vested common stock and number of shares underlying vested, in-the-money stock options held by such other stockholder. During such 180-day lock-up period, any waiver of such transfer restrictions will require the consent of the Company, with the approval of the special committee of the board of directors formed to evaluate the Class V transaction solely on behalf of, and solely in the interests of, the holders of the Class V Common Stock (the “Special Committee”).

The foregoing description of Amended Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this report.

Amended Management Stockholders Agreement

Effective as of December 25, 2018, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement with the MD stockholders, the SLP stockholders and the management stockholders parties thereto (the “management stockholders”) (the “Amended Management Stockholders Agreement”), which amended and restated the Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016, by and among the Company, the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders, the SLP stockholders and the management stockholders (the “Management Stockholders Agreement”).

The Management Stockholders Agreement provided that, before an “IPO” of common stock or a change in control of the Company, any shares of Class C Common Stock held by an executive officer (other than Michael S. Dell) and certain other employees were subject to post-termination repurchase (call) and sale (put) rights and to an in-service liquidity program, as well as clawback and forfeiture provisions. The Amended Management Stockholders Agreement terminates the call rights of the Company and eliminates the employee liquidity program. In addition, the Amended Management Stockholders Agreement removes the MSD Partners stockholders as parties to the agreement, eliminates certain drag-along rights formerly held by the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders and the SLP stockholders, and removes the clawback and forfeiture obligations. Substantially similar clawback and forfeiture provisions, however, are expected to remain in the individual equity award agreements of the executive officers where permitted by law.

The transfer restrictions applicable to the management stockholders have been amended to enable such parties, following the 180-day period after the completion of the Class V transaction, to sell shares of common stock, subject to certain volume limitations. Such transfer restrictions, along with the put rights, will terminate after 18 months following the end of the lock-up period or earlier upon consummation of any underwritten registered offering of shares of Class C Common Stock (subject to any applicable underwriter lock-up). Equity awards granted after the completion of the Class V transaction will not be subject to such transfer restrictions, but rather to the terms of such awards.

The foregoing description of the Amended Management Stockholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended Management Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this report.

Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement

Effective as of December 25, 2018, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement with the MD stockholders, the SLP stockholders and Temasek (the “Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement”), which amended and restated the Class C Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016, among the Company, the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders, the SLP stockholders and Temasek (the “Class C Stockholders Agreement”).

The Class C Stockholders Agreement provided for certain rights and obligations of Temasek and its permitted transferees (the “Existing Class C Stockholders”) with respect to the common stock and other DTI securities, including transfer restrictions, tag-along and drag-along provisions, and participation rights that would permit Temasek to purchase securities in certain financings by the Company. The Amended Class C Stockholders

 

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Agreement provides that the completion of the Class V transaction will be treated as an “IPO” under that agreement, which has resulted in the termination of such drag-along and participation rights. Under the Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement, the Existing Class C Stockholders’ tag-along rights with respect to a transfer of DTI securities by the MD stockholders will survive for up to 18 months following the completion of the Class V transaction, solely in respect of a transfer of DTI securities by the MD stockholders equal to 10% or more of the then-outstanding common stock.

Under the Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement, the Existing Class C Stockholders continue to be subject to provisions restricting the transfer of DTI securities held by them, subject to certain exceptions, for 180 days following the completion of the Class V transaction. Although the Class C Stockholders Agreement would not have prohibited Temasek from making transfers of Class C Common Stock in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement after October 29, 2018, subject to the MD stockholders’ right of first offer prior to the end of the lock-up period, the Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement prohibits Temasek from making transfers of Class C Common Stock during the full 180-day lock-up period following the completion of the Class V transaction and eliminates the MD stockholders’ right of first offer. During such 180-day period, any waiver of such transfer restrictions will require the consent of the Company, with the approval of the Special Committee. The Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement also removes the MSD Partners stockholders as parties to the agreement.

The foregoing description of the Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended Class C Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this report.

Amended Class A Stockholders Agreement

Effective as of December 25, 2018, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement with the MD stockholders, the SLP stockholders and certain holders of Class A Common Stock (the “New Class A Stockholders”) representing less than 1% of the outstanding common stock (the “Amended Class A Stockholders Agreement”), which amended and restated the First Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016, among the Company, the MD stockholders, the MSD Partners stockholders, the SLP stockholders and the New Class A Stockholders (the “Class A Stockholders Agreement”). The Class A Stockholders Agreement provided for certain transfer restrictions and other rights and obligations of the New Class A Stockholders with respect to the DTI securities held by them.

The Amended Class A Stockholders Agreement terminates the tag-along and drag-along provisions of the Class A Stockholders Agreement and terminates substantive restrictions on transfers of DTI securities by the New Class A Stockholders under that agreement following the 180-day period after the completion of the Class V transaction. During such 180-day period, any waiver of such transfer restrictions will require the consent of the Company, with the approval of the Special Committee. The Amended Class A Stockholders Agreement also removes the MSD Partners stockholders as parties to the agreement.

The foregoing description of the Amended Class A Stockholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended Class A Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this report.

 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Sponsor Stockholders Agreement

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 1.01, 5.03 and 8.01 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.

Effective as of December 25, 2018, the parties thereto terminated the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement referred to in Item 1.01 of this report. The Sponsor Stockholders Agreement contained specific rights, obligations and agreements of the parties as owners of the Company’s common stock. In addition, the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement contained provisions related to the composition of the board of directors and its committees. Among other effects, the termination of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement eliminated the consent rights of the MD stockholders, the SLP stockholders and certain other holders of the Class A Common Stock over specified corporate actions by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries.

 

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Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 8.01 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.

On December 28, 2018, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) of the completion of the Merger, and requested that trading in the Class V Common Stock be suspended and that the Class V Common Stock be withdrawn from listing on the NYSE effective as of the opening of trading on December 28, 2018. The Company also requested that the NYSE file a notification of removal from listing and/or registration on Form 25 to effect the delisting of the Class V Common Stock from the NYSE and the deregistration of the Class V Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. The Class V Common Stock ceased trading prior to the opening of trading on December 28, 2018.

The Company intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate or suspend its reporting obligations with respect to the Class V Common Stock under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act at the time such filing is permitted under SEC rules.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 1.01, 5.03 and 8.01 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.

At the Effective Time, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc. (the “amended and restated Company certificate”) became the certificate of incorporation of the Company. Also at the Effective Time, the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “amended and restated Company bylaws”), which amended and restated the Company’s existing bylaws (the “prior Company bylaws”), became effective pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of directors in connection with the Class V transaction. The amended and restated Company certificate and the amended and restated Company bylaws, together with related provisions of the Merger Agreement, have the effects relating to the rights of the Company’s security holders described below.

Corporate Governance

Board Structure and Election of Directors. Before the closing of the Class V transaction, under the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc. (the “prior Company certificate”), holders of shares of all series of outstanding common stock voted as one class with respect to the election of Group I Directors, holders of Class A Common Stock (and no other series of common stock) voted with respect to the election of Group II Directors and holders of Class B Common Stock (and no other series of common stock) voted with respect to the election of Group III Directors. Under the amended and restated Company certificate, at the Effective Time, the board of directors was divided into two classes, one class consisting of the Group I Directors and the second class consisting of one Group IV Director. At the Effective Time, the sole Group II Director and the two existing Group III Directors automatically became Group I Directors, so that there were six Group I Directors serving immediately upon the completion of the Class V transaction. Each Group I Director will be elected annually by the holders of all series of outstanding common stock voting together as a single class. The Group IV Director will be elected annually by the holders of the Class C Common Stock, voting separately as a series, with the initial Group IV Director to be first elected at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the completion of the Class V transaction.

Board Size. Under the prior Company certificate, the number of directors was determined in accordance with the terms and provisions of the existing Company certificate and was not determined pursuant to the Company’s bylaws. The amended and restated Company certificate provides that the number of Group I Directors may be no fewer than three directors or more than 20 directors and will be determined in accordance with the amended and restated Company bylaws. The amended and restated Company bylaws, which may be amended by the board of

 

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directors in accordance therewith or by the stockholders in accordance with Section 109 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, provides that the number of directors will be fixed by resolution of the board of directors and may be no fewer than three directors or more than 21 directors, provided that the number of Group I Directors may be no fewer than three directors or more than 20 directors and there shall be one Group IV Director.

Voting Rights of Directors. Under the prior Company certificate, (1) the three Group I Directors, consisting of David Dorman, William Green and Ellen Kullman, who were affirmatively determined by the board of directors to be independent, had an aggregate of three votes on the board of directors, (2) the sole Group II Director, who was Michael Dell, had seven votes on the board of directors, which represented a majority of votes on the board of directors, and (3) the two Group III Directors, who were Egon Durban and Simon Patterson, had an aggregate of three votes on the board of directors. Under the amended and restated Company certificate, each member of the board of directors will be entitled to one vote on any matter submitted to a vote by the board of directors.

Director Independence. The board of directors has affirmatively determined that Messrs. Dorman and Green and Mrs. Kullman, constituting three of the six directors who serve on the board of directors as Group I Directors following the completion of the Class V transaction, are independent under the rules of the NYSE and the standards for independent directors established in the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles, which incorporate the director independence requirements of the NYSE rules. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the board of directors will appoint a fourth director who meets the independence requirements of the NYSE by no later than June 30, 2019 after consultation with holders of Class C Common Stock.

Establishment of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Merger Agreement provides that the Company will establish a nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors by no later than June 30, 2019. The nominating and corporate governance committee will initially have three members, consisting of Michael Dell (who will be the chairman of the committee), Egon Durban and one director who meets the independence requirements of the NYSE. The committee’s responsibilities will include, among other matters, selecting, or recommending to the board of directors for selection, the Group IV Director nominee for election or re-election at each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, beginning with the second annual meeting of stockholders of the Company following the completion of the Class V transaction.

Dissolution of Capital Stock Committee. At the Effective Time, upon the Class V Common Stock ceasing to be outstanding, the capital stock committee of the board of directors was dissolved.

Termination of Certain Class A Common Stock Consent Rights. Under the prior Company certificate, the consent of holders of the Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, was required either to remove the Company’s chief executive officer or to separate the roles of the chairman of the board of directors and the chief executive officer. These consent rights were terminated upon the effectiveness of the amended and restated Company certificate.

Capital Stock

Under the amended and restated Company certificate, the Company is prohibited from issuing any of the 343,025,308 authorized shares of Class V Common Stock. As a result, the Company is effectively authorized to issue up to 8,800,000,000 shares of its common stock, consisting of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock and the Class D Common Stock, even though the amended and restated Company certificate authorizes 9,143,025,308 shares of common stock.

The foregoing description of the amended and restated Company certificate and the amended and restated Company bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amended and restated Company certificate and the amended and restated Company bylaws, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, to this report.

 

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Item 5.02

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

(e) The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 1.01 and 8.01 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.

Effective as of the Closing Date, the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) and the forms of award agreement thereunder that govern equity awards to the Company’s executive officers were amended and restated to conform such documents to the provisions of the Merger Agreement that apply to such equity awards and to make certain administrative changes to the documents. The Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, is filed as Exhibit 10.8 to this report and such forms, as amended and restated, are filed as Exhibits 10.9 through 10.13 to this report.

 

Item 5.03

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

(a) The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 1.01, 1.02, 3.03 and 8.01 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.

At the Effective Time, as described in Item 3.03 of this report, the prior Company bylaws were amended and restated by the amended and restated Company bylaws pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of directors in connection with the Class V transaction. The amended and restated Company bylaws effected the following amendments to the prior Company bylaws:

 

   

The prior Company bylaws had stated that the number of directors of the Company would be fixed in the manner provided in the prior Company certificate. The amended and restated Company bylaws provide that the number of directors will be fixed by resolution of the board of directors and may be no fewer than three directors or more than 21 directors, provided that the number of the Group I Directors may be no fewer than three directors or more than 20 directors and there shall be one Group IV Director.

 

   

The prior Company bylaws had stated that specified matters relating to the composition and conduct of business by the board of directors and its committees, the selection of the Company’s chief executive officer, the voting of securities of any entity on behalf of the Company, the transfer of shares of the Company’s stock, and the amendment of the bylaws would be undertaken in the matter specified in, and consistent with the provisions of, the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement. As described in Item 1.02 of this report, the parties thereto terminated the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement effective as of December 25, 2018. The amended and restated Company bylaws provide that the foregoing matters shall be undertaken in the manner specified in, and consistent with the provisions of, the Amended Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, the MD Stockholders Agreement and the SLP Stockholders Agreement, as the case may be.

 

   

The amended and restated Company bylaws have amended the prior Company bylaws to specify that a stockholder of the Company providing notice of nomination of a Group IV Director, who will be elected by holders of the Class C Common Stock voting separately as a series, shall furnish the Company with a representation regarding such stockholder’s ownership of shares of Class C Common Stock.

 

   

The amended and restated Company bylaws remove certain provisions of the prior Company bylaws that have become obsolete as a result of the completion of the Class V transaction, and make various other technical changes.

The foregoing description of the amended and restated Company bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amended and restated Company bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this report. Exhibit 3.2 to this report includes a version of such text which is marked to indicate the amendments to the prior Company bylaws as such bylaws were in effect before the Effective Time.

 

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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 28, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Merger and the Class V transaction described in Item 8.01 of this report. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 to this report, is being “furnished” to the SEC and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities under such section. Further, such information shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless specifically identified as being incorporated therein by reference.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 1.01, 1.02, 3.01, 3.03, 5.02 and 5.03 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.

Dell Technologies completed the Class V transaction following approval of the transaction by its stockholders at a special meeting held on December 11, 2018. Dell Technologies paid $14 billion in cash and issued 149,387,617 shares of its Class C Common Stock in connection with the Class V transaction. The Class C Common Stock (NYSE: DELL) began trading on the NYSE on a when-issued basis as of the opening of trading on December 26, 2018 and on a regular-way basis as of the opening of trading on December 28, 2018. The Class V Common Stock (NYSE: DVMT) ceased trading on the NYSE prior to the opening of trading on December 28, 2018.

At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock was converted into the holder’s right to receive either (1) $120.00 in cash, without interest, subject to a cap of $14 billion on the aggregate cash consideration, or (2) 1.8066 shares of Class C Common Stock. The exchange ratio was calculated based on the aggregate amount of cash elections described below, as well as the aggregate volume-weighted average price per share of Class V Common Stock on the NYSE (as reported on Bloomberg) of $104.8700 for the period of 17 consecutive trading days that began on November 28, 2018 and ended on December 21, 2018.

Of the 199,356,591 shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the Class V transaction:

 

   

cash elections were made with respect to 181,897,352 shares, or 91.2% of the total outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock; and

 

   

share elections (including deemed share elections with respect to shares for which no elections were made) were made with respect to 17,459,239 shares, or 8.8% of the total outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock.

Because Class V stockholders elected in the aggregate to receive approximately $21.8 billion in cash, which exceeded the $14 billion cap on the aggregate cash consideration, the cash consideration will be subject to a proration factor of approximately 0.6414, which was calculated by dividing the $14 billion cap on the aggregate cash consideration by approximately $21.8 billion of total cash elections. Each Class V stockholder that has elected to receive cash for its shares of Class V Common Stock is entitled to receive cash consideration for such number of shares, prorated by the proration factor, and will receive shares of Class C Common Stock for its remaining Class V common stock, together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Class C Common Stock.

Immediately following the completion of the Class V transaction, Dell Technologies had approximately 171,909,324 outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock (or approximately 206,478,102 shares on a fully diluted basis, before applying the treasury stock method) and approximately 718,434,605 shares of common stock in total (or approximately 763,912,474 shares on a fully diluted basis, before applying the treasury stock method).

The aggregate cash consideration and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Class V transaction were funded with proceeds of $3.64 billion from new term loans under the Company’s senior secured credit facilities, proceeds of a margin loan financing in an aggregate principal amount of $1.35 billion, proceeds of the Company’s pro rata portion of the special $11 billion cash dividend paid by VMware, Inc. in connection with the Class V transaction, and cash on hand at Dell Technologies and its subsidiaries. Additional information regarding the debt financing of the Class V transaction is set forth in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2018.

 

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Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

The following documents are herewith filed or (as to Exhibit 99.1 only) furnished as exhibits to this report:

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

3.1    Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc.
3.2    Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dell Technologies Inc.
10.1    MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December  25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC Corporation, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., Michael S. Dell and the Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust.
10.2    SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December  25, 2018, by and among the Company, Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC Corporation, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and the other stockholders named therein.
10.3    MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December  25, 2018, by and among the Company, Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC Corporation, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC and the other stockholders named therein.
10.4    Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December  25, 2018, by and among the Company, Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., Venezio Investments Pte. Ltd. and the Management Stockholders party thereto.
10.5    Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December  25, 2018, by and among the Company, Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and the Management Stockholders (as defined therein).
10.6    Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December  25, 2018, by and among the Company, Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and Venezio Investments Pte. Ltd.
10.7    Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December  25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and the New Class A Stockholders party thereto.
10.8    Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated).
10.9    Form of Amended and Restated Stock Option Agreement-Performance Vesting Option for grants to executive officers under the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 4, 2018) (Registration No. 333-226618).
  

 

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10.10    Form of Amended and Restated Stock Option Agreement-Time Vesting Option for grants to executive officers under the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on October 4, 2018) (Registration No. 333-226618).
10.11    Form of Amended and Restated Dell Performance Award Agreement for grants to executive officers under the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on October 4, 2018) (Registration No. 333-226618).
10.12    Form of Amended and Restated Dell Time Award Agreement for grants to executive officers under the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on October 4, 2018) (Registration No. 333-226618).
10.13    Form of Amended and Restated Stock Option Agreement for grants to executive officers (Rollover Option) under the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on October 4, 2018) (Registration No. 333-226618).
99.1    Press Release of Dell Technologies Inc. dated December 28, 2018.

 

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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.

 

Date: December 28, 2018       Dell Technologies Inc.
    By:  

/s/ Janet Bawcom

     

Janet Bawcom

Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary

      (Duly Authorized Officer)

 

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is “Dell Technologies Inc.”

ARTICLE II

The address of the registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE III

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful business, act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE IV

The total authorized number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be nine billion, one-hundred forty-four million, twenty-five thousand, three-hundred and eight (9,144,025,308) shares, which shall consist of (i) one million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, of the par value of $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”); and (ii) nine billion, one-hundred forty-three million, twenty-five thousand, three-hundred and eight (9,143,025,308) shares of Common Stock, of the par value of $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).

ARTICLE V

The following is a statement fixing certain of the designations and powers, voting powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights of the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, and the authority with respect thereto expressly granted to the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) to fix any such provisions not fixed by this Certificate of Incorporation:

Section 5.1 Preferred Stock.

(a) Subject to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents provided for herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution (as defined below), the Board of Directors is hereby expressly vested with the authority to adopt a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, which shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors in such resolution or resolutions. The powers, voting powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, of each series of Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, of such powers, preferences and/or rights (collectively the “Series Terms”), shall be such as are stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions providing for the creation of such Series Terms (a “Preferred Stock Series Resolution”) adopted by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors to which such responsibility is specifically and lawfully delegated, and set forth in a

 

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certificate of designation executed, acknowledged, and filed in accordance with Sections 103 and 151 of the DGCL. The powers of the Board of Directors to determine the Series Terms of a particular series (any of which powers may by resolution of the Board of Directors be specifically delegated to one or more of its committees, except as prohibited by law) shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(1) The number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series;

(2) The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether such dividends, if any, shall be cumulative, and, if so, the date or dates from which dividends payable on such shares shall accumulate, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series;

(3) Whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

(4) Whether that series shall have conversion privileges with respect to shares of any other class or classes of stock or of any other series of any class of stock, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate upon occurrence of such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(5) Whether the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including their relative rights of priority, if any, of redemption, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, provisions regarding redemption notices, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(6) Whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;

(7) The rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series;

(8) The conditions or restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or upon the issuance of additional Preferred Stock or other capital stock ranking on a parity therewith, or senior thereto, with respect to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation;

(9) The conditions or restrictions with respect to the issuance of, payment of dividends upon, or the making of other distributions to, or the acquisition or redemption of, shares ranking junior to the Preferred Stock or to any series thereof with respect to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation; and

(10) Any other designations, powers, preferences, and rights, including, without limitation, any qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any of the Series Terms, including voting rights, of any series may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside this Certificate of Incorporation and the Preferred Stock Series Resolution; provided, that the manner in which such facts shall operate upon such Series Terms is clearly and expressly set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation or in the Preferred Stock Series Resolution.

(c) Subject to the provisions of this Article V and to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents provided for herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, the issuance of shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock may be authorized from time to time as shall be determined by and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof, in an aggregate amount not exceeding the total number of shares constituting any such series or the total number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized by this Certificate of Incorporation. Except in respect of series particulars fixed by the Board of Directors or its

 

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committee as permitted hereby, all shares of Preferred Stock shall be of equal rank and shall be identical, and all shares of any one series of Preferred Stock so designated by the Board of Directors shall be alike in every particular, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative.

Section 5.2 Common Stock.

There shall be five series of Common Stock created, having the number of shares and the voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions set forth below:

(a) DHI Common Stock. One series of common stock of the Corporation is designated as “Class A Common Stock” consisting of six-hundred million (600,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”); one series of common stock of the Corporation is designated as “Class B Common Stock” consisting of two-hundred million (200,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”); one series of common stock of the Corporation is designated as “Class C Common Stock” consisting of seven billion, nine-hundred million (7,900,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class C Common Stock”); and one series of common stock of the Corporation is designated as “Class D Common Stock” consisting of one-hundred million (100,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class D Common Stock,” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock, the “DHI Common Stock”).

(b) Class V Common Stock. One series of common stock of the Corporation is designated as “Class V Common Stock” consisting of three-hundred forty-three million, twenty-five thousand, three hundred and eight (343,025,308) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class V Common Stock”). Each share of Class V Common Stock shall be identical in all respects and will have equal rights, powers and privileges to each other share of Class V Common Stock. From and after the time of effectiveness of this Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation shall not issue any shares of Class V Common Stock.

(c) [Reserved].

(d) Restrictions on Corporate Actions.

(1) From the Effective Date through the two-year anniversary of the Effective Date, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries will not purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of common stock of VMware if such acquisition would cause the common stock of VMware to no longer be publicly traded on a U.S. securities exchange or VMware to no longer be required to file reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case unless such acquisition of VMware common stock is required in order for VMware to continue to be a member of the affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated tax return with the Corporation for purposes of Section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

(2) For so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not authorize or issue any class or series of common stock (other than (i) Class V Common Stock or (ii) common stock of the Corporation with an Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group) intended to reflect an economic interest of the Corporation in assets comprising the Class V Group, including common stock of VMware.

(e) Dividends. Subject to the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution:

(1) Dividends on Class V Common Stock.

(A) Dividends on the Class V Common Stock may be declared and paid only out of the lesser of (i) the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor and (ii) the Class V Group Available Dividend Amount.

 

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(B) If the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero on the record date for any dividend on the Class V Common Stock, then concurrently with the payment of any dividend on the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock:

(I) if such dividend consists of cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than shares of Class V Common Stock) or other assets, the Corporation will attribute to the DHI Group (a “Retained Interest Dividend”) an aggregate amount of cash, securities or other assets, or a combination thereof, at the election of the Board of Directors (the “Retained Interest Dividend Amount”), with a Fair Value equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (x) the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the record date for such dividend, by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Fair Value of such dividend payable to the holders of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of such record date; or

(II) if such dividend consists of shares of Class V Common Stock (including dividends of Convertible Securities convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock), the Number of Retained Interest Shares will be increased by a number equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (x) the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the record date for such dividend, by (y) the number of shares (including any fraction of a share) of Class V Common Stock issuable to a holder for each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock in such dividend.

In the case of a dividend paid pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), in connection with a Class V Group Disposition, the Retained Interest Dividend Amount may be increased, at the election of the Board of Directors, by the aggregate amount of the dividend that would have been payable with respect to the shares of Class V Common Stock converted into Class C Common Stock in connection with such Class V Group Disposition if such shares were not so converted and received the same dividend per share as the other shares of Class V Common Stock received in connection with such Class V Group Disposition.

A Retained Interest Dividend may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be reflected by an allocation or by a direct transfer of cash, securities or other assets, or a combination thereof, and may be payable in kind or otherwise.

(2) Dividends on DHI Common Stock.

(A) Dividends on the DHI Common Stock may be declared and paid only out of the lesser of (i) the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor and (ii) the DHI Group Available Dividend Amount.

(B) Subject to the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, if any, outstanding at any time, the holders of Class A Common Stock, the holders of Class B Common Stock, the holders of Class C Common Stock and the holders of Class D Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in such dividends and other distributions of cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation as may be declared by the Board of Directors from time to time with respect to the DHI Common Stock out of the assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor; provided, however, that in the event that any such dividend is paid in the form of shares of DHI Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of DHI Common Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall receive Class A Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock, as the case may be, the holders of Class B Common Stock shall receive Class B Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class B Common Stock, as the case may be, the holders of Class C Common Stock shall receive Class C Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, and the holders of Class D Common Stock shall receive Class D Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class D Common Stock, as the case may be.

 

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(C) Dividends of Class V Common Stock (or dividends of Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock) may be declared and paid on the DHI Common Stock if the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero on the record date for any such dividend, but only if the sum of:

(I) the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be so issued (or the number of such shares that would be issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities to be so issued); and

(II) the number of shares of Class V Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities then outstanding that are attributed as a liability to, or an equity interest in, the DHI Group is less than or equal to the Number of Retained Interest Shares.

(3) Discrimination between DHI Common Stock and Class V Common Stock. The Board of Directors shall have the authority and discretion to declare and pay (or to refrain from declaring and paying) dividends on outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock and dividends on outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock, in equal or unequal amounts, or only on the DHI Common Stock or the Class V Common Stock, irrespective of the amounts (if any) of prior dividends declared on, or the respective liquidation rights of, the DHI Common Stock or the Class V Common Stock, or any other factor.

(f) Liquidation and Dissolution.

(1) General. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Corporation and payment or provision for payment of any preferential amount due to the holders of any other class or series of stock as to payments upon dissolution of the Corporation (regardless of the Group to which such shares are attributed), the holders of shares of DHI Common Stock and the holders of shares of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to receive their proportionate interests in the assets of the Corporation remaining for distribution to holders of stock (regardless of the class or series of stock to which such assets are then attributed) in proportion to the respective number of liquidation units per share of DHI Common Stock and Class V Common Stock.

Neither (i) the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other Person or Persons, (ii) a transaction or series of related transactions that results in the transfer of more than 50% of the voting power of the Corporation nor (iii) the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation shall itself be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 5.2(f).

(2) Liquidation Units. The liquidation units per share of Class V Common Stock in relation to the DHI Common Stock shall be as follows:

(A) each share of DHI Common Stock shall have one liquidation unit; and

(B) each share of Class V Common Stock shall have a number of liquidation units (including a fraction of one liquidation unit) equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (x) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the 10-Trading Day period commencing on (and including) the first Trading Day on which the Class V Common Stock trades in the “regular way” market, by (y) the Average Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period (unless such shares of Class C Common Stock are not Publicly Traded, in which case the Fair Value of a share of Class C Common Stock, determined as of the fifth Trading Day of such period, shall be used for purposes of (y));

provided, that if, after the Effective Date, the Corporation, at any time or from time to time, subdivides (by stock split, reclassification or otherwise) or combines (by reverse stock split, reclassification or otherwise) the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, or declares and pays a dividend or

 

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distribution in shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock to holders of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, the per share liquidation units of the Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, will be appropriately adjusted as determined by the Board of Directors, so as to avoid any dilution or increase in the aggregate, relative liquidation rights of the shares of Class C Common Stock and Class V Common Stock.

Whenever an adjustment is made to liquidation units under this Section 5.2(f), the Corporation will promptly thereafter prepare and file a statement of such adjustment with the Secretary of the Corporation. Neither the failure to prepare nor the failure to file any such statement will affect the validity of such adjustment.

(g) Subdivision or Combinations. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of any series of DHI Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other series of DHI Common Stock will be subdivided or combined in the same manner.

(h) Voting Rights.

(1) Voting Generally. Subject to Article VI, (i) each holder of record of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes per share of Class A Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote; (ii) each holder of record of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes per share of Class B Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote; (iii) each holder of record of Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote per share of Class C Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote; (iv) each holder of record of Class D Common Stock shall not be entitled to any vote on any matter except to the extent required by provisions of Delaware law (in which case such holder shall be entitled to one vote per share of Class D Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote); and (v) each holder of record of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote per share of Class V Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote. Except (A) as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, or (B) as may otherwise be required by the laws of the State of Delaware, the holders of shares of all classes of Common Stock will vote as one class with respect to the election of Group I Directors (as defined below) and with respect to all other matters to be voted on by stockholders of the Corporation; provided, that the holders of Class A Common Stock (and no other classes of Common Stock) will vote as one class with respect to the election of Group II Directors (as defined below), the holders of Class B Common Stock (and no other classes of Common Stock) will vote as one class with respect to the election of Group III Directors (as defined below), and the holders of Class C Common Stock (and no other classes of Common Stock) will vote as one class with respect to the election of the Group IV Director (as defined below).

(2) Special Voting Rights.

(A) If the Corporation proposes to (i) amend this Certificate of Incorporation (A) in any manner that would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of Class V Common Stock so as to affect them adversely or (B) to make any amendment, change or alteration to the restrictions on corporate actions described in Section 5.2(d), in each case whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, or (ii) effect any merger or business combination as a result of which (A) the holders of all classes and series of Common Stock shall no longer own at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving corporation or of the direct or indirect parent corporation of such surviving corporation and (B) the holders of Class V Common Stock do not receive consideration of the same type as the other classes or series of Common Stock and, in aggregate, equal to or greater in value than the proportion of the average of the aggregate Fair Value of the outstanding Class V Common Stock over the 30-Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the date of the first public announcement of such merger or business combination to the aggregate Fair Value of the other outstanding classes or series of Common Stock over the same 30-Trading Day period (unless such securities are not Publicly Traded, in which case the aggregate Fair Value of such securities shall be determined as of the fifth Trading Day

 

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of such period), then in each case, such action will be subject to receipt by the Corporation of, and will not be undertaken unless the Corporation has received, the affirmative vote of the holders of record (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates), as of the record date for the meeting at which such vote is taken, of Class V Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates) of Class V Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a separate class. Any vote taken pursuant to this Section 5.2(h)(2)(A) will be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any vote of the stockholders of the Corporation required by law to be taken with respect to the applicable action.

(B) For so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, Section 4.02 of the Bylaws shall not be amended or repealed (A) by the stockholders of the Corporation unless such action has received the affirmative vote of the holders of record (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates), as of the record date for the meeting at which such vote is taken, of (i) Class V Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates) of Class V Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a separate class, and (ii) Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power of Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon or (B) by any action of the Board of Directors.

(C) Except as expressly provided herein, no class or series of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote as a separate class on any matter except to the extent required by provisions of Delaware law. Irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the holders of shares of DHI Common Stock and the holders of shares of Class V Common Stock will vote as one class with respect to any proposed amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation that (i) would increase (x) the number of authorized shares of common stock or any class or series thereof, (y) the number of authorized shares of preferred stock or any series thereof or (z) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter established, or (ii) decrease (x) the number of authorized shares of common stock or any class or series thereof, (y) the number of authorized shares of preferred stock or any series thereof or (z) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter established (but, in each case, not below the number of shares of such class or series of capital stock then outstanding), and no separate class or series vote of the holders of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation will be required for the approval of any such matter; provided, that this Section 5.2(h)(2)(C) shall only apply to a proposed increase in the number of authorized shares of Class V Common Stock when such increase has received the approval of the Capital Stock Committee of the Board of Directors in such circumstances and as provided in the Bylaws.

(i) Equal Status. Except as expressly provided in this Article V and in Article VI, Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock shall have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably on a per share basis and be identical in all respects as to all matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) in the event of a merger, consolidation or other business combination requiring the approval of the holders of the Corporation’s capital stock entitled to vote thereon (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving entity), each holder of DHI Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same amount and form of consideration, if any, on a per share basis, as each other holder of DHI Common Stock, and (ii) in the event of (x) any tender or exchange offer to acquire any shares of DHI Common Stock by any third party pursuant to an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or (y) any tender or exchange offer by the Corporation to acquire any shares of DHI Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of the applicable tender or exchange offer, the holders of DHI Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same amount or form of consideration on a per share basis as each other holder of DHI Common Stock; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the holders of Class C Common Stock and the holders of Class D Common Stock may receive non-voting securities or capital stock, or securities or capital stock with differing voting rights or preferences than the holders of Class A Common Stock and/or the holders of Class B Common Stock in connection with a merger, consolidation, other business combination, or tender or exchange offer involving the Corporation.

 

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(j) Senior, Parity or Junior Stock.

(1) Whenever reference is made in this Article V to shares “ranking senior to” another class or series of stock or “on a parity with” another class or series of stock, such reference shall mean and include all other shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends or as to distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation are given preference over, or rank equally with, as the case may be, the rights of the holders of such other class or series of stock. Whenever reference is made to shares “ranking junior to” another class or series of stock, such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends and as to distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation are junior and subordinate to the rights of the holders of such class or series of stock.

(2) Except as otherwise provided herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, each series of Preferred Stock shall rank on a parity with each other series of Preferred Stock and each series of Preferred Stock shall rank senior to the Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein, each of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock shall rank on a parity with each other, and, except as otherwise provided in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, each of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock shall rank junior to the Preferred Stock.

(k) Reservation and Retirement of Shares.

(1) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or out of shares of Common Stock held in its treasury, the full number of shares of Common Stock into which all shares of any series of Preferred Stock having conversion privileges from time to time outstanding are convertible.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in a Preferred Stock Series Resolution with respect to a particular series of Preferred Stock, all shares of Preferred Stock redeemed or acquired (as a result of conversion or otherwise) shall be retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

(l) No Preemptive Rights.

Subject to the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, no holder of shares of stock of the Corporation shall have any preemptive or other rights, except as such rights are expressly provided by contract, to purchase or subscribe for or receive any shares of any class, or series thereof, of stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any warrants, options, bonds, debentures or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying any right to purchase any shares of any class, or series thereof, of stock; but, subject to the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, such additional shares of stock and such warrants, options, bonds, debentures or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying any right to purchase any shares of any class, or series thereof, of stock may be issued or disposed of by the Board of Directors to such Persons, and on such terms and for such lawful consideration, as in its discretion it shall deem advisable or as to which the Corporation shall have by binding contract agreed.

(m) Other Provisions Relating to the Exchange of Class V Common Stock.

(1) Redemption for VMware Stock. At any time that shares of common stock of VMware comprise all of the assets of the Class V Group, the Corporation may, at its option and subject to assets of the Corporation being legally available therefor, redeem all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for shares of common stock

 

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of VMware (the “Distributed VMware Shares”), as provided herein. Each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock shall be redeemed for a number of Distributed VMware Shares equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by multiplying the Outstanding Interest Fraction by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock of VMware attributed to the Class V Group on the Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock on the same date. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(1) shall occur on the date set forth in the public notice made pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(4)(B) (the “Class V Group VMware Redemption Date”). The Corporation shall not redeem shares of Class V Common Stock for Distributed VMware Shares pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(1) without redeeming all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for Distributed VMware Shares in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(1).

(2) Redemption for Securities of Class V Group Subsidiary. At any time at which a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Corporation (the “Class V Group Subsidiary”) holds, directly or indirectly, all of the assets and liabilities attributed to the Class V Group and such assets and liabilities are not solely comprised of shares of common stock of VMware, the Corporation may, at its option and subject to assets of the Corporation being legally available therefor, redeem all of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for shares of common stock of such Class V Group Subsidiary, as provided herein; provided, that the common stock received is the only outstanding equity security of such Class V Group Subsidiary, and provided, further, that such common stock, upon issuance in such redemption, will have been registered under all applicable U.S. securities laws and will be listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange. The number of shares of common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary to be delivered in redemption of each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock will be equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (x) the product of (I) the number of outstanding shares of common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary and (II) the Outstanding Interest Fraction, by (y) the number of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock, in each case, as of the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date. The Corporation shall not redeem shares of Class V Common Stock for shares of common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(2) without redeeming all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(2).

Any redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(2) will occur on a Class V Group Redemption Date set forth in a notice to holders of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(4)(B).

If the Board of Directors determines to effect a redemption of the Class V Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(2), shares of Class V Common Stock shall be redeemed in exchange for a common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary, as determined by the Board of Directors, on an equal per share basis.

(3) Dividend, Redemption or Conversion in Case of Class V Group Disposition. In the event of a Class V Group Disposition (other than in one or a series of Excluded Transactions), the Corporation will, on or prior to the 120th Trading Day following the consummation of such Class V Group Disposition and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 5.2, take the actions referred to in one of Section 5.2(m)(3)(A), (B), (C) or (D) below, as elected by the Board of Directors:

(A) Subject to Section 5.2(e)(1), the Corporation may declare and pay a dividend payable in cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, to the holders of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition (regardless of the form or nature of the proceeds received by the Corporation from the Class V Group Disposition) as of the record date for determining the holders entitled to receive such dividend, as the same may be determined by the Board of Directors, with such dividend to be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 5.2(e).

(B) Provided that there are assets of the Corporation legally available therefor and the Class V Group Available Dividend Amount would have been sufficient to pay a dividend pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(A) in lieu of effecting the redemption provided for in this Section 5.2(m)(3)(B), the Corporation may apply an aggregate

 

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amount of cash or Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or any combination thereof with a Fair Value equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition (regardless of the form or nature of the proceeds received by the Corporation from the Class V Group Disposition) as of the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date (the “Class V Group Redemption Amount”) to the redemption of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for an amount per share equal to the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 2nd Trading Day following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in Section 5.2(m)(4)(C); provided, that if such Class V Group Disposition involves all (not merely substantially all) of the assets of the Class V Group, a redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) shall be a redemption of all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock in exchange for an aggregate amount of cash or Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or any combination thereof, with a Fair Value equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition, on an equal per share basis.

(C) Provided that the Class C Common Stock is then Publicly Traded, the Corporation may convert the number of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock obtained by dividing the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds by the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 2nd Trading Day following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in Section 5.2(m)(4)(C) into an aggregate number (or fraction) of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class C Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be converted, multiplied by the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (I) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 2nd Trading Day following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in Section 5.2(m)(4)(C) by (II) the Average Market Value of one share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period.

(D) Provided that the Class C Common Stock is then Publicly Traded, the Corporation may combine the conversion of a portion of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock into Class C Common Stock as contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) with the payment of a dividend on, or the redemption of, shares of Class V Common Stock, as described below, subject to the limitations specified in Section 5.2(m)(3)(A) (in the case of a dividend) or Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) (in the case of a redemption) (including the limitations specified in other paragraphs of this Certificate of Incorporation referred to therein).

In the event the Board of Directors elects the option described in this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), the portion of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock to be converted into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class C Common Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be so converted at the conversion rate determined in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) and the Corporation shall (x) pay a dividend to the holders of record of all of the remaining shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding, with such dividend to be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 5.2(e), or (y) redeem all or a portion of such remaining shares of Class V Common Stock. The aggregate amount of such dividend or the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds to be applied to such redemption, as applicable, shall be equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (I) an amount equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition as of, in the case of a dividend, the record date for determining the holders of Class V Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend and, in the case of a redemption, the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date, in each case before giving effect to the conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock in connection with such Class V Group Disposition in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D) and any related adjustment to the Number of Retained Interest Shares, by (II) one (1) minus a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be converted into shares of Class C Common Stock in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D) and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of the record date or the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date used for purposes of clause (I) of this sentence. In the event of a redemption concurrently with or following any such partial conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock, if the Class V Group Disposition was of all (not merely substantially all) of the assets of the

 

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Class V Group, then all remaining outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock shall be redeemed for cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds to be applied to such redemption determined in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), such aggregate amount to be allocated among all such shares to be redeemed on an equal per share basis (subject to the provisions of this Section 5.2(m)(3)). In the event of a redemption concurrently with or following any such partial conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock, if the Class V Group Disposition was of not all of the assets of the Class V Group, then the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be redeemed shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(3)(B), substituting for the Class V Group Redemption Amount referred to therein the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds to be applied to such redemption as determined in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), and such shares shall be redeemed for cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to such portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds and allocated among all such shares to be redeemed on an equal per share basis (subject to the provisions of this Section 5.2(m)(3)). In the case of a redemption, the allocation of the cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) and/or other assets to be paid in redemption and, in the case of a partial redemption, the selection of shares to be redeemed shall be made in the manner contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(3)(B).

For purposes of this Section 5.2(m)(3) and the definition of “Class V Group Disposition” provided in Article XV:

(1) as of any date, “substantially all of the assets of the Class V Group” means a portion of such assets that represents at least 80% of the then-Fair Value of the assets of the Class V Group as of such date;

(2) in the case of a Class V Group Disposition effected in a series of related transactions, such Class V Group Disposition shall not be deemed to have been consummated until the consummation of the last of such transactions;

(3) if the Board of Directors seeks the approval of the holders of Class V Common Stock entitled to vote on thereon to qualify a Class V Group Disposition as an Excluded Transaction and such approval is not obtained, the date on which such approval fails to be obtained will be treated as the date on which such Class V Group Disposition was consummated for purposes of making the determinations and taking the actions prescribed by this Section 5.2(m)(3) and Section 5.2(m)(4), and no subsequent vote may be taken to qualify such Class V Group Disposition as an Excluded Transaction; and

(4) in the event of a redemption of a portion of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D) at a time when the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero, the Corporation will attribute to the DHI Group concurrently with such redemption an aggregate amount (the “Retained Interest Redemption Amount”) of cash, securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, subject to adjustment as described below, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to the difference between (x) the Class V Group Net Proceeds and (y) the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds applied to such redemption as determined in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D) (such attribution, the “Retained Interest Partial Redemption”). Upon such Retained Interest Partial Redemption, the Number of Retained Interest Shares will be decreased in the manner described in subparagraph (ii)(B) of the definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV. The Retained Interest Redemption Amount may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be reflected by an allocation to the DHI Group or by a direct transfer to the DHI Group of cash, securities and/or other assets.

 

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(4) General.

(A) If the Corporation determines to convert all of the shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(r), not less than 10 days prior to the Class V Group Conversion Date the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release:

(I) that all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock shall be converted pursuant to Section 5.2(r) on the Class V Group Conversion Date;

(II) the Class V Group Conversion Date, which shall not be more than 45 days following the Determination Date;

(III) the number of shares of Class C Common Stock to be received with respect to each share of Class V Common Stock; and

(IV) instructions as to how shares of Class V Common Stock may be surrendered for conversion.

(B) If the Corporation determines to exchange shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(1) or to redeem shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(2), the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release:

(I) that the Corporation intends to exchange or redeem, as applicable, all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for Distributed VMware Shares pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(1) or common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(2), as applicable, subject to any applicable conditions;

(II) the class or series of securities to be received with respect to the shares of Class V Common Stock to be exchanged or redeemed, as applicable, and the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of the date of such notice;

(III) the Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date or Class V Group Redemption Selection Date, as applicable, which shall not be earlier than the 10th day following the date of such press release;

(IV) the Class V Group VMware Redemption Date or Class V Group Redemption Date, as applicable, which shall not be earlier then the 10th day following the date of such press release and shall not be later than the 120th Trading Day following the date of such press release;

(V) if the Board of Directors so determines, that the Corporation shall not be required to register a transfer of any shares of Class V Common Stock for a period of 10 Trading Days (or such shorter period as such press release may specify) immediately preceding the specified Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date or Class V Group Redemption Selection Date;

(VI) the number of shares of VMware common stock or of the Class V Group Subsidiary, as applicable, attributable to the DHI Group, and the Number of Retained Interest Shares used in determining such number; and

(VII) instructions as to how shares of Class V Common Stock may be surrendered for exchange or redemption, as applicable.

(C) Not later than the 10th Trading Day following the consummation of a Class V Group Disposition referred to in Section 5.2(m)(3), the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release the Class V Group Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition. Not later than the 30th Trading Day following the consummation of such Class V Group Disposition (and in the event a 10-Trading Day valuation period is required in connection with the action selected by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3), not earlier than the 12th Trading Day

 

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following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.2(m)(4)(C)), the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release (to the extent applicable):

(I) which of the actions specified in Section 5.2(m)(3)(A), (B), (C) or (D) the Corporation has irrevocably determined to take;

(II) as applicable, the record date for determining holders entitled to receive any dividend to be paid pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(A) or (D), the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date for the redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D) or the Class V Group Conversion Selection Date for the partial conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), which record date, Class V Group Redemption Selection Date or Class V Group Conversion Selection Date will not be earlier than the 10th day following the date of such public announcement;

(III) the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of the date of such notice;

(IV) the anticipated dividend payment date, Class V Group Redemption Date, and/or Class V Group Conversion Date, as applicable, which in either case shall not be more than 85 Trading Days following such Class V Group Disposition; and

(V) unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, that the Corporation shall not be required to register a transfer of any shares of Class V Common Stock for a period of 10 Trading Days (or such shorter period as such announcement may specify) immediately preceding the specified Class V Group Redemption Selection Date or the Class V Group Conversion Selection Date.

If the Corporation determines to undertake a redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock, in whole or in part, pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D), or a conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock, in whole or in part, pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) or (D), the Corporation will announce such redemption or conversion (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may remain subject to the satisfaction or waiver of any applicable condition precedent at the time of such announcement) publicly by press release, not less than 10 days prior to the Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group Conversion Date, and will announce, as applicable:

(I) the Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group Conversion Date, which in each case shall not be more than 85 Trading Days following such Class V Group Disposition;

(II) the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be redeemed or converted or, if applicable, stating that all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock will be redeemed or converted;

(III) the kind and amount of per share consideration to be received with respect to each share of Class V Common Stock to be redeemed or converted and the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of the date of such notice;

(IV) with respect to a partial redemption under Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D), the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date;

(V) with respect to a dividend under Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the record date for the dividend and the Retained Interest Dividend Amount attributable to the DHI Group; and

(VI) instructions as to how shares of Class V Common Stock may be surrendered for redemption or conversion.

(D) The Corporation will give such notice to holders of Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class V Common Stock as may be required by the terms of such Convertible Securities or as the Board of Directors may otherwise deem appropriate in connection with a dividend, redemption or conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2, as applicable.

 

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(E) All public announcements made pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(4)(A), (B) or (C) shall include such further statements, and the Corporation reserves the right to make such further public announcements, as may be required by law or the rules of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class V Common Stock is listed or as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, deem appropriate.

(F) No adjustments in respect of dividends shall be made upon the conversion or redemption of any shares of Class V Common Stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), if the Class V Group Conversion Date or the Class V Group Redemption Date with respect to any shares of Class V Common Stock shall be subsequent to the record date for the payment of a dividend or other distribution thereon or with respect thereto, but prior to the payment of such dividend or distribution, the holders of record of such shares of Class V Common Stock at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the dividend or other distribution payable on or with respect to such shares on the date set for payment of such dividend or other distribution, notwithstanding the prior conversion or redemption of such shares.

(G) Before any holder of shares of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to receive certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of any kind of capital stock or cash, Publicly Traded securities or other assets to be received by such holder with respect to shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(r) or this Section 5.2(m), such holder shall surrender certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing such shares of Class V Common Stock in such manner and with such written instruments or transfer as the Corporation shall specify. The Corporation will, as soon as practicable after such surrender of certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of Class V Common Stock, deliver, or cause to be delivered, at the office of the transfer agent for the shares or other securities to be delivered, to the holder for whose account shares of Class V Common Stock were so surrendered, or to the nominee or nominees of such holder, certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing the number of shares of the kind of capital stock or cash, Publicly Traded securities or other assets to which such Person shall be entitled as aforesaid, together with any payment for fractional securities determined by the Board of Directors to be paid in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(4)(I). If less than all of the shares of Class V Common Stock represented by any one certificate are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall issue and deliver a new certificate for the shares (including fractional shares) of Class V Common Stock not redeemed.

(H) From and after any applicable Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, all rights of a holder of shares of Class V Common Stock that were converted, redeemed or exchanged on such Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, as applicable, shall cease except for the right, upon surrender of certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing such shares of Class V Common Stock, to receive certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of the kind and amount of capital stock or cash, Publicly Traded securities or other assets for which such shares were converted, redeemed or exchanged, as applicable, together with any payment for fractional securities determined by the Board of Directors to be paid in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(4)(I), and such holder shall have no other or further rights in respect of the shares of Class V Common Stock so converted, redeemed or exchanged. No holder of a certificate or book-entry interest which immediately prior to the applicable Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date represented shares of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution with respect to shares of any kind of capital stock into or in exchange for which the Class V Common Stock was converted, redeemed or exchanged until surrender of such holder’s certificate or book-entry interest for certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of such kind of capital stock. Upon such surrender, there shall be paid to the holder the amount of any dividends or other distributions (without interest) which became payable with respect to a record date prior to the Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, as the case may be, but that were not paid by reason of the foregoing, with respect to the number of shares of the kind of capital stock represented by the certificate(s) or book-entry interests issued upon such surrender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after a Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, as the case may be, the Corporation will be entitled to treat certificates and book-entry interests representing

 

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shares of Class V Common Stock that have not yet been surrendered for conversion, redemption or exchange in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(4)(G) as evidencing the ownership of the number of shares of the kind or kinds of capital stock for which the shares of Class V Common Stock represented by such certificates or book-entry interests shall have been converted, redeemed or exchanged in accordance with Section 5.2(r) or this Section 5.2(m), notwithstanding the failure of the holder thereof to surrender such certificates or book-entry interests.

(I) The Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver fractional shares of any class or series of capital stock or any other securities in a smaller than authorized denomination to any holder of Class V Common Stock upon any conversion, redemption, exchange, dividend or other distribution pursuant to this Section 5.2. In connection with the determination of the number of shares of any class or series of capital stock that shall be issuable or the amount of other securities that shall be deliverable to any holder of record of Class V Common Stock upon any such conversion, redemption, exchange, dividend or other distribution (including any fractions of shares or securities), the Corporation may aggregate the shares of Class V Common Stock held at the relevant time by such holder of record.

If the aggregate number of shares of capital stock or other securities to be issued or delivered to any holder of Class V Common Stock includes a fraction, the Corporation shall pay, or shall cause to be paid, a cash adjustment in lieu of such fraction in an amount equal to the Fair Value of such fraction (without interest).

(J) Any deadline for effecting a redemption, conversion, or exchange prescribed by Section 5.2(r) or this Section 5.2(m) may be extended in the discretion of the Board of Directors if deemed necessary or appropriate to enable the Corporation to comply with the U.S. federal securities laws, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(n) Treatment of Convertible Securities. After any Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group Conversion Date on which all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock are redeemed or converted, any share of Class V Common Stock of the Corporation that is to be issued on exchange, conversion or exercise of any Convertible Securities shall, immediately upon such exchange, conversion or exercise and without any notice from or to, or any other action on the part of, the Corporation or its Board of Directors or the holder of such Convertible Security:

(1) in the event the shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such Class V Group Redemption Date were redeemed pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or Section 5.2(m)(2), be redeemed, to the extent of funds legally available therefor, for $0.01 per share in cash for each share of Class V Common Stock that otherwise would be issued upon such exchange, conversion or exercise; or

(2) in the event the shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such Class V Group Conversion Date were converted into shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) or (D) or Section 5.2(r), be converted into the number of shares of Class C Common Stock that shares of Class V Common Stock would have received had such shares been outstanding and converted on such Class V Group Conversion Date.

The provisions of the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 5.2(n) shall not apply to the extent that other adjustments or alternative provisions in respect of such conversion, exchange or redemption of Class V Common Stock are otherwise made or applied pursuant to the provisions of such Convertible Securities.

(o) Deemed Conversion of Certain Convertible Securities. To the extent Convertible Securities are paid as a dividend to the holders of Class V Common Stock at a time when the DHI Group holds an Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group, in addition to making an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.2(e)(1)(B)(II), the Corporation may, when at any time such Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock, treat such Convertible Securities as converted, exchanged or exercised for purposes of determining the increase in the Number of Retained Interest Shares pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of the

 

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definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV, and must do so to the extent such Convertible Securities are mandatorily converted, exchanged or exercised (and to the extent the terms of such Convertible Securities require payment of consideration for such conversion, exchange or exercise, the DHI Group shall then no longer be attributed as an asset an amount of the kind of assets or properties required to be paid as such consideration for the amount of Convertible Securities deemed converted, exchanged or exercised (and the Class V Group shall be attributed such assets or properties)), in which case, from and after such time, the shares of Class V Common Stock into or for which such Convertible Securities were so considered converted, exchanged or exercised shall be deemed held by the DHI Group and such Convertible Securities shall no longer be deemed to be held by the DHI Group. A statement setting forth the election to effectuate any such deemed conversion, exchange or exercise of Convertible Securities and the assets or properties, if any, to be attributed to the Class V Group in consideration of such conversion, exchange or exercise shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and, upon such filing, such deemed conversion, exchange or exercise shall be effectuated.

(p) Certain Determinations by the Board of Directors.

(1) General. The Board of Directors shall make such determinations with respect to (a) the businesses, assets, properties, liabilities and preferred stock to be attributed to the DHI Group and the Class V Group, (b) the application of the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation to transactions to be engaged in by the Corporation and (c) the voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any series of Common Stock or of the holders thereof, as may be or become necessary or appropriate to the exercise of, or to give effect to, such voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions, including, without limiting the foregoing, the determinations referred to in this Section 5.2(p); provided, that any of such determinations that would require approval of the Capital Stock Committee under the Bylaws shall be effective only if made in accordance with the Bylaws. A record of any such determination shall be filed with the records of the actions of the Board of Directors.

(A) Upon any acquisition by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries of any businesses, assets or properties, or any assumption of liabilities or preferred stock, outside of the ordinary course of business of either Group, the Board of Directors shall determine whether such businesses, assets, properties, liabilities or preferred stock (or an interest therein) shall be for the benefit of the DHI Group or the Class V Group or both and, accordingly, shall be attributed to such Group or Groups, in accordance with the definitions of DHI Group or Class V Group set forth in Article XV, as the case may be.

(B) Upon any issuance of shares of Class V Common Stock at a time when the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the use of the proceeds of such issuance and any other relevant factors, whether all or any part of the shares of such series so issued shall reduce such Number of Retained Interest Shares. Upon any repurchase of shares of Class V Common Stock at any time, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on whether the cash or other assets paid in such repurchase were attributed to the DHI Group or the Class V Group and any other relevant factors, whether all or any part of the shares of such series so repurchased shall increase such Number of Retained Interest Shares.

(C) Upon any issuance by the Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof of any Convertible Securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock, if at the time such Convertible Securities are issued the Number of Retained Interest Shares related to such series is greater than zero, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the use of the proceeds of such issuance and any other relevant factors, whether, upon conversion, exchange or exercise thereof, the issuance of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant thereto shall, in whole or in part, reduce such Number of Retained Interest Shares.

(D) Upon any issuance of any shares of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) of any series, the Board of Directors shall attribute, based on the use of proceeds of such issuance of shares of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) in the business of either Group and any other relevant factors, the shares so

 

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issued entirely to the DHI Group, entirely to the Class V Group, or partly to both Groups, in such proportion as the Board of Directors shall determine.

(E) Upon any redemption or repurchase by the Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof of shares of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) of any class or series or of other securities or debt obligations of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the property used to redeem or purchase such shares, other securities or debt obligations, which, if any, of such shares, other securities or debt obligations redeemed or repurchased shall be attributed to the DHI Group, to the Class V Group, or both, and, accordingly, how many of the shares of such series or class of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) or of such other securities, or how much of such debt obligations, that remain outstanding, if any, are thereafter attributed to each Group.

(F) Upon any transfer to either Group of businesses, assets or properties attributed to the other Group, the Board of Directors shall determine the consideration therefor to be attributed to the transferring Group in exchange therefor, including, without limitation, cash, securities or other property of the other Group, or shall decrease or increase the Number of Retained Interest Shares, as described in subparagraph (ii)(D) or (iii)(D), as the case may be, of the definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV.

(G) Upon any assumption by either Group of liabilities or preferred stock attributed to the other Group, the Board of Directors shall determine the consideration therefor to be attributed to the assuming Group in exchange therefor, including, without limitation, cash, securities or other property of the other Group, or shall decrease or increase the Number of Retained Interest Shares, as described in subparagraph (ii)(D) or (iii)(D), as the case may be, of the definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV.

(2) Certain Determinations Not Required. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2(p) or any other provision in this Certificate of Incorporation, at any time when there are no shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding (or Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock), the Corporation need not:

(A) attribute any of the businesses, assets, properties, liabilities or preferred stock of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to the DHI Group or the Class V Group; or

(B) make any determination required in connection therewith, nor shall the Board of Directors be required to make any of the determinations otherwise required by this Section 5.2(p), and in such circumstances the holders of the shares of DHI Common Stock outstanding shall (unless otherwise specifically provided in this Certificate of Incorporation) be entitled to all the voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of common stock of the Corporation.

(3) Board Determinations Binding. Any determinations made in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation under any provision of this Section 5.2(p) or otherwise in furtherance of the application of this Section 5.2 shall be final and binding; provided, that any of such determinations that would require approval of the Capital Stock Committee under the Bylaws shall be final and binding only if made in accordance with the Bylaws.

(q) Conversion of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class D Common Stock.

(1) At any time and from time to time, (i) any holder of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock shall have the right by written election to the Corporation to convert all or any of the shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, held by such holder into shares of Class C Common Stock on a one-to-one basis and (ii) any holder of Class D Common Stock, subject to any legal requirements applicable to such holder (including any applicable requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of

 

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1976, as amended, and any other applicable antitrust laws), shall have the right by written election to the Corporation to convert all or any of the shares of Class D Common Stock held by such holder into shares of Class C Common Stock on a one-to-one basis.

(2) If any such holder seeks to convert any share of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(q), such written election shall be delivered by certified mail or courier, postage prepaid, to the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent. Each such written election shall (i) state the number of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, elected to be converted and (ii) be accompanied by the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, being converted, duly assigned or endorsed for transfer to the Corporation (and, if so required by the Corporation or its transfer agent, accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer). The conversion of such shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, shall be deemed effective as of the close of business on the date of receipt by the Corporation’s transfer agent of the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, and any other instruments required by this Section 5.2(q)(2).

(3) Upon receipt by the Corporation’s transfer agent of a written election accompanied by the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, being converted, duly assigned or endorsed for transfer to the Corporation (and, if so required by the Corporation or its transfer agent, accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer), the Corporation shall deliver to the relevant holder (i) a certificate in such holder’s name (or the name of such holder’s designee) for the number of shares of Class C Common Stock (including any fractional share) to which such holder shall be entitled upon conversion of the applicable shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, and (ii) if applicable, a certificate in such holder’s name (or the name of such holder’s designee) for the number of shares (including any fractional share) of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, represented by the certificate or certificates delivered to the Corporation for conversion but otherwise not elected to be converted pursuant to the written election. All shares of Class C Common Stock issued hereunder by the Corporation shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, upon any Transfer of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock to any Person other than (i) a Permitted Transferee of the transferor, (ii) in the case of the Class A Common Stock, (x) in a transfer pursuant to a Qualified Sale Transaction or (y) in connection with the transfer, at substantially the same time, of an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock held by the MSD Partners Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) to any Person or group of Affiliated Persons or (iii) the case of the Class B Common Stock, in connection with the transfer, at substantially the same time, of an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock held by the transferor and its Permitted Transferees greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) to any Person or group of Affiliated Persons, the shares so Transferred shall automatically and as a condition to the effectiveness of such Transfer be converted into shares of Class C Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.

(5) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class C Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class D Common Stock, such number of shares of Class C Common Stock that shall be issuable upon the conversion of all such outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class D Common Stock.

 

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(r) Conversion of Class V Common Stock into Class C Common Stock at the Option of the Corporation.

(1) At the option of the Corporation, exercisable at any time the Class C Common Stock is then Publicly Traded, the Board of Directors may authorize (the date the Board of Directors makes such authorization, the “Determination Date”) that each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock be converted into a number (or fraction) of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Publicly Traded shares of Class C Common Stock equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by multiplying the Applicable Conversion Percentage as of the Determination Date by the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (I) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the 10-Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the Determination Date, by (II) the Average Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period.

(2) At the option of the Corporation, if a Tax Event occurs, the Board of Directors may authorize that each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock be converted into a number (or fraction) of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class C Common Stock equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by multiplying 100% by the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (I) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the 10-Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the Determination Date, by (II) the Average Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period; provided, that such conversion shall only occur if the Class C Common Stock, upon issuance in such conversion, will have been registered under all applicable U.S. securities laws and will be listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange.

(3) If the Corporation determines to convert shares of Class V Common Stock into Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(r), such conversion shall occur on a Class V Group Conversion Date on or prior to the 45th day following the Determination Date and shall otherwise be effected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.2(m)(4).

(4) The Corporation shall not convert shares of Class V Common Stock into shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(r) without converting all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock into shares of Class C Common Stock in accordance with this Section 5.2(r).

(s) Transfer Taxes. The Corporation will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of a certificate or certificates representing any shares of capital stock and/or other securities on conversion or redemption of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2. The Corporation will not, however, be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of a certificate or certificates representing any shares of capital stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Common Stock so converted or redeemed were registered and no such issue or delivery will be made unless and until the Person requesting the same has paid to the Corporation or its transfer agent the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation or its transfer agent that such tax has been paid.

ARTICLE VI

(a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

(b) The Board of Directors shall consist of:

(1) The Group I directors (the “Group I Directors”). The holders of Common Stock (other than the holders of Class D Common Stock), voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect, vote to remove or fill any vacancy in respect of any Group I Director. The number of Group I Directors shall not be less than three (3) nor

 

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more than twenty (20) as shall be determined in accordance with the Bylaws. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event, the number of directors constituting the Group I Directors shall automatically be increased by the number of Group II Directors and Group III Directors that shall become Group I directors pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Article VI below. Any newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors with respect to the Group I Directors that results from an increase in the number of Group I Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided, that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors with respect to the Group I Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A majority of the Common Stock (other than the Class D Common Stock), voting together as a single class, shall be entitled remove any Group I Director with or without cause at any time. Each Group I Director shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote. Until a Designation Rights Trigger Event, in the event that the Board of Directors consists of a number of directors entitled to an aggregate amount of votes that is less than seven (7), the number of Group I Directors shall automatically be increased to such number as is necessary to ensure that the voting power of the Board of Directors is equal to an aggregate of seven (7) votes (assuming, for each such calculation, full attendance by each director);

(2) Until a Designation Rights Trigger Event has occurred with respect to the Class A Common Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a series, to elect up to three (3) directors (the “Group II Directors”), and, voting separately as a series, shall solely be entitled to elect, vote to remove or fill any vacancy in respect of any Group II Director. Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class A Common Stock, the rights of the Class A Common Stock pursuant to this paragraph (2) shall immediately terminate and no right to elect Group II Directors shall thereafter attach to the Class A Common Stock. The number of Group II Directors may be increased (to no more than three (3)) by action of the Group II Directors or vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, or decreased (to no less than one (1)) by vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series. In the case of any vacancy or newly-created directorship occurring with respect to the Group II Directors, such vacancy shall only be filled by the vote of the holders of the outstanding Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series. The holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, shall be entitled to remove any Group II Director with or without cause at any time. Each Group II Director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes (or a fraction thereof) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Aggregate Group II Director Votes by (ii) the number of Group II Directors then in office; and

(3) Until a Designation Rights Trigger Event has occurred with respect to the Class B Common Stock, the holders of Class B Common Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a series, to elect up to three (3) directors (the “Group III Directors”), and, voting separately as a series, shall solely be entitled to elect, vote to remove or fill any vacancy in respect of any Group III Director. Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class B Common Stock, the rights of the Class B Common Stock pursuant to this paragraph (3) shall immediately terminate and no right to elect Group III Directors shall thereafter attach to the Class B Common Stock. The number of Group III Directors may be increased (to no more than three (3)) by action of the Group III Directors or vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series, or decreased (to no less than one (1)) by vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series. In the case of any vacancy or newly-created directorship occurring with respect to the Group III Directors, such vacancy or newly-created directorship shall only be filled by the vote of the holders of the outstanding Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series. The holders of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series, shall be entitled to remove any Group III Director with or without cause at any time. Each Group III Director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes (or a fraction thereof) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Aggregate Group III Director Votes by (ii) the number of Group III Directors then in office.

(4) Effective upon the second annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation occurring after the consummation of the IPO, the holders of Class C Common Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a series, to elect one (1) director (the “Group IV Director”), and, voting separately as a series, shall solely be

 

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entitled to vote to remove any Group IV Director. In connection with each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, beginning with the second annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation occurring after the consummation of the IPO, the Board of Directors will nominate one nominee as the Group IV Director, whose election will be subject to such vote of the holders of the Class C Common Stock, voting separately as a series. In the case of any vacancy occurring with respect to the Group IV Director, such vacancy may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation or until the Group IV Director’s earlier removal. The holders of Class C Common Stock, voting separately as a series, shall be entitled to remove the Group IV Director with or without cause at any time. The Group IV Director shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote.

(c) No stockholders of the Corporation other than the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election or the removal without cause of any Group II Director. No stockholders of the Corporation other than the holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election or the removal without cause of any Group III Director. No stockholders of the Corporation other than the holders of the Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election or the removal without cause of the Group IV Director. At any meeting held for the purpose of electing directors, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock shall be required, and shall be sufficient, to constitute a quorum of such series for the election of Group II Directors by such series, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock shall be required, and shall be sufficient, to constitute a quorum of such series for the election of Group III Directors by such series, and the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock shall be required, and shall be sufficient, to constitute a quorum of such series for the election of the Group IV Director by such series. At any such meeting or adjournment thereof, the absence of a quorum of any of the holders of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock and/or the Class C Common Stock shall not prevent the election of directors other than the Group II Directors, the Group III Directors, and/or the Group IV Director, as applicable, and the absence of a quorum or quorums of the holders of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to elect such other directors shall not prevent the election of the Group II Directors, the Group III Directors, and/or the Group IV Director, as applicable.

(d) In the event that the Group II Directors and the Group III Directors are entitled to an equal aggregate number of votes that is greater than zero (0) (assuming, for such calculation, full attendance by each applicable Group II Director and Group III Director), any matter that requires approval by the Board of Directors will require the approval of (i) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by all directors, (ii) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the Group II Directors and (iii) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the Group III Directors.

(e) As long as (a) no IPO has occurred, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders exceeds either (x) 35% of the issued and outstanding DHI Common Stock or (y) the number of shares of DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders and (c) no Disabling Event has occurred and is continuing, then (x) removal of the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall require the approval of the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, and (y) unless otherwise consented to by the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall also serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors (provided, the Chief Executive Officer is a director).

(f) Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class A Common Stock, each Group II Director then serving as a director shall become a Group I Director, and the Aggregate Group II Director Votes shall thereafter be zero (0). Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class B Common Stock, each Group III Director then serving as a director shall become a Group I Director, and the Aggregate Group III Director Votes shall thereafter be zero (0).

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of Incorporation or the Bylaws to a majority or other proportion of directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of such directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director when serving on a committee or subcommittee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to cast that number of votes in respect of the total votes on any matter coming before such committee or subcommittee as shall be specified pursuant to the Bylaws, or if not so specified, then as may be set forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee not inconsistent with the Bylaws or any stockholder agreement or similar contractual arrangement to which the Corporation is a party.

ARTICLE VII

Elections of the members of the Board of Directors shall be held annually at the annual meeting of stockholders and each director shall be elected for a term commencing on the date of such director’s election and ending on the earliest of (i) the date such director’s successor is elected and qualified, (ii) the date of such director’s death, resignation, disqualification or removal, (iii) solely in the case of the Group II Directors, the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class A Common Stock, and (iv) solely in the case of the Group III Directors, the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class B Common Stock. In the event that Group II Directors and Group III Directors become Group I Directors pursuant to Article VI, paragraph (f), then each such director shall serve until the earliest of (i) the date such director’s successor is elected and qualified and (ii) the date of such director’s death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Elections of the members of the Board need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

ARTICLE VIII

Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the actions to be so taken, shall be signed by both (i) the holders of stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and (ii) each of the holders of a majority of the DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders and a majority of the DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders, if any, that are stockholders at such time, and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings are recorded.

ARTICLE IX

Subject to any limitations set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation, including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 5.2(h)(2)(B), and to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents required hereby, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws, without any action on the part of the stockholders; provided, that Bylaws adopted or amended by the Board of Directors and any powers thereby conferred may be amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders subject to any limitations set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

(a) A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for such liability as is expressly not subject to limitation under the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended to further limit or eliminate such liability. Moreover, the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any and all officers

 

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and directors of the Corporation, and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law or to such lesser extent as is determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any and all other persons whom it shall have power to indemnify, from and against all expenses, liabilities or other matters arising out of their status as such or their acts, omissions or services rendered in such capacities. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability.

(b) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, 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 or having agreed to serve as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same 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 said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such person to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article X shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a current, former or proposed director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnified person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such indemnified person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article X or otherwise.

(c) The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation, individually or as a group, with the same scope and effect as the indemnification of directors and officers provided for in this Article X.

(d) If a written claim for advancement and payment of expenses received by the Corporation from or on behalf of an indemnified party under this Article X is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days after such receipt, or if a written claim for indemnification following final disposition of the applicable proceeding received by the Corporation by or on behalf of an indemnified party under this Article X is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days after such receipt, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to

 

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indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(e) The right to indemnification and the advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this Article X shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(f) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

(g) If this Article X or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article X that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE XI

To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, the Corporation acknowledges and agrees that any Covered Person may, and shall have no duty not to, (i) invest in, carry 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, stockholder, equityholder or investor in any Person, 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 any of its Subsidiaries (which for all purposes of this Article XI shall include VMware and its subsidiaries), (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Corporation or its Affiliates, and/or (iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation may make investments. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy to participate in any business or investments of any Covered Person as currently conducted or as may be conducted in the future, and waives any claim against a Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim that such Covered Person is liable to the Corporation, any Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business or investment. The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision. The Corporation hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees in the event that a Covered Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Person outside of his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation and (y) the Corporation or any Subsidiary, the Covered Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any Subsidiary. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in any potential transaction or matter of which the Covered Person acquires knowledge, except for any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, and waives any

 

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claim against each Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim, that such Covered Person is liable to the Corporation, any Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Person (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any Affiliate or other Person, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another Person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or such Subsidiary; provided, however, in each such case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation shall belong to the Corporation. The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision, except to the extent that a Covered Person is determined by a final, non-appealable order of a Delaware court having competent jurisdiction (or any other judgment which is not appealed in the applicable time) to have breached this Article XI, in which case any such advanced expenses shall be promptly reimbursed to the Corporation.

ARTICLE XII

(a) Subject to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents provided for herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, the Corporation shall have the right, from time to time, to amend this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision thereof in any manner now or hereafter provided by law, and all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or stockholder of the Corporation by this Certificate of Incorporation or any amendment thereof are conferred subject to such right.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock shall be required (A) for any amendment, alteration or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) of Article V and/or Article VI hereof and, (B) for so long as the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders own any Common Stock, for any amendment, alteration or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) of Article X, Article VI or this paragraph (b) of Article XII hereof.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock shall be required for any amendment, alteration or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) of paragraph (b)(4) of Article VI hereof that would have a material adverse effect on the powers or special rights of the Class C Common Stock pursuant to such paragraph.

ARTICLE XIII

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (A) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (B) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (C) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or stockholder of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, or (D) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or stockholder of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware).

ARTICLE XIV

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ARTICLE XV

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article XV will have, for all purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, the meanings herein specified:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation (except as used in Section 5.2(h)(2) and the definition of “Excluded Transactions” provided in this Article XV), (i) the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of such party’s Affiliates (other than the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other and (iii) except with respect to Article XI, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

Aggregate Group II Director Votes” means, as of the date of measurement:

(i) seven (7) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate of more than 35% of the issued and outstanding DHI Common Stock; or, so long as the foregoing subclause (i) is not applicable,

(ii) three (3) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to more than 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(iii) two (2) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to more than 33 1/3% but less than or equal to 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(iv) one (1) vote for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to 10% or more but less than or equal to 33 1/3% of the Reference Number; and

(v) zero (0) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock representing less than 10% of the Reference Number;

provided, that subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, at any time that the MD Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to or greater than 1.5 times the number of shares of DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders, the Aggregate Group II Director Votes will equal seven (7) votes. Notwithstanding anything in this definition of “Aggregate Group II Director Votes” to the contrary, on and after a Disabling Event and if at the commencement of such Disabling Event the SLP Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to at least 50% of the Reference Number, then the aggregate number of votes that the Group II Directors will be entitled to will be the

 

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lesser of (A) the number of votes that the Group II Directors would be entitled to without regard to this sentence and (B) that number of votes that then constitutes the Aggregate Group III Director Votes; provided, that if the Disabling Event is a Disability of MD, then this sentence shall cease to apply, and the number of votes of the Group II Directors and the Group III Directors shall be calculated without regard to this sentence, upon the cessation of such Disabling Event; provided, further, that following and during the continuance of a Disabling Event, if the MD Stockholders beneficially own at least a majority of the outstanding DHI Common Stock and an MD Stockholder enters into a Qualified Sale Transaction which requires approval of the Board of Directors, the number of votes of the Group II Directors and the Group III Directors with respect to the vote by the Board of Directors on any such Qualified Sale Transaction, definitive agreements and filings related thereto and/or the consummation thereof shall be determined without giving effect to such Disabling Event.

Aggregate Group III Director Votes” means, as of the date of measurement:

(i) three (3) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) equal to more than 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(ii) two (2) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) representing more than 33 1/3% but less than or equal to 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(iii) one (1) vote for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) representing 10% or more but less than or equal to 33 1/3% of the Reference Number; and

(iv) zero (0) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) representing less than 10% of the Reference Number.

Anticipated Closing Date” means the anticipated closing date of any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors on the Applicable Date.

Applicable Conversion Percentage” means (i) from the first date the Class C Common Stock is Publicly Traded until the first anniversary thereof, 120%, (ii) from and after the first anniversary of such date until the second anniversary of such date, 115%, and (iii) from and after the second anniversary of such date, 110%.

Applicable Date” means, with respect to any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, (i) the date that the applicable notice is delivered to the SLP Stockholders by the Corporation that the MD Stockholder has entered into a Qualified Sale Transaction; provided, that a definitive agreement providing for such Qualified Sale Transaction on the terms specified in such notice has been entered into with the applicable purchaser prior to delivering such notice, and (ii) in all instances other than those specified in clause (i), the date that a definitive agreement is entered into with the applicable purchaser providing for such Qualified Sale Transaction.

Approved Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange and/or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Average Market Value” of a share of any class of common stock or other Publicly Traded capital stock means the average of the daily Market Values of one share of such class of common stock or such other capital stock over the applicable period prescribed in this Certificate of Incorporation.

Award” means an award pursuant to a Stock Plan of restricted stock units (including performance-based restricted stock units) that correspond to DHI Common Stock and/or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of DHI Common Stock.

 

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beneficially owns” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; provided, however, that no stockholder shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other stockholder solely by virtue of the provisions of any stockholder agreement or similar contractual arrangement; provided, further, that (i) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ DHI Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ DHI Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ DHI Common Stock and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ DHI Common Stock (including in each case DHI Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding (except for DHI Common Stock that was transferred by the MD Stockholders, their Affiliates or Permitted Transferees after MD’s death to an individual or Person other than an (i) individual or entity described in clause (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c) or (1)(d) of the definition of “Permitted Transferee” or (ii) an MD Fiduciary), and (ii) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other stockholder, all of such stockholder’s DHI Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ DHI Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ DHI Common Stock (including in each case DHI Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Awards) shall be included as being owned by such stockholder and as being outstanding.

Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Corporation, as amended or restated from time to time in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation.

Capital Stock Committee” means the standing committee of the Board of Directors as provided for in the Bylaws.

Certificate of Incorporation” means this Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time.

Class V Group” means, as of any date:

(i) the direct and indirect economic rights of the Corporation in all of the shares of common stock of VMware owned by the Corporation as of the Effective Date;

(ii) all assets, liabilities and businesses acquired or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for the account of the Class V Group, or contributed, allocated or transferred to the Class V Group (including the net proceeds of any issuances, sales or incurrences for the account of the Class V Group of shares of Class V Common Stock or indebtedness attributed to the Class V Group), in each case, after the Effective Date and as shall be determined by the Board of Directors; and

(iii) all net income and net losses arising in respect of the foregoing, including dividends received by the Corporation with respect to common stock of VMware, and the proceeds of any Disposition of any of the foregoing;

provided, that the Class V Group will not include (A) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of after the Effective Date for which Fair Value of the proceeds has been allocated to the Class V Group, (B) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of by dividend to holders of Class V Common Stock or in redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock, from and after the date of such Disposition, (C) any assets, liabilities or businesses transferred or allocated after the Effective Date from the Class V Group to the DHI Group, from and after the date of such transfer or allocation, or (D) any Retained Interest Dividend Amount or Retained Interest Redemption Amount, from and after the date of such transfer or allocation.

Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Class V Group Disposition, the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (x) the Class V Group Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition, by (y) the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of such date.

 

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Class V Group Available Dividend Amount” as of any date, means the amount of dividends, as determined by the Board of Directors, that could be paid by a corporation governed under Delaware law having the assets and liabilities of the Class V Group, an amount of outstanding common stock (and having an aggregate par value) equal to the amount (and aggregate par value) of the outstanding Class V Common Stock and an amount of earnings or loss or other relevant corporate attributes as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors in light of all factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.

Class V Group Conversion Date” means any date and time fixed by the Board of Directors for a conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2.

Class V Group Conversion Selection Date” means any date and time fixed by the Board of Directors as the date and time upon which shares to be converted of Class V Common Stock will be selected for conversion pursuant to Section 5.2 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same date and time as the Class V Group Conversion Date).

Class V Group Disposition” means the Disposition, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries of assets of the Class V Group constituting all or substantially all of the assets of the Class V Group to one or more Persons.

Class V Group Net Proceeds” means, as of any date, with respect to any Class V Group Disposition, an amount, if any, equal to the Fair Value of what remains of the gross proceeds of such Disposition to the Corporation after any payment of, or reasonable provision for, without duplication, (i) any taxes, including withholding taxes, payable by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (currently, or otherwise as a result of the utilization of the Corporation’s tax attributes) in respect of such Disposition or in respect of any resulting dividend or redemption pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(A), (B) or (D), (ii) any transaction costs, including, without limitation, any legal, investment banking and accounting fees and expenses, (iii) any liabilities (contingent or otherwise), including, without limitation, any liabilities for deferred taxes or any indemnity or guarantee obligations of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with or resulting from such Disposition or otherwise, and any liabilities for future purchase price adjustments and (iv) any preferential amounts plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends in respect of the preferred stock attributed to the Class V Group. For purposes of this definition, any assets of the Class V Group remaining after such Disposition will constitute “reasonable provision” for such amount of taxes, costs, liabilities and other obligations as can be supported by such assets.

Class V Group Redemption Date” means any date and time fixed by the Board of Directors for a redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2.

Class V Group Redemption Selection Date” means the date and time fixed by the Board of Directors on which shares of Class V Common Stock are to be selected for redemption pursuant to Section 5.2 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same date and time as the Class V Group Redemption Date).

Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date” means the date and time fixed by the Board of Directors on which shares of Class V Common Stock are to be selected for exchange pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(1) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same date and time as the Class V Group VMware Redemption Date).

Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Convertible Securities” means any securities of a Person that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, securities of such Person or any other Person, whether upon conversion, exercise or exchange at such time or a later time or only upon the occurrence of certain events, but in respect of anti-dilution provisions of such securities only upon the effectiveness thereof.

 

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Covered Person” means (i) any director or officer of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) who is also a director, officer, employee, managing director or other Affiliate of MSDC or SLP, (ii) MSDC and the MSD Partners Stockholders, and (iii) SLP and the SLP Stockholders; provided, that MD shall not be a “Covered Person” for so long as he is an executive officer of the Corporation or any of the Specified Subsidiaries.

Dell” means Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Intermediate.

Dell International” means Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.

Denali Finance” means Denali Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation.

Designation Rights Trigger Event” means the earliest to occur of the following: (i) with respect to both the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, an IPO, (ii) with respect to the Class A Common Stock, the Aggregate Group II Director Votes equaling zero (0) and (iii) with respect to the Class B Common Stock, the Aggregate Group III Director Votes equaling zero (0).

DHI Group” means, as of any date:

(i) the direct and indirect interest of the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries (including EMC) as of the Effective Date in all of the businesses, assets (including the VMware Notes), properties, liabilities and preferred stock of the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries, other than any businesses, assets, properties, liabilities and preferred stock attributable to the Class V Group as of the Effective Date;

(ii) all assets, liabilities and businesses acquired or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for the account of the DHI Group, or contributed, allocated or transferred to the DHI Group (including the net proceeds of any issuances, sales or incurrences for the account of the DHI Group of shares of DHI Common Stock, Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of DHI Common Stock, or indebtedness or Preferred Stock attributed to the DHI Group and including any allocations or transfers of any Retained Interest Dividend Amount or Retained Interest Redemption Amount or otherwise in respect of any Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group), in each case, after the Effective Date and as determined by the Board of Directors;

(iii) all net income and net losses arising in respect of the foregoing and the proceeds of any Disposition of any of the foregoing; and

(iv) an Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group equal to one (1) minus the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of such date;

provided, that the DHI Group will not include (A) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of after the Effective Date for which Fair Value of the proceeds has been allocated to the DHI Group, (B) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of by dividend to holders of DHI Common Stock or in redemption of shares of DHI Common Stock, from and after the date of such Disposition, or (C) any assets, liabilities or businesses transferred or allocated after the Effective Date from the DHI Group to the Class V Group (other than through the DHI Group’s Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group, if any, pursuant to clause (iv) above), from and after the date of such transfer or allocation.

DHI Group Available Dividend Amount” as of any date, means the amount of dividends, as determined by the Board of Directors, that could be paid by a corporation governed under Delaware law having the assets and liabilities of the DHI Group, an amount of outstanding common stock (and having an aggregate par value) equal to the amount (and aggregate par value) of the outstanding DHI Common Stock and an amount of earnings or loss or other relevant corporate attributes as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors in light of all factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.

 

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Disability” means any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of MD’s duties as a director or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or any Domestic Specified Subsidiary (if, in the case of a Domestic Specified Subsidiary, MD is at the time of such disability or infirmity serving as a director or the Chief Executive Officer of such Domestic Specified Subsidiary) for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

Disabling Event” means either the death, or the continuation of any Disability, of MD.

Disposition” means the sale, transfer, exchange, assignment or other disposition (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or contribution of assets or stock or otherwise) of assets. The term “Disposition” does not include a pledge of assets not foreclosed, or, notwithstanding the foregoing, the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other Person or Persons or any other business combination involving the Corporation as a whole or any internal restructuring or reorganization.

Domestic Specified Subsidiary” means each of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Denali Finance, (iii) Dell, (iv) EMC, (v) Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree), and (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Denali Finance, Dell, EMC and Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree) that are Subsidiaries of the Corporation and are organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Effective Date” means September 7, 2016.

EMC” means EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Excluded Transaction” means, with respect to the Class V Group:

(i) the Disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and the distribution of assets to stockholders as referred to in Section 5.2(f);

(ii) the Disposition of the businesses, assets, properties, liabilities and preferred stock of such Group as contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(1) or (2) or otherwise to all holders of shares of the series of common stock related to such Group, divided among such holders on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of shares of common stock of such class or series outstanding;

(iii) the Disposition to any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Corporation; or

(iv) a Disposition conditioned upon the approval of the holders of Class V Common Stock (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates), voting as a separate voting group.

Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, (i) with respect to cash, the value of such cash on such date, (ii) with respect to Marketable Securities and any other securities that are immediately and freely tradeable on stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets, the average of the closing price of such securities on its principal exchange or over-the-counter market for the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding such date and (iii) with respect to any other securities or other assets, the fair value per security of the applicable securities or assets as of such date on the basis of the sale of such securities or assets in an arm’s-length private sale between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither acting under compulsion, determined in good faith by MD (or, during the existence of a Disabling Event, the MD Stockholders) and the SLP Stockholders.

Fair Value” means, as of any date:

(i) in the case of any equity security or debt security that is Publicly Traded, the Market Value thereof, as of such date;

 

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(ii) in the case of any equity security or debt security that is not Publicly Traded, the fair value per share of stock or per other unit of such security, on a fully distributed basis (excluding any illiquidity discount), as determined by an independent investment banking firm experienced in the valuation of securities selected in good faith by the Board of Directors, or, if no such investment banking firm is selected, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors;

(iii) in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof and in the case of cash denominated in other than U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof converted into U.S. dollars at the rate published in The Wall Street Journal on such date or, if not so published, at such rate as shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors based upon such information as the Board of Directors shall in good faith determine to be appropriate; and

(iv) in the case of assets or property other than securities or cash, the “Fair Value” thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors based upon such information (including, if deemed desirable by the Board of Directors, appraisals, valuation reports or opinions of experts) as the Board of Directors shall in good faith determine to be appropriate.

Group” means the DHI Group or the Class V Group.

Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any natural person (including MD), (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouse’s siblings and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

Initial SLP Stockholders” means the SLP Stockholders who purchased Series B Stock (as defined in the Corporation’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) on October 29, 2013, together with any of their Permitted Transferees to whom they transferred or transfer Series B Stock and/or DHI Common Stock.

Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment” means the Initial SLP Stockholders’ initial investment in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on October 29, 2013.

Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group” means, as of any date, the proportionate undivided interest, if any, that the DHI Group may be deemed to hold as of such date in the assets, liabilities, properties and businesses of the Class V Group in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation. An Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group held by the DHI Group is expressed in terms of the Number of Retained Interest Shares.

Intermediate” means Denali Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

IPO” means the consummation of the “Merger” as defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018, by and between the Corporation and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, as it may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

IRR” means, as of any date of determination, the discount rate at which the net present value of all of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investments in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on and after October 29, 2013 (including, without limitation, the Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment and in connection with the Merger) to the date of determination and the Return to the Initial SLP Stockholders through such time equals zero, calculated for each such date that an investment was made in the Corporation or its Subsidiaries from the actual date such investment was made and for any Return, from the date such Return was received by the Initial SLP Stockholders.

Market Value” of a share of any Publicly Traded stock on any Trading Day means the volume weighted average price of reported sales prices regular way of a share of such stock on such Trading Day, or in case no

 

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such reported sale takes place on such Trading Day the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way of a share of such stock on such Trading Day, in either case on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the shares of such stock are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange on such Trading Day, on any tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market, provided that, for purposes of determining the Average Market Value for any period, (i) the “Market Value” of a share of stock on any day during such period prior to the “ex” date or any similar date for any dividend paid or to be paid with respect to such stock shall be reduced by the fair market value of the per share amount of such dividend as determined by the Board of Directors and (ii) the “Market Value” of a share of stock on any day during such period prior to (A) the effective date of any subdivision (by stock split or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split or otherwise) of outstanding shares of such stock or (B) the “ex” date or any similar date for any dividend with respect to any such stock in shares of such stock shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such subdivision, combination, dividend or distribution.

Marketable Securities” means securities that (i) are traded on an Approved Exchange or any successor thereto, (ii) are, at the time of consummation of the applicable transfer, registered, pursuant to an effective registration statement and will remain registered until such time as such securities can be sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time, without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, (iii) are not subject to restrictions on transfer as a result of any applicable contractual provisions or by law (including the Securities Act) and (iv) the aggregate amount of which securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders (other than the MD Stockholders), collectively, with those received by its Affiliates, in any Qualified Sale Transaction do not constitute 10% or more of the issued and outstanding securities of such class on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction. For the purpose of this definition, Marketable Securities are deemed to have been received on the trading day immediately prior to the Applicable Date.

MD” means Michael S. Dell.

MD Charitable Entity” means the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and any other private foundation or supporting organization (as defined in Section 509(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time) established and principally funded directly or indirectly by MD and/or his spouse.

MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Related Parties” means any or all of MD, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders or the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing and/or any business, entity or Person which any of the foregoing controls, is controlled by or is under common control with; provided, that neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall be considered an “MD Related Party” regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders.

MD Stockholders” means, collectively, MD and the SLD Trust, together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock.

Merger” means the merger of Merger Sub, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, with and into EMC, with EMC surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 12, 2015, among the Corporation, Dell, Merger Sub and EMC, as amended through the date of this Certificate of Incorporation.

Merger Sub” means Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Minimum Return Requirement” means, with respect to the Initial SLP Stockholders, a Return with respect to their aggregate equity investment on and after October 29, 2013 in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries through

 

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the Anticipated Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment and in connection with the Merger) equal to or greater than both (i) two (2.0) multiplied by the SLP Invested Amount and (ii) the amount necessary to provide the Initial SLP Stockholders with an IRR of 20.0% on the SLP Invested Amount. Whether a proposed Qualified Sale Transaction satisfies the Minimum Return Requirement will be determined as of the Applicable Date, and, for purposes of determining whether the Minimum Return Requirement has been satisfied, the Fair Market Value of any Marketable Securities (A) received prior to the Applicable Date shall be determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders and (B) to be received in the proposed Qualified Sale Transaction shall be determined as of the Applicable Date. For purposes of determining the Minimum Return Requirement, for the avoidance of doubt, other payments received by the Initial SLP Stockholders, or in respect of which the Initial SLP Stockholders have been reimbursed or indemnified shall be disregarded and shall not be considered payments received in respect of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investment in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

MSDC” means MSD Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates (other than MD for so long as MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation).

MSD Partners Stockholders” means, collectively, (a) MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with (b)(i) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock and (ii)(x) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) and (y) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (x).

Number of Retained Interest Shares” means the proportionate undivided interest, if any, that the DHI Group may be deemed to hold in the assets, liabilities and businesses of the Class V Group in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation, which shall be represented by a number of unissued shares of Class V Common Stock, which will initially be equal to the number of shares of common stock of VMware owned by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on the Effective Date minus the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be issued on the Effective Date, and will from time to time thereafter be (without duplication):

(i) adjusted, if before such adjustment such number is greater than zero, as determined by the Board of Directors to be appropriate to reflect subdivisions (by stock split or otherwise) and combinations (by reverse stock split or otherwise) of the Class V Common Stock and dividends of shares of Class V Common Stock to holders of Class V Common Stock and other reclassifications of Class V Common Stock;

(ii) decreased (but not below zero), if before such adjustment such number is greater than zero, by action of the Board of Directors (without duplication): (A) by a number equal to the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock issued or sold by the Corporation, the proceeds of which are attributed to the DHI Group, or issued as a dividend on DHI Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(e)(2)(B); (B) in the event of a Retained Interest Partial Redemption, by a number equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying the Retained Interest Redemption Amount by the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by dividing the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock redeemed pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D), as applicable, by the applicable Class V Group Redemption Amount or the applicable portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds applied to such redemption; (C) by the number of shares of Class V Common Stock issued upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities that, immediately prior to the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities, were included in the Number of Retained Interest Shares and (D) by a number equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Fair Value, as of a date within 90 days of the determination to be made pursuant to this clause (D), of assets attributed to the Class V

 

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Group that are transferred or allocated from the Class V Group to the DHI Group in consideration of a reduction in the Number of Retained Interest Shares, by (y) the Fair Value of a share of Class V Common Stock as of the date of such transfer or allocation;

(iii) increased, by action of the Board of Directors, (A) by a number equal to the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock that are retired, redeemed or otherwise cease to be outstanding (x) following their purchase or redemption with funds or other assets attributed to the DHI Group, (y) following their retirement or redemption for no consideration if immediately prior thereto, they were owned by an asset or business attributed to the DHI Group, or (z) following their conversion into shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) or (D); (B) in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 5.2(e)(1)(B)(II); (C) by the number of shares of Class V Common Stock into or for which Convertible Securities attributed as a liability to, or equity interest in, the Class V Group are deemed converted, exchanged or exercised by the DHI Group pursuant to Section 5.2(o), and (D) by a number equal to, as applicable, the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by dividing (I) the Fair Value, as of a date within 90 days of the determination to be made pursuant to this clause (D), of assets theretofore attributed to the DHI Group that are contributed to the Class V Group in consideration of an increase in the Number of Retained Interest Shares, by (II) the Fair Value of a share of Class V common Stock as of the date of such contribution; and

(iv) increased or decreased under such other circumstances as the Board of Directors determines to be appropriate or required by the other terms of Section 5.2 to reflect the economic substance of any other event or circumstance; provided, that in each case, the adjustment will be made in a manner intended to reflect the relative economic interest of the DHI Group in the Class V Group.

Whenever a change in the Number of Retained Interest Shares occurs, the Corporation will promptly thereafter prepare and file a statement of such change and the amount to be allocated to the DHI Group with the Secretary of the Corporation. Neither the failure to prepare nor the failure to file any such statement will affect the validity of such change.

outstanding,” when used with respect to the shares of any class of common stock, will include, without limitation, the shares of such class, if any, held by any subsidiary of the applicable corporation, except as otherwise provided by applicable law with respect to the exercise of voting rights. No shares of any class of common stock (or Convertible Securities that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock) held by a corporation in its treasury will be deemed outstanding, nor will any shares be deemed outstanding, with respect to the Corporation, which are attributable to the Number of Retained Interest Shares.

Outstanding Interest Fraction” as of any date, means a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such date and the denominator of which is the amount obtained by adding (i) such aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such date, plus (ii) the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of such date, provided, that such fraction will in no event be greater than one.

Permitted Transferee” means:

 

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In the case of the MD Stockholders:

 

  a.

MD, SLD Trust or any Immediate Family Member of MD;

 

  b.

any MD Charitable Entity;

 

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one or more trusts whose current beneficiaries are and will remain for so long as such trust holds Securities, any of (or any combination of) MD, one or more Immediate Family Members of MD or MD Charitable Entities;

 

  d.

any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity wholly-owned by any one or more Persons or entities described in clause (1)(a), (1)(b) or (1)(c) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee”; or

 

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from and after MD’s death, any recipient under MD’s will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MD’s death, or by the laws of descent and distribution;

provided, that:

 

  i.

in the case of any Transfer of Securities to a Permitted Transferee of MD during MD’s life, MD would have, after such Transfer, voting control in any capacity over a majority of the aggregate number of Securities owned by the MD Stockholders and owned by the Persons or entities described in clause (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c) or (1)(d) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” as a result of Transfers hereunder;

 

  ii.

any such transferee enters into a joinder agreement as may be required under one or more binding contracts, commitments or agreements or in such other form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the SLP Stockholders;

 

  iii.

in the case of any Transfer of Securities to a Permitted Transferee of MD that is a Person described in clause (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c) or (1)(d) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” during MD’s life, such Transfer is gratuitous; and

 

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MD shall have a validly executed power-of-attorney designating an attorney-in-fact or agent, or with respect to any Securities Transferred to a trust revocable by MD, a MD Fiduciary, that is authorized to act on MD’s behalf with respect to all rights held by MD relating to Securities in the event that MD has become incapacitated.

For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) of the foregoing proviso are applicable only to Transfers of Securities by MD to his Permitted Transferees, do not apply to any other Transfers of Securities, and shall not be applicable after the consummation of an IPO.

 

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In the case of the MSD Partners Stockholders, (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of the MSD Partners Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such MSD Partners Stockholder; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Sponsor Stockholders, the MD Stockholders and Permitted Transferees of the MD Stockholders shall not be Permitted Transferees of any MSD Partners Stockholder.

 

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In the case of any other stockholder (other than the MD Stockholders or the MSD Partners Stockholders) that is a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such stockholder that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such stockholder.

For the avoidance of doubt, (x) each MD Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MD Stockholder, (y) each MSD Partners Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MSD Partners Stockholder and (z) each SLP Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other SLP Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Publicly Traded” means, with respect to shares of capital stock or other securities, that such shares or other securities are traded on a U.S. securities exchange.

Qualified Sale Transaction” means any Sale Transaction (i) pursuant to which more than 50% of the DHI Common Stock and other debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into DHI Common Stock, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any DHI Common Stock or such debt securities of the

 

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Corporation will be acquired by a Person that is not an MD Related Party, nor the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, (ii) in respect of which each Sponsor Stockholder other than the MD Stockholders has the right to participate in such Sale Transaction on the same terms as the MD Stockholders, (iii) unless otherwise agreed by prior written consent of the SLP Stockholders, in which the SLP Stockholders will receive consideration for their DHI Common Stock and any other securities acquired pursuant to the exercise of any participation rights to which such SLP Stockholders are contractually entitled, if any, that consists entirely of cash and/or Marketable Securities and (iv) unless otherwise agreed by prior written consent of the SLP Stockholders, in which the net proceeds of cash and Marketable Securities to be received by the Initial SLP Stockholders will, as of the Applicable Date, result in the Minimum Return Requirement being satisfied.

Reference Number” means ninety-eight million, one-hundred eighty-one thousand, eight hundred eighteen (98,181,818) shares of DHI Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the Merger).

Retained Interest Dividend” and “Retained Interest Dividend Amount” have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Section 5.2(e)(1)(B)(I).

Retained Interest Redemption Amount” and “Retained Interest Partial Redemption” have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Section 5.2(m)(3).

Return” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) all cash, (ii) the Fair Market Value of all Marketable Securities (determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders if not received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, or if received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, the Applicable Date) and (iii) the Fair Market Value of all other securities or assets (determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders), in each such case, paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders prior to such date pursuant to (A) any dividends or distributions of cash and/or Marketable Securities by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to the Initial SLP Stockholders in respect of their DHI Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries, (B) a transfer of equity securities of the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries by the Initial SLP Stockholders to any Person and/or (C) a Qualified Sale Transaction; provided, that in the case of a Qualified Sale Transaction, if the Initial SLP Stockholders retain any portion of their DHI Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries following such Qualified Sale Transaction, the Fair Market Value of such portion immediately following such Qualified Sale Transaction (x) shall be deemed consideration paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders for purposes of calculating the “Return,” and (y) shall be based on the per security price of such DHI Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries to be transferred or sold in such Qualified Sale Transaction, assuming (1) full payment of all fees and expenses payable by or on behalf of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to any Person in connection therewith, including to any financial advisors, consultants, accountants, legal counsel and/or other advisors or representatives and/or otherwise payable, and (2) no earn-out payments, contingent payments (other than, in the case of a Qualified Sale Transaction, payments contingent upon the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions to closing of such Qualified Sale Transaction), and/or deferred consideration, holdbacks and/or escrowed proceeds will be received by the Initial SLP Stockholders; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) all payments received by the Initial SLP Stockholders, or reimbursed or indemnified pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any stockholder agreement or any similar contractual arrangement, in each case, on account of the SLP Stockholders holding Securities, shall be disregarded and shall not be considered consideration paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders for purposes of calculating the “Return” and (ii) in no event shall the reclassification of the Original Stock (as defined in the Corporation’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) contemplated by Section 5.2(c) of the Corporation’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation be deemed to have resulted in any “Return.”

Sale Transaction” means (i) any merger, consolidation, business combination or amalgamation of the Corporation or any Specified Subsidiary with or into any Person, (ii) the sale of DHI Common Stock and/or other

 

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voting equity securities of the Corporation that represent (A) a majority of the DHI Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis and/or (B) a majority of the aggregate voting power of the DHI Common Stock and/or (iii) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries’ assets (determined on a consolidated basis based on value) (including by means of merger, consolidation, other business combination, exclusive license, share exchange or other reorganization); provided, that in calculating the aggregate voting power of the DHI Common Stock for the purpose of clause (ii) of this definition of “Sale Transaction,” the voting power attaching to any shares of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock that will convert into Class C Common Stock in connection with such transaction shall be determined as if such conversion had already taken place; provided, further, that in each case, any transaction solely between and among the Corporation and/or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be considered a Sale Transaction hereunder.

Securities” means any equity securities of the Corporation, including any Preferred Stock, Common Stock, debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities of the Corporation, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Corporation.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

SLD Trust” means the Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP III” means Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP Invested Amount” means an amount equal to the aggregate investment by the Initial SLP Stockholders (without duplication) on and after October 29, 2013 (including, without limitation, the Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment and in connection with the Merger) in the equity securities of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries. For purposes of determining the SLP Invested Amount all payments made by the SLP Stockholders for which they are subsequently reimbursed or indemnified and for which they do not or did not purchase or acquire equity securities of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries shall be disregarded and shall not be considered payments made or investments in respect of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investment in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or their respective equity securities.

SLP Stockholders” means, collectively, (a) SLP III, SLTI III, Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, together with (b)(i) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock and (ii)(x) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the SLP Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) and (y) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (x).

SLTI III” means Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Specified Subsidiaries” means any of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Dell, (iii) Denali Finance, (iv) Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree), (v) EMC, (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Dell, Denali Finance, Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree) and EMC, (vii) any other borrowers under the senior secured indebtedness and/or issuer of the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith and (viii) each intermediate entity or Subsidiary between the Corporation and any of the foregoing.

 

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Sponsor Stockholders” means, collectively, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders.

Stock Plan” means each of (i) the Dell 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 1998 Broad-Based Stock Option Plan, Dell 1994 Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, V-Kernel Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, and Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and (ii) such other equity incentive plans adopted, approved or entered into by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Corporation or its Subsidiaries have granted or issued Awards, including the Dell Technologies Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Tax Event” means receipt by the Corporation of an opinion in writing of its tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of (i) (a) any amendment or change to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any other federal income tax statute, (b) any amendment or change to the Treasury Regulations (including the issuance or promulgation of temporary regulations), (c) any administrative pronouncement or other ruling or guidance (including guidance from the Internal Revenue Service or the U.S. Department of Treasury) published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin that applies, advances or articulates a new or different interpretation or analysis of federal income tax law or (d) any decision in regards to U.S. federal tax law of a U.S. federal court that has not been reversed by a higher federal court that applies, advances or articulates a new or different interpretation or analysis of federal income tax law, or (ii) a proposed amendment, modification, addition or change in or to the provisions of, or in the interpretation of, U.S. federal income tax law or regulations contained in legislation proposed by Congress or administrative notice or pronouncement published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin, it is more likely than not that (A) the Class V Common Stock is not, or at any time in the future will not be, treated solely as common stock of the Corporation and such treatment would subject the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to the imposition of material tax or other material adverse tax consequences or (B) the issuance or existence of any Class V Common Stock would subject the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to the imposition of material tax or other material adverse tax consequences.

For purposes of rendering such opinion, tax counsel shall assume that any legislative or administrative proposals will be adopted or enacted as proposed.

Trading Day” means each day on which the relevant share or security is traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Transfer” or “transfer” means, with respect to any Security, the direct or indirect offer, sale, exchange, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage, gift, transfer or other disposition or distribution of such Security by the holder thereof or by its representative, and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law including by merger or

 

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otherwise (or the entry into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing); provided, however, that no (i) conversion of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock into Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) conversion of Class D Common Stock into Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2 nor (iii) redemption of any share of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, constitute a Transfer.

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

VMware Notes” means each of (A) the $680,000,000 Promissory Note due May 1, 2018, issued by VMware in favor of EMC, (B) the $550,000,000 Promissory Note, due May 1, 2020, issued by VMware in favor of EMC and (C) the $270,000,000 Promissory Note due December 1, 2022, issued by VMware in favor of EMC.

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EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Effective December 28, 2018)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below). The Corporation may also have offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere (and may change the Corporation’s registered agent) as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may, from time to time, determine or as the business of the Corporation may require as determined by any officer of the Corporation.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 2.01 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as described in Section 2.11 of these Bylaws in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by directors representing a majority of the voting power of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) upon the written request of stockholders, stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting, signed by the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting. Special meetings may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously called by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.03 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) as provided in the MD Stockholder Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 between the Corporation and the stockholders party thereto (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “MD Stockholders

 

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Agreement”), the SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 between the Corporation and the stockholders party thereto (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “SLP Stockholders Agreement” and together with the MD Stockholders Agreement, the “Sponsor Stockholders Agreements”), and the Corporation’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), (b) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.04 of these Bylaws, (c) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof, or (d) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who, subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, complied with the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record both at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the meeting.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (d) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.03, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than seventy (70) days, from the anniversary date of the previous year’s meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Secretary not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(3) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) in the case where a stockholder proposes to nominate an individual for election or re-election as a member of the Board of Directors, (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, and (ii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record at the time of the giving of the notice and will be entitled to vote at such meeting (A) the requisite shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock (each as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) if the nominee is nominated to be a Group I Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), (B) the requisite shares of Class A Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group II Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), (C) the requisite shares of Class B Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group III Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), and/or (D) the requisite shares of Class C Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group IV Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation); (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a

 

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proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the stock of the Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice, will be entitled to vote at such meeting and will appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, will be or is part of a group that will (A) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (B) otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (v) a certification regarding whether such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and/or the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation and (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation between or among the stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any of their respective affiliates or associates and/or any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing (collectively, “proponent persons”); and (e) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any contract to purchase or sell, the acquisition or grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase or sell or any swap or other instrument) to which any proponent person is a party, the intent or effect of which may be (i) to transfer to or from any proponent person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security of the Corporation, (ii) to increase or decrease the voting power of any proponent person with respect to shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation and/or (iii) to provide any proponent person, directly or indirectly, with the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to otherwise benefit economically from, any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Corporation. A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting (whether given pursuant to this paragraph (A)(3) or paragraph (B) of this Section 2.03) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct (x) as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and (y) as of the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information shall be supplemented and updated as of such later date. Any such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), not later than ten (10) days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update or supplement required to be made as of fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or adjournment or postponement thereof) and not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, but no later than the date prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of a date less than fifteen (15) days prior the date of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.03 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination of a person for election to the Board of Directors if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of the stockholder’s intention to present a proposal at

 

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an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation and to determine the independence of such director under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder and applicable stock exchange rules.

(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) as provided in the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (3) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who (subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record both at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting if the stockholder’s notice as required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.03 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C) General. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 or the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall, in addition to making any other determination that may be appropriate for the conduct of the meeting, have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. 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 chairman of 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 chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, 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 chairman of the meeting, may include 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 chairman 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 and on stockholder approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions

 

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of this Section 2.03, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.03, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

(2) Whenever used in these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure (a) in a press release released by the Corporation, provided that such press release is released by the Corporation following its customary procedures, is reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service, or is generally available on internet news sites, or (b) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to these Bylaws (including paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the penultimate sentence of paragraph (C)(3) of this Section 2.03, business other than nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock of the Corporation as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, (a) for as long as the MD Stockholders Agreement remains in effect with respect to the MD Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), the MD Stockholders shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraph (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders and (b) for as long as the SLP Stockholders Agreement remains in effect with respect to the SLP Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), the SLP Stockholders shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraph (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 2.04 Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic transmission, in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL, of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders 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 purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be mailed to or transmitted electronically by the Secretary to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the Amended and Restated 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 such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

 

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SECTION 2.05 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on that matter. Once a quorum is present to organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

SECTION 2.06 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner provided by applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. 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 that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Unless required by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such a proxy. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of applicable law, of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, of any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence and subject to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, all elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

SECTION 2.07 Chairman of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or, in his or her absence or upon his or her disability, a person designated by the Board of Directors shall be the chairman of the meeting and, as such, preside at all meetings of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.08 Secretary of Meetings. The Secretary shall act as secretary at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as secretary at such meetings.

SECTION 2.09 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. 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 only to the extent permitted by and in the manner provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the DGCL.

SECTION 2.10 Adjournment. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a quorum be present, the chairman of the meeting or stockholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat on the matters in question, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present. Any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting originally noticed. 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

 

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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 the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

SECTION 2.11 Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

(a) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

(b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that

(i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder;

(ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and

(iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

SECTION 2.12 Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by applicable 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 appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of 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 (a) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (b) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and (e) 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 applicable 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.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 3.01 Powers. Except as otherwise provided by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by the DGCL or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

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SECTION 3.02 Number and Term; Chairman. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not less than three (3) nor more than twenty-one (21), as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements; provided, however, that (a) the number of Group IV Directors shall be one (1) and (b) the number of Group I Directors shall not be less than three (3) nor more than twenty (20). The term of each director shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board of Directors, who shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in these Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present. If the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, directors representing a majority of the voting power of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one (1) of their members to preside.

SECTION 3.03 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or the Secretary. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time is specified, at the time of its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise expressly provided in the resignation.

SECTION 3.04 Removal. Directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL.

SECTION 3.05 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, vacancies occurring in any directorship (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

SECTION 3.06 Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary if directed by directors representing a majority of the voting power of the Board of Directors, and any such meeting shall be at such place, date and time as may be fixed by the person or persons at whose direction the meeting is called. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Group II Directors and/or the Group III Directors are permitted or required to approve any matter or take any action without the participation of any other members of the Board of Directors, a special meeting may be called by members representing a majority of the voting power of all Group II Directors and/or Group III Directors, as the case may be. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. At least forty-eight (48) hours before each special meeting of the Board of Directors, either written notice, notice by electronic transmission or oral notice (either in person or by telephone) of the time, date and place of the meeting shall be given to each director entitled to attend such meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

SECTION 3.07 Quorum, Voting and Adjournment. Unless otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the attendance as contemplated in any manner permitted by the DGCL, of (A) members of the Board of Directors who are entitled to vote a majority of the aggregate number of votes of the total number of directors of the Board of Directors, (B) at least one of the Group II Directors for so long as the MD Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are entitled to nominate at least one such director and (C) at least one of the Group III Directors for so long as the SLP Stockholders are entitled to nominate at least one such director shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of

 

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business of the Board of Directors, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the aggregate number of votes of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, but subject to this Section 3.07, if a quorum does not exist at any meeting of a Board of Directors due solely to the lack of attendance of at least one Group II Director and/or one Group III Director at a properly called meeting of the Board of Directors, (x) such meeting shall be adjourned and, following notice to all members of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 3.06 as if such adjournment were a newly called special meeting, recalled for the same purpose on a date not less than four (4) calendar days (or two (2) calendar days solely in the event that a bona fide emergency would result in a material adverse effect on the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), taken as a whole) and not more than ten (10) calendar days from the date of adjournment, and (y) the attendance of at least one Group II Director and one Group III Director shall not be required to establish a quorum for such recalled meeting (so long as the purpose and agenda of such recalled meeting are identical to those of the adjourned meeting and no matters not set forth on such agenda are considered at such meeting, and so long as a quorum is otherwise present at such recalled meeting); provided that in no event may such adjourned meeting be convened unless there are present directors entitled to cast at least one-third of the aggregate number of votes of the total number of directors of the Board of Directors. Each director shall be entitled to a number of votes as determined pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 3.08 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, 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 any committee thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed in the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form or shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

SECTION 3.09 Remote Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment in which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

SECTION 3.10 Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall reimburse the Sponsor Stockholders in connection with meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees as provided in the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements.

SECTION 3.11 Reliance on Books and Records. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

SECTION 4.01 Committees; Committee Rules. Subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, the Board of Directors may designate from time to time one or more committees, including, without

 

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limitation, an Audit Committee, a Capital Stock Committee and such other committees as may be required by the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, in each case subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, in each case subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee and consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, 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 that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. All committees of the Board of Directors shall keep minutes of their meetings and shall report their proceedings to the Board of Directors when requested or required by the Board of Directors. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee and in each case consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of directors representing a majority of the voting power of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, provided that (i) if a committee has one or more Group II Directors as its members, the presence of at least one Group II Director shall be necessary to constitute a quorum and (ii) if a committee has one or more Group III Directors as its members, the presence of at least one Group III Director shall be necessary to constitute a quorum; and, unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws or the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, all matters shall be determined by a vote of members representing a majority of the voting power of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements.

SECTION 4.02 Capital Stock Committee. For so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, the Board of Directors shall maintain a Capital Stock Committee, which committee shall consist of at least three members, and shall at all times be composed of directors a majority of whom the Board of Directors has determined satisfy the independence requirements required to serve on the audit committee of a company listed on the principal securities exchange on which the Class V Common Stock is listed or, if the Class V Common Stock is not so listed, then of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Each member of the Capital Stock Committee shall have one vote on all matters to come before the committee.

The Capital Stock Committee shall have and may exercise such powers, authority and responsibilities as may be granted by the Board of Directors in connection with the adoption of general policies governing the relationship between business groups or otherwise, including such powers, authority and responsibilities as are granted by the Board of Directors with respect to, among other things: (a) the business and financial relationships between the DHI Group (or any business or subsidiary allocated thereto) and the Class V Group (or any business or subsidiary allocated thereto) and (b) any matters arising in connection therewith. In addition, the Board of Directors shall not approve any (i) investment made by or attributed to the Class V Group, including any investment of any dividends received on the VMware, Inc. shares attributed to the Class V Group, other than (A) investments made by VMware, Inc. or (B) any reallocation related to the Retained Interest Dividend Amount or Retained Interest Redemption Amount, (ii) allocation of any acquired assets, businesses or liabilities to the Class V Group, (iii) allocation or reallocation of any assets, businesses or liabilities from one Group to the other (other than a pledge of any assets of one Group to secure obligations of the other, or any foreclosure on the assets subject to such a pledge), or (iv) resolution, or the submission to the shareholders of the Company of any

 

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resolution, setting forth an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Class V Common Stock or any series thereof at any time the common stock of VMware, Inc. is publicly traded on a U.S. securities exchange and VMware, Inc. is required to file reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of each of clause (i)-(iv), without the consent of the Capital Stock Committee. Any Board of Directors determination to amend, modify or rescind such general policies shall be effective only with the approval of the Capital Stock Committee.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, this Section 4.02 shall not be amended or repealed (A) by the stockholders of the Corporation unless such action has received the affirmative vote of the holders of record (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), as of the record date for the meeting at which such vote is taken, of (i) Class V Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates) of Class V Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon voting together as a separate class and (ii) Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power of Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon or (B) by any action of the Board of Directors.

For purposes of this Section 4.02, all capitalized terms used in this Section 4.02 but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 5.01 Number. The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer (who shall also be President for the purpose of the DGCL, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors), a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect one or more Vice Presidents, including one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 5.02 Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more officers called a Vice Chairman, each of whom does not need to be a member of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.03 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general executive charge, management and control of the properties and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers with respect to such properties and operations as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities. The selection of the Chief Executive Officer shall be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements.

SECTION 5.04 President/Vice Presidents. The President and each Vice President, if any are elected (of whom one or more may be designated an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 5.05 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.06 Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel. The Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.07 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. He or she shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

In addition, the Treasurer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties incident to the office of Treasurer as from time to time are assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.08 Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) cause minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and directors to be recorded and kept properly; (b) cause all notices required by these Bylaws or otherwise to be given properly; (c) see that the minute books, stock books and other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation are kept properly; and (d) cause all reports, statements, returns, certificates and other documents to be prepared and filed when and as required. The Secretary shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as prescribed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.09 Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Treasurer and each Assistant Secretary, if any are elected, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer and Secretary, respectively, in the absence or disability of such officer, unless or until the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine. In addition, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.10 Corporate Funds and Checks. The funds of the Corporation shall be kept in such depositories as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. All checks or other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or such other person or agent as may from time to time be authorized and with such countersignature, if any, as may be required by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.11 Contracts and Other Documents. The Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary and such other officer or officers as may from time to time be authorized by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors or any other committee given specific authority by the Board of Directors during the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors to authorize such action, shall each have the power to sign and execute on behalf of the Corporation deeds, conveyances, contracts and any and all other documents requiring execution by the Corporation.

SECTION 5.12 Ownership of Securities of Another Entity. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary, or such other officer or agent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend and to vote at any meeting of securityholders of any entity in which the Corporation holds securities or

 

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equity interests and may exercise, on behalf of the Corporation, any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or equity interests at any such meeting, including the authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of the Corporation, in each case consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements.

SECTION 5.13 Delegation of Duties. In the absence or upon the disability or refusal of any officer to exercise and perform his or her duties, the Board of Directors may delegate to another officer such powers or duties.

SECTION 5.14 Resignation and Removal. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time in the same manner prescribed under Section 3.03.

SECTION 5.15 Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring in any office.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

SECTION 6.01 Shares With Certificates. The shares of stock 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 the Corporation’s 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 in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (a) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and (b) the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number and class of shares of stock of the Corporation owned by such holder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of certificates of stock of any class and may require stock certificates to be countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars.

SECTION 6.02 Shares Without Certificates. If the Board of Directors chooses to issue shares of stock without certificates, the Corporation, if required by the DGCL, shall, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, send the stockholder a written statement of the information required by the DGCL. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided that the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

SECTION 6.03 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives in the manner prescribed by law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements, upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof (to the extent evidenced by a physical stock certificate) to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with applicable law. A record shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented for transfer or uncertificated shares are requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 6.04 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as the Corporation may direct, in order to indemnify the Corporation against any claims that may be made against it in connection therewith. A new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation that has become mutilated upon the surrender by such owner of such mutilated certificate and, if required by the Corporation, the posting of a bond by such owner in an amount sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it in connection therewith.

SECTION 6.05 List of Stockholders Entitled To Vote. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger 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, that 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 the tenth (10th) day 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. 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 (a) 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 (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then, in addition to the foregoing requirements, 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, in addition to the foregoing requirements, 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 applicable 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 5.05 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 6.06 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 applicable 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.

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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 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 Amended and Restated 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 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 applicable 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 applicable 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 6.07 Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock or notification to the Corporation of the transfer of uncertificated shares with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation may treat the registered owner of such share or shares as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such share or shares. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.

ARTICLE VII

NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE

SECTION 7.01 Notice. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.

SECTION 7.02 Waiver of Notice. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting (in person or by remote communication) shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance 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.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 8.01 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is a party, is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or

 

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proceeding (brought in the right of the Corporation or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including any and all appeals (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director or an officer of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (each, a “Person”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by such person in any such capacity or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same 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 the DGCL permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses), judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of an indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such indemnitee to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be obligated under this Section 8.01: (a) to indemnify an indemnitee under these Bylaws for any amounts paid in settlement of an action, suit or proceeding unless the Corporation consents to such settlement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, or (b) to indemnify an indemnitee for any disgorgement of profits made from the purchase or sale by indemnitee of securities of the Corporation under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

In addition, subject to Section 8.04, the Corporation shall not be liable under this Article VIII to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, without limitation, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) if and to the extent that the indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Article VIII or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

SECTION 8.02 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.01, an indemnitee shall also have the right, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees, costs and expenses) incurred by the indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending, or otherwise arising out of or related to, any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII pursuant to Section 8.03 (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that,

(a) if the DGCL requires or in the case of an advance made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made solely upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay any amounts so advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under Sections 8.01 and 8.02 or otherwise;

 

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(b) with respect to any action suit or proceeding of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation shall be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to indemnitee, upon the delivery to indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so.

SECTION 8.03 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. In the event that (i) following a final adjudication, the Corporation determines in accordance with this Article VIII that the indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, (ii) following a final adjudication, the Corporation denies a request for indemnification, in whole or in part, or fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within thirty (30) days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of a claim under Section 8.01 or 8.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (a) ninety (90) days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation following a final adjudication or (b) fifteen (15) days after a written claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation or (iv) any other person takes or threatens to take any action designed to deny, or to recover from, the indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the indemnitee under this Article VIII, the indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder following a final adjudication (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Corporation’s stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Corporation’s stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

SECTION 8.04 Indemnification Not Exclusive. (a) The provisions for indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this Article VIII, or the entitlement of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article VIII, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by applicable law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, other agreements or arrangements, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.

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Article VIII, (iv) any other agreement between the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) and the indemnitee pursuant to which the indemnitee is indemnified, (v) the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and/or (vi) the certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other organizational or governing documents of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates irrespective of any right of recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation or any of its Affiliates be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates hereunder. In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation, and the indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 8.04(b) and entitled to enforce this Section 8.04(b).

For purposes of this Section 8.04(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) The term “indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described herein) from whom an indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).

(2) The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the Corporation and any indemnity-related entity pursuant to the DGCL, any agreement with and/or any certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

SECTION 8.05 Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VIII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit, eliminate, or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

SECTION 8.06 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. Subject to Section 8.04, in the event of any payment by the Corporation under this Article VIII, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy or any other indemnity agreement covering the indemnitee. The indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including

 

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execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Corporation to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Corporation shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

SECTION 8.07 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation, individually or as a group, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

SECTION 8.08 Savings Clause. If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01 Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

SECTION 9.02 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

SECTION 9.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall consist of the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday nearest January 31.

SECTION 9.04 Construction; Section Headings. For purposes of these Bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, (i) references to “Articles” and “Sections” refer to articles and sections of these Bylaws and (ii) the term “include” or “includes” means includes, without limitation, and “including” means including, without limitation. Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

SECTION 9.05 Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL or any other applicable law, such provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 10.01 Amendments. Subject to any approvals required by the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements or Section 4.02 herein, the Board of Directors is authorized to make, alter, amend, repeal and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Effective September 7December 28, 20162018)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below). The Corporation may also have offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere (and may change the Corporation’s registered agent) as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may, from time to time, determine or as the business of the Corporation may require as determined by any officer of the Corporation.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 2.01 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as described in Section 2.11 of these Bylaws in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by directors representing a majority of the voting power of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) upon the written request of stockholders, stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting, signed by the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting. Special meetings may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously called by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.03 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

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Amended and Restated Sponsor StockholdersMD Stockholder Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016December 25, 2018 between the Corporation and the stockholders party thereto (the Sponsoras the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the MD Stockholders Agreement”) and, the SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 between the Corporation and the stockholders party thereto (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the SLP Stockholders Agreement and together with the MD Stockholders Agreement, the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements), and the Corporation’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), (b) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.04 of these Bylaws, (c) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof, or (d) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who, subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, complied with the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record both at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the meeting.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (d) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.03, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporations first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Class V Common Stock (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on July 15, 2016); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than seventy (70) days, from the anniversary date of the previous year’s meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Secretary not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(3) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) in the case where a stockholder proposes to nominate an individual for election or re-election as a member of the Board of Directors, (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, and (ii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record at the time of the giving of the notice and will be entitled to vote at such meeting (A) the requisite shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock (each as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) if the nominee is nominated to be a Group I Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), (B) the requisite shares of Class A Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group II Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), and/or (C) the

 

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requisite shares of Class B Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group III Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), and/or (D) the requisite shares of Class C Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group IV Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation); (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the stock of the Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice, will be entitled to vote at such meeting and will appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, will be or is part of a group that will (A) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (B) otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (v) a certification regarding whether such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and/or the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation and (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation between or among the stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any of their respective affiliates or associates and/or any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing (collectively, “proponent persons”); and (e) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any contract to purchase or sell, the acquisition or grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase or sell or any swap or other instrument) to which any proponent person is a party, the intent or effect of which may be (i) to transfer to or from any proponent person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security of the Corporation, (ii) to increase or decrease the voting power of any proponent person with respect to shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation and/or (iii) to provide any proponent person, directly or indirectly, with the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to otherwise benefit economically from, any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Corporation. A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting (whether given pursuant to this paragraph (A)(3) or paragraph (B) of this Section 2.03) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct (x) as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and (y) as of the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information shall be supplemented and updated as of such later date. Any such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), not later than ten (10) days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update or supplement required to be made as of fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or adjournment or postponement thereof) and not

 

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later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, but no later than the date prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of a date less than fifteen (15) days prior the date of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.03 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination of a person for election to the Board of Directors if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of the stockholder’s intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation and to determine the independence of such director under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder and applicable stock exchange rules.

(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) as provided in the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (3) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who (subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record both at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting if the stockholder’s notice as required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.03 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C) General. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 or the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall, in addition to making any other determination that may be appropriate for the conduct of the meeting, have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. 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 chairman of 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 chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or

 

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prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include 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 chairman 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 and on stockholder approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.03, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

(2) Whenever used in these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure (a) in a press release released by the Corporation, provided that such press release is released by the Corporation following its customary procedures, is reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service, or is generally available on internet news sites, or (b) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to these Bylaws (including paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the penultimate sentence of paragraph (C)(3) of this Section 2.03, business other than nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock of the Corporation as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, (a) for as long as the SponsorMD Stockholders Agreement remains in effect with respect to any Sponsor Stockholderthe MD Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), such Sponsor Stockholderthe MD Stockholders shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraph (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders and (b) for as long as the SLP Stockholders Agreement remains in effect with respect to the SLP Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), the SLP Stockholders shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraph (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 2.04 Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic transmission, in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL, of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and

 

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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 purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be mailed to or transmitted electronically by the Secretary to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the Amended and Restated 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 such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2.05 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on that matter. Once a quorum is present to organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

SECTION 2.06 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner provided by applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. 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 that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Unless required by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such a proxy. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of applicable law, of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, of any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence and subject to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, all elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

SECTION 2.07 Chairman of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or, in his or her absence or upon his or her disability, a person designated by the Board of Directors shall be the chairman of the meeting and, as such, preside at all meetings of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.08 Secretary of Meetings. The Secretary shall act as secretary at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as secretary at such meetings.

SECTION 2.09 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. 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 only to the extent permitted by and in the manner provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the DGCL.

 

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SECTION 2.10 Adjournment. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a quorum be present, the chairman of the meeting or stockholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat on the matters in question, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present. Any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting originally noticed. 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 the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

SECTION 2.11 Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

(a) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

(b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that

(i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder;

(ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and

(iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

SECTION 2.12 Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by applicable 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 appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of 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 (a) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (b) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and (e) 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 applicable 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.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 3.01 Powers. Except as otherwise provided by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by the DGCL or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

SECTION 3.02 Number and Term; Chairman. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors shall, not less than three (3) nor more than twenty-one (21), as shall from time to time be fixed in the manner provided inby resolution of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreements; provided, however, that (a) the number of Group IV Directors shall be one (1) and (b) the number of Group I Directors shall not be less than three (3) nor more than twenty (20). The term of each director shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board of Directors, who shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in these Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present. If the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, directors representing a majority of the voting power of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one (1) of their members to preside.

SECTION 3.03 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or the Secretary. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time is specified, at the time of its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise expressly provided in the resignation.

SECTION 3.04 Removal. Directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL.

SECTION 3.05 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, vacancies occurring in any directorship (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

SECTION 3.06 Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary if directed by directors representing a majority of the voting power of the Board of Directors, and any such meeting shall be at such place, date and time as may be fixed by the person or persons at whose direction the meeting is called. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Group II Directors and/or the Group III Directors (each as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are permitted or required to approve any matter or take any action without the participation of any other members of the Board of Directors, a special meeting may be called by members representing a majority of the voting power of all Group II Directors and/or Group III Directors, as the case may be. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. At least forty-eight (48) hours before each special meeting of the Board of Directors, either written notice, notice by electronic transmission or oral notice (either in person or by telephone) of the time, date and

 

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place of the meeting shall be given to each director entitled to attend such meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

SECTION 3.07 Quorum, Voting and Adjournment. Unless otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the attendance as contemplated in any manner permitted by the DGCL, of (A) members of the Board of Directors who are entitled to vote a majority of the aggregate number of votes of the total number of directors of the Board of Directors, (B) at least one of the Group II Directors for so long as the MD Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are entitled to nominate at least one such director and (C) at least one of the Group III Directors for so long as the SLP Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are entitled to nominate at least one such director shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the Board of Directors, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the aggregate number of votes of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, but subject to this Section 3.07, if a quorum does not exist at any meeting of a Board of Directors due solely to the lack of attendance of at least one Group II Director and/or one Group III Director at a properly called meeting of the Board of Directors, (x) such meeting shall be adjourned and, following notice to all members of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 3.06 as if such adjournment were a newly called special meeting, recalled for the same purpose on a date not less than four (4) calendar days (or two (2) calendar days solely in the event that a bona fide emergency would result in a material adverse effect on the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), taken as a whole) and not more than ten (10) calendar days from the date of adjournment, and (y) the attendance of at least one Group II Director and one Group III Director shall not be required to establish a quorum for such recalled meeting (so long as the purpose and agenda of such recalled meeting are identical to those of the adjourned meeting and no matters not set forth on such agenda are considered at such meeting, and so long as a quorum is otherwise present at such recalled meeting); provided that in no event may such adjourned meeting be convened unless there are present directors entitled to cast at least one-third of the aggregate number of votes of the total number of directors of the Board of Directors. Each director shall be entitled to a number of votes as determined pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 3.08 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, 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 any committee thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed in the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form or shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

SECTION 3.09 Remote Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment in which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

SECTION 3.10 Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall reimburse the Sponsor Stockholders in connection with meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees as provided in the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements.

SECTION 3.11 Reliance on Books and Records. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports

 

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or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

SECTION 4.01 Committees; Committee Rules. Subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements, the Board of Directors may designate from time to time one or more committees, including, without limitation, an Audit Committee, a Capital Stock Committee and such other committees as may be required by the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, in each case subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, in each case subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee and consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements, 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 that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. All committees of the Board of Directors shall keep minutes of their meetings and shall report their proceedings to the Board of Directors when requested or required by the Board of Directors. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee and in each case consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of directors representing a majority of the voting power of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, provided that (i) if a committee has one or more Group II Directors (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) as its members, the presence of at least one Group II Director shall be necessary to constitute a quorum and (ii) if a committee has one or more Group III Directors (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) as its members, the presence of at least one Group III Director shall be necessary to constitute a quorum; and, unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws or the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements, all matters shall be determined by a vote of members representing a majority of the voting power of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements.

SECTION 4.02 Capital Stock Committee. For so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, the Board of Directors shall maintain a Capital Stock Committee, which committee shall consist of at least three members, and shall at all times be composed of directors a majority of whom the Board of Directors has determined satisfy the independence requirements required to serve on the audit committee of a company listed on the principal securities exchange on which the Class V Common Stock is listed or, if the Class V Common Stock is not so listed, then of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Each member of the Capital Stock Committee shall have one vote on all matters to come before the committee.

 

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The Capital Stock Committee shall have and may exercise such powers, authority and responsibilities as may be granted by the Board of Directors in connection with the adoption of general policies governing the relationship between business groups or otherwise, including such powers, authority and responsibilities as are granted by the Board of Directors with respect to, among other things: (a) the business and financial relationships between the DHI Group (or any business or subsidiary allocated thereto) and the Class V Group (or any business or subsidiary allocated thereto) and (b) any matters arising in connection therewith. In addition, the Board of Directors shall not approve any (i) investment made by or attributed to the Class V Group, including any investment of any dividends received on the VMware, Inc. shares attributed to the Class V Group, other than (A) investments made by VMware, Inc. or (B) any reallocation related to the Retained Interest Dividend Amount or Retained Interest Redemption Amount, (ii) allocation of any acquired assets, businesses or liabilities to the Class V Group, (iii) allocation or reallocation of any assets, businesses or liabilities from one Group to the other (other than a pledge of any assets of one Group to secure obligations of the other, or any foreclosure on the assets subject to such a pledge), or (iv) resolution, or the submission to the shareholders of the Company of any resolution, setting forth an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Class V Common Stock or any series thereof at any time the common stock of VMware, Inc. is publicly traded on a U.S. securities exchange and VMware, Inc. is required to file reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of each of clause (i)-(iv), without the consent of the Capital Stock Committee. Any Board of Directors determination to amend, modify or rescind such general policies shall be effective only with the approval of the Capital Stock Committee.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, this Section 4.02 shall not be amended or repealed (A) by the stockholders of the Corporation unless such action has received the affirmative vote of the holders of record (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), as of the record date for the meeting at which such vote is taken, of (i) Class V Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates) of Class V Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon voting together as a separate class and (ii) Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power of Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon or (B) by any action of the Board of Directors.

For purposes of this Section 4.02, all capitalized terms used in this Section 4.02 but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 5.01 Number. The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer (who shall also be President for the purpose of the DGCL, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors), a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect one or more Vice Presidents, including one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 5.02 Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more officers called a Vice Chairman, each of whom does not need to be a member of the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 5.03 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general executive charge, management and control of the properties and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers with respect to such properties and operations as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities. The selection of the Chief Executive Officer shall be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements.

SECTION 5.04 President/Vice Presidents. The President and each Vice President, if any are elected (of whom one or more may be designated an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.05 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.06 Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel. The Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.07 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. He or she shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

In addition, the Treasurer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties incident to the office of Treasurer as from time to time are assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.08 Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) cause minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and directors to be recorded and kept properly; (b) cause all notices required by these Bylaws or otherwise to be given properly; (c) see that the minute books, stock books and other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation are kept properly; and (d) cause all reports, statements, returns, certificates and other documents to be prepared and filed when and as required. The Secretary shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as prescribed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.09 Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Treasurer and each Assistant Secretary, if any are elected, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer and Secretary, respectively, in the absence or disability of such officer, unless or until the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine. In addition, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.10 Corporate Funds and Checks. The funds of the Corporation shall be kept in such depositories as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. All checks or other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or such other person or agent as may from time to time be authorized and with such countersignature, if any, as may be required by the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 5.11 Contracts and Other Documents. The Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary and such other officer or officers as may from time to time be authorized by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors or any other committee given specific authority by the Board of Directors during the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors to authorize such action, shall each have the power to sign and execute on behalf of the Corporation deeds, conveyances, contracts and any and all other documents requiring execution by the Corporation.

SECTION 5.12 Ownership of Securities of Another Entity. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary, or such other officer or agent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend and to vote at any meeting of securityholders of any entity in which the Corporation holds securities or equity interests and may exercise, on behalf of the Corporation, any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or equity interests at any such meeting, including the authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of the Corporation, in each case consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements.

SECTION 5.13 Delegation of Duties. In the absence or upon the disability or refusal of any officer to exercise and perform his or her duties, the Board of Directors may delegate to another officer such powers or duties.

SECTION 5.14 Resignation and Removal. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time in the same manner prescribed under Section 3.03.

SECTION 5.15 Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring in any office.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

SECTION 6.01 Shares With Certificates. The shares of stock 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 the Corporation’s 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 in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (a) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and (b) the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number and class of shares of stock of the Corporation owned by such holder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of certificates of stock of any class and may require stock certificates to be countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars.

SECTION 6.02 Shares Without Certificates. If the Board of Directors chooses to issue shares of stock without certificates, the Corporation, if required by the DGCL, shall, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, send the stockholder a written statement of the information required by the DGCL. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided that the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

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by law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements, upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof (to the extent evidenced by a physical stock certificate) to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with applicable law. A record shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented for transfer or uncertificated shares are requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation.

SECTION 6.04 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as the Corporation may direct, in order to indemnify the Corporation against any claims that may be made against it in connection therewith. A new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation that has become mutilated upon the surrender by such owner of such mutilated certificate and, if required by the Corporation, the posting of a bond by such owner in an amount sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it in connection therewith.

SECTION 6.05 List of Stockholders Entitled To Vote. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger 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, that 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 the tenth (10th) day 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. 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 (a) 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 (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then, in addition to the foregoing requirements, 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, in addition to the foregoing requirements, 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 applicable 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 5.05 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 6.06 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 applicable 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

 

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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 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 Amended and Restated 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 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 applicable 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 applicable 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 6.07 Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock or notification to the Corporation of the transfer of uncertificated shares with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation may treat the registered owner of such share or shares as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such share or shares. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.

ARTICLE VII

NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE

SECTION 7.01 Notice. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.

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to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting (in person or by remote communication) shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance 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.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 8.01 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is a party, is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Corporation or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including any and all appeals (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director or an officer of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (each, a “Person”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by such person in any such capacity or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same 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 the DGCL permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses), judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of an indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such indemnitee to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be obligated under this Section 8.01: (a) to indemnify an indemnitee under these Bylaws for any amounts paid in settlement of an action, suit or proceeding unless the Corporation consents to such settlement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, or (b) to indemnify an indemnitee for any disgorgement of profits made from the purchase or sale by indemnitee of securities of the Corporation under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

In addition, subject to Section 8.04, the Corporation shall not be liable under this Article VIII to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, without limitation, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) if and to the extent that the indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Article VIII or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

SECTION 8.02 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.01, an indemnitee shall also have the right, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees, costs and expenses) incurred by the indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending, or otherwise arising out of or related to, any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to

 

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indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII pursuant to Section 8.03 (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that,

(a) if the DGCL requires or in the case of an advance made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made solely upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay any amounts so advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under Sections 8.01 and 8.02 or otherwise;

(b) with respect to any action suit or proceeding of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation shall be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to indemnitee, upon the delivery to indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so.

SECTION 8.03 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. In the event that (i) following a final adjudication, the Corporation determines in accordance with this Article VIII that the indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, (ii) following a final adjudication, the Corporation denies a request for indemnification, in whole or in part, or fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within thirty (30) days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of a claim under Section 8.01 or 8.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (a) ninety (90) days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation following a final adjudication or (b) fifteen (15) days after a written claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation or (iv) any other person takes or threatens to take any action designed to deny, or to recover from, the indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the indemnitee under this Article VIII, the indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder following a final adjudication (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Corporation’s stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Corporation’s stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

SECTION 8.04 Indemnification Not Exclusive. (a) The provisions for indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this Article VIII, or the entitlement of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article VIII, shall not limit or restrict in any

 

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way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by applicable law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, other agreements or arrangements, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.

(b) Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims (as defined below) may arise due to the service of the indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Corporation at the request of the indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity, the Corporation shall be fully and primarily responsible for payments to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claims, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of (i) the DGCL, (ii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (iii) this Article VIII, (iv) any other agreement between the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) and the indemnitee pursuant to which the indemnitee is indemnified, (v) the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and/or (vi) the certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other organizational or governing documents of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates irrespective of any right of recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation or any of its Affiliates be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates hereunder. In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation, and the indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 8.04(b) and entitled to enforce this Section 8.04(b).

For purposes of this Section 8.04(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) The term “indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described herein) from whom an indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).

(2) The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the Corporation and any indemnity-related entity pursuant to the DGCL, any agreement with and/or any certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

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to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VIII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit, eliminate, or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

SECTION 8.06 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. Subject to Section 8.04, in the event of any payment by the Corporation under this Article VIII, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy or any other indemnity agreement covering the indemnitee. The indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Corporation to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Corporation shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

SECTION 8.07 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation, individually or as a group, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

SECTION 8.08 Savings Clause. If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01 Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

SECTION 9.02 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

SECTION 9.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall consist of the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday nearest January 31.

SECTION 9.04 Construction; Section Headings. For purposes of these Bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, (i) references to “Articles” and “Sections” refer to articles and sections of these Bylaws and (ii) the term “include” or “includes” means includes, without limitation, and “including” means including, without limitation. Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

 

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SECTION 9.05 Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL or any other applicable law, such provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 10.01 Amendments. Subject to any approvals required by the Sponsor Stockholders AgreementAgreements or Section 4.02 herein, the Board of Directors is authorized to make, alter, amend, repeal and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

MD STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 25, 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS  

Section 1.1.

  Definitions      2  

Section 1.2.

  General Interpretive Principles      12  
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 2.1.

  Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders      12  

Section 2.2.

  Reserved      13  
ARTICLE III GOVERNANCE

 

Section 3.1.

  Board of Directors of the Company      13  

Section 3.2.

  Specified Subsidiaries      16  

Section 3.3.

  Additional Management Provisions      16  
ARTICLE IV TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

 

Section 4.1.

  General Restrictions on Transfers      16  

Section 4.2.

  Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period      20  

Section 4.3.

  Permitted Transfers      20  

Section 4.4.

  Diligence Access and Cooperation      20  
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

Section 5.1.

  Further Assurances      21  

Section 5.2.

  Other Businesses; Waiver of Certain Duties      21  

Section 5.3.

  Confidentiality      23  

Section 5.4.

  Certain Tax Matters      24  

Section 5.5.

  Expense Reimbursement      24  

Section 5.6.

  Information Rights; Visitation Rights      25  

Section 5.7.

  Cooperation with Reorganizations and SEC Filings      27  

Section 5.8.

  Subsidiary Section 16 Liability      27  
ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL PARTIES

 

Section 6.1.

  Additional Parties      28  
ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE

 

Section 7.1.

  Indemnification of Directors      28  

Section 7.2.

  Indemnification of Stockholders      28  

Section 7.3.

  Insurance      30  

 

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.

  Entire Agreement      30  

Section 8.2.

  Effectiveness      30  

Section 8.3.

  Termination of First Restated Agreement      30  

Section 8.4.

  Specific Performance      31  

Section 8.5.

  Governing Law      31  

Section 8.6.

  Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      31  

Section 8.7.

  Obligations      32  

Section 8.8.

  Consents, Approvals and Actions      33  

Section 8.9.

  Amendment; Waiver      33  

Section 8.10.

  Assignment of Rights By Stockholders      34  

Section 8.11.

  Binding Effect      34  

Section 8.12.

  Third Party Beneficiaries      34  

Section 8.13.

  Termination      34  

Section 8.14.

  Notices      34  

Section 8.15.

  No Third Party Liability      36  

Section 8.16.

  No Partnership      36  

Section 8.17.

  Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership      36  

Section 8.18.

  Severability      37  

Section 8.19.

  Counterparts      37  

ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

 

ANNEX A-1   –      FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
ANNEX A-2   –      FORM OF SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY JOINDER AGREEMENT
ANNEX B   –      FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT
ANNEX C   –      FORM OF DIRECTOR INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

MD STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This MD STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), Denali Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (together with its successors and assigns, “Intermediate”), Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Intermediate (together with its successors and assigns, “Dell”), Denali Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Denali Finance”), Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, “Dell International”), EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (together with its successors and assigns, “EMC”), each other Specified Subsidiary (as defined herein) that becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 3.2(a) and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a)

Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (the “SLD Trust” and together with MD and their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein) that acquire Common Stock (as defined herein) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (as defined herein), the “MD Stockholders”);

 

  (b)

each Person signatory hereto and identified on the signature pages hereto as a “MD Co-Investor” (the “MD Co-Investors”); and

 

  (c)

any other Person who becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, ARTICLE VI.

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, together with the SLP Stockholders (as defined herein) and the MSD Partners Stockholders (as defined herein) and the other parties thereto are party to that certain Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013 (the “Original Agreement”), as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (the “First Restated Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 14, 2018, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders wish to terminate the First Restated Agreement;


WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company, the SLP Stockholders and certain other parties have entered into that certain SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “SLP Stockholders Agreement”), setting forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties thereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities (as defined herein);

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and certain other parties have entered into that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement”), setting forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties thereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company and the MD Stockholders desire to provide for the management of the Company and to set forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree, subject to Section 8.2, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or of any Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders (except that the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates may be considered Affiliates of each other), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other, and (iii) except with respect to Section 5.2 and Section 8.15, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

 

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Agreement” means this MD Stockholders Agreement (including the annexes and exhibits attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Approved Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange and/or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Approved Equity Plan” means (i) the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan and (ii) any other equity incentive plan approved by the Board with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) subject to Section 8.17, no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition) and (ii) with respect to any Securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or, if the context so requires, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of any Specified Subsidiary.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class A Stockholders Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the other signatories thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Stockholders Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the other signatories thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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Class D Common Stock” means the Class D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and any other series or class of common stock of the Company.

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Company Awards” means an award pursuant to a Company Stock Plan of (i) restricted stock units (including performance-based restricted stock units) that correspond to Common Stock and/or (ii) Company Stock Options.

Company Stock Option” means an option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock.

Company Stock Plan” means each of (i) the Dell 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 1998 Broad-Based Stock Option Plan, Dell 1994 Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, V-Kernel Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, and Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and (ii) such other Approved Equity Plan pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries have granted or issued Company Awards.

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(a).

Contribution” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4(a).

Covered Person” means (i) any director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) who is also a director, officer, employee, managing director or other Affiliate of MSD Partners and (ii) MSD Partners and the MSD Partners Stockholders; provided, that MD shall not be a “Covered Person” for so long as he is an executive officer of the Company or any of the Specified Subsidiaries.

Dell” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Dell International” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Denali Acquiror” means Denali Acquiror Inc.

 

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Denali Finance” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Director Indemnification Agreements” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.1.

Disability” means any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of MD’s duties as a director or Chief Executive Officer of the Company or any Domestic Specified Subsidiary (if, in the case of a Domestic Specified Subsidiary, MD is at the time of such disability or infirmity serving as a director or Chief Executive Officer of such Domestic Specified Subsidiary) for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

Disabling Event” means either the death, or the continuation of any Disability, of MD.

Domestic Specified Subsidiary” means each of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Denali Finance, (iii) Dell, (iv) EMC, (v) Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders otherwise agree) and (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Denali Finance, Dell, EMC and (until such time as the MD Stockholders otherwise agree) Dell International that are Subsidiaries of the Company and are organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

DTI Securities” means the Common Stock, any equity or debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company.

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

EMC” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

EMC Closing” means the closing of the EMC Merger on September 7, 2016.

EMC Merger” means the merger of EMC Merger Sub and EMC pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 12, 2015 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified), by and among the Company, EMC Merger Sub, Dell and EMC, in which EMC Merger Sub was merged with and into EMC, with EMC surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

EMC Merger Sub” means Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, which pursuant to the EMC Merger was merged with and into EMC, with EMC as the surviving corporation.

 

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ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

First Restated Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Group I Director” shall have the meaning set forth in the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any natural person (including MD), (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouse’s siblings and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

Indemnification Sources” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.2(b).

Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.2(a).

Indemnitee-Related Entities” means any exempted company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or the insurer under and pursuant to an insurance policy of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company or any Specified Subsidiary may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.

Indemnitees” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.2(a).

Initial Directors” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(c)(i)(A).

Intermediate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Annex A-1 attached hereto.

Jointly Indemnifiable Claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any Indemnified Liabilities for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification from both (i) the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary pursuant to the Indemnification Sources, on the one hand, and (ii) any Indemnitee-Related Entity pursuant to any other agreement between such Indemnitee-Related Entity and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such Indemnitee-Related Entity and/or the Organizational Documents of such Indemnitee-Related Entity, on the other hand.

 

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Management Stockholders Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the other signatories thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Charitable Entity” means the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and any other private foundation or supporting organization (as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code) established and principally funded directly or indirectly by MD and/or his spouse.

MD Co-Investors” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Director Nominee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(c)(i)(A).

MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Subscription Agreement” means that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2015, among the Company, MD and the SLD Trust.

Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

MSDC Denali EIV” means MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

MSDC Denali Investors” means MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

MSD Partners” means MSD Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates (other than MD for so long as MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company).

MSD Partners Stockholders” means collectively, (i) MSDC Denali Investors and MSDC Denali EIV, together with (ii) (A) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and (B)(I) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) and (II) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (I).

 

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MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and/or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.

Original Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Original Closing” means the closing of the Original Merger pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger” means the merger of Denali Acquiror and Dell pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013, between the Company, Intermediate, Denali Acquiror and Dell, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on August 2, 2013 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time).

Original Stock” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Permitted Transferee”:

(i) in the case of the MD Stockholders, means:

(A) MD, the SLD Trust or any Immediate Family Member of MD;

(B) any MD Charitable Entity;

(C) one or more trusts whose current beneficiaries are and will remain for so long as such trust holds DTI Securities, any of (or any combination of) MD, one or more Immediate Family Members of MD or MD Charitable Entities;

(D) any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity wholly-owned by any one or more persons or entities described in clause (i)(A), (i)(B) or (i)(C) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee”; or

(E) from and after MD’s death, any recipient under MD’s will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MD’s death, or by the laws of descent and distribution;

 

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(ii) in the case of the MSD Partners Stockholders, has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement as in effect on the date hereof;

(iii) in the case of the SLP Stockholders, has the meaning ascribed to such term in the SLP Stockholders Agreement as in effect on the date hereof; and

(iv) in the case of any other Stockholder that is a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, means (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such Stockholder that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such Stockholder (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any special purpose entity formed as part of a “fund-to-fund” transfer of all or a portion of such Stockholder’s investment in the Company, provided, that all of the investors in such special purpose entity are, at the time of such transfer, partners or stockholders of such Stockholder and such special purpose entity is managed by such Stockholder or one of their respective Affiliates).

For the avoidance of doubt, each MD Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MD Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Qualified Sale Transaction” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders and the other signatories party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, members, stockholders, controlling persons, investment committee, financial advisors, attorneys, consultants, valuators, accountants, agents and other representatives.

Restricted Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

 

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Securities” means any equity securities of the Company, including any Common Stock, any debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities of the Company, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Company.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

SLD Trust” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP III” means Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP IV” means Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP Denali Co-Investor” SLP means Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP Director Nominee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

SLP Stockholders” means, collectively, (i) SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV, SLTI IV and the SLP Denali Co-Investor, together with (ii) (A) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the SLP Stockholders Agreement and (B)(I) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the SLP Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) and (II) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (I).

SLP Stockholders Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

SLTI III” means Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLTI IV” means Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Special Committee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Support Agreement.

 

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Specified Subsidiary” means any of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Dell, (iii) EMC, (iv) Denali Finance, (v) Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders otherwise agree), (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Dell, EMC, Denali Finance and (until such time as the MD Stockholders otherwise agree) Dell International, (vii) any other borrowers under the senior secured indebtedness and/or issuer of the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the EMC Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith and (viii) each intermediate entity or Subsidiary between the Company and any of the foregoing.

Sponsor Stockholders” means the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders.

Spousal Consent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(g).

Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

transfer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

Voting and Support Agreement” means that certain Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2018, by and among the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders, as it may be amended from time to time.

wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which all of the shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests (other than, with respect to non-U.S. subsidiaries, only to the extent legally required, de minimis ownership thereof by residents, natural persons or non-Affiliates) are owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words, “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall mean United States dollars. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders. Each of the Stockholders hereby represents and warrants severally and not jointly to each of the other Stockholders and to the Company as of the date of the Original Agreement (and in respect of Persons who became or become a party to this Agreement after the date of the Original Agreement, such Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to each of the other Stockholders and the Company on the date of its execution of a Joinder Agreement) and as of the date hereof as follows:

(a) Such Stockholder, to the extent applicable, is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

(b) Such Stockholder has the full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, of such Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes its, his or her legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, him or her in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Stockholder of this Agreement, the performance by such Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder by such Stockholder does not and will not violate (i) in the case of parties who are not individuals, any provision of its Organizational Documents, (ii) any provision of any material agreement to which it, he or she is a party or by which it, he or she is bound or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which it, he or she is subject.

(d) No notice, consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement.

 

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(e) Such Stockholder is not currently in violation of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree, which violation could reasonably be expected at any time to have a material adverse effect upon such Stockholder’s ability to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(f) There is no pending legal action, suit or proceeding that would materially and adversely affect the ability of such Stockholder to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(g) If such Stockholder is an individual and married, he or she has delivered to the other Stockholders and the Company a duly executed copy of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B (a “Spousal Consent”).

Section 2.2. Reserved(a) .

ARTICLE III

GOVERNANCE

Section 3.1. Board of Directors of the Company.

(a) Generally. The business and affairs of the Company shall be governed by the Board. Pursuant to and in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Company and this Section 3.1, actions or decisions by or on behalf of the Company (including, without limitation, all decisions to exercise any rights by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the SLP Stockholders Agreement, the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement) shall be determined by the Board, unless the Board delegates any of its powers to a committee thereof, any officer or any other Person from time to time (in each case subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Organizational Documents of the Company).

(b) Board Size. The size of the Company’s Board shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company.

(c) Board Representation.

(i) Director Nominees.

(A) Nomination Rights. To the extent permitted by applicable law and the rules of the Approved Exchange on which the Company’s equity securities are traded or listed, the Company agrees that, unless otherwise agreed to by the MD Stockholders, the MD Stockholders shall have the right to nominate at each meeting or action by written consent at which directors will be elected a number of individuals for election to the Board such that if such nominees are elected then the aggregate number of nominees of the MD Stockholders serving on the Board will equal the product of the following (such individuals, the “MD Director Nominees”): (x) the percentage of the total voting power for the regular

 

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election of directors of the Company beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders, and (y) the number of directors then on the Board and any vacancies thereon; provided, however, that in the event the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders in the aggregate beneficially own more than 70% of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of all outstanding voting equity securities of the Company, then the MD Stockholders shall have the right to nominate such number of MD Director Nominees equal to the product of (x) the percentage of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of the Company beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders and (y) the number of directors then on the Board and any vacancies thereon excluding any director serving on the audit committee of the Board provided, further, that the MD Stockholders may at any time and from time to time waive the foregoing proviso in whole, but not in part. Any product obtained pursuant to the calculations in the immediately foregoing sentence shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number of directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the MD Stockholders (for so long as the MD Stockholders collectively beneficially own at least 5% of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of all outstanding voting equity securities of the Company) shall have the right to nominate at least one individual for election to the Board. The Board at the Closing shall consist of Michael S. Dell, David W. Dorman, Egon Durban, Simon Patterson, William D. Green and Ellen J. Kullman (the “Initial Directors”). Messrs. Dell and Patterson are “MD Director Nominees” and none of the other Initial Directors is a MD Director Nominee.

(B) Limitations on Director Nominees. No MD Director Nominee shall serve as a director of another company if such service on such other board would cause a violation of Section 8 of the U.S. Clayton Act, as amended, as a result of any business that the Company is engaged in as of the date hereof, and the Stockholders, as applicable, shall cause any such director to resign from such other directorships or as a director of the Company.

(ii) Support. For so long as the MD Stockholders have the right to nominate an MD Director Nominee for election pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i) or the SLP Stockholders have the right to nominate a SLP Director Nominee for election pursuant to the SLP Stockholders Agreement, in connection with each election of directors, each of the Company, and each of the Stockholders party to this Agreement, shall nominate such MD Director Nominee for election as a director as part of the slate of directors that is included in the proxy statement (or consent solicitation or similar document) of the Company relating to the election of directors, and shall provide the highest level of support for the election of such MD Director Nominee or any SLP Director Nominee nominated pursuant to the SLP Stockholders Agreement as it provides to any other individual standing for election as a director of the Company. No Stockholder shall otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to propose to the Company or any of its stockholders to nominate or support any Person as a director who is not an MD Director Nominee, SLP Director Nominee or otherwise nominated by the then incumbent directors of the Company. Each Stockholder hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, (I) to sign a written consent voting all of such Person’s Common Stock in favor of each MD

 

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Director Nominee and SLP Director Nominee nominated in accordance herewith or (II) at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders and at any other meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, such Person shall, in each case to the extent that its shares of Common Stock are entitled to vote thereon, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the stockholders of the Company is sought, (A) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of the Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person as of the applicable record date to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (B) vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, all of such Person’s Common Stock as of the applicable record date for each MD Director Nominee nominated in accordance herewith and each SLP Director Nominee nominated in accordance with the SLP Stockholders Agreement, unless and to the extent that the Company notifies the Stockholders that the third sentence of Section 3.1(c)(ii) of the SLP Stockholders Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) has been terminated.

(iii) Director Replacements. In the event that any MD Director Nominee shall cease to serve as a director for any reason (other than the reduction in the right to nominate pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i)), the MD Stockholders shall have the right to nominate another MD Director Nominee to fill the vacancy resulting therefrom. Additionally, the MD Stockholders shall take all actions, including voting any Securities, that may be required in order to elect any such MD Director Nominee or any SLP Director Nominee nominated pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii) of the SLP Stockholders Agreement so long as a MD Director Nominee is then serving on the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the failure of the stockholders of the Company to elect any MD Director Nominee shall not affect the right of the MD Stockholders to nominate any MD Director Nominee for election pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i) in connection with any future election of directors of the Company.

(iv) Board Committees. (A) For so long as the MD Stockholders have the right to nominate a MD Director Nominee for election pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i) and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law and the rules of the Approved Exchange on which the Company’s equity securities are traded or listed, the MD Stockholders shall be entitled to have at least one of the MD Director Nominees, to the extent then serving on the Board, serve as a member of each committee of the Board (other than the audit committee); provided, however, that if the Board shall establish a committee to consider a proposed transaction between any MD Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates), on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, then any MD Director Nominees may be excluded from participation in such committee (and for purposes of this proviso, the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees shall be deemed to be Affiliates of the MD Stockholders).

 

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Section 3.2. Specified Subsidiaries.

(a) Additional Specified Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall cause any Subsidiary that (i) is not then a party to this Agreement and (ii) becomes, or otherwise satisfies the criteria of, a Specified Subsidiary, to promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) become party to this Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company a Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-2, and to agree to be bound and shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement as a “Specified Subsidiary.” No later than one (1) Business Day following such execution, the Company shall deliver to the MD Stockholders a notice thereof, together with a copy of such Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement.

Section 3.3. Additional Management Provisions.

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company, each Specified Subsidiary and each Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the MD Director Nominees may share confidential, non-public information about the Company, any Specified Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries (including any materials received in their capacities as members of a Board or committee of the Company or any Specified Subsidiaries) with the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Affiliates, in each case, on a confidential basis.

(b) Except (i) to the extent resulting from the rights granted under this Agreement, the SLP Stockholders Agreement, the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) as required by applicable law and/or (iii) for any authority granted to an individual as an officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries, no Stockholder (in its capacity as a Stockholder) shall have the authority to manage the business and affairs of the Company or its Subsidiaries or contract for or incur on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries any debts, liabilities or obligations, and no such action of a Stockholder will be binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE IV

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 4.1. General Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Generally.

(i) No Stockholder may directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, gift or otherwise transfer, dispose of or encumber, in each case, whether in its own right or by its representative and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (any of the foregoing, whether effected directly or indirectly (including by a direct or indirect transfer of equity, ownership or economic interests, or options, warrants or other contractual rights to acquire an equity, ownership or economic interest, in any Stockholder), shall be deemed included in the term “transfer” as used in this Agreement) any DTI Securities, or any legal, economic or beneficial interest in any DTI Securities, unless (i) such transfer of DTI Securities is made on the books and records of the Company and is in compliance with the provisions of this ARTICLE IV and any other agreement applicable to the transfer of such DTI Securities, (ii) the transferee of such DTI Securities (if other than (A) the Company or another Stockholder, (B) a transferee of DTI Securities pursuant to an offer and sale registered

 

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under the Securities Act, (C) in reliance upon and in compliance with applicable provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (D) a transferee of DTI Securities pursuant to a pro rata distribution by a Stockholder that is a private equity fund to its equityholders (other than a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder) made without consideration for the transfer and pursuant to which, in accordance with the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock so distributed shall convert to Class C Common Stock), agrees to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE IV hereof, executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 and (iii) in the case of a transfer of DTI Securities to a natural person (other than in connection with a transfer on an Approved Exchange or where the transferee is not required to become a party to this Agreement in accordance with clauses (A) through (D) of the preceding parenthetical), such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 and to the extent that the failure to execute and deliver a Spousal Consent could impair or adversely affect the obligations of the transferor or transferee set forth herein, or otherwise could impair or adversely affect the enforceability of any provisions of this Agreement, executes and delivers a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) it is understood that a transfer of limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests or similar interests in any of the MD Stockholders, any other private equity fund or any parent entity with respect to any such MD Stockholder or private equity fund shall not constitute a transfer for purposes of this Agreement so long as there is no change of control of such entity, and such entity (other than a MD Stockholder or a MD Co-Investor party hereto) was not formed for the purpose of acquiring a direct or indirect interest in DTI Securities, (2) the foregoing clause (1) is not intended to, and shall not permit, the transfer of any direct or indirect interest in any DTI Securities held by an MSD Partners Stockholder or its direct or indirect equityholders to the MD Stockholders or their Affiliates or Permitted Transferees other than one or more acquisitions by an MD Stockholder or one or more of its Affiliates or Permitted Transferees of direct or indirect interests in an MSD Partners Stockholder from an employee or investment professional of MSD Partners or any of its Affiliates in connection with the departure or termination of such employee or investment professional from MSD Partners or such Affiliate; provided, that subject to the immediately succeeding clause (3), any DTI Securities acquired by an MD Stockholder or one or more of its Affiliates or Permitted Transferees pursuant to this clause (2) shall be subject to the transfer restrictions in this ARTICLE IV if such DTI Securities are proposed to be subsequently transferred by such MD Stockholder, Affiliate or Permitted Transferee to any Person that is not an employee or investment professional of MSD Partners or any of its Affiliates or Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders, (3) nothing herein prohibits the MD Stockholders from having a direct or indirect interest in the MSD Partners Stockholders on the Closing Date or from selling or transferring any interest in an MSD Partners Stockholder at any time following the Closing Date to an employee or investment professional of MSD Partners or any of its Affiliates and no such sale shall be deemed a “transfer” hereunder and (4) any conversion of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock to Class C Common Stock shall not be deemed a “transfer” hereunder; provided, that in the case of clauses (2) and

 

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(3), at no time shall the MD Stockholders, without the prior written consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by each Group I Director), hold direct or indirect interests in the MSD Partners Stockholders representing more than 25% of the outstanding equity interests of the MSD Partners Stockholders in the aggregate.

(ii) Any purported transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in any DTI Securities by any Stockholder that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its register of stockholders or otherwise any change in record ownership of DTI Securities pursuant to any such transfer.

(b) Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between a Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, any Stockholder that proposes to transfer DTI Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be responsible for any fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such transfer.

(c) Securities Law Acknowledgement. Each Stockholder acknowledges that none of the Common Stock (except any shares of Class C Common Stock registered under the Securities Act (1) on Form S-8 prior to the Closing Date, (2) in connection with the Merger or (3) after the Closing Date) has been registered under the Securities Act and such unregistered shares may not be transferred, except as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Each Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any Common Stock at any time if such action would (i) constitute a violation of any securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a breach of the conditions to any exemption from registration of Common Stock under any such laws or a breach of any undertaking or agreement of such Stockholder entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder, (ii) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or (iii) be a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” for purposes of fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each Stockholder agrees it shall not be entitled to any certificate for any or all of the Common Stock, unless the Board shall otherwise determine.

(d) Legend.

(i) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a Stockholder shall, unless Section 4.1(d)(ii) or Section 4.1(d)(iii) applies, bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

 

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THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A MD STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

(ii) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a Stockholder issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act shall bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A MD STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

(iii) In the event that any or all of the paragraphs in the restrictive legend set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i) or Section 4.1(d)(ii) have ceased to be applicable, the Company shall provide any Stockholder, or their respective transferees, at their request, without any expense to such Persons (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any), with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry share) for such Common Stock of like tenor not bearing such paragraph(s) of the legend with respect to which the restriction has ceased and terminated (it being understood that the restriction referred to in the first paragraph of the legend in Section 4.1(d)(i) and in the legend in Section 4.1(d)(ii) shall cease and terminate only upon the termination of this ARTICLE IV with respect to the Stockholder holding such Common Stock).

 

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(e) No Other Proxies or Voting Agreements. No Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any DTI Securities or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any person with respect to any DTI Securities inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such agreements and arrangements are with other Stockholders or holders of DTI Securities who are not parties to this Agreement), including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities, nor shall any Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other persons in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 4.2. Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period. Prior to the 181st day following the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), no Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferee of a Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities without the prior written consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by the Special Committee) except for transfers of DTI Securities:

(a) in a Qualified Sale Transaction; or

(b) to a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder (provided that, in the case of a transfer pursuant to this Section 4.2(b), the Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder shall agree to hold such DTI Securities subject to the transfer restriction in this Section 4.2 for the balance of the Restricted Period).

Section 4.3. Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees may transfer DTI Securities held by him, her or it to a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder without complying with the provisions of this ARTICLE IV, other than Section 4.1 and Section 4.2; provided, that such Permitted Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 as contemplated in Section 4.1(a) and ARTICLE VI, or otherwise agreed with all parties hereto, in a written instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that he, she or it will immediately convey record and beneficial ownership of all such DTI Securities and all rights and obligations hereunder to such Stockholder or another Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder if, and immediately prior to such time that, he, she or it ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder.

Section 4.4. Diligence Access and Cooperation. The Company agrees to provide, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates and its and their respective officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives to provide, such cooperation as may reasonably be requested (including with respect to timeliness) in connection with and to assist in the structuring and/or facilitation of any sale or transfer of DTI Securities by any MD Stockholders, MD Co-Investors and/or their respective Permitted Transferees permitted by this ARTICLE IV. Such reasonable cooperation will include (a) participation in meetings, drafting sessions and due diligence sessions, (b) access to the properties, facilities, material contracts and books and records, including financial statements, projections and accountants’ work papers, (c) access to the officers, management, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be required or requested in connection with such transaction, (d) promptly furnishing to the transferor, transferee or acquiror and its or their advisors and representatives financial and other pertinent information regarding

 

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the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by the transferor and (e) assisting the transferor and their advisors and/or representatives in the preparation and execution of any documents in connection with such transfer or sale, each of subclauses (a) through (e) to the extent reasonably requested and required for such sale or transfer to be effectuated. Prior to the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their respective officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives providing any Confidential Information to a third party as contemplated in this Section 4.4, such third party shall be required to execute a confidentiality agreement as provided for in Section 5.3(b)(ii).

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 5.1. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the MD Stockholders and without further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Other Businesses; Waiver of Certain Duties.

(a) Each of the Company, the Specified Subsidiaries, and each Stockholder (for itself and on behalf of the Company) hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, any Covered Person may, and shall have no duty not to:

(i) invest in, carry 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, stockholder, equityholder or investor in any Person, 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 Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries);

(ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Company or its Affiliates; and/or

(iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Company may make investments.

To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries hereby renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as the case may be, to participate in any business or investments of any Covered Person as currently conducted or as may be conducted in the future, and waives any claim against a Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim that such Covered Person is liable to the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business or investment. The Company and the

 

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Specified Subsidiaries shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision. In the event that a Covered Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Person in his or her capacity as a partner, member, employee, officer or director of the MSD Partners Stockholders and (y) the Company or any Specified Subsidiary, the Covered Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or any Specified Subsidiary. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company and each Specified Subsidiary hereby renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary in any potential transaction or matter of which the Covered Person acquires knowledge, except for any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) and waives any claim against each Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim, that such Covered Person is liable to the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Person (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any Affiliate or other Person, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another Person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary; provided, however, in each such case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company, a Specified Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall belong to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision, except to the extent that a Covered Person is determined by a final, non-appealable order of a Delaware court having competent jurisdiction (or any other judgment which is not appealed in the applicable time) to have breached this Section 5.2(a), in which case any such advanced expenses shall be promptly reimbursed to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as applicable.

(b) The Company, the Specified Subsidiaries and each of the Stockholders agree that the waivers, limitations, acknowledgments and agreements set forth in this Section 5.2 shall not apply to any alleged claim or cause of action against any of the MD Stockholders based upon the breach or nonperformance by such MD Stockholder of this Agreement or any other agreement to which such Person is a party.

(c) The provisions of this Section 5.2, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the MD Stockholders or any MD Director Nominee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Company, the Specified Subsidiaries and each of the Stockholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the MD Stockholders or any MD Director Nominee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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Section 5.3. Confidentiality.

(a) Each Stockholder agrees to keep confidential and not disclose to any third party any materials and/or information provided to it by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for the purposes of this Section 5.3 shall include VMware and its subsidiaries), and not to use any such information other than in connection with its investment in the Company (“Confidential Information”); provided, however, that the term “Confidential Information” does not include information that:

(i) is already in such recipient’s possession (provided, that such information is not subject to another confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to any Person);

(ii) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure, directly or indirectly, by such recipient or its Representatives;

(iii) is or becomes available to such recipient on a non-confidential basis from a source other than any of the Stockholders or any of their respective Representatives (provided, that such source is not known by such recipient to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to any Person); and/or

(iv) is or was independently developed by such recipient or its Representatives without the use of any Confidential Information.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 to the contrary, any such Stockholder may disclose Confidential Information to:

(i) such Stockholder’s and its Affiliates’ Representatives who are subject to a customary confidentiality obligation to such Stockholder or its Affiliates;

(ii) any Person to which such Stockholder offers or may propose to offer to transfer any DTI Securities (provided, that (x) such transfer would be permitted by the terms of this Agreement (assuming the receipt of all consents required hereunder) and (y) the prospective transferee agrees to be subject to a customary confidentiality agreement with the Company or Dell);

(iii) any other Stockholder or its Affiliates, or their respective Representatives, or any member of a Board or any board of directors of any Subsidiary of the Company;

(iv) the extent required to be disclosed by such Stockholder or its Affiliates, or their respective Representatives, by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process, law, regulation, legal or judicial process or audit or inquiries by a regulator, bank examiner or self-regulatory organization or pursuant to mandatory professional ethics rules (but only to the extent so required and after notifying the Company to the extent reasonably practicable and requesting confidential treatment);

 

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(v) current or prospective limited partners of a Stockholder or its affiliated private equity funds who are subject to confidentiality obligations to such Stockholder or its affiliated private equity funds; and/or

(vi) other Person(s) with the Company’s prior written consent.

Section 5.4. Certain Tax Matters.

(a) Each of the MD Stockholders and the Company acknowledge that, in connection with the Original Merger, (i) the contribution by the MD Stockholders of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Dell and cash to the Company in exchange for shares of Original Stock and (ii) the contribution by the other Stockholders of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Dell and cash to the Company in exchange for shares of Original Stock, in each case, at the Original Closing, taken together (the “Contribution”), were intended to qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code.

Section 5.5. Expense Reimbursement.

(a) Directors. The Company shall, or shall cause a Specified Subsidiary to, promptly and upon request, reimburse the MD Stockholders for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of their director nominees of each Board, if any, incurred in connection with Board service, including travel, lodging and meal expenses in connection with Board or committee meetings.

(b) MD Stockholders. From and after the date hereof, Dell shall pay directly or reimburse, or cause to be paid directly or reimbursed, the ongoing reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the MD Stockholders in connection with the MD Stockholders’ investment in the Company, including (A) fees, expenses and reasonable out-of-pocket disbursements of any independent professionals and organizations, including independent accountants, outside legal counsel or consultants retained by such Persons, (B) reasonable costs and expenses of any outside services or independent contractors such as financial printers, couriers, business publications, on-line financial services or similar services, retained or used by such Persons or any of their Affiliates and (C) transportation or any other expense not associated with their or their Affiliates’ ordinary operations; provided, that all payments or reimbursement for such expenses will be made by wire transfer in same-day funds to the bank account(s) designated by such applicable Stockholder or its relevant Affiliate promptly upon or as soon as practicable following request for reimbursement.

(c) MD Co-Investors. To the extent (A) any of the MD Stockholders agreed with one or more MD Co-Investors to provide for ongoing reimbursement of reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of such MD Co-Investors for monitoring their investment in the Company and (B) EMC Merger Sub entered into one or more letter agreements with any such MD Co-Investors with respect thereto, the Company hereby reaffirms its prior assumption of each such letter agreement pursuant to the First Restated Agreement and agrees to pay and perform all unperformed obligations of EMC Merger Sub under and pursuant to each such letter agreement; provided, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of reimbursement of such expenses for all MD Co-Investors exceed $1,000,000 pursuant to this Agreement without the consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by each Group I Director).

 

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Section 5.6. Information Rights; Visitation Rights.

(a) Information Rights.

(i) Information Generally. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each of the MD Stockholders (for so long as they are entitled to nominate a MD Director Nominee):

(A) to the extent prepared in the ordinary course of business of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries (which for the purposes of this Section 5.6 shall include VMware and its subsidiaries), as soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, the consolidated balance sheet (or other similar monthly financial accounts) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for such month and the portion of the fiscal year then ended of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case, setting forth the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, or, in the case of such balance sheet, for the last day of such month, in comparative form, all in reasonable detail (or in such other presentation or format as is prepared in the ordinary course of business of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries);

(B) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such period, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period then ended and the portion of the fiscal year then ended, in each case (x) prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and subject to the absence of footnotes and to year-end adjustments and (y) setting forth the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, or, in the case of such balance sheet, for the last day of such fiscal quarter, in comparative form, all in reasonable detail;

(C) as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (1) a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, and the audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, in each case, (x) prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein and (y) setting forth in comparative form the figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and (2) a copy of the report, opinion or certification of the Company’s independent accountant with respect to the Company’s financial statements for such fiscal year;

 

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(D) to the extent prepared in the ordinary course of business, with reasonable promptness after the transmission (but in any event, within three (3) Business Days), a copy of each valuation of the Company undertaken for purposes of management equity grants;

(E) as soon as practicable after the discovery by any member of senior management of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary of any material adverse event or material litigation, a written statement summarizing such event or litigation in reasonable detail; and

(F) with reasonable promptness after the transmission or occurrence (but in any event, within three (3) Business Days), other reports, including communications directed at stockholders of the Company generally or the financial community, and any reports filed by the Company with the SEC or any stock exchange (if and when applicable).

(ii) Debt Financing-Related Information. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each of the MD Stockholders all information required to be delivered by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the creditors, lenders and/or noteholders pursuant to the terms of the senior secured indebtedness and the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the EMC Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith, as such indebtedness may be in effect from time to time.

(iii) Other Information. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, with reasonable promptness to the MD Stockholders such other information and data with respect to the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by such Stockholder, including a complete, correct and accurate capitalization table for the DTI Securities.

(iv) SEC Filings. At any time during which the Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act or voluntarily reports thereunder, the Company may satisfy its obligations pursuant to Section 5.6(a)(i)(B) and Section 5.6(a)(i)(C) by filing with the SEC (via the EDGAR system) on a timely basis annual and quarterly reports satisfying the requirements of the Exchange Act.

(b) Visitation Rights.

(i) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, permit the MD Stockholders (for so long as they either (x) beneficially own at least 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock or (y) are entitled to nominate a MD Director Nominee), at any time and from time to time during normal business hours and with reasonable prior notice, reasonable access to:

 

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(A) examine and make copies of and abstracts from the books, records, material contracts, properties, employees and management of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(B) visit the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

(C) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with any of the directors, officers or employees of the Company and the independent accountants of the Company.

Section 5.7. Cooperation with Reorganizations and SEC Filings.

(a) Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, statutory share exchange or other business combination or reorganization of the Company, on the one hand, with any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, the Stockholders shall, to the extent the Company is not the surviving entity, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, such terms of this Agreement. Any amendment to or waiver of this Section 5.7(a) by the Company shall require the consent of each Group I Director.

(b) Further Assurances. In connection with any proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.7(a), each Stockholder shall take such actions as may be reasonably required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with the Company and the other Stockholders, including taking all actions reasonably requested by the Company or the MD Stockholders and executing and delivering all agreements, instruments and documents as may be reasonably required in order to consummate any such proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.7(a).

(c) SEC Filings. Each Stockholder agrees, to the extent practicable and as requested by the MD Stockholders, to use reasonable efforts to take or avoid taking (as applicable) actions that would potentially cause liability to the Company or any Stockholder under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the Company or any Stockholder determines that it is obligated to make filings under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each Stockholder agrees to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Person that determines that it has such a filing obligation, including by promptly providing information reasonably required by such Person for any such filing.

Section 5.8. Subsidiary Section 16 Liability. The Company will not and shall cause its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) not to enter into or effect any transaction in the common stock or other securities of VMware that could potentially cause liability to any MD Stockholder or any of its Affiliates under Section 16 of the Exchange Act by virtue of such Person’s ownership of stock of the Company or as a member of the Company’s Board or the board of directors of VMware, in each case without the prior written consent of each of the foregoing parties which could incur such liability.

 

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ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL PARTIES

Section 6.1. Additional Parties. Additional parties may be added to and be bound by and receive the benefits afforded by, and be subject to the obligations provided by, this Agreement upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 by such additional party to the Company and the acceptance thereof by the Company; provided, however, that the addition of Specified Subsidiaries to this Agreement shall be governed by Section 3.2(a) and not this Section 6.1. To the extent permitted by Section 8.9, amendments may be effected to this Agreement reflecting such rights and obligations, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, of such additional Stockholder as the MD Stockholders and such additional Stockholder may agree.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE

Section 7.1. Indemnification of Directors. In addition to any other indemnification rights that the directors have pursuant to the Organizational Documents of the Company, each of the directors of the Company shall have the right to enter into, and the Company agrees to enter into, an indemnification agreement substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto (the “Director Indemnification Agreements”).

Section 7.2. Indemnification of Stockholders.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will, and will cause each of the Specified Subsidiaries to, indemnify, exonerate and hold the Stockholders and each of their respective partners, stockholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents and each of the partners, stockholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) free and harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, proceedings, liabilities, losses, damages and costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them before or after the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), arising out of any action, cause of action, suit, arbitration or claim arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way relating to, (i) such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of Securities or such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ control or ability to influence the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for purposes of this ARTICLE VII shall include VMware and its subsidiaries) or their respective predecessors or successors (other than any such Indemnified Liabilities (x) to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise out of any willful breach of this Agreement by such Indemnitee or its Affiliates or other related Persons or (y) without limiting any other rights to indemnification, to the extent such control or the ability to control the Company or any of its Subsidiaries derives from such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ capacity as an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) the business, operations, properties, assets or other rights or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that if and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unavailable or unenforceable for any reason, the Company will, and will cause the Specified Subsidiaries to,

 

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make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. For the purposes of this Section 7.2, none of the circumstances described in the limitations contained in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to apply absent a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to such effect, in which case to the extent any such limitation is so determined to apply to any Indemnitee as to any previously advanced indemnity payments made by the Company or any of the Specified Subsidiaries, then such payments shall be promptly repaid by such Indemnitee to the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries, as applicable. The rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder will be in addition to any other rights any such Person may have under any other agreement or instrument to which such Indemnitee is or becomes a party or is or otherwise becomes a beneficiary or under law or regulation or under the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the Indemnitee in respect of Indemnified Liabilities in connection with any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, pursuant to and in accordance with (as applicable) the terms of (i) applicable law, (ii) the Organizational Documents of the Company, (iii) the Director Indemnification Agreements, (iv) this Agreement, (v) any other agreement between the Company or any Specified Subsidiary and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, (vi) the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Specified Subsidiary and/or (vii) the Organizational Documents of any Specified Subsidiary (clauses (i) through (vii) collectively, the “Indemnification Sources”), irrespective of any right of recovery the Indemnitee may have from any Indemnitee-Related Entities. Under no circumstance shall the Company or any Specified Subsidiary be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the Indemnitee-Related Entities and no right of advancement or recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary under the Indemnification Sources. In the event that any of the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall make any payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification with respect to any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, (x) the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, reimburse the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment to the extent of such payment promptly upon written demand from such Indemnitee-Related Entity, (y) to the extent not previously and fully reimbursed by the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary pursuant to clause (x), the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of the outstanding balance of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee against the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary, as applicable, and (z) the Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the Indemnitee-Related Entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

(c) The Company and Stockholders agree that each of the Indemnitees and Indemnitee-Related Entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.2, entitled to enforce this Section 7.2 as though each such Indemnitee and Indemnitee-Related Entity were a party to this Agreement. The Company shall cause each of the Specified Subsidiaries to perform the terms and obligations of this Section 7.2 as though each such Specified Subsidiary were a party to this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.3. Insurance. The Company shall, and shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain a policy or policies of insurance providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the MD Stockholders, and the Indemnitees shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage provided to any other director or officer of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary. If, at the time the Company or any of the Specified Subsidiaries receives from an Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of any action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding, and the Company or a Specified Subsidiary has such insurance in effect which would reasonably be expected to cover such action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in such policy or policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or reasonably desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitees, all amounts payable as a result of such action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy or policies.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the SLP Stockholders Agreement, the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement, the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and the MD Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the Organizational Documents of any Person, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto shall exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to it so as to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and, if necessary, to procure (so far as it is able to do so) any required amendment to the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, in order to cure any such inconsistency.

Section 8.2. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on December 25, 2018 upon execution of this Agreement by each of the Company and the MD Stockholders.

Section 8.3. Termination of First Restated Agreement. The parties hereto hereby agree that effective as of the effectiveness of this Agreement, and conditioned upon the concurrent effectiveness of the SLP Stockholders Agreement and MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, all rights and obligations of the Stockholders pursuant to the First Restated Agreement shall terminate; provided, that (i) Section 5.6 and ARTICLE VII of the First Restated Agreement shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect in respect of any reimbursable expenses or rights to indemnification, as applicable, arising prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement and (ii) the foregoing shall not terminate, restrict or otherwise prejudice any other

 

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rights the Stockholders are entitled to pursuant to the First Restated Agreement arising prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement. In the event that this Agreement does not become effective pursuant to Section 8.2, the First Restated Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without termination, amendment or restatement.

Section 8.4. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

Section 8.5. Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 8.6. Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

 

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(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 8.14, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 8.6(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.6(e).

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Section 8.8. Consents, Approvals and Actions(a) . All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MD Stockholders under this Agreement, the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the SLP Stockholders Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, MD or his permitted assignee; provided, that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Disabling Event, such approval or consent shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MD Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MD Stockholders.

(b) All actions under this Agreement requiring the consent or approval of each Group I Director shall be taken by all then-serving Group I Directors, excluding any Group I Directors who recuse themselves from such action.

Section 8.9. Amendment; Waiver.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 8.9(b), any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to or of any provision of this Agreement shall require the prior written consent of the MD Stockholders and the Company; provided that any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver by the Company of Section 3.1(c), Section 4.1(a), Section 4.1(e), Section 4.3, Section 5.5(c) or Section 5.7 or this proviso shall require approval by each Group I Director; provided further, that if the express terms of any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to this Agreement disproportionately and adversely affects a Stockholder (other than the MD Stockholders), it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by such affected Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees in the aggregate.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party hereto pursuant to ARTICLE VI shall not constitute an amendment hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient and (ii) the Company shall promptly amend the books and records of the Company appropriately and as and to the extent necessary to reflect the removal or addition of a Stockholder, any changes in the amount and/or type of DTI Securities beneficially owned by each Stockholder and/or the addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of any DTI Securities, in each case, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to or of any provision of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement by the Company (except for Section 4.1(a) and Section 4.2 of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement) shall require the prior written approval of the MD Stockholders for so long as the MD Stockholders own DTI Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE VI thereto shall not constitute an amendment of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and the applicable Joinder Agreement (as defined in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement) need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient.

 

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(d) Any failure by any party at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

Section 8.10. Assignment of Rights By Stockholders.

(a) Subject to Section 8.10(b), no Stockholder may assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement except with the prior consent of the Company. Any purported assignment of rights or obligations under this Agreement in derogation of this Section 8.10 shall be null and void.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (but without limiting the restrictions on transfer contained in ARTICLE IV), the MD Stockholders may assign or transfer their rights under this Agreement solely in connection with, and subject to the consummation of, a Qualified Sale Transaction.

Section 8.11. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 8.12. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 5.2, ARTICLE VII and Section 8.15 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

Section 8.13. Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of the MD Stockholders (for so long as the MD Stockholders own DTI Securities) and the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by each Group I Director), (ii) upon the termination of the SLP Stockholders Agreement (except Section 5.6 and Article VII thereof) or (iii) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company; provided, that in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (i) or (ii), Section 5.5 and ARTICLE VII shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect unless and solely to the extent expressly waived in writing, with reference to such provisions, by the MD Stockholders.

Section 8.14. Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

 

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(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel;

(b) in the case of the Stockholders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

If to any of the MD Stockholders, to:

Michael S. Dell

c/o Dell Inc.

One Dell Way

Round Rock, TX 78682

Facsimile: (512) 283-0544

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Steven A. Rosenblum

                 Andrew J. Nussbaum

                 Gordon S. Moodie

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

and

MSD Capital, L.P.

645 Fifth Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10022-5910

Attention: Marc R. Lisker

                 Marcello Liguori

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

Email: mlisker@msdcapital.com

Email: mliguori@msdcapital.com

(c) in the case of any other Stockholder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company.

Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the

 

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Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.14, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Stockholders hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by Electronic Transmission addressed to the email address or facsimile number of such Stockholders as provided herein.

Section 8.15. No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect to any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 8.16. No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or constitute any party the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 8.17. Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership.

(a) Subject to Section 8.17(c), all DTI Securities held or acquired by the MD Stockholders and their Affiliates and Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under and application of any limitations under this Agreement, and each such Stockholder and its Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.

(b) Subject to Section 8.17(c), without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock (including, in each case, Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding; and

 

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(ii) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other Stockholder, all of such Stockholder’s Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock (including in each case Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) shall be included as being owned by such Stockholder and as being outstanding.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the case of any transfer of DTI Securities by the MD Stockholders, their Affiliates or their Permitted Transferees after MD’s death to an individual or Person other than an (i) individual or entity described in clause (i)(A), (i)(B), (i)(C) or (i)(D) of the definition of “Permitted Transferee” or (ii) MD Fiduciary, such DTI Securities shall not be deemed to be owned by the MD Stockholders for purposes of Section 3.1.

Section 8.18. Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 8.19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this MD Stockholders Agreement or caused this MD Stockholders Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
              Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DENALI INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
              Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DELL INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
              Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
EMC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
              Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DENALI FINANCE CORP.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
              Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:

DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.

By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
              Assistant Secretary


MD STOCKHOLDER:

/s/ Michael S. Dell

MICHAEL S. DELL


MD STOCKHOLDER:
SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Marc R. Lisker

  Name: Marc R. Lisker
  Title: President, Hexagon Trust Company


Annex A-1

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “MD Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the MD Stockholder Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the MD Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the MD Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming the transferee of DTI Securities, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the MD Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Stockholder [and] [an MD Stockholder / MD Co-Investor], respectively, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the MD Stockholders Agreement.

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, pursuant to this Joinder Agreement and the MD Stockholders Agreement, it is a Permitted Transferee of [•] and will be the lawful record owner of [•] shares of [Insert description of series / type of Security] of the Company as of the date hereof. The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees that it will take all such actions as required of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the MD Stockholders Agreement, including but not limited to conveying its record and beneficial ownership of any DTI Securities and all rights, title and obligations thereunder back to the initial transferor Stockholder or to another Permitted Transferee of the original transferor Stockholder, as the case may be, immediately prior to such time that the undersigned no longer meets the qualifications of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the MD Stockholders Agreement.]1

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 8.2 through Section 8.6 of the MD Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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[To be included for transfers of DTI Securities to Permitted Transferees]


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

 

 

Signature  

 

Print Name  
Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

Email:  

 


AGREED AND ACCEPTED as of the          day of             ,         .
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

                     

  Name:
  Title:


Annex A-2

FORM OF

SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “MD Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the MD Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the MD Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the MD Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the MD Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Specified Subsidiary, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the MD Stockholders Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 8.2 through Section 8.6 of the MD Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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

 

SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
[•]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex B

FORM OF

SPOUSAL CONSENT

In consideration of the execution of that certain MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “MD Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the thereof, I,                     , the spouse of                     , who is a party to the MD Stockholders Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing MD Stockholders Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of the issuance, acquisition or receipt of DTI Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and securities subject thereto, whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the MD Stockholders Agreement.

 

Dated as of                  ,         

  

 

  

(Signature of Spouse)

  

 

  

(Print Name of Spouse)


Annex C

FORM OF DIRECTOR INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into, effective                 , by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                  (“Indemnitee”). This Agreement shall supersede the prior indemnification agreement between the Company and Indemnitee dated as of                and, for the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall apply to any Expenses, Indemnifiable Claims and Indemnifiable Losses incurred or arising on, prior to or after the date of this Agreement.

Recitals

 

A.

Competent and experienced persons are reluctant to serve or to continue to serve as directors or officers of corporations unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or indemnification (or both) against claims against them arising out of their service and activities as directors.

 

B.

Uncertainties relating to the availability of adequate insurance for directors and officers have increased the difficulty for corporations to attract and retain competent and experienced persons to serve as directors or officers.

 

C.

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that the continuation of present trends in litigation will make it more difficult to attract and retain competent and experienced persons to serve as directors or officers of the Company and, in some cases, of its subsidiaries, that this situation is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and that the Company should act to assure its directors and officers that there will be increased certainty of adequate protection in the future.

 

D.

It is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company to obligate itself contractually to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in order to induce them to serve or continue to serve as directors or officers of the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

E.

Indemnitee’s willingness to continue to serve in his or her current capacity is predicated, in substantial part, upon the Company’s willingness to indemnify him or her to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and upon the other undertakings set forth in this Agreement.

 

F.

In recognition of the need to provide Indemnitee with substantial protection against personal liability, in order to procure Indemnitee’s continued service, and to enhance Indemnitee’s ability to serve the Company in an effective manner, and in order to provide such protection pursuant to express contract rights (intended to be enforceable irrespective of any amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (collectively, the “Constituent Documents”), any Change of Control (as defined in Section 1(a)) or any change in the composition of the Board), the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancement of Expenses (as defined in Section 1(e)) to Indemnitee as set forth in this Agreement.

 

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Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, Indemnitee’s agreement to continue to serve the Company in his or her current capacity and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

Certain Definitions — In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below when used in this Agreement:

 

  (a)

Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

  (i)

The acquisition after the date of this Agreement by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 15% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this paragraph (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control:

 

  (A)

any acquisition directly from the Company or any Controlled Affiliate of the Company;

 

  (B)

any acquisition by the Company or any Controlled Affiliate of the Company;

 

  (C)

any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Controlled Affiliate of the Company;

 

  (D)

any acquisition by Mr. Michael S. Dell, his Affiliates or Associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act), his heirs or any trust or foundation to which he has transferred or may transfer Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities; or

 

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  (E)

any acquisition by any entity or its security holders pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (iii) below;

 

  (ii)

Individuals who, as of the date of this Agreement, constitute the Board (collectively, the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the date of this Agreement and whose election or appointment by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the then Incumbent Directors, shall be considered as an Incumbent Director, unless such individual’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;

 

  (iii)

Consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company or an acquisition of assets of another corporation (a “Business Combination”), unless, in each case, following such Business Combination (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including a corporation that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or the corporation resulting from such Business Combination and any Person referred to in clause (D) of paragraph (i) above) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 15% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership of the Company existed prior to the Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;

 

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  (iv)

Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

  (v)

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to have occurred if, after the occurrence of any of the events described in Sections 1(a)(i), 1(a)(ii), 1(a)(iii), 1(a)(iv) or 1(a)(v), Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, directly or indirectly through a Controlled Affiliate, beneficially owns a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

  (b)

Claim” shall mean (i) any threatened, asserted, pending or completed claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding (including any cross claim or counterclaim in any action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, investigative or other and whether made pursuant to federal, state or other law (including securities laws); and (ii) any inquiry or investigation (including discovery), whether made, instituted or conducted by the Company or any other party, including any federal, state or other governmental entity, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding.

 

  (c)

Controlled Affiliate” shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity or enterprise, whether through the ownership of voting securities, through other voting rights, by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that direct or indirect beneficial ownership of capital stock or other interests in an entity or enterprise entitling the holder to cast 20% or more of the total number of votes generally entitled to be cast in the election of directors (or persons performing comparable functions) of such entity or enterprise shall be deemed to constitute “control” for purposes of this definition.

 

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  (d)

Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Claim with respect to which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

  (e)

Expenses” shall mean all costs, expenses (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses) and obligations paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending (including affirmative defenses and counterclaims), being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to investigate, defend, be a witness in or participate in (including on appeal), any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Claim.

 

  (f)

Indemnifiable Claim” shall mean any Claim based upon, arising out of or resulting from any of the following:

 

  (i)

Any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company or as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee, fiduciary or agent (collectively, a “Representative”) of any Controlled Affiliate or other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, as to which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Representative;

 

  (ii)

Any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee with respect to any business, transaction, communication, filing, disclosure or other activity of the Company or any other entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of this Section 1(f); or

 

  (iii)

Indemnitee’s status as a current or former director or officer of the Company or as a current or former Representative of the Company or any other entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of this Section 1(f) or any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in connection with any obligation or restriction imposed upon Indemnitee by reason of such status.

In addition to any service at the actual request of the Company, for purposes of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be deemed to be serving or to have served at the request of the Company as a Representative of another entity or enterprise if Indemnitee is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee, fiduciary or agent of such entity or enterprise and (A) such entity or enterprise is or at the time of such service was a Controlled Affiliate, (B) such entity or enterprise is or at the time of such service was an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or a Controlled Affiliate or (C) the Company or a Controlled Affiliate directly or indirectly caused Indemnitee to be nominated, elected, appointed, designated, employed, engaged or selected to serve in such capacity.

 

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  (g)

Indemnifiable Losses” shall mean any and all Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim.

 

  (h)

Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and, as of the time of selection with respect to any Indemnifiable Claim, is not nor in the past five years has been retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement or other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements) or (ii) any other party to the Indemnifiable Claim giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

  (i)

Losses” means any and all Expenses, damages (including punitive, exemplary and the multiplied portion of any damages), losses, liabilities, judgments, payments, fines, penalties (whether civil, criminal or other), awards and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or incurred in connection with or with respect to any of the foregoing).

 

2.

Indemnification Obligation — Subject to Section 9, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware in effect on the date hereof or as such laws may from time to time hereafter be amended to increase the scope of such permitted indemnification, against any and all Indemnifiable Claims and Indemnifiable Losses.

 

3.

ExclusionsNotwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification payment in connection with any Claim involving Indemnitee:

 

  (a)

for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess Losses beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or

 

  (b)

for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of

 

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  securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act; or

 

  (c)

except as provided in Sections 5 and 24 of this Agreement, in connection with any Claim initiated by Indemnitee, including any Claim initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Claim prior to its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

 

4.

Advancement of Expenses — Indemnitee shall have the right to advancement by the Company prior to the final disposition of any Indemnifiable Claim of any and all Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim paid or incurred by Indemnitee and as to which Indemnitee provides supporting documentation. Indemnitee’s right to such advancement is not subject to the satisfaction of any standard of conduct. Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, within 15 calendar days after any request by Indemnitee, the Company shall, in accordance with such request (but without duplication), (a) pay such Expenses on behalf of Indemnitee, (b) advance to Indemnitee funds in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses or (c) reimburse Indemnitee for such Expenses; provided, however, that Indemnitee shall repay, without interest, any amounts actually advanced to Indemnitee that, at the final disposition of the Indemnifiable Claim to which the advance related, were in excess of amounts paid or incurred by Indemnitee with respect to Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim. Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it ultimately is determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 4 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 3.

 

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5.

Indemnification for Additional Expenses — Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, within 15 calendar days of such request accompanied by supporting documentation for specific Expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, any and all Expenses paid or incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Claim made, instituted or conducted by Indemnitee for (a) indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under any provision of this Agreement or under any other agreement or provision of the Constituent Documents now or hereafter in effect relating to Indemnifiable Claims or (b) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless in each case of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, reimbursement, advance or insurance recovery, as the case may be; provided, however, that Indemnitee shall return, without interest, any such advance of Expenses (or portion thereof) that remains unspent at the final disposition of the Claim to which the advance related.

 

6.

Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of an Indemnifiable Claim, a witness or otherwise asked to participate in any Claim to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.

 

7.

Partial Indemnity — If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of any Indemnifiable Loss but not for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

8.

Procedure for Notification — To obtain indemnification under this Agreement with respect to an Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor, including a brief description (based upon information then available to Indemnitee) of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss. If, at the time of the receipt of such request, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect under which coverage for such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss is potentially available, the Company shall give prompt written notice of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss to the applicable insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies. The Company shall provide to Indemnitee a copy of such notice delivered to the applicable insurers and copies of all subsequent correspondence between the Company and such insurers regarding the Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss, in each case substantially concurrently with the delivery or receipt thereof by the Company. The failure by Indemnitee to timely notify the Company of any Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss shall not relieve the Company from any liability hereunder unless, and only to the extent that, the Company did not otherwise learn of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss and such failure results in forfeiture by the Company of substantial defenses, rights or insurance coverage.

 

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9.

Determination of Right to Indemnification —

 

  (a)

To the extent that Indemnitee shall have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or any portion thereof or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim in accordance with Section 2 and no Standard of Conduct Determination (as defined in paragraph (b) below) shall be required.

 

  (b)

To the extent that the provisions of Section 9(a) are inapplicable to an Indemnifiable Claim that shall have been finally disposed of, any determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law that is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against Indemnifiable Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim (a “Standard of Conduct Determination”) shall be made as follows:

 

  (i)

If a Change of Control has not occurred, or if a Change of Control has occurred but Indemnitee has requested that the Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant to this clause (i):

 

  (A)

By a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board;

 

  (B)

If such Disinterested Directors so direct, by a majority vote of a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of all Disinterested Directors; or

 

  (C)

If there are no such Disinterested Directors, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; and

 

  (ii)

If a Change of Control has occurred and Indemnitee has not requested that the Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant to clause (i) above, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee.

 

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Indemnitee will cooperate with the person or persons making such Standard of Conduct Determination, including providing to such person or persons, upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, within 15 calendar days of such request, accompanied by supporting documentation for specific expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person making such Standard of Conduct Determination.

 

  (c)

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any Standard of Conduct Determination required under Section 9(b) to be made as promptly as practicable. If (i) the person or persons empowered or selected under Section 9(b) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall not have made a determination within 30 days after the later of (A) receipt by the Company of written notice from Indemnitee advising the Company of the final disposition of the applicable Indemnifiable Claim (the date of such receipt being the “Notification Date”) and (B) the selection of an Independent Counsel, if such determination is to be made by Independent Counsel, that is permitted under the provisions of Section 9(e) to make such determination and (ii) Indemnitee shall have fulfilled his or her obligations set forth in the second sentence of Section 9(b), then Indemnitee shall be deemed to have satisfied the applicable standard of conduct; provided, however, that such 30-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, if the person making such determination in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate documentation or information relating thereto.

 

  (d)

If (i) Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses pursuant to Section 9(a), (ii) no determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses or (iii) Indemnitee has been determined or deemed pursuant to Section 9(b) or (c) to have satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law that is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses, then the Company shall pay to Indemnitee, within 15 calendar days after the later of (x) the Notification Date with respect to the Indemnifiable Claim or portion thereof to which such Indemnifiable Losses are related, out of which such Indemnifiable Losses arose or from which such Indemnifiable Losses resulted and (y) the earliest date on which the applicable criterion specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall have been satisfied, an amount equal to the amount of such Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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  (e)

If a Standard of Conduct Determination is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(b)(i), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Standard of Conduct Determination is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(b)(ii), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either case, Indemnitee or the Company, as applicable, may, within five business days after receiving written notice of selection from the other, deliver to the other a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Independent Counsel” in Section 1(h) and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person or firm so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is properly and timely made and substantiated, (i) the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit and (ii) the non-objecting party may, at its option, select an alternative Independent Counsel and give written notice to the other party advising such other party of the identity of the alternative Independent Counsel so selected, in which case the provisions of the two immediately preceding sentences and clause (i) of this sentence shall apply to such subsequent selection and notice. If applicable, the provisions of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to successive alternative selections. If no Independent Counsel that is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(e) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall have been selected within 30 days after the Company gives its initial notice pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9(e) or Indemnitee gives its initial notice pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 9(e), as the case may be, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for resolution of any objection that has been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person or firm with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person or firm so appointed will act as Independent Counsel. In all events, the Company shall pay all of the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel incurred in connection with the Independent Counsel’s determination pursuant to Section 9(b).

 

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10.

Presumption of Entitlement — In making any Standard of Conduct Determination, the person or persons making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable standard of conduct, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption.    Any Standard of Conduct Determination that is adverse to Indemnitee may be challenged by Indemnitee in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. No determination by the Company (including by its directors or any Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not satisfied any applicable standard of conduct shall be a defense to any Claim by Indemnitee for indemnification by the Company hereunder or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard of conduct.

 

11.

No Other Presumption — For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any applicable standard of conduct or that indemnification hereunder is otherwise not permitted.

 

12.

Non-ExclusivityThe rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Constituent Documents, the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, any other contract or otherwise (collectively, “Other Indemnity Provisions”). No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by Indemnitee prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Constituent Documents and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Subject to Section 15, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

 

13.

Liability Insurance and Funding — For the duration of Indemnitee’s service as a director or officer of the Company and thereafter for so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any pending or possible Indemnifiable Claim, to the extent the Company maintains policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage for directors and officers of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policies, in accordance with their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any other director or officer of the Company. Upon request of Indemnitee, the Company shall provide Indemnitee with a copy of all directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies, declarations, endorsements and other related

 

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  materials and shall provide Indemnitee with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the same. Without limiting the generality or effect of the two immediately preceding sentences, no discontinuation or significant reduction in the scope or amount of coverage from one policy period to the next shall be effective (a) without the prior approval thereof by a majority vote of the Incumbent Directors, even if less than a quorum, or (b) if at the time that any such discontinuation or significant reduction in the scope or amount of coverage is proposed there are no Incumbent Directors, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). In all policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance obtained by the Company, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits, subject to the same limitations, as are accorded to the Company’s directors and officers most favorably insured by such policy. The Company may, but shall not be required to, create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means, including a letter of credit, to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy its obligations to indemnify and advance expenses pursuant to this Agreement.

 

  14.

Subrogation — The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by an Indemnitee-Related Entity (as defined herein). The Company hereby agrees that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Indemnitee-Related Entity to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) it shall be required to advance the full amount of Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws (or any agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Indemnitee-Related Entity, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Indemnitee-Related Entity from any and all claims against the Indemnitee-Related Entity for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Indemnitee-Related Entity on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Indemnitee-Related Entity shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The term “Indemnitee-Related Entity” means any company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company or the insurer under and pursuant to an insurance policy of the Company) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses with respect to which the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.

 

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15.

No Duplication of Payments — Subject to the provisions of Section 14 of this Agreement, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to Indemnitee with respect to any Indemnifiable Losses to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (net of Expenses incurred in connection therewith) under any insurance policy, the Constituent Documents or Other Indemnity Provisions or otherwise (including from any entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Indemnifiable Claim” in Section 1(f)) with respect to such Indemnifiable Losses otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

 

16.

Defense of Claims — The Company shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee; provided, however, that if Indemnitee believes, after consultation with counsel selected by Indemnitee, that (a) the use of counsel chosen by the Company to represent Indemnitee would present such counsel with an actual or potential conflict, (b) the named parties in any such Indemnifiable Claim (including any impleaded parties) include both the Company and Indemnitee and Indemnitee shall conclude that there may be one or more legal defenses available to him or her that are different from or in addition to those available to the Company or (c) any such representation by such counsel would be precluded under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, then Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable, local counsel with respect to any particular Indemnifiable Claim) at the Company’s expense. The Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any threatened or pending Indemnifiable Claim effected without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any threatened or pending Indemnifiable Claim that Indemnitee is or could have been a party unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money and includes a complete and unconditional release of Indemnitee from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such Indemnifiable Claim. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold its consent to any proposed settlement; provided, however, that Indemnitee may withhold consent to (i) any settlement that does not provide a complete and unconditional release of Indemnitee or (ii) any settlement which imposes a monetary payment obligation upon Indemnitee which is not being paid in full by the Company, insurance coverage or any other party for the benefit of Indemnitee.

 

17.

Successors and Binding Agreement —

 

  (a)

The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee and his or her counsel, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall be

 

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  binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor to the Company, including any person acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise (and such successor will thereafter be deemed the “Company” for purposes of this Agreement), but shall not otherwise be assignable or delegatable by the Company.

 

  (b)

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Indemnitee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, legatees and other successors.

 

  (c)

This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or delegate this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder except as expressly provided in Sections 17(a) and 17(b). Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, Indemnitee’s right to receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than by a transfer by Indemnitee’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this Section 17(c), the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned or transferred.

 

18.

Duration of AgreementThis Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any proceeding then pending in respect of an Indemnifiable Claim and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 24 of this Agreement relating thereto.

 

19.

Notices — For all purposes of this Agreement, all communications, including notices, consents, requests or approvals, required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when hand delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with receipt thereof orally confirmed), or five business days after having been mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or one business day after having been sent for next-day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company (to the attention of the Secretary of the Company) and to Indemnitee at the addresses shown on the signature page hereto, or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address will be effective only upon receipt.

 

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20.

Governing Law — The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws of such State. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding that arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware.

 

21.

Validity — If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any provision hereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected, and the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal shall be reformed to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to make it enforceable, valid or legal. In the event that any court or other adjudicative body shall decline to reform any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the parties thereto shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to replace the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal with one or more alternative provisions that effectuate the purpose and intent of the original provisions of this Agreement as fully as possible without being invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal.

 

22.

Amendments; Waivers — No provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived or discharged unless such amendment, modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by Indemnitee and the Company. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto or compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.

 

23.

Complete Agreement — No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

 

24.

Legal Fees and Expenses — It is the intent of the Company that Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Indemnitee hereunder. Accordingly, without limiting the generality or effect of any other provision hereof, if it should appear to Indemnitee that the Company has failed to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the event that the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, the Company irrevocably authorizes Indemnitee from time to time to retain counsel of Indemnitee’s choice, at the expense of the Company as hereafter provided, to

 

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  advise and represent Indemnitee in connection with any such interpretation, enforcement or defense, including the initiation or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company or any director, officer, stockholder or other person affiliated with the Company, in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any existing or prior attorney-client relationship between the Company and such counsel, the Company irrevocably consents to Indemnitee’s entering into an attorney-client relationship with such counsel, and in that connection the Company and Indemnitee agree that a confidential relationship shall exist between Indemnitee and such counsel. Without respect to whether Indemnitee prevails, in whole or in part, in connection with any of the foregoing, the Company will pay and be solely financially responsible for any and all attorneys’ and related fees and expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

25.

Certain Interpretive Matters —

 

  (a)

No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in favor of, or against, either of the parties hereto by reason of the extent to which any such party or its counsel participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which any such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft hereof or thereof.

 

  (b)

It is the Company’s intention and desire that the provisions of this Agreement be construed liberally, subject to their express terms, to maximize the protections to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder.

 

  (c)

All references in this Agreement to Sections, paragraphs, clauses and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Sections, paragraphs, clauses and other subdivisions of this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise. Titles appearing at the beginning of any Sections, subsections or other subdivisions of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute any part of such Sections, subsections or other subdivisions and shall be disregarded in construing the language contained in such subdivisions. The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and “hereof,” and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. The word “or” is not exclusive, and the word “including” (in its various forms) means “including without limitation.” Pronouns in masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall be construed to state and include any other gender, and words, terms and titles (including terms defined herein) in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise expressly requires.

 

26.

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

 

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In witness whereof, Indemnitee has executed, and the Company has caused its duly authorized representative to execute, this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

                       INDEMNITEE
Address:    One Dell Way       Address:
   Round Rock, TX 78682      

 

By:   

 

                              

 

Name:                              
Title:         

 

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EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SLP STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 25, 2018

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.

  Definitions      2  

Section 1.2.

  General Interpretive Principles      16  
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 2.1.

  Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders      16  

Section 2.2.

  Representations and Warranties of the MD Stockholders      17  
ARTICLE III GOVERNANCE

 

Section 3.1.

  Board of Directors of the Company      18  

Section 3.2.

  Specified Subsidiaries      21  

Section 3.3.

  Additional Management Provisions      21  

Section 3.4.

  VCOC Investors      21  
ARTICLE IV TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

 

Section 4.1.

  General Restrictions on Transfers      23  

Section 4.2.

  Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period      25  

Section 4.3.

  Permitted Transfers      26  

Section 4.4.

  Tag-Along Rights      26  

Section 4.5.

  Diligence Access and Cooperation      31  
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

Section 5.1.

  Further Assurances      31  

Section 5.2.

  Other Businesses; Waiver of Certain Duties      31  

Section 5.3.

  Confidentiality      33  

Section 5.4.

  Certain Tax Matters      34  

Section 5.5.

  Expense Reimbursement      35  

Section 5.6.

  Information Rights; Visitation Rights      36  

Section 5.7.

  Cooperation with Reorganizations and SEC Filings      38  

Section 5.8.

  Subsidiary Section 16 Liability      38  
ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL PARTIES

 

Section 6.1.

  Additional Parties      39  
ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE

 

Section 7.1.

  Indemnification of Directors      39  

Section 7.2.

  Indemnification of Stockholders      39  

Section 7.3.

  Insurance      41  

 

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.

  Entire Agreement      41  

Section 8.2.

  Effectiveness      41  

Section 8.3.

  Termination of First Restated Agreement      41  

Section 8.4.

  Specific Performance      42  

Section 8.5.

  Governing Law      42  

Section 8.6.

  Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      42  

Section 8.7.

  Obligations      43  

Section 8.8.

  Consents, Approvals and Actions      44  

Section 8.9.

  Amendment; Waiver      44  

Section 8.10.

  Assignment of Rights By Stockholders      45  

Section 8.11.

  Binding Effect      45  

Section 8.12.

  Third Party Beneficiaries      45  

Section 8.13.

  Termination      45  

Section 8.14.

  Notices      46  

Section 8.15.

  No Third Party Liability      47  

Section 8.16.

  No Partnership      47  

Section 8.17.

  Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership      47  

Section 8.18.

  Severability      48  

Section 8.19.

  Counterparts      48  

ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

 

ANNEX A-1

 

–  

  

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

ANNEX A-2

 

–  

  

FORM OF SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY JOINDER AGREEMENT

ANNEX B

 

–  

  

FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT

ANNEX C

 

–  

  

FORM OF DIRECTOR INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SLP STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This SLP STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), Denali Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (together with its successors and assigns, “Intermediate”), Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Intermediate (together with its successors and assigns, “Dell”), Denali Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Denali Finance”), Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, “Dell International”), EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (together with its successors and assigns, “EMC”), each other Specified Subsidiary (as defined herein) that becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 3.2(a), solely for the purposes of Section 2.2, Section 4.4, and Section 5.4, Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (the “SLD Trust”), and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a)

the SLP Stockholders (as defined herein); and

 

  (b)

any other Person who becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, ARTICLE VI.

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, together with the MD Stockholders (as defined herein) and the MSD Partners Stockholders (as defined herein) and the other parties thereto are party to that certain Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013 (the “Original Agreement”), as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (the “First Restated Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 14, 2018, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders wish to terminate the First Restated Agreement;

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company, the MD Stockholders and certain other parties have entered into that certain MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “MD Stockholders Agreement”), setting forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties thereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities (as defined herein);


WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and certain other parties have entered into that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement”), setting forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties thereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company and the SLP Stockholders desire to provide for the management of the Company and to set forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree, subject to Section 8.2, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Additional Consideration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or of any Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders (except that the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates may be considered Affiliates of each other), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other, and (iii) except with respect to Section 5.2 and Section 8.15, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

Agreement” means this SLP Stockholders Agreement (including the annexes and exhibits attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

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Anticipated Closing Date” means the anticipated closing date of any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Board on the Applicable Date.

Applicable Date” means, with respect to any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, the date that a definitive agreement is entered into with the applicable purchaser providing for such Qualified Sale Transaction.

Approved Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange and/or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Approved Equity Plan” means (i) the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan and (ii) any other equity incentive plan approved by the Board with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) subject to Section 8.17, no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition) and (ii) with respect to any Securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or, if the context so requires, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of any Specified Subsidiary.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class A Stockholders Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the other signatories thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Stockholders Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the other signatories thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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Class D Common Stock” means the Class D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and any other series or class of common stock of the Company.

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Company Awards” means an award pursuant to a Company Stock Plan of (i) restricted stock units (including performance-based restricted stock units) that correspond to Common Stock and/or (ii) Company Stock Options.

Company Stock Option” means an option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock.

Company Stock Plan” means each of (i) the Dell 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 1998 Broad-Based Stock Option Plan, Dell 1994 Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, V-Kernel Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, and Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and (ii) such other Approved Equity Plan pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries have granted or issued Company Awards.

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(a).

Contribution” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4(a).

Covered Person” means (i) any director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) who is also a director, officer, employee, managing director or other Affiliate of SLP and (ii) SLP and the SLP Stockholders.

Dell” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Dell International” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

 

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Demand Registration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Denali Acquiror” means Denali Acquiror Inc.

Denali Finance” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Director Indemnification Agreements” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.1.

Disability” means any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of MD’s duties as a director or Chief Executive Officer of the Company or any Domestic Specified Subsidiary (if, in the case of a Domestic Specified Subsidiary, MD is at the time of such disability or infirmity serving as a director or Chief Executive Officer of such Domestic Specified Subsidiary) for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

Disabling Event” means either the death, or the continuation of any Disability, of MD.

Domestic Specified Subsidiary” means each of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Denali Finance, (iii) Dell, (iv) EMC, (v) Dell International (until such time as the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree) and (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Denali Finance, Dell, EMC and (until such time as the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree) Dell International that are Subsidiaries of the Company and are organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

DTI Securities” means the Common Stock, any equity or debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company.

Electing Tag-Along Seller” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(b).

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

Eligible Tag-Along Seller” means any of the Stockholders other than the MD Stockholders.

EMC” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

EMC Closing” means the closing of the EMC Merger on September 7, 2016.

 

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EMC Merger” means the merger of EMC Merger Sub and EMC pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 12, 2015 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified), by and among the Company, EMC Merger Sub, Dell and EMC, in which EMC Merger Sub was merged with and into EMC, with EMC surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

EMC Merger Sub” means Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, which pursuant to the EMC Merger was merged with and into EMC, with EMC as the surviving corporation.

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Fair Market Value” means, as of a given date, (i) with respect to cash, the value of such cash on such date, (ii) with respect to Marketable Securities and any other securities that are immediately and freely tradeable on stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets, the average of the closing price of such securities on their principal exchange or over-the-counter market for the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding such date and (iii) with respect to any other securities or other assets, the fair value per security of the applicable securities or assets as of such date on the basis of the sale of such securities or assets in an arm’s-length private sale between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither acting under compulsion, determined in good faith by MD (or, during the occurrence of a Disabling Event, the MD Stockholders) and the SLP Stockholders.

First Restated Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Group I Director” shall have the meaning set forth in the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Indemnification Sources” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.2(b).

Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.2(a).

Indemnitee-Related Entities” means any exempted company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or the insurer under and pursuant to an insurance policy of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company or any Specified Subsidiary may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.

Indemnitees” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.2(a).

Initial Directors” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(c)(i)(A).

 

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Initial SLP Stockholders” means the SLP Stockholders, together with any of their Permitted Transferees to whom they transferred or transfer Original Stock and/or Common Stock.

Initiating Tag-Along Seller” means any of the MD Stockholders.

Interim Investors Agreement” means the Interim Investors Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on August 2, 2013 and by Amendment No. 2 on September 23, 2013, by and among the Company, MD, the SLD Trust, MSD Partners, L.P. (formerly MSDC Management, L.P.), SLP III, SLP IV, SLTI III, and, for purposes of certain specified sections therein, Michael S. Dell 2009 Gift Trust and Susan L. Dell 2009 Gift Trust, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented.

Intermediate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

IRR” means, as of any date of determination, the discount rate at which the net present value of all of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investments in the Company and its Subsidiaries on and after the Original Closing Date (including, without limitation, in connection with the Original Merger and the EMC Merger) to the date of determination and the Return to the Initial SLP Stockholders through such time equals zero, calculated for each such date that an investment was made in the Company or its Subsidiaries from the actual date such investment was made and for any Return, from the date such Return was received by the Initial SLP Stockholders.

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Annex A-1 attached hereto.

Jointly Indemnifiable Claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any Indemnified Liabilities for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification from both (i) the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary pursuant to the Indemnification Sources, on the one hand, and (ii) any Indemnitee-Related Entity pursuant to any other agreement between such Indemnitee-Related Entity and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such Indemnitee-Related Entity and/or the Organizational Documents of such Indemnitee-Related Entity, on the other hand.

Management Stockholders Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the other signatories thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

Marketable Securities” means securities (i) that are traded on an Approved Exchange or any successor thereto, (ii) that are, at the time of consummation of the applicable transfer, registered pursuant to an effective registration statement and will remain registered until such time as such securities can be sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, (iii) that are not subject to restrictions on transfer as a result of any applicable contractual provisions or by law (including the Securities Act) and (iv) the aggregate amount of which securities received by a Stockholder (other than an MD

 

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Stockholder), collectively with those received by its Affiliates, in any Tag-Along Sale or Qualified Sale Transaction does not constitute 10% or more of the issued and outstanding securities of such class on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction. For the purpose of this definition, Marketable Securities are deemed to have been received on the trading day immediately prior to (x) the date that such cash and/or Marketable Securities are received by the SLP Stockholders if not received in a Qualified Sale Transaction or (y) if received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, the Applicable Date.

Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Director Nominee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MD Stockholders Agreement.

MD Related Parties” means any or all of MD, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders or the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing and/or any business, entity or person which any of the foregoing controls, is controlled by or is under common control with; provided, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall be considered an “MD Related Party” regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders.

MD Stockholders” means MD and the SLD Trust, together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the MD Stockholders Agreement.

MD Stockholders Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Minimum Return Requirement” means, with respect to the Initial SLP Stockholders, a Return with respect to their aggregate equity investment on and after the Original Closing Date (including, without limitation, in connection with the Original Merger and the EMC Merger) in the Company and its Subsidiaries through the Anticipated Closing Date equal to or greater than both (i) two (2.0) multiplied by the SLP Invested Amount and (ii) the amount necessary to provide the Initial SLP Stockholders with an IRR of 20.0% on the SLP Invested Amount. Whether a proposed Qualified Sale Transaction satisfies the Minimum Return Requirement will be determined as of the Applicable Date and for purposes of determining whether the Minimum Return Requirement has been satisfied, the Fair Market Value of any

 

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Marketable Securities (A) received prior to the Applicable Date shall be determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders and (B) to be received in the proposed Qualified Sale Transaction shall be determined as of the Applicable Date. For purposes of determining the Minimum Return Requirement, for the avoidance of doubt, all payments received, reimbursed, or indemnified pursuant to this Agreement shall be disregarded and shall not be considered payments received in respect of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investment in the Company and its Subsidiaries.

MSDC Denali EIV” means MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

MSDC Denali Investors” means MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

MSD Partners” means MSD Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates (other than MD for so long as MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company).

MSD Partners Stockholders” means collectively, (i) MSDC Denali Investors and MSDC Denali EIV, together with (ii) (A) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and (B)(I) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) and (II) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (I).

MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and/or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.

Original Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Original Closing” means the closing of the Original Merger pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Closing Date” means October 29, 2013.

Original Merger” means the merger of Denali Acquiror and Dell pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013, between the Company, Intermediate, Denali Acquiror and Dell, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on August 2, 2013 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time).

 

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Original Stock” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Participating Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Permitted Transferee”:

(i) in the case of the MD Stockholders, has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MD Stockholders Agreement as in effect on the date hereof;

(ii) in the case of the MSD Partners Stockholders, has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement as in effect on the date hereof; and

(iii) in the case of the SLP Stockholders and any other Stockholder that is a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, means (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such Stockholder that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such Stockholder (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any special purpose entity formed as part of a “fund-to-fund” transfer of all or a portion of such Stockholder’s investment in the Company, provided that all of the investors in such special purpose entity are, at the time of such transfer, partners or stockholders of such Stockholder and such special purpose entity is managed by such Stockholder or one of their respective Affiliates).

For the avoidance of doubt, each SLP Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other SLP Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Piggyback Registration” means an offering by the Company, pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Plan Assets Regulations” means the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations as the same may be amended from time to time.

Priority Sell-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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Qualified Sale Transaction” means any Sale Transaction (i) pursuant to which more than 50% of the Common Stock and any equity or debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company, will be acquired by a Person that is not an MD Related Party, nor the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) in respect of which each Stockholder other than an MD Stockholder has the right to participate in such Sale Transaction on the same terms as the MD Stockholders (including the same purchase price per share equivalent of Common Stock) and on the terms described in Section 4.4, as applicable, (iii) unless otherwise agreed by prior written consent of the SLP Stockholders, in which the SLP Stockholders will receive consideration for their DTI Securities and any other securities acquired pursuant to the exercise of their participation rights (as contemplated in Article V of the Original Agreement and the First Restated Agreement) that consists entirely of cash and/or Marketable Securities and (iv) unless otherwise agreed by prior written consent of the SLP Stockholders, in which the net proceeds of cash and Marketable Securities to be received by the Initial SLP Stockholders will, as of the Applicable Date, result in the Minimum Return Requirement being satisfied.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders and the other signatories party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Related Party Transaction” means any agreement, contract, transaction, payment or arrangement between the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates, on the one hand, and any MD Related Party or SLP Related Party, on the other hand, other than a single or series of related transactions on arm’s-length terms involving aggregate payment by or to the Company or its Subsidiaries (including for the purposes of this definition, VMware and its subsidiaries) of less than $500,000; provided, however, that “Related Party Transaction” shall not include (i) the continuation of MD’s service as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as contemplated herein, or the payment to any such Persons of any compensation, bonus, incentive or benefits set forth in any employment agreement entered into with MD which has previously been approved in writing by the SLP Stockholders, (ii) the entry into any Director Indemnification Agreements or any payment thereunder, or any payment under the advancement or indemnification provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries or pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) a transfer of Common Stock to a Permitted Transferee, (iv) (A) the purchase of goods or services from the Company or its Subsidiaries on arm’s-length terms by any of MSD Capital, L.P., MSD Capital (Europe), LLP, MSD Partners, L.P., the SLP Stockholders, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, DFI Resources, L.L.C. and each of their respective Affiliates and, if applicable, portfolio companies, and (B) payments for reimbursement of business travel expenses to XRS Holdings, LLC and Raptor Management LLC or their respective Affiliates not in excess in the aggregate for all such payments described in this subclause (B) of $2,500,000 per fiscal year and/or (v) the purchase of goods or services by the Company or its Subsidiaries on arms-length terms from ValleyCrest Holding Co. and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, in addition to the approval of the audit committee (or such other committee or subset of the Board, as applicable), if required, the payment of any discretionary bonus or other discretionary payments or amounts to any MD Related Parties (other than payments described in the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence) shall require approval of the SLP Stockholders.

 

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Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, members, stockholders, controlling persons, investment committee, financial advisors, attorneys, consultants, valuators, accountants, agents and other representatives.

Restricted Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2.

Return” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) all cash, (ii) the Fair Market Value of all Marketable Securities (determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders if not received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, or if received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, the Applicable Date) and (iii) the Fair Market Value of all other securities or assets (determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders), in each such case, paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders prior to such date pursuant to (A) any dividends or distributions of cash and/or Marketable Securities by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the Initial SLP Stockholders in respect of their Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (B) a transfer of equity securities of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries by the Initial SLP Stockholders to any Person and/or (C) a Qualified Sale Transaction; provided, however, that in the case of a Qualified Sale Transaction, if the Initial SLP Stockholders retain any portion of their Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries following such Qualified Sale Transaction, the Fair Market Value of such portion immediately following such Qualified Sale Transaction, as applicable, (x) shall be deemed consideration paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders for purposes of calculating the “Return,” and (y) in the case of a Qualified Sale Transaction, shall be based on the per security price of such Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries to be transferred or sold in such Qualified Sale Transaction, assuming (1) full payment of all fees and expenses payable by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Person in connection therewith, including to any financial advisors, consultants, accountants, legal counsel and/or other advisors or representatives and/or otherwise payable and (2) no earn-out payments, contingent payments (other than, in the case of a Qualified Sale Transaction, payments contingent upon the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions to closing of such Qualified Sale Transaction), and/or deferred consideration, holdbacks and/or escrowed proceeds will be received by the Initial SLP Stockholders; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) all payments received by the Initial SLP Stockholders, or reimbursed or indemnified pursuant to this Agreement, the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Company, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement and the Management Stockholders Agreement, in each case, on account of the SLP Stockholders holding Securities shall be disregarded and shall not be considered consideration paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders for purposes of calculating the “Return” and (ii) in no event shall the reclassification of the Original Stock contemplated by the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation be deemed to have resulted in any “Return.”

 

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Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time.

Sale Transaction” means (i) any merger, consolidation, business combination or amalgamation of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary with or into any Person, (ii) the sale of Common Stock and/or other voting equity securities of the Company that represents (A) a majority of the Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis and/or (B) a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Common Stock and/or (iii) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company and its Subsidiaries’ assets (determined on a consolidated basis based on value) (including by means of merger, consolidation, other business combination, exclusive license, share exchange or other reorganization); provided, that in calculating the aggregate voting power of the Common Stock for the purpose of clause (ii) of this definition of “Sale Transaction,” the voting power attaching to any shares of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock that will convert into Class C Common Stock in connection with such transaction shall be determined as if such conversion had already taken place; provided, further, that in each case, any transaction solely between and among the Company and/or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be considered a Sale Transaction hereunder.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

Securities” means any equity securities of the Company, including any Common Stock, any debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities of the Company, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Company.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

SLD Trust” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP III” means Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP IV” means Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP Denali Co-Investor” SLP means Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP Invested Amount” means an amount equal to the aggregate investment by the Initial SLP Stockholders (without duplication), on and after the Original Closing Date (including, without limitation, in connection with the Original Merger and the EMC Merger) in the equity securities of the Company and its Subsidiaries. For purposes of determining the SLP Invested Amount, all payments made by the SLP Stockholders for which they are subsequently

 

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reimbursed or indemnified pursuant to this Agreement or the SLP Subscription Agreement, or were subsequently reimbursed or indemnified pursuant to the Original Agreement, the First Restated Agreement or the SLP Subscription Agreement, and for which they do not or did not purchase or acquire equity securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries, shall be disregarded and shall not be considered payments made or investments in respect of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investment in the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective equity securities.

SLP Director Nominee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(c)(i)(A).

SLP Related Parties” means any or all of SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV, SLTI IV, any SLP Stockholders, any Permitted Transferee of the SLP Stockholders, any SLP Director Nominee that is a partner or member of SLP III or SLP IV or affiliated private equity funds, any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing and/or any business, entity or person which any of the foregoing controls, is controlled by or is under common control with; provided, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall be considered an “SLP Related Party” regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders.

SLP Stockholders” means, collectively, (i) SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV, SLTI IV and the SLP Denali Co-Investor, together with (ii) (A) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (B)(I) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the SLP Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) and (II) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (I).

SLP Subscription Agreement” means that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2015, among the Company, SLP III and SLP IV.

SLTI III” means Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLTI IV” means Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Special Committee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Support Agreement.

Specified Subsidiary” means any of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Dell, (iii) EMC, (iv) Denali Finance, (v) Dell International (until such time as the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree), (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Dell, EMC, Denali Finance and (until such time as the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree) Dell International, (vii) any other borrowers under the senior secured indebtedness and/or issuer of the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the EMC Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith and (viii) each intermediate entity or Subsidiary between the Company and any of the foregoing.

 

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Sponsor Stockholders” means the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders.

Spousal Consent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(g).

Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Tag-Along Buyer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Demand” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Tag-Along Participation Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(b).

Tag-Along Sale” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Priority” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Tag-Along Sale Proration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Tag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(b).

 

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Tag-Along Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tax Representation Letter” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4(a).

transfer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).

VCOC Investor” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

Voting and Support Agreement” means that certain Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2018, by and among the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders, as it may be amended from time to time.

wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which all of the shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests (other than, with respect to non-U.S. subsidiaries, only to the extent legally required, de minimis ownership thereof by residents, natural persons or non-Affiliates) are owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words, “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall mean United States dollars. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree that the exclusion of VMware and its subsidiaries from the definition of “Subsidiaries” is not intended to and shall not result in any change or adjustment to the calculation of the Return or SLP Invested Amount with respect to the DTI Securities or the amount of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investments in the Common Stock. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders. Each of the Stockholders hereby represents and warrants severally and not jointly to each of the other Stockholders and to the Company as of the date of the Original Agreement (and in respect of Persons who became or become a party to this Agreement after the date of the Original Agreement, such Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to each of the other Stockholders and the Company on the date of its execution of a Joinder Agreement) and as of the date hereof as follows:

 

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(a) Such Stockholder, to the extent applicable, is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

(b) Such Stockholder has the full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, of such Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes its, his or her legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, him or her in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Stockholder of this Agreement, the performance by such Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder by such Stockholder does not and will not violate (i) in the case of parties who are not individuals, any provision of its Organizational Documents, (ii) any provision of any material agreement to which it, he or she is a party or by which it, he or she is bound or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which it, he or she is subject.

(d) No notice, consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement.

(e) Such Stockholder is not currently in violation of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree, which violation could reasonably be expected at any time to have a material adverse effect upon such Stockholder’s ability to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(f) There is no pending legal action, suit or proceeding that would materially and adversely affect the ability of such Stockholder to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(g) If such Stockholder is an individual and married, he or she has delivered to the other Stockholders and the Company a duly executed copy of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B (a “Spousal Consent”).

Section 2.2. Representations and Warranties of the MD Stockholders. Each of the MD Stockholders represents and warrants severally and not jointly to each of the Stockholders that other than as set forth in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and/or the Voting and Support Agreement, there is no agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among the MD Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the MSD Partners Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, with respect to any Common Stock or other DTI Securities and/or their respective

 

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investments in the Company and its Subsidiaries other than the MD Stockholders and/or one or more of their Affiliates holding (i) a direct or indirect interest in the MSD Partners Stockholders and (ii) an interest in the general partner of MSDC Denali Investors and the managing member of MSDC Denali EIV.

ARTICLE III

GOVERNANCE

Section 3.1. Board of Directors of the Company.

(a) Generally. The business and affairs of the Company shall be governed by the Board. Pursuant to and in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Company and this Section 3.1, actions or decisions by or on behalf of the Company (including, without limitation, all decisions to exercise any rights by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the MD Stockholders Agreement, the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement) shall be determined by the Board, unless the Board delegates any of its powers to a committee thereof, any officer or any other Person from time to time (in each case subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Organizational Documents of the Company).

(b) Board Size. The size of the Company’s Board shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company. For so long as the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders in the aggregate beneficially own more than 50% of the total voting power for the regular election of Group I Directors, upon the request of the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the size of the Board to be increased or decreased to the extent specified by the MD Stockholders; provided that the Board, after giving effect to such increase or decrease, shall not consist of less than six (6) or more than twenty-one (21) directors in the aggregate.

(c) Board Representation.

(i) Director Nominees.

(A) Nomination Rights. To the extent permitted by applicable law and the rules of the Approved Exchange on which the Company’s equity securities are traded or listed, the Company agrees that, unless otherwise agreed to by the SLP Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders shall have the right to nominate at each meeting or action by written consent at which directors will be elected a number of individuals for election to the Board such that if such nominees are elected then the aggregate number of nominees of the SLP Stockholders serving on the Board will equal the product of the following (such individuals, the “SLP Director Nominees”): (x) the percentage of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of the Company beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders and (y) the number of directors then on the Board and any vacancies thereon; provided, however, that in the event the MD Stockholders and the SLP

 

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Stockholders in the aggregate beneficially own more than 70% of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of all outstanding voting equity securities of the Company, then the SLP Stockholders shall have the right to nominate such number of SLP Director Nominees equal to the product of (x) the percentage of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of the Company beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders and (y) the number of directors then on the Board and any vacancies thereon excluding any director serving on the audit committee of the Board; provided, further, that the SLP Stockholders may at any time and from time to time waive the foregoing proviso in whole, but not in part. Any product obtained pursuant to the calculations in the immediately foregoing sentence shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number of directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the SLP Stockholders (for so long as the SLP Stockholders collectively beneficially own at least 5% of the total voting power for the regular election of directors of all outstanding voting equity securities of the Company) shall have the right to nominate at least one individual for election to the Board. The Board at the Closing shall consist of Michael S. Dell, David W. Dorman, Egon Durban, Simon Patterson, William D. Green and Ellen J. Kullman (the “Initial Directors”). Mr. Durban is the “SLP Director Nominee,” and none of the other Initial Directors is a SLP Director Nominee.

(B) Limitations on Director Nominees. No SLP Director Nominee shall serve as a director of another company if such service on such other board would cause a violation of Section 8 of the U.S. Clayton Act, as amended, as a result of any business that the Company is engaged in as of the date hereof, and the Stockholders, as applicable, shall cause any such director to resign from such other directorships or as a director of the Company.

(ii) Support. For so long as the MD Stockholders have the right to nominate an MD Director Nominee for election pursuant to the MD Stockholders Agreement or the SLP Stockholders have the right to nominate a SLP Director Nominee for election pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i), in connection with each election of directors, each of the Company, and each of the Stockholders party to this Agreement, shall nominate such SLP Director Nominee for election as a director as part of the slate of directors that is included in the proxy statement (or consent solicitation or similar document) of the Company relating to the election of directors, and shall provide the highest level of support for the election of such SLP Director Nominees or MD Director Nominees nominated pursuant to the MD Stockholders Agreement as it provides to any other individual standing for election as a director of the Company. No Stockholder shall otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to propose to the Company or any of its stockholders to nominate or support any Person as a director who is not an MD Director Nominee, SLP Director Nominee or otherwise nominated by the then incumbent directors of the Company. Each Stockholder hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, (I) to sign a written consent voting all of such Person’s Common Stock in favor of each MD Director Nominee and SLP Director Nominee nominated in accordance herewith or (II) at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders and at any other meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, such Person shall, in each case to the extent that its shares of

 

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Common Stock are entitled to vote thereon, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the stockholders of the Company is sought, (A) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of the Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person as of the applicable record date to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (B) vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, all of such Person’s Common Stock as of the applicable record date for each MD Director Nominee nominated in accordance with the MD Stockholders Agreement and each SLP Director Nominee nominated in accordance herewith, unless and to the extent that the SLP Stockholders may otherwise notify the Company (which shall promptly notify the other Stockholders) that it has elected to terminate such arrangements as contemplated in this sentence.

(iii) Director Replacements. In the event that any SLP Director Nominee shall cease to serve as a director for any reason (other than the reduction in the right to nominate pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i)), the SLP Stockholders shall have the right to nominate another SLP Director Nominee to fill the vacancy resulting therefrom. Additionally, the SLP Stockholders shall take all actions, including voting any Securities, that may be required in order to elect any such SLP Director Nominee or any MD Director Nominee nominated pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii) of the MD Stockholders Agreement so long as an SLP Director Nominee is then serving on the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the failure of the stockholders of the Company to elect any SLP Director Nominee shall not affect the right of the SLP Stockholders to nominate any SLP Director Nominee for election pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i) in connection with any future election of directors of the Company.

(iv) Board Committees. (A) For so long as the SLP Stockholders have the right to nominate a SLP Director Nominee for election pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i) and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law and the rules of the Approved Exchange on which the Company’s equity securities are traded or listed, the SLP Stockholders shall be entitled to have at least one of their SLP Director Nominees, to the extent then serving on the Board, serve as a member of each committee of the Board (other than the audit committee); provided, however, that if the Board shall establish a committee to consider a proposed transaction between any SLP Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates), on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, then any SLP Director Nominees may be excluded from participation in such committee.

(d) Chairman of Board; Chief Executive Officer. For so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own at least 5% of the outstanding Common Stock (without regard to voting power), following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Disabling Event, the Company will not, without the prior written approval of the SLP Stockholders, appoint a Chairman of the Board and/or Chief Executive Officer (or officer performing similar functions) of the Company.

 

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Section 3.2. Specified Subsidiaries.

(a) Additional Specified Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall cause any Subsidiary that (i) is not then a party to this Agreement and (ii) becomes, or otherwise satisfies the criteria of, a Specified Subsidiary, to promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) become party to this Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company a Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-2, and to agree to be bound and shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement as a “Specified Subsidiary.” No later than one (1) Business Day following such execution, the Company shall deliver to the SLP Stockholders a notice thereof, together with a copy of such Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement.

Section 3.3. Additional Management Provisions.

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company, each Specified Subsidiary and each Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the SLP Director Nominees may share confidential, non-public information about the Company, any Specified Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries (including any materials received in their capacities as members of a Board or committee of the Company or any Specified Subsidiaries) with the SLP Stockholders and their respective Affiliates, limited partners, members and direct and indirect investors, in each case, on a confidential basis.

(b) Except (i) to the extent resulting from the rights granted under this Agreement, the MD Stockholders Agreement, the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) as required by applicable law and/or (iii) for any authority granted to an individual as an officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries, no Stockholder (in its capacity as a Stockholder) shall have the authority to manage the business and affairs of the Company or its Subsidiaries or contract for or incur on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries any debts, liabilities or obligations, and no such action of a Stockholder will be binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries.

Section 3.4. VCOC Investors.

(a) With respect to (X) each SLP Stockholder and (Y) each Affiliate thereof that directly or indirectly has an interest in the Company, in each such case of (X) and (Y) that is intended to qualify as a “venture capital operating company” as defined in the Plan Assets Regulations (each, a “VCOC Investor”), for so long as the VCOC Investor, directly or through one or more Subsidiaries, continues to hold any Securities (or other securities of the Company into which such Securities may be converted or for which such Securities may be exchanged), in each case, without limitation or prejudice of any the rights provided to the SLP Stockholders hereunder, the Company shall, with respect to each such VCOC Investor:

(i) provide such VCOC Investor or its designated representative with the following:

(A) the information rights and the visitation rights set forth in Section 5.6(a)(i)(A), (B), (C) and (F), Section 5.6(a)(ii), Section 5.6(a)(iv) and Section 5.6(b)(i)(B);

 

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(B) to the extent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required by law or pursuant to the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary to prepare such reports, any annual reports, quarterly reports and other periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, actually prepared by the Company or such Subsidiary as soon as available; and

(C) copies of all materials provided to the Board at substantially the same time as provided to the members of the Board and, if requested, copies of the materials provided to the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that the Company or such Subsidiary shall be entitled to exclude portions of such materials to the extent providing such portions would be reasonably likely to result in the waiver of attorney-client privilege;

provided that solely for purposes of Section 3.4(a)(i)(A), the obligation of the Company to deliver the materials described in Section 5.6(a)(i)(B) and (C) pursuant to Section 3.4(a)(i)(A) shall be deemed satisfied if (i) delivered by the Company to a designated representative of the VCOC Investor (it being understood that the designated representative shall be entitled to distribute copies of such materials to each VCOC Investor) or (ii) the Company makes such information available through public filings on the EDGAR system or any successor or replacement system of the SEC; and

(ii) make appropriate officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and members of the Board available periodically and at such times as reasonably requested by such VCOC Investor for consultation with such VCOC Investor or its designated representative with respect to matters relating to the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(b) The Company agrees to consider, in good faith, the recommendations of each VCOC Investor or its designated representative in connection with the matters on which it is consulted as described above, recognizing that the ultimate discretion with respect to all such matters shall be retained by the Company.

(c) Any VCOC Investor, for so long as such VCOC Investor directly or indirectly, or through one or more Subsidiaries, continues to hold any Securities (or other securities of the Company into which such Securities may be converted or for which such Securities may be exchanged) shall be an express third party beneficiary of this Section 3.4.

 

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ARTICLE IV

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 4.1. General Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Generally.

(i) No Stockholder may directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, gift or otherwise transfer, dispose of or encumber, in each case, whether in its own right or by its representative and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (any of the foregoing, whether effected directly or indirectly (including by a direct or indirect transfer of equity, ownership or economic interests, or options, warrants or other contractual rights to acquire an equity, ownership or economic interest, in any Stockholder), shall be deemed included in the term “transfer” as used in this Agreement) any DTI Securities, or any legal, economic or beneficial interest in any DTI Securities, unless (i) such transfer of DTI Securities is made on the books and records of the Company and is in compliance with the provisions of this ARTICLE IV and any other agreement applicable to the transfer of such DTI Securities, (ii) the transferee of such DTI Securities (if other than (A) the Company or another Stockholder, (B) a transferee of DTI Securities pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act, (C) in reliance upon and in compliance with applicable provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (D) a transferee of DTI Securities pursuant to a pro rata distribution by a Stockholder that is a private equity fund to its equityholders (other than a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder) made without consideration for the transfer and pursuant to which, in accordance with the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock so distributed shall convert to Class C Common Stock), agrees to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE IV hereof, executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 and (iii) in the case of a transfer of DTI Securities to a natural person (other than in connection with a transfer on an Approved Exchange or where the transferee is not required to become a party to this Agreement in accordance with clauses (A) through (D) of the preceding parenthetical), such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 and to the extent that the failure to execute and deliver a Spousal Consent could impair or adversely affect the obligations of the transferor or transferee set forth herein, or otherwise could impair or adversely affect the enforceability of any provisions of this Agreement, executes and delivers a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) it is understood that a transfer of limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests or similar interests in any of the SLP Stockholders, any other private equity fund or any parent entity with respect to any such SLP Stockholder or private equity fund shall not constitute a transfer for purposes of this Agreement so long as there is no change of control of such entity, and such entity (other than a SLP Stockholder) was not formed for the purpose of acquiring a direct or indirect interest in DTI Securities and (2) any conversion of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock to Class C Common Stock shall not be deemed a “transfer” hereunder.

(ii) Any purported transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in any DTI Securities by any Stockholder that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its register of stockholders or otherwise any change in record ownership of DTI Securities pursuant to any such transfer.

 

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(b) Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between a Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, any Stockholder that proposes to transfer DTI Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be responsible for any fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such transfer.

(c) Securities Law Acknowledgement. Each Stockholder acknowledges that none of the Common Stock (except any shares of Class C Common Stock registered under the Securities Act (1) on Form S-8 prior to the Closing Date, (2) in connection with the Merger or (3) after the Closing Date) has been registered under the Securities Act and such unregistered shares may not be transferred, except as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Each Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any Common Stock at any time if such action would (i) constitute a violation of any securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a breach of the conditions to any exemption from registration of Common Stock under any such laws or a breach of any undertaking or agreement of such Stockholder entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder, (ii) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or (iii) be a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” for purposes of fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each Stockholder agrees it shall not be entitled to any certificate for any or all of the Common Stock, unless the Board shall otherwise determine.

(d) Legend.

(i) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a Stockholder shall, unless Section 4.1(d)(ii) or Section 4.1(d)(iii) applies, bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A SLP STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

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(ii) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a Stockholder issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act shall bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A SLP STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

(iii) In the event that any or all of the paragraphs in the restrictive legend set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i) or Section 4.1(d)(ii) have ceased to be applicable, the Company shall provide any Stockholder, or their respective transferees, at their request, without any expense to such Persons (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any), with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry share) for such Common Stock of like tenor not bearing such paragraph(s) of the legend with respect to which the restriction has ceased and terminated (it being understood that the restriction referred to in the first paragraph of the legend in Section 4.1(d)(i) and in the legend in Section 4.1(d)(ii) shall cease and terminate only upon the termination of this ARTICLE IV with respect to the Stockholder holding such Common Stock).

(e) No Other Proxies or Voting Agreements. No Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any DTI Securities or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any person with respect to any DTI Securities inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such agreements and arrangements are with other Stockholders or holders of DTI Securities who are not parties to this Agreement), including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities, nor shall any Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other persons in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 4.2. Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period. Prior to the 181st day following the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), no Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferee of a Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities without the prior written consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by the Special Committee), except for transfers of DTI Securities:

 

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(a) in a Qualified Sale Transaction;

(b) pursuant to the “tag-along” rights of such Stockholder under Section 4.4 in respect of (x) any transfer by the MD Stockholders that has been approved in advance by the SLP Stockholders or (y) a Sale Transaction that either is a Qualified Sale Transaction or has been approved by the SLP Stockholders; or

(c) to a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder (provided that, in the case of a transfer pursuant to this Section 4.2(c), the Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder shall agree to hold such DTI Securities subject to the transfer restriction in this Section 4.2 for the balance of the Restricted Period).

Section 4.3. Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees may transfer DTI Securities held by him, her or it to a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder without complying with the provisions of this ARTICLE IV, other than Section 4.1 and Section 4.2; provided, that such Permitted Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 as contemplated in Section 4.1(a) and ARTICLE VI, or otherwise agreed with all parties hereto, in a written instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that he, she or it will immediately convey record and beneficial ownership of all such DTI Securities and all rights and obligations hereunder to such Stockholder or another Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder if, and immediately prior to such time that, he, she or it ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder.

Section 4.4. Tag-Along Rights.

(a) Subject to Section 4.4(h) and receipt of prior written approval of the Company as may be required pursuant to Section 4.2, (x) if any Initiating Tag-Along Seller proposes to transfer all or a portion of their DTI Securities equal to 10% or more of the then outstanding Common Stock to any single Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder) (other than to a Permitted Transferee of such Initiating Tag-Along Seller) or (y) if a Sale Transaction is entered into by the MD Stockholders that either is a Qualified Sale Transaction or has been approved by the SLP Stockholders (each of the transfers in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y), a “Tag-Along Sale”), then the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall give, or direct the Company to give and the Company shall so promptly give, written notice (a “Tag-Along Sale Notice”) of such proposed transfer to all Eligible Tag-Along Sellers with respect to such Tag-Along Sale at least fifteen (15) days prior to each of the consummation of such proposed transfer and the delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice setting forth (i) the number and type of each class of DTI Securities proposed to be transferred, (ii) the consideration to be received for such DTI Securities by such Initiating Tag-Along Seller, including any Additional Consideration to be received, (iii) the identity of the purchaser (the “Tag-Along Buyer”), (iv) a copy of all definitive documents relating to such Tag-Along Sale, including all documents that the Eligible Tag-Along Seller would be required to execute in order to participate in such Tag-Along Sale and all other agreements or documents referred to, or

 

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referenced, therein, (v) a detailed summary of all material terms and conditions of the proposed transfer, (vi) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing the number of DTI Securities to be purchased from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees by the total number of DTI Securities held by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees (the “Tag-Along Sale Percentage”) and (vii) an invitation to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller to irrevocably agree to include in the Tag-Along Sale up to a number of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller equal to the product of the total number of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller multiplied by the Tag-Along Sale Percentage, subject to adjustment pursuant to the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration as contemplated in Section 4.4(c) (such amount of DTI Securities with respect to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller, such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s “Tag-Along Shares”). In the event that any MD Related Party directly or indirectly receives any compensation or other consideration or benefit arising out of or in connection with the applicable Tag-Along Sale (other than any bona fide cash and/or equity compensation (whether in the form of an initial equity grant or otherwise) for service as an executive officer of the acquiring or surviving company or any of their Subsidiaries or, with respect to MD Related Parties, any bona fide commercial arrangement that is not a “Related Party Transaction” because of the proviso of the definition thereof between an MD Related Party and the proposed Tag-Along Buyer or any of its Affiliates which commercial arrangement has been binding and in full force and effect (or, in the absence of a binding legal arrangement, to the extent a course of dealing has been in place) for at least twelve (12) months prior to the date that the Tag-Along Sale Notice is provided to the Eligible Tag-Along Seller) pursuant to any non-competition, non-solicitation, no-hire or other arrangement separate from the transfer of the DTI Securities (“Additional Consideration”), the value of such Additional Consideration (as reasonably determined by the Board, subject to the consent of the SLP Stockholders not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be deemed to have been part of the consideration paid or payable to the MD Stockholders in respect of their DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale and shall be reflected in the amount offered by the Tag-Along Buyer set forth in the applicable Tag-Along Sale Notice. In the event that more than one MD Stockholder proposes to execute a Tag-Along Sale as an Initiating Tag-Along Seller, then all such transferring MD Stockholders shall be treated as the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and the DTI Securities held and to be transferred by such MD Stockholders shall be aggregated as set forth in Section 8.17, including for purposes of calculating the applicable Tag-Along Sale Percentage. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary, but subject to Section 4.4(c), if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller is transferring Common Stock or vested in-the-money Company Stock Options in such Tag-Along Sale, each of the Eligible Tag-Along Sellers shall be entitled to transfer the same proportion of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller as the proportion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s Common Stock and vested in-the-money Company Stock Options relative to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s total number of such DTI Securities that are being sold by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, no DTI Securities that are subject to any vesting or similar condition may be transferred prior to such time as such DTI Securities have fully vested; provided, that it is understood that if such DTI Securities vest in connection with such Tag-Along Sale, such DTI Securities may be transferred in connection therewith in accordance with this Section 4.4.

 

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(b) Upon delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice, each Eligible Tag-Along Seller may elect to include all or a portion of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares in such Tag-Along Sale (Eligible Tag-Along Sellers who make such an election being an “Electing Tag-Along Seller” and, together with the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and all other Persons (other than any Affiliates of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller) who otherwise are transferring, or have exercised a contractual or other right to transfer, DTI Securities in connection with such Tag-Along Sale, the “Tag-Along Sellers”), at the same price per share equivalent of Common Stock and pursuant to the same terms and conditions as agreed to by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and otherwise in accordance with this Section 4.4, by sending an irrevocable written notice (a “Tag-Along Participation Notice”) to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within fifteen (15) days of the date the Tag-Along Sale Notice is received by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller, indicating such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s irrevocable election, subject to Section 4.4(d), to include its Tag-Along Shares in the Tag-Along Sale and setting forth the number of Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include. Following such fifteen (15) day period, each Electing Tag-Along Seller that has delivered a Tag-Along Participation Notice shall be entitled to sell to such proposed transferee, on the same terms and conditions as, and concurrently with, the other Electing Tag-Along Sellers and the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include, which terms and conditions have been set forth in the Tag-Along Sale Notice, subject to the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration as contemplated in Section 4.4(c). Each Eligible Tag-Along Seller who does not deliver a Tag-Along Participation Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall have waived and be deemed to have waived all of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s rights with respect to such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that in order to be entitled to exercise its right to include Tag-Along Shares in a Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 4.4, each Electing Tag-Along Seller must agree to make the same representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements to the Tag-Along Buyer as made by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and any Electing Tag-Along Seller in connection with the Tag-Along Sale (and shall be subject to the same escrow or other holdback arrangements as such Persons so long as such escrows or other holdbacks are proportionately based on the amount of consideration received for the sale of DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale transaction); provided, that:

(i) each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be entitled to receive its pro rata portion (based on the relative amount (and taking into account the per share equivalent of Common Stock) of DTI Securities sold in such Tag-Along Sale transaction) of any deferred consideration or indemnification payments relating to such Tag-Along Sale (provided, however, that, with respect to any unexercised Company Stock Options proposed to be transferred in such Tag-Along Sale by any Tag-Along Seller, the per share consideration in respect thereof shall be reduced by the exercise price of such options or, if required pursuant to the terms of such options or such Tag-Along Sale, such Tag-Along Seller must exercise the relevant option and transfer the relevant shares of Common Stock (rather than the option) (in each case, net of any amounts required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such exercise));

(ii) the aggregate amount of liability of each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Electing Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale;

(iii) all indemnification obligations (other than with respect to the matters referenced in Section 4.4(b)(iv)) shall be on a several and not joint basis to the Tag-Along Sellers pro rata (based on the amount of consideration received by each Tag-Along Seller in the Tag-Along Sale transaction);

 

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(iv) no Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be responsible for any indemnification obligations and/or liabilities (including through escrow or hold back arrangements) for (A) breaches or inaccuracies of representations and warranties made with respect to any other Tag-Along Seller’s (1) ownership of and title to DTI Securities, (2) organization and authority or (3) conflicts and consents and any other matter concerning such other Person and/or (B) breaches of any covenant specifically relating to any other Tag-Along Seller; and

(v) no Stockholders that have elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be required in connection with such Tag-Along Sale transaction to agree to (A) any employee, customer or other non-solicitation, no-hire or other similar provision, (B) any non-competition or similar restrictive covenant and/or (C) any term that purports to bind any portfolio company or investment of any Electing Tag-Along Seller or any of their respective Affiliates.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller is any of the MD Stockholders (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any of their Permitted Transferees) and such Initiating Tag-Along Seller seeks to transfer Common Stock representing a majority of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders immediately following the Original Closing, then the number of Tag-Along Shares that an Eligible Tag-Along Seller may include in any Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 4.4 shall be an amount equal to 100% of the equity securities in the Company, Dell and their respective Subsidiaries held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller (such right, the “Tag-Along Sale Priority”). Further, in the event that Stockholders having the right to participate in a Tag-Along Sale (including the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, the “Participating Sellers”) have elected to include more DTI Securities in the aggregate than the Tag-Along Buyer is willing to purchase (the “Tag-Along Demand”), the number of DTI Securities permitted to be sold by the Participating Sellers shall be reduced such that each Tag-Along Seller is permitted to sell only its pro rata share of the Tag-Along Demand (in proportion to the number of DTI Securities held by each Participating Seller) (the “Tag-Along Sale Proration”); provided that, in a Tag-Along Sale subject to Tag-Along Sale Priority rights, the number of DTI Securities to be sold by Participating Sellers with Tag-Along Sale Priority shall not be reduced.

(d) Notwithstanding the delivery of any Tag-Along Sale Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Tag-Along Sale and as to the timing, manner, price and, subject to Section 4.4(b)(i) through (v), other terms and conditions of any such Tag-Along Sale shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and none of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives shall have any liability to any Electing Tag-Along Seller arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any proposed Tag-Along Sale except to the extent such Initiating Tag-Along Seller failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.4; provided, that (i) if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller agrees to amend, restate, modify or supplement the terms and/or conditions of the Tag-Along Sale after such time that any Stockholder has elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the terms of this

 

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Section 4.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall promptly notify the Company and each Electing Tag-Along Seller of such amendment, restatement, modification and/or supplement and (ii) each such Electing Tag-Along Seller shall have the right to withdraw its Tag-Along Participation Notice by delivering written notice of such withdrawal to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within five (5) Business Days of the date of receipt of such notice from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary, this Section 4.4 shall not apply to (i) any transfers of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of the transferring Stockholder and/or (ii) any transfer of Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise), it being understood that participation rights in connection with transfers of Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise) shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

(f) All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or the Tag-Along Sellers in connection with such Tag-Along Sale shall be allocated and borne on a pro rata basis by each Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the amount of consideration otherwise received by each Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that this Section 4.4(f) shall not prevent any Tag-Along Sale to be structured in a manner such that some or all of the such costs and expenses result in a pro rata reduction in the consideration received by the Tag-Along Sellers in such Tag-Along Sale.

(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller has not completed the proposed Tag-Along Sale within one hundred twenty (120) days following delivery of the Tag-Along Sale Notice in accordance with this Section 4.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller may not then effect such proposed Tag-Along Sale without again complying with the provisions of this Section 4.4; provided, that if such proposed Tag-Along Sale is subject to, and conditioned on, one or more prior regulatory approvals, then such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary until no later than the expiration of ten (10) days after all such approvals shall have been received.

(h) The “tag-along” rights described in this Section 4.4 shall survive the Closing and shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) such time following the Closing Date that the MD Stockholders no longer beneficially own Common Stock representing a majority of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders immediately following the Original Closing Date, provided, that in addition to any other applicable provisions in this Section 4.4 (including the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration), such transfer of DTI Securities shall also be subject to the Priority Sell-Down pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, further, that any registered offering of DTI Securities shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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Section 4.5. Diligence Access and Cooperation. The Company agrees to provide, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates and its and their respective officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives to provide, such cooperation as may reasonably be requested (including with respect to timeliness) in connection with and to assist in the structuring and/or facilitation of any sale or transfer of DTI Securities by any SLP Stockholder and/or their respective Permitted Transferees permitted by this ARTICLE IV. Such reasonable cooperation will include (a) participation in meetings, drafting sessions and due diligence sessions, (b) access to the properties, facilities, material contracts and books and records, including financial statements, projections and accountants’ work papers, (c) access to the officers, management, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be required or requested in connection with such transaction, (d) promptly furnishing to the transferor, transferee or acquiror and its or their advisors and representatives financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by the transferor and (e) assisting the transferor and their advisors and/or representatives in the preparation and execution of any documents in connection with such transfer or sale, each of subclauses (a) through (e) to the extent reasonably requested and required for such sale or transfer to be effectuated. Prior to the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their respective officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives providing any Confidential Information to a third party as contemplated in this Section 4.5, such third party shall be required to execute a confidentiality agreement as provided for in Section 5.3(c)(ii).

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 5.1. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the SLP Stockholders and without further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Other Businesses; Waiver of Certain Duties.

(a) Each of the Company, the Specified Subsidiaries, and each Stockholder (for itself and on behalf of the Company) hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, any Covered Person may, and shall have no duty not to:

(i) invest in, carry 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, stockholder, equityholder or investor in any Person, 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 Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries);

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(iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Company may make investments.

To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries hereby renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as the case may be, to participate in any business or investments of any Covered Person as currently conducted or as may be conducted in the future, and waives any claim against a Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim that such Covered Person is liable to the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business or investment. The Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision. In the event that a Covered Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Person in his or her capacity as a partner, member, employee, officer or director of the SLP Stockholders and (y) the Company or any Specified Subsidiary, the Covered Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or any Specified Subsidiary. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company and each Specified Subsidiary hereby renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary in any potential transaction or matter of which the Covered Person acquires knowledge, except for any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) and waives any claim against each Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim, that such Covered Person is liable to the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Person (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any Affiliate or other Person, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another Person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary; provided, however, in each such case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company, a Specified Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall belong to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision, except to the extent that a Covered Person is determined by a final, non-appealable order of a Delaware court having competent jurisdiction (or any other judgment which is not appealed in the applicable time) to have breached this Section 5.2(a), in which case any such advanced expenses shall be promptly reimbursed to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as applicable.

(b) The Company, the Specified Subsidiaries and each of the Stockholders agree that the waivers, limitations, acknowledgments and agreements set forth in this Section 5.2 shall not apply to any alleged claim or cause of action against any of the SLP Stockholders based upon the breach or nonperformance by such SLP Stockholder of this Agreement or any other agreement to which such Person is a party.

 

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(c) The provisions of this Section 5.2, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the SLP Stockholders or any SLP Director Nominee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Company, the Specified Subsidiaries and each of the Stockholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the SLP Stockholders or any SLP Director Nominee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Section 5.3. Confidentiality.

(a) Each Stockholder agrees to keep confidential and not disclose to any third party any materials and/or information provided to it by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for the purposes of this Section 5.3 shall include VMware and its subsidiaries), and, subject to Section 5.3(b), not to use any such information other than in connection with its investment in the Company (“Confidential Information”); provided, however, that the term “Confidential Information” does not include information that:

(i) is already in such recipient’s possession (provided, that such information is not subject to another confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to any Person);

(ii) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure, directly or indirectly, by such recipient or its Representatives;

(iii) is or becomes available to such recipient on a non-confidential basis from a source other than any of the Stockholders or any of their respective Representatives (provided, that such source is not known by such recipient to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to any Person); and/or

(iv) is or was independently developed by such recipient or its Representatives without the use of any Confidential Information.

(b) The Company acknowledges that the SLP Stockholders’ (including its affiliated private equity funds’) review of the Confidential Information will inevitably enhance their knowledge and understanding of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ industries in a way that cannot be separated from such Stockholder’s or its affiliated private equity funds’ other knowledge and the Company agrees that Section 5.3(a) shall not restrict such Stockholder’s (including its affiliated private equity funds’) use of such overall knowledge and understanding of such industries, including in connection with the purchase, sale, consideration of and decisions related to other investments and serving on the boards of such investments.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 to the contrary, any such Stockholder may disclose Confidential Information to:

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(ii) any Person to which such Stockholder offers or may propose to offer to transfer any DTI Securities (provided, that (x) such transfer would be permitted by the terms of this Agreement (assuming the receipt of all consents required hereunder) and (y) the prospective transferee agrees to be subject to a customary confidentiality agreement with the Company or Dell);

(iii) any other Stockholder or its Affiliates, or their respective Representatives, or any member of a Board or any board of directors of any Subsidiary of the Company;

(iv) the extent required to be disclosed by such Stockholder or its Affiliates, or their respective Representatives, by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process, law, regulation, legal or judicial process or audit or inquiries by a regulator, bank examiner or self-regulatory organization or pursuant to mandatory professional ethics rules (but only to the extent so required and after notifying the Company to the extent reasonably practicable and requesting confidential treatment);

(v) current or prospective limited partners of a Stockholder or its affiliated private equity funds who are subject to confidentiality obligations to such Stockholder or its affiliated private equity funds; and/or

(vi) other Person(s) with the Company’s prior written consent.

Section 5.4. Certain Tax Matters.

(a) Each of the SLP Stockholders and the Company acknowledge that, in connection with the Original Merger, (i) the contribution by the MD Stockholders of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Dell and cash to the Company in exchange for shares of Original Stock and (ii) the contribution by the other Stockholders of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Dell and cash to the Company in exchange for shares of Original Stock, in each case, at the Original Closing, taken together (the “Contribution”), were intended to qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code. In connection therewith, each of the Initial SLP Stockholders agreed, without the prior written consent of the MD Stockholders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, that it shall be deemed to be unreasonable to withhold such consent if the MD Stockholders have been advised by their counsel that the Contribution fails to qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code), (x) not to take any position inconsistent with the treatment of the Contribution as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code, except to the extent otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code or a change in law after the date of the Contribution and (y) not to take any action that could reasonably be expected to cause the Contribution to fail to qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code (including any action that is inconsistent with the representations warranties or covenants made by such Stockholder in the Original Agreement).

 

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(b) Each Stockholder that was required to deliver a tax representation letter to counsel to the MD Stockholders pursuant to Section 2.17 of the Interim Investors Agreement (a “Tax Representation Letter”), hereby represents and warrants to the MD Stockholders, as of the Original Closing Date, as follows: (i) such Stockholder has delivered the Tax Representation Letter in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.17 of the Interim Investors Agreement and (ii) the representations and warranties of such Stockholder set forth in such Tax Representation Letter were true, correct and complete as of the Original Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Tax Representation Letter delivered by the Company, in no event shall the Company be liable to any party (including the MD Stockholders) for the failure of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in its Tax Representation Letter to be true, correct or complete or for the Company’s failure to comply with any covenant contained in such Tax Representation Letter.

Section 5.5. Expense Reimbursement.

(a) Directors. The Company shall, or shall cause a Specified Subsidiary to, promptly and upon request, reimburse the SLP Stockholders for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of their respective director nominees of each Board, if any, incurred in connection with Board service, including travel, lodging and meal expenses in connection with Board or committee meetings.

(b) SLP Stockholders. From and after the date hereof, Dell shall pay directly or reimburse, or cause to be paid directly or reimbursed, with respect to the SLP Stockholders, SLP and its Affiliates:

(i) the ongoing reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Persons in connection with the SLP Stockholders’ investment in the Company, including (A) fees, expenses and reasonable out-of-pocket disbursements of any independent professionals and organizations, including independent accountants, outside legal counsel or consultants retained by such Persons, (B) reasonable costs and expenses of any outside services or independent contractors such as financial printers, couriers, business publications, on-line financial services or similar services, retained or used by such Persons or any of their respective Affiliates and (C) transportation or any other expense not associated with their or their Affiliates’ ordinary operations;

(ii) the payment or reimbursement of the SLP Stockholders’ or their Affiliates’ reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses for their “value creation” personnel and/or employees, but only to the extent that the Company has requested such personnel or employees to provide services to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries pursuant to an engagement letter agreed with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries; and

(iii) payment or reimbursement of the costs and expenses (including internal costs, overhead, compensation and expenses of a similar nature, but excluding the costs and expenses paid or reimbursed pursuant to Section 5.5(b)(ii)) for the SLP Stockholders or their Affiliates’ “value creation” personnel and/or employees, but only to the extent that the Company has requested such personnel or employees to provide services to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries pursuant to an engagement letter agreed with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries;

 

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provided, that all payments or reimbursement for such expenses will be made by wire transfer in same-day funds to the bank account(s) designated by such applicable Stockholder or its relevant Affiliate promptly upon or as soon as practicable following request for reimbursement.

Section 5.6. Information Rights; Visitation Rights.

(a) Information Rights.

(i) Information Generally. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each of the SLP Stockholders (for so long as they are entitled to nominate a SLP Director Nominee):

(A) to the extent prepared in the ordinary course of business of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries (which for the purposes of this Section 5.6 shall include VMware and its subsidiaries), as soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, the consolidated balance sheet (or other similar monthly financial accounts) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for such month and the portion of the fiscal year then ended of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case, setting forth the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, or, in the case of such balance sheet, for the last day of such month, in comparative form, all in reasonable detail (or in such other presentation or format as is prepared in the ordinary course of business of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries);

(B) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such period, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period then ended and the portion of the fiscal year then ended, in each case (x) prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and subject to the absence of footnotes and to year-end adjustments and (y) setting forth the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, or, in the case of such balance sheet, for the last day of such fiscal quarter, in comparative form, all in reasonable detail;

(C) as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (1) a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, and the audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its

 

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consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, in each case, (x) prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein and (y) setting forth in comparative form the figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and (2) a copy of the report, opinion or certification of the Company’s independent accountant with respect to the Company’s financial statements for such fiscal year;

(D) to the extent prepared in the ordinary course of business, with reasonable promptness after the transmission (but in any event, within three (3) Business Days), a copy of each valuation of the Company undertaken for purposes of management equity grants;

(E) as soon as practicable after the discovery by any member of senior management of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary of any material adverse event or material litigation, a written statement summarizing such event or litigation in reasonable detail; and

(F) with reasonable promptness after the transmission or occurrence (but in any event, within three (3) Business Days), other reports, including communications directed at stockholders of the Company generally or the financial community, and any reports filed by the Company with the SEC or any stock exchange (if and when applicable).

(ii) Debt Financing-Related Information. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each of the SLP Stockholders all information required to be delivered by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the creditors, lenders and/or noteholders pursuant to the terms of the senior secured indebtedness and the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the EMC Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith, as such indebtedness may be in effect from time to time.

(iii) Other Information. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, with reasonable promptness to the SLP Stockholders such other information and data with respect to the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by such Stockholder, including a complete, correct and accurate capitalization table for the DTI Securities.

(iv) SEC Filings. At any time during which the Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act or voluntarily reports thereunder, the Company may satisfy its obligations pursuant to Section 5.6(a)(i)(B) and Section 5.6(a)(i)(C) by filing with the SEC (via the EDGAR system) on a timely basis annual and quarterly reports satisfying the requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

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(b) Visitation Rights.

(i) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, permit each of the SLP Stockholders (for so long as they either (x) beneficially own at least 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock or (y) are entitled to nominate a SLP Director Nominee), at any time and from time to time during normal business hours and with reasonable prior notice, reasonable access to:

(A) examine and make copies of and abstracts from the books, records, material contracts, properties, employees and management of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(B) visit the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

(C) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with any of the directors, officers or employees of the Company and the independent accountants of the Company.

Section 5.7. Cooperation with Reorganizations and SEC Filings.

(a) Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, statutory share exchange or other business combination or reorganization of the Company, on the one hand, with any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, the Stockholders shall, to the extent the Company is not the surviving entity, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, such terms of this Agreement.

(b) Further Assurances. In connection with any proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.7(a), each Stockholder shall take such actions as may be reasonably required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with the Company and the other Stockholders, including taking all actions reasonably requested by the Company or the SLP Stockholders and executing and delivering all agreements, instruments and documents as may be reasonably required in order to consummate any such proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.7(a).

(c) SEC Filings. Each Stockholder agrees, to the extent practicable and as requested by the SLP Stockholders, to use reasonable efforts to take or avoid taking (as applicable) actions that would potentially cause liability to the Company or any Stockholder under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the Company or any Stockholder determines that it is obligated to make filings under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each Stockholder agrees to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Person that determines that it has such a filing obligation, including by promptly providing information reasonably required by such Person for any such filing.

Section 5.8. Subsidiary Section 16 Liability. The Company will not and shall cause its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) not to enter into or effect any transaction in the common stock or other securities of VMware that could potentially cause liability to any SLP Stockholder or any of its Affiliates under Section 16 of the Exchange Act by virtue of such Person’s ownership of stock of the Company or as a member of the Company’s Board or the board of directors of VMware, in each case without the prior written consent of each of the foregoing parties which could incur such liability.

 

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ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL PARTIES

Section 6.1. Additional Parties. Additional parties may be added to and be bound by and receive the benefits afforded by, and be subject to the obligations provided by, this Agreement upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 by such additional party to the Company and the acceptance thereof by the Company; provided, however, that the addition of Specified Subsidiaries to this Agreement shall be governed by Section 3.2(a) and not this Section 6.1. To the extent permitted by Section 8.9, amendments may be effected to this Agreement reflecting such rights and obligations, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, of such additional Stockholder as the SLP Stockholders and such additional Stockholder may agree.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE

Section 7.1. Indemnification of Directors. In addition to any other indemnification rights that the directors have pursuant to the Organizational Documents of the Company, each of the directors of the Company shall have the right to enter into, and the Company agrees to enter into, an indemnification agreement substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto (the “Director Indemnification Agreements”).

Section 7.2. Indemnification of Stockholders.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will, and will cause each of the Specified Subsidiaries to, indemnify, exonerate and hold the Stockholders and each of their respective partners, stockholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents and each of the partners, stockholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) free and harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, proceedings, liabilities, losses, damages and costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them before or after the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), arising out of any action, cause of action, suit, arbitration or claim arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way relating to, (i) such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of Securities or such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ control or ability to influence the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for purposes of this ARTICLE VII shall include VMware and its subsidiaries) or their respective predecessors or successors (other than any such Indemnified Liabilities (x) to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise out of any willful breach of this Agreement by such Indemnitee or its Affiliates or other related Persons or (y) without limiting any other rights to indemnification, to the extent such control or the ability to control the Company or any of its Subsidiaries derives from such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ capacity as an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) the business, operations, properties, assets or other rights or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that if and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unavailable or unenforceable for any reason, the Company will, and will cause the Specified Subsidiaries to,

 

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make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. For the purposes of this Section 7.2, none of the circumstances described in the limitations contained in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to apply absent a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to such effect, in which case to the extent any such limitation is so determined to apply to any Indemnitee as to any previously advanced indemnity payments made by the Company or any of the Specified Subsidiaries, then such payments shall be promptly repaid by such Indemnitee to the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries, as applicable. The rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder will be in addition to any other rights any such Person may have under any other agreement or instrument to which such Indemnitee is or becomes a party or is or otherwise becomes a beneficiary or under law or regulation or under the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the Indemnitee in respect of Indemnified Liabilities in connection with any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, pursuant to and in accordance with (as applicable) the terms of (i) applicable law, (ii) the Organizational Documents of the Company, (iii) the Director Indemnification Agreements, (iv) this Agreement, (v) any other agreement between the Company or any Specified Subsidiary and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, (vi) the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Specified Subsidiary and/or (vii) the Organizational Documents of any Specified Subsidiary (clauses (i) through (vii) collectively, the “Indemnification Sources”), irrespective of any right of recovery the Indemnitee may have from any Indemnitee-Related Entities. Under no circumstance shall the Company or any Specified Subsidiary be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the Indemnitee-Related Entities and no right of advancement or recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary under the Indemnification Sources. In the event that any of the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall make any payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification with respect to any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, (x) the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, reimburse the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment to the extent of such payment promptly upon written demand from such Indemnitee-Related Entity, (y) to the extent not previously and fully reimbursed by the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary pursuant to clause (x), the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of the outstanding balance of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee against the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary, as applicable, and (z) the Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the Indemnitee-Related Entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

(c) The Company and Stockholders agree that each of the Indemnitees and Indemnitee-Related Entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.2, entitled to enforce this Section 7.2 as though each such Indemnitee and Indemnitee-Related Entity were a party to this Agreement. The Company shall cause each of the Specified Subsidiaries to perform the terms and obligations of this Section 7.2 as though each such Specified Subsidiary were a party to this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.3. Insurance. The Company shall, and shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain a policy or policies of insurance providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the SLP Stockholders, and the Indemnitees shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage provided to any other director or officer of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary. If, at the time the Company or any of the Specified Subsidiaries receives from an Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of any action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding, and the Company or a Specified Subsidiary has such insurance in effect which would reasonably be expected to cover such action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in such policy or policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or reasonably desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitees, all amounts payable as a result of such action, cause of action, suit, claim or proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy or policies.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement and the SLP Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the Organizational Documents of any Person, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto shall exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to it so as to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and, if necessary, to procure (so far as it is able to do so) any required amendment to the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, in order to cure any such inconsistency.

Section 8.2. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on December 25, 2018 upon execution of this Agreement by each of the Company and the SLP Stockholders.

Section 8.3. Termination of First Restated Agreement. The parties hereto hereby agree that effective as of the effectiveness of this Agreement, and conditioned upon the concurrent effectiveness of the MD Stockholders Agreement and MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, all rights and obligations of the Stockholders pursuant to the First Restated Agreement shall terminate; provided, that (i) Section 5.6 and ARTICLE VII of the First Restated Agreement shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect in respect of any reimbursable expenses or rights to indemnification, as applicable, arising prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement and (ii) the foregoing shall not terminate, restrict or otherwise prejudice any other rights the Stockholders are entitled to pursuant to the First Restated Agreement arising prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement. In the event that this Agreement does not become effective pursuant to Section 8.2, the First Restated Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without termination, amendment or restatement.

 

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Section 8.4. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

Section 8.5. Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 8.6. Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 8.14, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably

 

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waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 8.6(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.6(e).

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Section 8.8. Consents, Approvals and Actions. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the SLP Stockholders under this Agreement, the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the Class C Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the SLP Stockholders, and in each case such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the SLP Stockholders.

Section 8.9. Amendment; Waiver.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 8.9(b), any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to or of any provision of this Agreement shall require the prior written approval of the SLP Stockholders and the Company; provided, that if the express terms of any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver disproportionately and adversely affects a Stockholder (other than the SLP Stockholders), it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by such affected Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees in the aggregate.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party hereto pursuant to ARTICLE VI shall not constitute an amendment hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient and (ii) the Company shall promptly amend the books and records of the Company appropriately and as and to the extent necessary to reflect the removal or addition of a Stockholder, any changes in the amount and/or type of DTI Securities beneficially owned by each Stockholder and/or the addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of any DTI Securities, in each case, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to or of any provision of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement by the Company (except for Section 4.1(a) and Section 4.2 of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement) shall require the prior written approval of the SLP Stockholders for so long as the SLP Stockholders own DTI Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE VI thereto shall not constitute an amendment of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and the applicable Joinder Agreement (as defined in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement) need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient.

(d) Any failure by any party at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

 

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Section 8.10. Assignment of Rights By Stockholders.

(a) Subject to Section 8.10(b), no Stockholder may assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement except with the prior consent of the Company. Any purported assignment of rights or obligations under this Agreement in derogation of this Section 8.10 shall be null and void.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (but without limiting the restrictions on transfer contained in ARTICLE IV), the SLP Stockholders may assign or transfer all of their rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom the SLP Stockholders transfer DTI Securities beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders (and such transferee who is transferred such rights shall be deemed to be the SLP Stockholders for all purposes hereunder); provided, that the SLP Stockholders may only assign or transfer all of their rights under or pursuant to ARTICLE III (and thereafter the SLP Stockholders shall retain no such rights) to any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the SLP Stockholders transfer greater than a majority of the DTI Securities beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) (and such transferee who is transferred such rights shall be deemed to be the SLP Stockholders for all purposes hereunder); provided, further, that the SLP Stockholders shall retain the right, at their election, to be deemed the “SLP Stockholders” for purposes of ARTICLE IV.

Section 8.11. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 8.12. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 3.4, Section 5.2, ARTICLE VII and Section 8.15 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

Section 8.13. Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of the SLP Stockholders (for so long as the SLP Stockholders own DTI Securities) and the Company (which Company consent shall require the approval of the Special Committee during the Restricted Period); provided, that the SLP Stockholders may, in their sole discretion, terminate the SLP Stockholders’ rights and obligations under Section 3.1 at any time that they beneficially own less than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding Class C Common Stock (calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act or any successor thereto) or (ii) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company; provided, that Section 3.4 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect; provided, further, that in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (i), Section 5.5 and ARTICLE VII shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect unless and solely to the extent expressly waived in writing, with reference to such provisions, by the SLP Stockholders.

 

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Section 8.14. Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel;

(b) in the case of the Stockholders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

If to any of the SLP Stockholders or the SLP Denali Co-Investor, to:

c/o Silver Lake Partners

2775 Sand Hill Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Karen King

Facsimile: (650) 233-8125

E-mail: karen.king@silverlake.com

and

c/o Silver Lake Partners

9 West 57th Street

32nd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Andrew J. Schader

Facsimile: (212) 981-3535

E-mail: andy.schader@silverlake.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Rich Capelouto

                 Daniel N. Webb

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002

Email: rcapelouto@stblaw.com

Email: dwebb@stblaw.com

(c) in the case of any other Stockholder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company.

 

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Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.14, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Stockholders hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by Electronic Transmission addressed to the email address or facsimile number of such Stockholders as provided herein.

Section 8.15. No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect to any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 8.16. No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or constitute any party the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 8.17. Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership.

(a) All DTI Securities held or acquired by the SLP Stockholders and their Affiliates and Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under and application of any limitations under this Agreement, and each such SLP Stockholder and its Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.

(b) For the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock (including in each case Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding.

 

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(c) For the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other Stockholder, all of such Stockholder’s Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock shall be included as being owned by such Stockholder and as being outstanding; and

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the case of any transfer of DTI Securities by the MD Stockholders, their Affiliates or their Permitted Transferees after MD’s death to an individual or Person other than an (i) individual or entity described in clause (i)(A), (i)(B), (i)(C) or (i)(D) of the definition of “Permitted Transferee” in the MD Stockholders Agreement or (ii) MD Fiduciary, such DTI Securities shall not be deemed to be owned by the MD Stockholders for purposes of Section 3.1.

Section 8.18. Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 8.19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this SLP Stockholders Agreement or caused this SLP Stockholders Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DENALI INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DELL INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
    Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
EMC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
    Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DENALI FINANCE CORP.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
    Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and
    Assistant Secretary


SLP STOCKHOLDERS:
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director
SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS III, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director


SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS IV, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director
SLP DENALI CO-INVEST, L.P.
By: SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its managing member
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director


MD STOCKHOLDERS:

(Solely for the purposes of Section 2.2, Section 4.4, and Section 5.4)

/s/ Michael S. Dell

MICHAEL S. DELL


MD STOCKHOLDER:
SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Marc R. Lisker

  Name:   Marc R. Lisker
  Title:   President, Hexagon Trust Company


Annex A-1

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “SLP Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the SLP Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the SLP Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming the transferee of DTI Securities, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the SLP Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Stockholder [and] [SLP Stockholder], respectively, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, pursuant to this Joinder Agreement and the SLP Stockholders Agreement, it is a Permitted Transferee of [•] and will be the lawful record owner of [•] shares of [Insert description of series / type of Security] of the Company as of the date hereof. The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees that it will take all such actions as required of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the SLP Stockholders Agreement, including but not limited to conveying its record and beneficial ownership of any DTI Securities and all rights, title and obligations thereunder back to the initial transferor Stockholder or to another Permitted Transferee of the original transferor Stockholder, as the case may be, immediately prior to such time that the undersigned no longer meets the qualifications of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.]1

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 8.2 through Section 8.6 of the SLP Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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[To be included for transfers of DTI Securities to Permitted Transferees]


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

 

 

Signature

 

Print Name
Address:                                                                                   

 

 

Telephone:                                                                                  
Facsimile:                                                                                  
Email:                                                                                        


AGREED AND ACCEPTED

as of the          day of                 ,         .

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex A-2

FORM OF

SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “SLP Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the SLP Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the SLP Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the SLP Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Specified Subsidiary, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 8.2 through Section 8.6 of the SLP Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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

 

SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
[•]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex B

FORM OF

SPOUSAL CONSENT

In consideration of the execution of that certain SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “SLP Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the thereof, I,                                 , the spouse of                 , who is a party to the SLP Stockholders Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing SLP Stockholders Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of the issuance, acquisition or receipt of DTI Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and securities subject thereto, whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

 

Dated as of _______ __, ____      

 

     

(Signature of Spouse)

     

 

      (Print Name of Spouse)


Annex C

FORM OF DIRECTOR INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into, effective                 , by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                  (“Indemnitee”). This Agreement shall supersede the prior indemnification agreement between the Company and Indemnitee dated as of                and, for the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall apply to any Expenses, Indemnifiable Claims and Indemnifiable Losses incurred or arising on, prior to or after the date of this Agreement.

Recitals

 

A.

Competent and experienced persons are reluctant to serve or to continue to serve as directors or officers of corporations unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or indemnification (or both) against claims against them arising out of their service and activities as directors.

 

B.

Uncertainties relating to the availability of adequate insurance for directors and officers have increased the difficulty for corporations to attract and retain competent and experienced persons to serve as directors or officers.

 

C.

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that the continuation of present trends in litigation will make it more difficult to attract and retain competent and experienced persons to serve as directors or officers of the Company and, in some cases, of its subsidiaries, that this situation is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and that the Company should act to assure its directors and officers that there will be increased certainty of adequate protection in the future.

 

D.

It is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company to obligate itself contractually to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in order to induce them to serve or continue to serve as directors or officers of the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

E.

Indemnitee’s willingness to continue to serve in his or her current capacity is predicated, in substantial part, upon the Company’s willingness to indemnify him or her to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and upon the other undertakings set forth in this Agreement.

 

F.

In recognition of the need to provide Indemnitee with substantial protection against personal liability, in order to procure Indemnitee’s continued service, and to enhance Indemnitee’s ability to serve the Company in an effective manner, and in order to provide such protection pursuant to express contract rights (intended to be enforceable irrespective of any amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (collectively, the “Constituent Documents”), any Change of Control (as defined in Section 1(a)) or any change in the composition of the Board), the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancement of Expenses (as defined in Section 1(e)) to Indemnitee as set forth in this Agreement.

 

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Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, Indemnitee’s agreement to continue to serve the Company in his or her current capacity and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

Certain Definitions — In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below when used in this Agreement:

 

  (a)

Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

  (i)

The acquisition after the date of this Agreement by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 15% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this paragraph (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control:

 

  (A)

any acquisition directly from the Company or any Controlled Affiliate of the Company;

 

  (B)

any acquisition by the Company or any Controlled Affiliate of the Company;

 

  (C)

any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Controlled Affiliate of the Company;

 

  (D)

any acquisition by Mr. Michael S. Dell, his Affiliates or Associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act), his heirs or any trust or foundation to which he has transferred or may transfer Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities; or

 

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  (E)

any acquisition by any entity or its security holders pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (iii) below;

 

  (ii)

Individuals who, as of the date of this Agreement, constitute the Board (collectively, the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the date of this Agreement and whose election or appointment by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the then Incumbent Directors, shall be considered as an Incumbent Director, unless such individual’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;

 

  (iii)

Consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company or an acquisition of assets of another corporation (a “Business Combination”), unless, in each case, following such Business Combination (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including a corporation that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or the corporation resulting from such Business Combination and any Person referred to in clause (D) of paragraph (i) above) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 15% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership of the Company existed prior to the Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;

 

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  (iv)

Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

  (v)

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to have occurred if, after the occurrence of any of the events described in Sections 1(a)(i), 1(a)(ii), 1(a)(iii), 1(a)(iv) or 1(a)(v), Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, directly or indirectly through a Controlled Affiliate, beneficially owns a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

  (b)

Claim” shall mean (i) any threatened, asserted, pending or completed claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding (including any cross claim or counterclaim in any action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, investigative or other and whether made pursuant to federal, state or other law (including securities laws); and (ii) any inquiry or investigation (including discovery), whether made, instituted or conducted by the Company or any other party, including any federal, state or other governmental entity, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding.

 

  (c)

Controlled Affiliate” shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity or enterprise, whether through the ownership of voting securities, through other voting rights, by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that direct or indirect beneficial ownership of capital stock or other interests in an entity or enterprise entitling the holder to cast 20% or more of the total number of votes generally entitled to be cast in the election of directors (or persons performing comparable functions) of such entity or enterprise shall be deemed to constitute “control” for purposes of this definition.

 

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  (d)

Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Claim with respect to which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

  (e)

Expenses” shall mean all costs, expenses (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses) and obligations paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending (including affirmative defenses and counterclaims), being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to investigate, defend, be a witness in or participate in (including on appeal), any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Claim.

 

  (f)

Indemnifiable Claim” shall mean any Claim based upon, arising out of or resulting from any of the following:

 

  (i)

Any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company or as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee, fiduciary or agent (collectively, a “Representative”) of any Controlled Affiliate or other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, as to which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Representative;

 

  (ii)

Any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee with respect to any business, transaction, communication, filing, disclosure or other activity of the Company or any other entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of this Section 1(f); or

 

  (iii)

Indemnitee’s status as a current or former director or officer of the Company or as a current or former Representative of the Company or any other entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of this Section 1(f) or any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in connection with any obligation or restriction imposed upon Indemnitee by reason of such status.

In addition to any service at the actual request of the Company, for purposes of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be deemed to be serving or to have served at the request of the Company as a Representative of another entity or enterprise if Indemnitee is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee, fiduciary or agent of such entity or enterprise and (A) such entity or enterprise is or at the time of such service was a Controlled Affiliate, (B) such entity or enterprise is or at the time of such service was an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or a Controlled Affiliate or (C) the Company or a Controlled Affiliate directly or indirectly caused Indemnitee to be nominated, elected, appointed, designated, employed, engaged or selected to serve in such capacity.

 

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  (g)

Indemnifiable Losses” shall mean any and all Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim.

 

  (h)

Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and, as of the time of selection with respect to any Indemnifiable Claim, is not nor in the past five years has been retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement or other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements) or (ii) any other party to the Indemnifiable Claim giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

  (i)

Losses” means any and all Expenses, damages (including punitive, exemplary and the multiplied portion of any damages), losses, liabilities, judgments, payments, fines, penalties (whether civil, criminal or other), awards and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or incurred in connection with or with respect to any of the foregoing).

 

2.

Indemnification Obligation — Subject to Section 9, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware in effect on the date hereof or as such laws may from time to time hereafter be amended to increase the scope of such permitted indemnification, against any and all Indemnifiable Claims and Indemnifiable Losses.

 

3.

ExclusionsNotwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification payment in connection with any Claim involving Indemnitee:

 

  (a)

for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess Losses beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or

 

  (b)

for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of

 

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  securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act; or

 

  (c)

except as provided in Sections 5 and 24 of this Agreement, in connection with any Claim initiated by Indemnitee, including any Claim initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Claim prior to its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

 

4.

Advancement of Expenses — Indemnitee shall have the right to advancement by the Company prior to the final disposition of any Indemnifiable Claim of any and all Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim paid or incurred by Indemnitee and as to which Indemnitee provides supporting documentation. Indemnitee’s right to such advancement is not subject to the satisfaction of any standard of conduct. Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, within 15 calendar days after any request by Indemnitee, the Company shall, in accordance with such request (but without duplication), (a) pay such Expenses on behalf of Indemnitee, (b) advance to Indemnitee funds in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses or (c) reimburse Indemnitee for such Expenses; provided, however, that Indemnitee shall repay, without interest, any amounts actually advanced to Indemnitee that, at the final disposition of the Indemnifiable Claim to which the advance related, were in excess of amounts paid or incurred by Indemnitee with respect to Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim. Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it ultimately is determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 4 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 3.

 

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5.

Indemnification for Additional Expenses — Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, within 15 calendar days of such request accompanied by supporting documentation for specific Expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, any and all Expenses paid or incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Claim made, instituted or conducted by Indemnitee for (a) indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under any provision of this Agreement or under any other agreement or provision of the Constituent Documents now or hereafter in effect relating to Indemnifiable Claims or (b) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless in each case of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, reimbursement, advance or insurance recovery, as the case may be; provided, however, that Indemnitee shall return, without interest, any such advance of Expenses (or portion thereof) that remains unspent at the final disposition of the Claim to which the advance related.

 

6.

Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of an Indemnifiable Claim, a witness or otherwise asked to participate in any Claim to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.

 

7.

Partial Indemnity — If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of any Indemnifiable Loss but not for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

8.

Procedure for Notification — To obtain indemnification under this Agreement with respect to an Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor, including a brief description (based upon information then available to Indemnitee) of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss. If, at the time of the receipt of such request, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect under which coverage for such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss is potentially available, the Company shall give prompt written notice of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss to the applicable insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies. The Company shall provide to Indemnitee a copy of such notice delivered to the applicable insurers and copies of all subsequent correspondence between the Company and such insurers regarding the Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss, in each case substantially concurrently with the delivery or receipt thereof by the Company. The failure by Indemnitee to timely notify the Company of any Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss shall not relieve the Company from any liability hereunder unless, and only to the extent that, the Company did not otherwise learn of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss and such failure results in forfeiture by the Company of substantial defenses, rights or insurance coverage.

 

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9.

Determination of Right to Indemnification —

 

  (a)

To the extent that Indemnitee shall have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or any portion thereof or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim in accordance with Section 2 and no Standard of Conduct Determination (as defined in paragraph (b) below) shall be required.

 

  (b)

To the extent that the provisions of Section 9(a) are inapplicable to an Indemnifiable Claim that shall have been finally disposed of, any determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law that is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against Indemnifiable Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim (a “Standard of Conduct Determination”) shall be made as follows:

 

  (i)

If a Change of Control has not occurred, or if a Change of Control has occurred but Indemnitee has requested that the Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant to this clause (i):

 

  (A)

By a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board;

 

  (B)

If such Disinterested Directors so direct, by a majority vote of a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of all Disinterested Directors; or

 

  (C)

If there are no such Disinterested Directors, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; and

 

  (ii)

If a Change of Control has occurred and Indemnitee has not requested that the Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant to clause (i) above, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee.

Indemnitee will cooperate with the person or persons making such Standard of Conduct Determination, including providing to such person or persons, upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure

 

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  and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, within 15 calendar days of such request, accompanied by supporting documentation for specific expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person making such Standard of Conduct Determination.

 

  (c)

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any Standard of Conduct Determination required under Section 9(b) to be made as promptly as practicable. If (i) the person or persons empowered or selected under Section 9(b) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall not have made a determination within 30 days after the later of (A) receipt by the Company of written notice from Indemnitee advising the Company of the final disposition of the applicable Indemnifiable Claim (the date of such receipt being the “Notification Date”) and (B) the selection of an Independent Counsel, if such determination is to be made by Independent Counsel, that is permitted under the provisions of Section 9(e) to make such determination and (ii) Indemnitee shall have fulfilled his or her obligations set forth in the second sentence of Section 9(b), then Indemnitee shall be deemed to have satisfied the applicable standard of conduct; provided, however, that such 30-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, if the person making such determination in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate documentation or information relating thereto.

 

  (d)

If (i) Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses pursuant to Section 9(a), (ii) no determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses or (iii) Indemnitee has been determined or deemed pursuant to Section 9(b) or (c) to have satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law that is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses, then the Company shall pay to Indemnitee, within 15 calendar days after the later of (x) the Notification Date with respect to the Indemnifiable Claim or portion thereof to which such Indemnifiable Losses are related, out of which such Indemnifiable Losses arose or from which such Indemnifiable Losses resulted and (y) the earliest date on which the applicable criterion specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall have been satisfied, an amount equal to the amount of such Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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  (e)

If a Standard of Conduct Determination is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(b)(i), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Standard of Conduct Determination is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(b)(ii), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either case, Indemnitee or the Company, as applicable, may, within five business days after receiving written notice of selection from the other, deliver to the other a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Independent Counsel” in Section 1(h) and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person or firm so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is properly and timely made and substantiated, (i) the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit and (ii) the non-objecting party may, at its option, select an alternative Independent Counsel and give written notice to the other party advising such other party of the identity of the alternative Independent Counsel so selected, in which case the provisions of the two immediately preceding sentences and clause (i) of this sentence shall apply to such subsequent selection and notice. If applicable, the provisions of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to successive alternative selections. If no Independent Counsel that is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(e) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall have been selected within 30 days after the Company gives its initial notice pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9(e) or Indemnitee gives its initial notice pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 9(e), as the case may be, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for resolution of any objection that has been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person or firm with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person or firm so appointed will act as Independent Counsel. In all events, the Company shall pay all of the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel incurred in connection with the Independent Counsel’s determination pursuant to Section 9(b).

 

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10.

Presumption of Entitlement — In making any Standard of Conduct Determination, the person or persons making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable standard of conduct, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption.    Any Standard of Conduct Determination that is adverse to Indemnitee may be challenged by Indemnitee in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. No determination by the Company (including by its directors or any Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not satisfied any applicable standard of conduct shall be a defense to any Claim by Indemnitee for indemnification by the Company hereunder or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard of conduct.

 

11.

No Other Presumption — For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any applicable standard of conduct or that indemnification hereunder is otherwise not permitted.

 

12.

Non-ExclusivityThe rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Constituent Documents, the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, any other contract or otherwise (collectively, “Other Indemnity Provisions”). No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by Indemnitee prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Constituent Documents and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Subject to Section 15, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

 

13.

Liability Insurance and Funding — For the duration of Indemnitee’s service as a director or officer of the Company and thereafter for so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any pending or possible Indemnifiable Claim, to the extent the Company maintains policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage for directors and officers of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policies, in accordance with their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any other director or officer of the Company. Upon request of Indemnitee, the Company shall provide Indemnitee with a copy of all directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies, declarations, endorsements and other related

 

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  materials and shall provide Indemnitee with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the same. Without limiting the generality or effect of the two immediately preceding sentences, no discontinuation or significant reduction in the scope or amount of coverage from one policy period to the next shall be effective (a) without the prior approval thereof by a majority vote of the Incumbent Directors, even if less than a quorum, or (b) if at the time that any such discontinuation or significant reduction in the scope or amount of coverage is proposed there are no Incumbent Directors, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). In all policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance obtained by the Company, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits, subject to the same limitations, as are accorded to the Company’s directors and officers most favorably insured by such policy. The Company may, but shall not be required to, create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means, including a letter of credit, to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy its obligations to indemnify and advance expenses pursuant to this Agreement.

 

14.

Subrogation — The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by an Indemnitee-Related Entity (as defined herein). The Company hereby agrees that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Indemnitee-Related Entity to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) it shall be required to advance the full amount of Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws (or any agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Indemnitee-Related Entity, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Indemnitee-Related Entity from any and all claims against the Indemnitee-Related Entity for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Indemnitee-Related Entity on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Indemnitee-Related Entity shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The term “Indemnitee-Related Entity” means any company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company or the insurer under and pursuant to an insurance policy of the Company) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses with respect to which the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.

 

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15.

No Duplication of Payments — Subject to the provisions of Section 14 of this Agreement, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to Indemnitee with respect to any Indemnifiable Losses to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (net of Expenses incurred in connection therewith) under any insurance policy, the Constituent Documents or Other Indemnity Provisions or otherwise (including from any entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Indemnifiable Claim” in Section 1(f)) with respect to such Indemnifiable Losses otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

 

16.

Defense of Claims — The Company shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee; provided, however, that if Indemnitee believes, after consultation with counsel selected by Indemnitee, that (a) the use of counsel chosen by the Company to represent Indemnitee would present such counsel with an actual or potential conflict, (b) the named parties in any such Indemnifiable Claim (including any impleaded parties) include both the Company and Indemnitee and Indemnitee shall conclude that there may be one or more legal defenses available to him or her that are different from or in addition to those available to the Company or (c) any such representation by such counsel would be precluded under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, then Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable, local counsel with respect to any particular Indemnifiable Claim) at the Company’s expense. The Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any threatened or pending Indemnifiable Claim effected without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any threatened or pending Indemnifiable Claim that Indemnitee is or could have been a party unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money and includes a complete and unconditional release of Indemnitee from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such Indemnifiable Claim. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold its consent to any proposed settlement; provided, however, that Indemnitee may withhold consent to (i) any settlement that does not provide a complete and unconditional release of Indemnitee or (ii) any settlement which imposes a monetary payment obligation upon Indemnitee which is not being paid in full by the Company, insurance coverage or any other party for the benefit of Indemnitee.

 

17.

Successors and Binding Agreement —

 

  (a)

The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee and his or her counsel, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall be

 

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  binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor to the Company, including any person acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise (and such successor will thereafter be deemed the “Company” for purposes of this Agreement), but shall not otherwise be assignable or delegatable by the Company.

 

  (b)

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Indemnitee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, legatees and other successors.

 

  (c)

This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or delegate this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder except as expressly provided in Sections 17(a) and 17(b). Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, Indemnitee’s right to receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than by a transfer by Indemnitee’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this Section 17(c), the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned or transferred.

 

18.

Duration of AgreementThis Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any proceeding then pending in respect of an Indemnifiable Claim and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 24 of this Agreement relating thereto.

 

19.

Notices — For all purposes of this Agreement, all communications, including notices, consents, requests or approvals, required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when hand delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with receipt thereof orally confirmed), or five business days after having been mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or one business day after having been sent for next-day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company (to the attention of the Secretary of the Company) and to Indemnitee at the addresses shown on the signature page hereto, or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address will be effective only upon receipt.

 

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20.

Governing Law — The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws of such State. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding that arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware.

 

21.

Validity — If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any provision hereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected, and the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal shall be reformed to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to make it enforceable, valid or legal. In the event that any court or other adjudicative body shall decline to reform any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the parties thereto shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to replace the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal with one or more alternative provisions that effectuate the purpose and intent of the original provisions of this Agreement as fully as possible without being invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal.

 

22.

Amendments; Waivers — No provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived or discharged unless such amendment, modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by Indemnitee and the Company. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto or compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.

 

23.

Complete Agreement — No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

 

24.

Legal Fees and Expenses — It is the intent of the Company that Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Indemnitee hereunder. Accordingly, without limiting the generality or effect of any other provision hereof, if it should appear to Indemnitee that the Company has failed to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the event that the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, the Company irrevocably authorizes Indemnitee from time to time to retain counsel of Indemnitee’s choice, at the expense of the Company as hereafter provided, to

 

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  advise and represent Indemnitee in connection with any such interpretation, enforcement or defense, including the initiation or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company or any director, officer, stockholder or other person affiliated with the Company, in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any existing or prior attorney-client relationship between the Company and such counsel, the Company irrevocably consents to Indemnitee’s entering into an attorney-client relationship with such counsel, and in that connection the Company and Indemnitee agree that a confidential relationship shall exist between Indemnitee and such counsel. Without respect to whether Indemnitee prevails, in whole or in part, in connection with any of the foregoing, the Company will pay and be solely financially responsible for any and all attorneys’ and related fees and expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

25.

Certain Interpretive Matters —

 

  (a)

No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in favor of, or against, either of the parties hereto by reason of the extent to which any such party or its counsel participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which any such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft hereof or thereof.

 

  (b)

It is the Company’s intention and desire that the provisions of this Agreement be construed liberally, subject to their express terms, to maximize the protections to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder.

 

  (c)

All references in this Agreement to Sections, paragraphs, clauses and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Sections, paragraphs, clauses and other subdivisions of this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise. Titles appearing at the beginning of any Sections, subsections or other subdivisions of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute any part of such Sections, subsections or other subdivisions and shall be disregarded in construing the language contained in such subdivisions. The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and “hereof,” and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. The word “or” is not exclusive, and the word “including” (in its various forms) means “including without limitation.” Pronouns in masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall be construed to state and include any other gender, and words, terms and titles (including terms defined herein) in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise expressly requires.

 

26.

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

 

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In witness whereof, Indemnitee has executed, and the Company has caused its duly authorized representative to execute, this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.                        INDEMNITEE
Address:    One Dell Way       Address:
   Round Rock, TX 78682      

 

By:   

 

                              

 

Name:                              
Title:         

 

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EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 25, 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

       Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.1.

  Definitions      2  

Section 1.2.

  General Interpretive Principles      12  
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

Section 2.1.

  Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders      12  

Section 2.2.

  Reserved      13  
ARTICLE III GOVERNANCE   

Section 3.1.

  Board of Directors of the Company      14  

Section 3.2.

  Specified Subsidiaries      14  

Section 3.3.

  Additional Management Provisions      14  

Section 3.4.

  VCOC Investors      15  
ARTICLE IV TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS   

Section 4.1.

  General Restrictions on Transfers      16  

Section 4.2.

  Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period      19  

Section 4.3.

  Permitted Transfers      20  

Section 4.4.

  Tag-Along Rights      20  

Section 4.5.

  Diligence Access and Cooperation      24  
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS   

Section 5.1.

  Further Assurances      25  

Section 5.2.

  Other Businesses; Waiver of Certain Duties      25  

Section 5.3.

  Confidentiality      27  

Section 5.4.

  Certain Tax Matters      28  

Section 5.5.

  Expense Reimbursement      28  

Section 5.6.

  Information Rights; Visitation Rights      28  

Section 5.7.

  Cooperation with Reorganizations and SEC Filings      30  
ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL PARTIES   

Section 6.1.

  Additional Parties      30  
ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE   

Section 7.1.

  Indemnification of Stockholders      31  

 

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.

  Entire Agreement      32  

Section 8.2.

  Effectiveness      32  

Section 8.3.

  Termination of First Restated Agreement      32  

Section 8.4.

  Specific Performance      33  

Section 8.5.

  Governing Law      33  

Section 8.6.

  Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      33  

Section 8.7.

  Obligations      35  

Section 8.8.

  Consents, Approvals and Actions      35  

Section 8.9.

  Amendment; Waiver      35  

Section 8.10.

  Assignment of Rights By Stockholders      35  

Section 8.11.

  Binding Effect      36  

Section 8.12.

  Third Party Beneficiaries      36  

Section 8.13.

  Termination      36  

Section 8.14.

  Notices      36  

Section 8.15.

  No Third Party Liability      37  

Section 8.16.

  No Partnership      38  

Section 8.17.

  Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership      38  

Section 8.18.

  Severability      38  

Section 8.19.

  Counterparts      38  

ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

 

ANNEX A-1   –      FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
ANNEX A-2   –      FORM OF SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY JOINDER AGREEMENT
ANNEX B   –      FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT

 

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), Denali Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (together with its successors and assigns, “Intermediate”), Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Intermediate (together with its successors and assigns, “Dell”), Denali Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Denali Finance”), Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, “Dell International”), EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (together with its successors and assigns, “EMC”), each other Specified Subsidiary (as defined herein) that becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 3.2, solely for the purposes of Section 4.4, Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (the “SLD Trust”), and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a)

MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“MSDC Denali Investors”), and MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MSDC Denali EIV” and, together with MSDC Denali Investors, and (i) their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein) that acquire Common Stock (as defined herein) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (as defined herein) and (ii)(I) any Person (as defined herein) or group of Affiliated Persons (as defined herein) to whom the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as defined herein) (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) and (II) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (I), collectively, the “MSD Partners Stockholders”);

 

  (b)

each Person signatory hereto and identified on the signature pages hereto as a “MSD Partners Co-Investor” (the “MSD Partners Co-Investors”); and

 

  (c)

any other Person who becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, ARTICLE VI.

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, together with the MD Stockholders (as defined herein), the SLP Stockholders (as defined herein) and the other parties thereto, are party to that certain Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013 (the “Original Agreement”), as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (the “First Restated Agreement”);


WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 14, 2018, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders wish to terminate the First Restated Agreement;

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company, the MD Stockholders and certain other parties have entered into that certain MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “MD Stockholders Agreement”), setting forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties thereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities (as defined herein);

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company and the SLP Stockholders have entered into that certain SLP Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “SLP Stockholders Agreement”), setting forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties thereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the termination of the First Restated Agreement, the Company and the MSD Partners Stockholders desire to provide for certain rights and obligations of the parties hereto with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree, subject to Section 8.2, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Additional Consideration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries

 

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and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the MSD Partners Stockholders or of any Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders (except that the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates may be considered Affiliates of each other), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other, and (iii) except with respect to Section 5.1 and Section 8.15, none of the MSD Partners Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

Agreement” means this MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement (including the annexes and exhibits attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Approved Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange and/or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) subject to Section 8.17, no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition) and (ii) with respect to any Securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or, if the context so requires, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of any Specified Subsidiary.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class D Common Stock” means the Class D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

 

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Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and any other series or class of common stock of the Company.

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Company Stock Option” means an option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock.

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(a).

Covered Person” means the MSD Partners Stockholders.

Dell” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Dell International” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Demand Registration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Denali Acquiror” means Denali Acquiror Inc.

Denali Finance” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

DTI Securities” means the Common Stock, any equity or debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company.

Electing Tag-Along Seller” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(b).

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

Eligible Tag-Along Seller” means any of the Stockholders other than the MD Stockholders.

 

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EMC” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

EMC Closing” means the closing of the EMC Merger on September 7, 2016.

EMC Merger” means the merger of EMC Merger Sub and EMC pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 12, 2015 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified), by and among the Company, EMC Merger Sub, Dell and EMC, in which EMC Merger Sub was merged with and into EMC, with EMC surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

EMC Merger Sub” means Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, which pursuant to the EMC Merger was merged with and into EMC, with EMC as the surviving corporation.

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

First Restated Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Indemnification Sources” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.1(b).

Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.1(a).

Indemnitee-Related Entities” means any exempted company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or the insurer under and pursuant to an insurance policy of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company or any Specified Subsidiary may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.

Indemnitees” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.1(a).

Initiating Tag-Along Seller” means any of the MD Stockholders.

Intermediate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Annex A-1 attached hereto.

Jointly Indemnifiable Claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any Indemnified Liabilities for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification from both (i) the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary pursuant to the Indemnification Sources, on the one hand, and (ii) any Indemnitee-Related Entity pursuant to

 

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any other agreement between such Indemnitee-Related Entity and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such Indemnitee-Related Entity and/or the Organizational Documents of such Indemnitee-Related Entity, on the other hand.

Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Co-Investor” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MD Stockholders Agreement.

MD Director Nominee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MD Stockholders Agreement.

MD Related Parties” means any or all of MD, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders or the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing and/or any business, entity or person which any of the foregoing controls, is controlled by or is under common control with; provided, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall be considered an “MD Related Party” regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders.

MD Stockholders” means MD and the SLD Trust, together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the MD Stockholders Agreement.

MD Stockholders Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

MSDC Denali EIV” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MSDC Denali Investors” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MSD Partners” means MSD Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates (other than MD for so long as MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company).

MSD Partners Co-Investors” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MSD Partners Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

 

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MSD Partners Subscription Agreement” means that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2015, among the Company, MSDC Denali Investors and MSDC Denali EIV.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and/or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.

Original Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Original Closing” means the closing of the Original Merger pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger” means the merger of Denali Acquiror and Dell pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013, between the Company, Intermediate, Denali Acquiror and Dell, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on August 2, 2013 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time).

Original Stock” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Participating Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Permitted Transferee”:

(i) in the case of the MD Stockholders, has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MD Stockholders Agreement as in effect on the date hereof;

(ii) in the case of the MSD Partners Stockholders, means (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of the MSD Partners Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such MSD Partners Stockholders; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in Section 4.1(a)(i), the MD Stockholders and Permitted Transferees of the MD Stockholders shall not be Permitted Transferees of any MSD Partners Stockholder; and

(iii) in the case of (A) any other Stockholder or (B) the SLP Stockholders or MD Co-Investors, in each case that is a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, means (1) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (2) an affiliated private equity fund of such Stockholder that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such Stockholder (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any special purpose entity formed as part of a “fund-to-fund” transfer of all or a portion of such Stockholder’s investment in the Company, provided, that all of the investors in such special purpose entity are, at the time of such transfer, partners or stockholders of such Stockholder and such special purpose entity is managed by such Stockholder or one of their respective Affiliates).

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, each MSD Partners Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MSD Partners Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Piggyback Registration” means an offering by the Company, pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Plan Assets Regulations” means the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations as the same may be amended from time to time.

Priority Sell-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Qualified Sale Transaction” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders, the Stockholders party thereto and the other signatories party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Related Party Transaction” means any agreement, contract, transaction, payment or arrangement between the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates, on the one hand, and any MD Related Party or SLP Related Party, on the other hand, other than a single or series of related transactions on arm’s-length terms involving aggregate payment by or to the Company or its Subsidiaries (including for the purposes of this definition, VMware and its subsidiaries) of less than $500,000; provided, however, that “Related Party Transaction” shall not include (i) the continuation of MD’s service as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as contemplated herein, or the payment to any such persons of any compensation, bonus, incentive or benefits set forth in any employment agreement entered into with MD which has previously been approved in writing by the SLP Stockholders, (ii) the entry into any Director Indemnification Agreements or any payment thereunder, or any payment under the advancement or indemnification provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries or pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) a transfer of Common Stock to a Permitted Transferee, (iv) (A) the purchase of goods or services from the Company or its Subsidiaries on arm’s-length terms by any of MSD Capital, L.P., MSD Capital (Europe), LLP, MSD Partners, L.P., the SLP Stockholders, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, DFI Resources, L.L.C. and each of their respective Affiliates and, if applicable, portfolio companies, and (B) payments for reimbursement of business travel

 

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expenses to XRS Holdings, LLC and Raptor Management LLC or their respective Affiliates not in excess in the aggregate for all such payments described in this subclause (B) of $2,500,000 per fiscal year and/or (v) the purchase of goods or services by the Company or its Subsidiaries on arms-length terms from ValleyCrest Holding Co. and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, in addition to the approval of the audit committee (or such other committee or subset of the Board, as applicable), if required, the payment of any discretionary bonus or other discretionary payments or amounts to any MD Related Parties (other than payments described in the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence) shall require approval of the SLP Stockholders.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, members, stockholders, controlling persons, investment committee, financial advisors, attorneys, consultants, valuators, accountants, agents and other representatives.

Restricted Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time.

Sale Transaction” means (i) any merger, consolidation, business combination or amalgamation of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary with or into any Person, (ii) the sale of Common Stock and/or other voting equity securities of the Company that represents (A) a majority of the Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis and/or (B) a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Common Stock and/or (iii) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company and its Subsidiaries’ assets (determined on a consolidated basis based on value) (including by means of merger, consolidation, other business combination, exclusive license, share exchange or other reorganization); provided, that in calculating the aggregate voting power of the Common Stock for the purpose of clause (ii) of this definition of “Sale Transaction,” the voting power attaching to any shares of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock that will convert into Class C Common Stock in connection with such transaction shall be determined as if such conversion had already taken place; provided, further, that in each case, any transaction solely between and among the Company and/or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be considered a Sale Transaction hereunder.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

Securities” means any equity securities of the Company, including any Common Stock, any debt securities of the Company exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities of the Company, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Company.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

SLD Trust” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

 

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SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP III” means Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP IV” means Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP Director Nominee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the SLP Stockholders Agreement.

SLP Related Parties” means any or all of SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV, SLTI IV, any SLP Stockholders, any Permitted Transferee of the SLP Stockholders, any SLP Director Nominee that is a partner or member of SLP III or SLP IV or affiliated private equity funds, any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing and/or any business, entity or person which any of the foregoing controls, is controlled by or is under common control with; provided, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall be considered an “SLP Related Party” regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders.

SLP Stockholders” means, collectively, (i) SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV, SLTI IV and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, together with (ii) (A) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the SLP Stockholders Agreement and (B)(I) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the SLP Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) and (II) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (I).

SLP Stockholders Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

SLTI III” means Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLTI IV” means Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Special Committee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Support Agreement.

Specified Subsidiary” means any of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Dell, (iii) EMC, (iv) Denali Finance, (v) Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree pursuant to a separate written agreement), (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Dell, EMC, Denali Finance and (until such time as the MD

 

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Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree pursuant to a separate written agreement) Dell International, (vii) any other borrowers under the senior secured indebtedness and/or issuer of the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the EMC Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith and (viii) each intermediate entity or Subsidiary between the Company and any of the foregoing.

Sponsor Stockholders” means the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders.

Spousal Consent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(g).

Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Tag-Along Buyer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Demand” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Tag-Along Participation Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(b).

Tag-Along Sale” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Priority” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

 

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Tag-Along Sale Proration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(c).

Tag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(b).

Tag-Along Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

transfer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).

VCOC Investor” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

Voting and Support Agreement” means that certain Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2018, by and among the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders, as it may be amended from time to time.

wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which all of the shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests (other than, with respect to non-U.S. subsidiaries, only to the extent legally required, de minimis ownership thereof by residents, natural persons or non-Affiliates) are owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words, “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall mean United States dollars. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders. Each of the Stockholders hereby represents and warrants severally and not jointly to each of the other Stockholders and to the Company as of the date of the Original Agreement (and in respect of Persons who became or become a party to this Agreement after the date of the Original Agreement, such Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to each of the other Stockholders and the Company on the date of its execution of a Joinder Agreement) and as of the date hereof as follows:

 

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(a) Such Stockholder, to the extent applicable, is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

(b) Such Stockholder has the full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, of such Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes its, his or her legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, him or her in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Stockholder of this Agreement, the performance by such Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder by such Stockholder does not and will not violate (i) in the case of parties who are not individuals, any provision of its Organizational Documents, (ii) any provision of any material agreement to which it, he or she is a party or by which it, he or she is bound or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which it, he or she is subject.

(d) No notice, consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement.

(e) Such Stockholder is not currently in violation of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree, which violation could reasonably be expected at any time to have a material adverse effect upon such Stockholder’s ability to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(f) There is no pending legal action, suit or proceeding that would materially and adversely affect the ability of such Stockholder to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(g) If such Stockholder is an individual and married, he or she has delivered to the other Stockholders and the Company a duly executed copy of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B (a “Spousal Consent”).

Section 2.2. Reserved.

 

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ARTICLE III

GOVERNANCE

Section 3.1. Board of Directors of the Company. Each Stockholder hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, (I) to sign a written consent voting all of such Person’s shares of Common Stock in favor of the election of each director that is included as part of the slate of directors that is included in the proxy statement (or consent solicitation or similar document) of the Company relating to the election of directors and whose election the Board has recommended, or (II) at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders and at any other meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, such Person shall, in each case to the extent that its shares of Common Stock are entitled to vote thereon, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the stockholders of the Company is sought, (A) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of the Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person as of the applicable record date to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (B) vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, all of such Person’s Common Stock as of the applicable record date in favor of the election of each director that is included as part of the slate of directors that is included in the proxy statement (or consent solicitation or similar document) of the Company relating to the election of directors and whose election the Board has recommended. No Stockholder shall act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to propose to the Company or any of its stockholders to nominate or support any Person as a director who is not either nominated by the then incumbent directors of the Company or nominated pursuant to the MD Stockholders Agreement or SLP Stockholders Agreement.

Section 3.2. Specified Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall cause any Subsidiary that (i) is not then a party to this Agreement and (ii) becomes, or otherwise satisfies the criteria of, a Specified Subsidiary, to promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) become party to this Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company a Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-2, and to agree to be bound and shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement as a “Specified Subsidiary.” No later than one (1) Business Day following such execution, the Company shall deliver to each MSD Partners Stockholder a notice thereof, together with a copy of such Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement.

Section 3.3. Additional Management Provisions.

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company, each Specified Subsidiary and each Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that (i) the MD Director Nominees may share confidential, non-public information about the Company, any Specified Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries (including any materials received in their capacities as members of a Board or committee of the Company or any Specified Subsidiaries) with the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Affiliates, in each case, on a confidential basis and (ii) the SLP Director Nominees may share confidential, non-public information about the Company, any Specified Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries (including any materials received in their capacities as members of a Board or committee of the Company or any Specified Subsidiaries) with the SLP Stockholders and their respective Affiliates, limited partners, members and direct and indirect investors, in each case, on a confidential basis.

(b) Except as required by applicable law and/or for any authority granted to an individual as an officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries, no Stockholder (in its capacity as a Stockholder) shall have the authority to manage the business and affairs of the Company or its Subsidiaries or contract for or incur on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries any debts, liabilities or obligations, and no such action of a Stockholder will be binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

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Section 3.4. VCOC Investors.

(a) With respect to (X) each Stockholder and (Y) each Affiliate thereof that directly or indirectly has an interest in the Company, in each such case of (X) and (Y) that is intended to qualify as a “venture capital operating company” as defined in the Plan Assets Regulations (each, a “VCOC Investor”), for so long as the VCOC Investor, directly or through one or more Subsidiaries, continues to hold any Securities (or other securities of the Company into which such Securities may be converted or for which such Securities may be exchanged), in each case, the Company shall, with respect to each such VCOC Investor:

(i) provide such VCOC Investor or its designated representative with the following:

(A) the information rights and the visitation rights set forth in Section 5.7(a)(i)(A), Section 5.7(a)(i)(B), Section 5.6(a)(ii), Section 5.6(a)(iii) and Section 5.6(b)(i)(B);

(B) to the extent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required by law or pursuant to the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary to prepare such reports, any annual reports, quarterly reports and other periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, actually prepared by the Company or such Subsidiary as soon as available; and

(C) copies of all materials provided to the Board at substantially the same time as provided to the members of the Board and, if requested, copies of the materials provided to the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that the Company or such Subsidiary shall be entitled to exclude portions of such materials to the extent providing such portions would be reasonably likely to result in the waiver of attorney-client privilege;

provided that solely for purposes of Section 3.4(a)(i)(A), the obligation of the Company to deliver the materials described in Section 5.6(a)(i)(A) and (B) pursuant to Section 3.4(a)(i)(A) shall be deemed satisfied if (i) delivered by the Company to a designated representative of the VCOC Investor (it being understood that the designated representative shall be entitled to distribute copies of such materials to each VCOC Investor) or (ii) the Company makes such information available through public filings on the EDGAR system or any successor or replacement system of the SEC; and

(ii) make appropriate officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and members of the Board available periodically and at such times as reasonably requested by such VCOC Investor for consultation with such VCOC Investor or its designated representative with respect to matters relating to the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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(b) The Company agrees to consider, in good faith, the recommendations of each VCOC Investor or its designated representative in connection with the matters on which it is consulted as described above, recognizing that the ultimate discretion with respect to all such matters shall be retained by the Company.

(c) Any VCOC Investor, for so long as such VCOC Investor directly or indirectly, or through one or more Subsidiaries, continues to hold any Securities (or other securities of the Company into which such Securities may be converted or for which such Securities may be exchanged) shall be an express third party beneficiary of this Section 3.4.

ARTICLE IV

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 4.1. General Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Generally.

(i) No Stockholder may directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, gift or otherwise transfer, dispose of or encumber, in each case, whether in its own right or by its representative and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (any of the foregoing, whether effected directly or indirectly (including by a direct or indirect transfer of equity, ownership or economic interests, or options, warrants or other contractual rights to acquire an equity, ownership or economic interest, in any Stockholder), shall be deemed included in the term “transfer” as used in this Agreement) any DTI Securities, or any legal, economic or beneficial interest in any DTI Securities, unless (i) such transfer of DTI Securities is made on the books and records of the Company and is in compliance with the provisions of this ARTICLE IV and any other agreement applicable to the transfer of such DTI Securities, (ii) the transferee of such DTI Securities (if other than (A) the Company or another Stockholder, (B) a transferee of DTI Securities pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act, (C) in reliance upon and in compliance with applicable provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (D) a transferee of DTI Securities pursuant to a pro rata distribution by a Stockholder that is a private equity fund to its equityholders made without consideration for the transfer, unless such transferee is a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder) agrees to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE VI hereof, executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 and (iii) in the case of a transfer of DTI Securities to a natural person (other than in connection with a transfer on an Approved Exchange or where the transferee is not required to become a party to this Agreement in accordance with clauses (A) through (D) of the preceding parenthetical), such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 and to the extent that the failure to execute and deliver a Spousal Consent could impair or adversely affect the obligations of the transferor or transferee set forth herein, or otherwise could impair or adversely affect the

 

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enforceability of any provisions of this Agreement, executes and delivers a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) it is understood that a transfer of limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests or similar interests in any of the MSD Partners Stockholders, any other private equity fund or any parent entity with respect to any such MSD Partners Stockholder or private equity fund shall not constitute a transfer for purposes of this Agreement so long as there is no change of control of such entity, and such entity (other than a Stockholder party hereto) was not formed for the purpose of acquiring a direct or indirect interest in DTI Securities, (2) the foregoing clause (1) is not intended to, and shall not permit, the transfer of any direct or indirect interest in any DTI Securities held by an MSD Partners Stockholder or its direct or indirect equityholders to the MD Stockholders or their Affiliates or Permitted Transferees other than one or more acquisitions by an MD Stockholder or one or more of its Affiliates or Permitted Transferees of direct or indirect interests in an MSD Partners Stockholder from an employee or investment professional of MSD Partners or any of its Affiliates in connection with the departure or termination of such employee or investment professional from MSD Partners or such Affiliate; provided, that subject to the immediately succeeding clause (3), any DTI Securities acquired by an MD Stockholder or one or more of its Affiliates or Permitted Transferees pursuant to this clause (2) shall be subject to the transfer restrictions in this ARTICLE IV if such DTI Securities are proposed to be subsequently transferred by such MD Stockholder, Affiliate or Permitted Transferee to any Person that is not an employee or investment professional of MSD Partners or any of its Affiliates or Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders, (3) nothing herein prohibits the MD Stockholders from having a direct or indirect interest in the MSD Partners Stockholders on the Closing Date or from selling or transferring any interest in an MSD Partners Stockholder at any time following the Closing Date to an employee or investment professional of MSD Partners or any of its Affiliates and no such sale shall be deemed a “transfer” hereunder and (4) any conversion of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock to Class C Common Stock shall not be deemed a “transfer” hereunder.

(ii) Any purported transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in any DTI Securities by any Stockholder that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its register of stockholders or otherwise any change in record ownership of DTI Securities pursuant to any such transfer.

(b) Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between a Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, any Stockholder that proposes to transfer DTI Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be responsible for any fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such transfer.

(c) Securities Law Acknowledgement. Each Stockholder acknowledges that none of the Common Stock (except any shares of Class C Common Stock registered under the Securities Act (1) on Form S-8 prior to the Closing Date, (2) in connection with the Merger or (3) after the Closing Date) has been registered under the Securities Act and such unregistered shares may not be transferred, except as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to an effective

 

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registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Each Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any Common Stock at any time if such action would (i) constitute a violation of any securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a breach of the conditions to any exemption from registration of Common Stock under any such laws or a breach of any undertaking or agreement of such Stockholder entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder, (ii) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or (iii) be a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” for purposes of fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each Stockholder agrees it shall not be entitled to any certificate for any or all of the Common Stock, unless the Board shall otherwise determine.

(d) Legend.

(i) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a Stockholder shall, unless Section 4.1(d)(ii) or Section 4.1(d)(iii) applies, bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

(ii) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a Stockholder issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act shall bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

 

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THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

(iii) In the event that any or all of the paragraphs in the restrictive legend set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i) or Section 4.1(d)(ii) have ceased to be applicable, the Company shall provide any Stockholder, or their respective transferees, at their request, without any expense to such Persons (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any), with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry share) for such Common Stock of like tenor not bearing such paragraph(s) of the legend with respect to which the restriction has ceased and terminated (it being understood that the restriction referred to in the first paragraph of the legend in Section 4.1(d)(i) and in the legend in Section 4.1(d)(ii) shall cease and terminate only upon the termination of this ARTICLE IV with respect to the Stockholder holding such Common Stock).

(e) No Other Proxies or Voting Agreements. No Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any DTI Securities or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any person with respect to any DTI Securities inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such agreements and arrangements are with other Stockholders or holders of DTI Securities who are not parties to this Agreement), including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities, nor shall any Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other persons in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 4.2. Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period.

Prior to the 181st day following the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), no Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferee of a Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities without the prior written consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require the approval of the Special Committee), except for transfers of DTI Securities:

(a) in a Qualified Sale Transaction;

(b) pursuant to the “tag-along” rights of such Stockholder under Section 4.4 in respect of (x) any transfer by the MD Stockholders that has been approved in advance by the SLP Stockholders or (y) a Sale Transaction that either is a Qualified Sale Transaction or has been approved by the SLP Stockholders; or

 

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(c) to a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder (provided that, in the case of a transfer pursuant to this Section 4.2(c), the Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder shall agree to hold such DTI Securities subject to the transfer restriction in this Section 4.2 for the balance of the Restricted Period).

Section 4.3. Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees may transfer DTI Securities held by him, her or it to a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder without complying with the provisions of this ARTICLE IV, other than Section 4.1 and Section 4.2; provided, that such Permitted Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 as contemplated in Section 4.1(a) and ARTICLE VI, or otherwise agreed with all parties hereto, in a written instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that he, she or it will immediately convey record and beneficial ownership of all such DTI Securities and all rights and obligations hereunder to such Stockholder or another Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder if, and immediately prior to such time that, he, she or it ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder.

Section 4.4. Tag-Along Rights.

(a) Subject to Section 4.4(h) and receipt of prior written approval of the Company as may be required pursuant to Section 4.2, (x) if any Initiating Tag-Along Seller proposes to transfer all or a portion of their DTI Securities equal to 10% or more of the then outstanding Common Stock to the same Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder) (other than to a Permitted Transferee of such Initiating Tag-Along Seller) or (y) if a Sale Transaction is entered into by the MD Stockholders that either is a Qualified Sale Transaction or has been approved by the SLP Stockholders pursuant to the SLP Stockholders Agreement (each of the transfers in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y), a “Tag-Along Sale”), then the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall give, or direct the Company to give and the Company shall so promptly give, written notice (a “Tag-Along Sale Notice”) of such proposed transfer to all Eligible Tag-Along Sellers with respect to such Tag-Along Sale at least fifteen (15) days prior to each of the consummation of such proposed transfer and the delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice setting forth (i) the number and type of each class of DTI Securities proposed to be transferred, (ii) the consideration to be received for such DTI Securities by such Initiating Tag-Along Seller, including any Additional Consideration to be received, (iii) the identity of the purchaser (the “Tag-Along Buyer”), (iv) a copy of all definitive documents relating to such Tag-Along Sale, including all documents that the Eligible Tag-Along Seller would be required to execute in order to participate in such Tag-Along Sale and all other agreements or documents referred to, or referenced, therein, (v) a detailed summary of all material terms and conditions of the proposed transfer, (vi) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing the number of DTI Securities to be purchased from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees by the total number of DTI Securities held by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees (the “Tag-Along Sale Percentage”) and (vii) an invitation to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller to irrevocably agree to include in the Tag-Along Sale up to a number of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller equal to the product of the total number of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller multiplied by the Tag-Along Sale Percentage, subject to adjustment pursuant to the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration as contemplated in Section 4.4(c) (such

 

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amount of DTI Securities with respect to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller, such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s “Tag-Along Shares”). In the event that any MD Related Party directly or indirectly receives any compensation or other consideration or benefit arising out of or in connection with the applicable Tag-Along Sale (other than any bona fide cash and/or equity compensation (whether in the form of an initial equity grant or otherwise) for service as an executive officer of the acquiring or surviving company or any of their Subsidiaries or, with respect to MD Related Parties, any bona fide commercial arrangement that is not a “Related Party Transaction” because of the proviso of the definition thereof between an MD Related Party and the proposed Tag-Along Buyer or any of its Affiliates which commercial arrangement has been binding and in full force and effect (or, in the absence of a binding legal arrangement, to the extent a course of dealing has been in place) for at least twelve (12) months prior to the date that the Tag-Along Sale Notice is provided to the Eligible Tag-Along Seller) pursuant to any non-competition, non-solicitation, no-hire or other arrangement separate from the transfer of the DTI Securities (“Additional Consideration”), the value of such Additional Consideration (as reasonably determined by the Board, subject to the consent of the SLP Stockholders not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be deemed to have been part of the consideration paid or payable to the MD Stockholders in respect of their DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale and shall be reflected in the amount offered by the Tag-Along Buyer set forth in the applicable Tag-Along Sale Notice. In the event that more than one MD Stockholder proposes to execute a Tag-Along Sale as an Initiating Tag-Along Seller, then all such transferring MD Stockholders shall be treated as the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and the DTI Securities held and to be transferred by such MD Stockholders shall be aggregated as set forth in Section 8.17, including for the purposes of calculating the applicable Tag-Along Sale Percentage. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary, but subject to Section 4.4(c), if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller is transferring Common Stock or vested in-the-money Company Stock Options in such Tag-Along Sale, each of the Eligible Tag-Along Sellers shall be entitled to transfer the same proportion of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller as the proportion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s Common Stock and vested in-the-money Company Stock Options relative to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s total number of such DTI Securities that are being sold by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, no DTI Securities that are subject to any vesting or similar condition may be transferred prior to such time as such DTI Securities have fully vested; provided, that it is understood that if such DTI Securities vest in connection with such Tag-Along Sale, such DTI Securities may be transferred in connection therewith in accordance with this Section 4.4.

(b) Upon delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice, each Eligible Tag-Along Seller may elect to include all or a portion of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares in such Tag-Along Sale (Eligible Tag-Along Sellers who make such an election being an “Electing Tag-Along Seller” and, together with the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and all other Persons (other than any Affiliates of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller) who otherwise are transferring, or have exercised a contractual or other right to transfer, DTI Securities in connection with such Tag-Along Sale, the “Tag-Along Sellers”), at the same price per share equivalent of Common Stock and pursuant to the same terms and conditions as agreed to by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and otherwise in accordance with this Section 4.4, by sending an irrevocable written notice (a “Tag-Along Participation Notice”) to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within fifteen (15) days of the date the Tag-Along Sale Notice is received by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller, indicating such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s irrevocable election, subject to

 

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Section 4.4(d), to include its Tag-Along Shares in the Tag-Along Sale and setting forth the number of Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include. Following such fifteen (15) day period, each Electing Tag-Along Seller that has delivered a Tag-Along Participation Notice shall be entitled to sell to such proposed transferee, on the same terms and conditions as, and concurrently with, the other Electing Tag-Along Sellers and the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include, which terms and conditions have been set forth in the Tag-Along Sale Notice, subject to the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration as contemplated in Section 4.4(c). Each Eligible Tag-Along Seller who does not deliver a Tag-Along Participation Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall have waived and be deemed to have waived all of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s rights with respect to such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that in order to be entitled to exercise its right to include Tag-Along Shares in a Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 4.4, each Electing Tag-Along Seller must agree to make the same representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements to the Tag-Along Buyer as made by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and any Electing Tag-Along Seller in connection with the Tag-Along Sale (and shall be subject to the same escrow or other holdback arrangements as such Persons so long as such escrows or other holdbacks are proportionately based on the amount of consideration received for the sale of DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale transaction); provided, that:

(i) each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be entitled to receive its pro rata portion (based on the relative amount (and taking into account the per share equivalent of Common Stock) of DTI Securities sold in such Tag-Along Sale transaction) of any deferred consideration or indemnification payments relating to such Tag-Along Sale (provided, however, that, with respect to any unexercised Company Stock Options proposed to be transferred in such Tag-Along Sale by any Tag-Along Seller, the per share consideration in respect thereof shall be reduced by the exercise price of such options or, if required pursuant to the terms of such options or such Tag-Along Sale, such Tag-Along Seller must exercise the relevant option and transfer the relevant shares of Common Stock (rather than the option) (in each case, net of any amounts required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such exercise));

(ii) the aggregate amount of liability of each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Electing Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale;

(iii) all indemnification obligations (other than with respect to the matters referenced in Section 4.4(b)(iv)) shall be on a several and not joint basis to the Tag-Along Sellers pro rata (based on the amount of consideration received by each Tag-Along Seller in the Tag-Along Sale transaction);

(iv) no Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be responsible for any indemnification obligations and/or liabilities (including through escrow or hold back arrangements) for (A) breaches or inaccuracies of representations and warranties made with respect to any other Tag-Along Seller’s (1) ownership of and title to DTI Securities, (2) organization and authority or (3) conflicts and consents and any other matter concerning such other Person and/or (B) breaches of any covenant specifically relating to any other Tag-Along Seller; and

 

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(v) no Stockholders that have elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be required in connection with such Tag-Along Sale transaction to agree to (A) any employee, customer or other non-solicitation, no-hire or other similar provision, (B) any non-competition or similar restrictive covenant and/or (C) any term that purports to bind any portfolio company or investment of any Electing Tag-Along Seller or any of their respective Affiliates.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller is any of the MD Stockholders (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any of their Permitted Transferees) and such Initiating Tag-Along Seller seeks to transfer Common Stock representing a majority of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders immediately following the Original Closing, then the number of Tag-Along Shares that an Eligible Tag-Along Seller may include in any Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 4.4 shall be an amount equal to 100% of the equity securities in the Company, Dell and their respective Subsidiaries held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller (such right, the “Tag-Along Sale Priority”). Further, in the event that Stockholders having the right to participate in a Tag-Along Sale (including the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, the “Participating Sellers”) have elected to include more DTI Securities in the aggregate than the Tag-Along Buyer is willing to purchase (the “Tag-Along Demand”), the number of DTI Securities permitted to be sold by the Participating Sellers shall be reduced such that each Tag-Along Seller is permitted to sell only its pro rata share of the Tag-Along Demand (in proportion to the number of DTI Securities held by each Participating Seller) (the “Tag-Along Sale Proration”); provided that, in a Tag-Along Sale subject to Tag-Along Sale Priority rights, the number of DTI Securities to be sold by Participating Sellers with Tag-Along Sale Priority shall not be reduced.

(d) Notwithstanding the delivery of any Tag-Along Sale Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Tag-Along Sale and as to the timing, manner, price and, subject to Sections 4.4(b)(i) through (v), other terms and conditions of any such Tag-Along Sale shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and none of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives shall have any liability to any Electing Tag-Along Seller arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any proposed Tag-Along Sale except to the extent such Initiating Tag-Along Seller failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.4; provided, that (i) if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller agrees to amend, restate, modify or supplement the terms and/or conditions of the Tag-Along Sale after such time that any Stockholder has elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall promptly notify the Company and each Electing Tag-Along Seller of such amendment, restatement, modification and/or supplement and (ii) each such Electing Tag-Along Seller shall have the right to withdraw its Tag-Along Participation Notice by delivering written notice of such withdrawal to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within five (5) Business Days of the date of receipt of such notice from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary, this Section 4.4 shall not apply to (i) any transfers of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of the transferring Stockholder and/or (ii) any transfer of Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise), it being understood that participation rights in connection with transfers of Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise) shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

(f) All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or the Tag-Along Sellers in connection with such Tag-Along Sale shall be allocated and borne on a pro rata basis by each Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the amount of consideration otherwise received by each Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that this Section 4.4(f) shall not prevent any Tag-Along Sale to be structured in a manner such that some or all of the such costs and expenses result in a pro rata reduction in the consideration received by the Tag-Along Sellers in such Tag-Along Sale.

(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller has not completed the proposed Tag-Along Sale within one hundred twenty (120) days following delivery of the Tag-Along Sale Notice in accordance with this Section 4.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller may not then effect such proposed Tag-Along Sale without again complying with the provisions of this Section 4.4; provided, that if such proposed Tag-Along Sale is subject to, and conditioned on, one or more prior regulatory approvals, then such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary until no later than the expiration of ten (10) days after all such approvals shall have been received.

(h) The “tag-along” rights described in this Section 4.4 shall survive the Closing and shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) such time following the Closing Date that the MD Stockholders no longer beneficially own Common Stock representing a majority of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders immediately following the Original Closing Date; provided, that in addition to any other applicable provisions in this Section 4.4 (including the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration), such transfer of DTI Securities shall also be subject to the Priority Sell-Down pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, further, that any registered offering of DTI Securities shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Section 4.5. Diligence Access and Cooperation. The Company agrees to provide, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates and its and their respective officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives to provide, such cooperation as may reasonably be requested (including with respect to timeliness) in connection with and to assist in the structuring and/or facilitation of any sale or transfer of DTI Securities by any Stockholder and/or their respective Permitted Transferees permitted by this ARTICLE IV. Such reasonable cooperation will include (a) participation in meetings, drafting sessions and due diligence sessions, (b) access to the properties, facilities, material contracts and books and records, including financial statements,

 

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projections and accountants’ work papers, (c) access to the officers, management, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be required or requested in connection with such transaction, (d) promptly furnishing to the transferor, transferee or acquiror and its or their advisors and representatives financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by the transferor and (e) assisting the transferor and their advisors and/or representatives in the preparation and execution of any documents in connection with such transfer or sale, each of subclauses (a) through (e) to the extent reasonably requested and required for such sale or transfer to be effectuated. Prior to the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their respective officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives providing any Confidential Information to a third party as contemplated in this Section 4.5, such third party shall be required to execute a confidentiality agreement as provided for in Section 5.3(c)(ii).

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 5.1. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the MSD Partners Stockholders and without further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Other Businesses; Waiver of Certain Duties.

(a) Each of the Company, the Specified Subsidiaries, and each Stockholder (for itself and on behalf of the Company) hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, any Covered Person may, and shall have no duty not to:

(i) invest in, carry 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, stockholder, equityholder or investor in any Person, 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 Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries);

(ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Company or its Affiliates; and/or

(iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Company may make investments.

To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries hereby renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as the case may be, to participate in

 

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any business or investments of any Covered Person as currently conducted or as may be conducted in the future, and waives any claim against a Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim that such Covered Person is liable to the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business or investment. The Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision. In the event that a Covered Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Person in his or her capacity as a partner, member, employee, officer or director of the MSD Partners Stockholders, and (y) the Company or any Specified Subsidiary, the Covered Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or any Specified Subsidiary. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company and each Specified Subsidiary hereby renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary in any potential transaction or matter of which the Covered Person acquires knowledge, except for any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) and waives any claim against each Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim, that such Covered Person is liable to the Company, any Specified Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Person (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any Affiliate or other Person, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another Person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary; provided, however, in each such case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company, a Specified Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall belong to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Company and the Specified Subsidiaries shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision, except to the extent that a Covered Person is determined by a final, non-appealable order of a Delaware court having competent jurisdiction (or any other judgment which is not appealed in the applicable time) to have breached this Section 5.2(a), in which case any such advanced expenses shall be promptly reimbursed to the Company or such Specified Subsidiary, as applicable.

(b) The Company, the Specified Subsidiaries and each of the Stockholders agree that the waivers, limitations, acknowledgments and agreements set forth in this Section 5.2 shall not apply to any alleged claim or cause of action against any of the MSD Partners Stockholders based upon the breach or nonperformance by such MSD Partners Stockholder of this Agreement or any other agreement to which such Person is a party.

(c) The provisions of this Section 5.2, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the MSD Partners Stockholder otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Company, the Specified Subsidiaries and each of the Stockholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the MSD Partners Stockholder to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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Section 5.3. Confidentiality.

(a) Each Stockholder agrees to keep confidential and not disclose to any third party any materials and/or information provided to it by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for the purposes of this Section 5.3 shall include VMware and its subsidiaries), and, subject to Section 5.3(b), not to use any such information other than in connection with its investment in the Company (“Confidential Information”); provided, however, that the term “Confidential Information” does not include information that:

(i) is already in such recipient’s possession (provided, that such information is not subject to another confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to any Person);

(ii) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure, directly or indirectly, by such recipient or its Representatives;

(iii) is or becomes available to such recipient on a non-confidential basis from a source other than any of the Stockholders or any of their respective Representatives (provided, that such source is not known by such recipient to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to any Person); and/or

(iv) is or was independently developed by such recipient or its Representatives without the use of any Confidential Information.

(b) The Company acknowledges that the MSD Partners Stockholders’ (including its affiliated private equity funds’) review of the Confidential Information will inevitably enhance their knowledge and understanding of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ industries in a way that cannot be separated from such Stockholder’s or its affiliated private equity funds’ other knowledge and the Company agrees that Section 5.3(a) shall not restrict such Stockholder’s (including its affiliated private equity funds’) use of such overall knowledge and understanding of such industries, including in connection with the purchase, sale, consideration of and decisions related to other investments and serving on the boards of such investments.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 to the contrary, any such Stockholder may disclose Confidential Information to:

(i) such Stockholder’s and its Affiliates’ Representatives who are subject to a customary confidentiality obligation to such Stockholder or its Affiliates;

(ii) any Person to which such Stockholder offers or may propose to offer to transfer any DTI Securities (provided, that (x) such transfer would be permitted by the terms of this Agreement (assuming the receipt of all consents required hereunder) and (y) the prospective transferee agrees to be subject to a customary confidentiality agreement with the Company or Dell);

 

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(iii) any other Stockholder or its Affiliates, or their respective Representatives, or any member of a Board or any board of directors of any Subsidiary of the Company;

(iv) the extent required to be disclosed by such Stockholder or its Affiliates, or their respective Representatives, by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process, law, regulation, legal or judicial process or audit or inquiries by a regulator, bank examiner or self-regulatory organization or pursuant to mandatory professional ethics rules (but only to the extent so required and after notifying the Company to the extent reasonably practicable and requesting confidential treatment);

(v) current or prospective limited partners of a Stockholder or its affiliated private equity funds who are subject to confidentiality obligations to such Stockholder or its affiliated private equity funds; and/or

(vi) other Person(s) with the Company’s prior written consent.

Section 5.4. Certain Tax Matters. Each of the MSD Partners Stockholders and the Company acknowledge that, in connection with the Original Merger, the contribution by the Stockholders of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Dell and cash to the Company in exchange for shares of Original Stock, in each case, at the Original Closing, taken together, were intended to qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code.

Section 5.5. Expense Reimbursement. To the extent (A) the MSD Partners Stockholders agreed with one or more MSD Partners Co-Investors to provide for ongoing reimbursement of reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of such MSD Partners Co-Investors for monitoring their investment in the Company and (B) EMC Merger Sub entered into one or more letter agreements with any such MSD Partners Co-Investors with respect thereto, the Company hereby reaffirms its prior assumption of each such letter agreement pursuant to the First Restated Agreement and agrees to pay and perform all unperformed obligations of EMC Merger Sub under and pursuant to each such letter agreement; provided, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of reimbursement of such expenses for all MSD Partners Co-Investors exceed $1,000,000 pursuant to this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.

Section 5.6. Information Rights; Visitation Rights.

(a) Information Rights.

(i) Information Generally. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each of the MSD Partners Stockholders (provided, that the Company shall not deliver, or cause to be delivered, the information in subsequent clause (C) to the MSD Partners Stockholders other than as requested in advance in writing by the MSD Partners Stockholders):

 

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(A) as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such period, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period then ended and the portion of the fiscal year then ended, in each case (x) prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and subject to the absence of footnotes and to year-end adjustments and (y) setting forth the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, or, in the case of such balance sheet, for the last day of such fiscal quarter, in comparative form, all in reasonable detail;

(B) as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (1) a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, and the audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, in each case, (x) prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein and (y) setting forth in comparative form the figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and (2) a copy of the report, opinion or certification of the Company’s independent accountant with respect to the Company’s financial statements for such fiscal year; and

(C) to the extent prepared in the ordinary course of business, with reasonable promptness after the transmission (but in any event, within three (3) Business Days), a copy of each valuation of the Company undertaken for purposes of management equity grants.

(ii) Debt Financing-Related Information. At the written request of the MSD Partners Stockholders, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the MSD Partners Stockholders all information requested by the MSD Partner Stockholders required to be delivered by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the creditors, lenders and/or noteholders pursuant to the terms of the senior secured indebtedness and the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the EMC Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith, as such indebtedness may be in effect from time to time.

(iii) SEC Filings. At any time during which the Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act or voluntarily reports thereunder, the Company may satisfy its obligations pursuant to Section 5.6(a)(i)(A) and Section 5.6(a)(i)(B) by filing with the SEC (via the EDGAR system) on a timely basis annual and quarterly reports satisfying the requirements of the Exchange Act.

(b) Visitation Rights.

(i) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, permit the MSD Partners Stockholders (for so long as they beneficially own at least 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock), at any time and from time to time during normal business hours and with reasonable prior notice, reasonable access to:

 

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(A) examine and make copies of and abstracts from the books, records, material contracts, properties, employees and management of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(B) visit the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

(C) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with any of the directors, officers or employees of the Company and the independent accountants of the Company.

Section 5.7. Cooperation with Reorganizations and SEC Filings.

(a) Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, statutory share exchange or other business combination or reorganization of the Company, on the one hand, with any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, the Stockholders shall, to the extent necessary, as determined by the Company, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, such terms of this Agreement.

(b) Further Assurances. In connection with any proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.7(a), each Stockholder shall take such actions as may be reasonably required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with the Company and the other Stockholders, including taking all actions reasonably requested by the Company and executing and delivering all agreements, instruments and documents as may be reasonably required in order to consummate any such proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.7(a).

ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL PARTIES

Section 6.1. Additional Parties. Additional parties may be added to and be bound by and receive the benefits afforded by, and be subject to the obligations provided by, this Agreement upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A-1 by such additional party to the Company and the acceptance thereof by the Company, provided, however, that the addition of Specified Subsidiaries to this Agreement shall be governed by Section 3.2 and not this Section 6.1. To the extent permitted by Section 8.9, amendments may be effected to this Agreement reflecting such rights and obligations, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, of such additional Stockholder as the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and such additional Stockholder may agree.

 

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ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE

Section 7.1. Indemnification of Stockholders.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will, and will cause each of the Specified Subsidiaries to, indemnify, exonerate and hold the Stockholders and each of their respective partners, stockholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents and each of the partners, stockholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) free and harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, proceedings, liabilities, losses, damages and costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them before or after the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), arising out of any action, cause of action, suit, arbitration or claim arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way relating to, (i) such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of Securities or such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ control or ability to influence the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for purposes of this ARTICLE VII shall include VMware and its subsidiaries) or their respective predecessors or successors (other than any such Indemnified Liabilities (x) to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise out of any willful breach of this Agreement by such Indemnitee or its Affiliates or other related Persons or (y) without limiting any other rights to indemnification, to the extent such control or the ability to control the Company or any of its Subsidiaries derives from such Stockholder’s or its Affiliates’ capacity as an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) the business, operations, properties, assets or other rights or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that if and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unavailable or unenforceable for any reason, the Company will, and will cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. For the purposes of this Section 7.1, none of the circumstances described in the limitations contained in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to apply absent a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to such effect, in which case to the extent any such limitation is so determined to apply to any Indemnitee as to any previously advanced indemnity payments made by the Company or any of the Specified Subsidiaries, then such payments shall be promptly repaid by such Indemnitee to the Company and the Specified Subsidiaries, as applicable. The rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder will be in addition to any other rights any such Person may have under any other agreement or instrument to which such Indemnitee is or becomes a party or is or otherwise becomes a beneficiary or under law or regulation or under the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the Indemnitee in respect of Indemnified Liabilities in connection with any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, pursuant to and in accordance with (as applicable) the terms of (i) applicable law, (ii) the Organizational Documents of the Company, (iii) this Agreement, (iv) any other agreement between the Company or any Specified Subsidiary and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, (v) the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Specified Subsidiary and/or (vi) the Organizational Documents of any Specified Subsidiary (clauses (i) through (vi) collectively, the “Indemnification Sources”), irrespective of any right of recovery the Indemnitee may have from any Indemnitee-Related Entities. Under no circumstance shall the Company or any Specified Subsidiary be entitled to

 

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any right of subrogation or contribution by the Indemnitee-Related Entities and no right of advancement or recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary under the Indemnification Sources. In the event that any of the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall make any payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification with respect to any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, (x) the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Specified Subsidiaries to, reimburse the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment to the extent of such payment promptly upon written demand from such Indemnitee-Related Entity, (y) to the extent not previously and fully reimbursed by the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary pursuant to clause (x), the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of the outstanding balance of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee against the Company and/or any Specified Subsidiary, as applicable, and (z) the Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the Indemnitee-Related Entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

(c) The Company and Stockholders agree that each of the Indemnitees and Indemnitee-Related Entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.1, entitled to enforce this Section 7.1 as though each such Indemnitee and Indemnitee-Related Entity were a party to this Agreement. The Company shall cause each of the Specified Subsidiaries to perform the terms and obligations of this Section 7.1 as though each such Specified Subsidiary were a party to this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Registration Rights Agreement and the MSD Partners Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the Organizational Documents of any Person, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto shall exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to it so as to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and, if necessary, to procure (so far as it is able to do so) any required amendment to the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, in order to cure any such inconsistency.

Section 8.2. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on December 25, 2018 upon execution of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Stockholders.

Section 8.3. Termination of First Restated Agreement. The parties hereto hereby agree that effective as of the effectiveness of this Agreement, and conditioned upon the concurrent effectiveness of the MD Stockholders Agreement and SLP Stockholders Agreement, all rights and obligations of the Stockholders pursuant to the First Restated Agreement shall terminate; provided, that (i) Section 5.6 and ARTICLE VII of the First Restated Agreement shall survive

 

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such termination and remain in full force and effect in respect of any reimbursable expenses or rights to indemnification, as applicable, arising prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement and (ii) the foregoing shall not terminate, restrict or otherwise prejudice any other rights the Stockholders are entitled to pursuant to the First Restated Agreement arising prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement. In the event that this Agreement does not become effective pursuant to Section 8.2, the First Restated Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without termination, amendment or restatement.

Section 8.4. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

Section 8.5. Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 8.6. Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

 

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(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 8.14, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 8.6(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.6(e).

 

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Section 8.7. Obligations. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

Section 8.8. Consents, Approvals and Actions. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MSD Partners Stockholders under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MSD Partners Stockholders, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MSD Partners Stockholders.

Section 8.9. Amendment; Waiver.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 8.9(b), any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to or of any provision of this Agreement shall require the prior written approval of the Company.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party hereto pursuant to ARTICLE VI shall not constitute an amendment hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient and (ii) the Company shall promptly amend the books and records of the Company appropriately and as and to the extent necessary to reflect the removal or addition of a Stockholder, any changes in the amount and/or type of DTI Securities beneficially owned by each Stockholder and/or the addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of any DTI Securities, in each case, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Any failure by any party at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

Section 8.10. Assignment of Rights By Stockholders.

(a) Subject to Section 8.10(b), no Stockholder may assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement except with the prior consent of the Company. Any purported assignment of rights or obligations under this Agreement in derogation of this Section 8.10 shall be null and void.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (but without limiting the restrictions on transfer contained in ARTICLE IV), the MSD Partners Stockholders may assign or transfer all of their rights under this Agreement to any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the MSD Partners Stockholders transfer greater than a majority of the DTI Securities beneficially owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the EMC Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the EMC Closing) (and such transferee who is transferred such rights shall be deemed to be the MSD Partners Stockholders for all purposes hereunder).

 

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Section 8.11. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 8.12. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 3.4, Section 5.1, ARTICLE VII and Section 8.15 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

Section 8.13. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of the MSD Partners Stockholders (for so long as the MSD Partners Stockholders own DTI Securities) and the Company (which Company consent shall require the approval by the Special Committee during the Restricted Period), (ii) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (iii) in the sole discretion of the MSD Partners Stockholders, in the event the MSD Partners Stockholders beneficially own less than one percent (1%) of the issued and outstanding DTI Securities or (iv) upon the termination of the MD Stockholders Agreement and SLP Stockholders Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof; provided, that Section 3.4 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect; provided, further, that in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (i), Section 5.5 and ARTICLE VII shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect unless and solely to the extent expressly waived in writing, with reference to such provisions, by the MSD Partners Stockholders.

Section 8.14. Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel;

(b) in the case of the Stockholders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

 

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If to any of the MSD Partners Stockholders, to:

MSD Partners, L.P.

645 Fifth Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10022-5910

Attention: Marc R. Lisker

Marcello Liguori

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

Email: mlisker@msdpartners.com

Email: mliguori@msdpartners.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Steven A. Rosenblum

Andrew J. Nussbaum

Gordon S. Moodie

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

(c) in the case of any other Stockholder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company.

Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.14, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Stockholders hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by Electronic Transmission addressed to the email address or facsimile number of such Stockholders as provided herein.

Section 8.15. No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the

 

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entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect to any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 8.16. No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or constitute any party the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 8.17. Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership.

(a) All DTI Securities held or acquired by the MSD Partners Stockholders and their Affiliates and their Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under and application of any limitations under this Agreement, and each such Stockholder and its Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.

(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any Stockholder, all of such Stockholder’s Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock shall be included as being owned by such Stockholder and as being outstanding.

Section 8.18. Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 8.19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement or caused this MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
 

Title: Senior Vice President and

  Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DENALI INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
 

Title: Senior Vice President and

  Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DELL INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
 

Title: Senior Vice President and

  Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
EMC CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
 

Title: Senior Vice President an

  Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DENALI FINANCE CORP.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
 

Title: Senior Vice President and

  Assistant Secretary


SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
 

Title: Senior Vice President and

  Assistant Secretary


MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS:
MSDC DENALI INVESTORS, L.P.
By: MSDC Denali (GP), LLC, its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Marcello Liguori

  Name: Marcello Liguori
  Title: Authorized Signatory
MSDC DENALI EIV, LLC
By: MSDC Denali (GP), LLC, its Managing Member
By:  

/s/ Marcello Liguori

  Name: Marcello Liguori
  Title: Authorized Signatory


MD STOCKHOLDER:
(SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 4.4)
 

/s/ Michael S. Dell

  MICHAEL S. DELL


SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE
PROPERTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Marc R. Lisker

  Name: Marc R. Lisker
  Title: President, Hexagon Trust Company


Annex A-1

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming the transferee of DTI Securities, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Stockholder [and] [MSD Partners Stockholder / MSD Partners Co-Investor], respectively, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, pursuant to this Joinder Agreement and the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, it is a Permitted Transferee of [•] and will be the lawful record owner of [•] shares of [Insert description of series / type of Security] of the Company as of the date hereof. The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees that it will take all such actions as required of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, including but not limited to conveying its record and beneficial ownership of any DTI Securities and all rights, title and obligations thereunder back to the initial transferor Stockholder or to another Permitted Transferee of the original transferor Stockholder, as the case may be, immediately prior to such time that the undersigned no longer meets the qualifications of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.]1

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 8.2 through Section 8.6 of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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[To be included for transfers of DTI Securities to Permitted Transferees]


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

 

 

Signature  

 

Print Name  
Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

Email:  

 


AGREED AND ACCEPTED
as of the          day of                 ,         .
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex A-2

FORM OF

SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Specified Subsidiary Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Specified Subsidiary, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 8.2 through Section 8.6 of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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

 

SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY:
[•]  
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex B

FORM OF

SPOUSAL CONSENT

In consideration of the execution of that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc., EMC, Denali Finance Corp., Dell International L.L.C., each other Specified Subsidiary that may become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the thereof, I,                                                              , the spouse of                                                              , who is a party to the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of the issuance, acquisition or receipt of DTI Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and securities subject thereto, whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

 

  

 

Dated as of                  ,             (Signature of Spouse)
  

 

   (Print Name of Spouse)

 

EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

 

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 25, 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.1

  Definitions      2  

Section 1.2

  General Interpretive Principles      13  
ARTICLE II REGISTRATION RIGHTS   

Section 2.1

  Automatic Shelf Registration      13  

Section 2.2

  Holder Initiated Shelf Registration      15  

Section 2.3

  Shelf Take-Downs      17  

Section 2.4

  Demand Registration      22  

Section 2.5

  Piggyback Registration      27  

Section 2.6

  Expenses of Registration      29  

Section 2.7

  Obligations of the Company      29  

Section 2.8

  Indemnification      34  

Section 2.9

  Information by Holder      37  

Section 2.10

  Transfer of Registration Rights; Additional Holders; General Transfer Restrictions on Exercise of Rights      37  

Section 2.11

  Delay of Registration      38  

Section 2.12

  Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights      38  

Section 2.13

  Reporting      38  

Section 2.14

  Blackout Periods      39  

Section 2.15

  Clear Market      41  

Section 2.16

  Discontinuance of Distributions and Use of Prospectus and Free Writing Prospectus      41  
ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 3.1

  Term      42  

Section 3.2

  Effectiveness      42  

Section 3.3

  Further Assurances      42  

Section 3.4

  Confidentiality      42  

Section 3.5

  Entire Agreement      43  

Section 3.6

  Specific Performance      43  

Section 3.7

  Governing Law      43  

Section 3.8

  Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIALS      43  

Section 3.9

  Obligations      45  

Section 3.10

  Consents, Approvals and Actions      45  

Section 3.11

  Amendment and Waiver      46  

Section 3.12

  Binding Effect      46  

Section 3.13

  Third Party Beneficiaries      46  

Section 3.14

  Notices      47  

Section 3.15

  No Third Party Liability      50  

 

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Section 3.16

  No Partnership      50  

Section 3.17

  Severability      50  

Section 3.18

  Counterparts      50  

 

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is made as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a)

Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (collectively, the “MD Stockholders”);

 

  (b)

MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “MSD Partners Stockholders”);

 

  (c)

Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, the “SLP Stockholders”, and together with the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, the “Sponsor Stockholders”);

 

  (d)

Venezio Investments Pte. Ltd., a Singapore corporation (the “Temasek Stockholder”);

 

  (e)

the parties identified on a schedule agreed by the Company and the MD Stockholders as “Management Stockholders” (“Management Stockholders”); and

 

  (f)

any other Person who becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.10.

WHEREAS, certain of the parties hereto are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, as amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (the “First Restated Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger, the Company, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders wish to amend the First Restated Agreement to make certain changes to the rights and obligations of the Company and the Stockholders under the First Restated Agreement;

 

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WHEREAS, the undersigned parties desire to amend and restate the First Restated Agreement as set forth herein pursuant to Section 3.11 of the First Restated Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree that the First Restated Agreement is, as of the effectiveness of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2, amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Adverse Disclosure” means public disclosure of material non-public information which, in the Board’s good faith judgment, after consultation with outside counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any report or Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company so that such report or Registration Statement would not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such report or Registration Statement and (iii) such disclosure is not in the best interests of the Company or would materially and adversely interfere with a bona fide financing transaction, disposition or acquisition by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis).

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of such party’s Affiliates (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of the MSD Partners Stockholders and/or the SLP Stockholders, (iii) none of the MSD Partners Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of the MD Stockholders and/or the SLP Stockholders, (iv) none of the SLP Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of the MSD Partners Stockholders and/or the MD Stockholders, (v) none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other

 

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similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds and (vi) portfolio companies of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek Holdings”) that are not under the management or control of the management team managing the Temasek Stockholder shall not be considered Affiliates of the Temasek Stockholder.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (including the schedules, annexes and exhibits attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition) and (ii) with respect to any Securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for Shares upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Shares shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Blackout Period Restrictions” means (i) offering for sale, selling, pledging, hypothecating, transferring, making any short sale of, loaning, granting any option or right to purchase of or otherwise disposing of (or entering into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any Person at any time in the future of) any Securities (including Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and Securities that may be issued upon exercise of any Company Stock Options or warrants) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities, (ii) entering into any swap, hedging arrangement or other derivatives transaction with respect to any Securities (including Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and Securities that may be issued upon exercise of any Company Stock Options or warrants) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) above or this clause (ii) is to be settled by delivery of Securities, in cash or otherwise, (iii) making any demand for or exercising any right or causing to be filed a Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any Securities or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities and/or (iv) publicly disclosing the intention to do any of the foregoing; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Holder that has a contractual right to transfer Registrable Securities in a registered sale pursuant to this Agreement from transferring its Registrable Securities in an applicable Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or an underwritten offering of Shares pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 2.5.

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Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Stockholders Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement of the Company dated as of the date hereof.

Class D Common Stock” means the Class D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock and the Class D Common Stock.

Company” means Dell Technologies Inc. (including any of its successors by merger, acquisition, reorganization, conversion or otherwise).

Company Indemnifiable Persons” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.8(a).

Company Stock Option” means an option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock.

Control Holder” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.7(d).

Dell” means Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Demand Delay” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(a)(ii).

Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(a).

Demand Participating Sponsor Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(a)(ii).

Demand Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(b).

 

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Demand Registration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(a).

Disabling Event” means either the death of MD, or the continuation of any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of MD’s duties for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

Effectiveness Date” means the date on which the Sponsor Holders are no longer subject to any transfer restriction on the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder” means, solely in the case of a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down initiated by one or more Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders, the SLP Holders and the MSD Partners Holders, but only for a three (3) year period following the Merger.

EMC” means EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (together with its successors and assigns).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

First Restated Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Free Writing Prospectus” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of Registrable Securities.

Holder Indemnifiable Persons” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.8(b).

Holders” means, collectively, the MD Holders, the MSD Partners Holders, the SLP Holders and the Non-Sponsor Holders.

Indemnified Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.8(c).

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.8(c).

Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(a).

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

Management Holders” means, collectively, (i) the Management Stockholders and (ii) any designated transferees or successors of any Management Stockholders pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and Section 2.10(b) below that, in each such case, hold Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable for or convertible into Registrable Securities.

 

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Management Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Management Stockholders Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Management Stockholders party thereto, the Sponsor Stockholders party thereto and the other signatories thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

Marketed Underwritten Demand Registration” means a Demand Registration, which includes a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) or other substantial marketing effort by the Company and one or more underwriters, in each case, over a period expected to exceed 48 hours.

Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(c)(i).

Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(c)(i).

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Co-Investor” means each Person party to and identified as an “MD Co-Investor” on the signature pages of the MD Stockholders Agreement.

MD Holders” means, collectively, (i) the MD Stockholders and the MD Co-Investors and (ii) any designated transferees or successors of any MD Stockholder or MD Co-Investor pursuant to Section 2.10(a) below that, in each such case, hold Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Registrable Securities.

MD Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Stockholders Agreement” means the MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders and certain other parties thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals

MSD Partners Co-Investor” means each Person party to and identified as an “MSD Partners Co-Investor” on the signature pages of the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

MSD Partners Holders” means, collectively, (i) the MSD Partners Stockholders and the MSD Partners Co-Investors and (ii) any designated transferees or successors of any MSD Partners Stockholder or MSD Partners Co-Investor pursuant to Section 2.10(a) below that, in each such case, hold Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Registrable Securities.

 

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MSD Partners Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement” means the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and certain other parties thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(d)(i).

Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Election Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(d)(i).

Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(d)(i).

Non-Sponsor Holders” means, collectively, (i) the Management Holders, (ii) the Temasek Holders, (iii) any Person (other than the Company or the Sponsor Holders) that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and Section 2.10(b), whether or not such Person is an employee or consultant of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, and (iv) any designated transferees or successors of any of the Persons in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and Section 2.10(b) below that, in each of the case of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), hold Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Registrable Securities.

Permitted Transferees” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Permitted Temasek Transferees” shall mean: (i) Temasek Holdings and (ii) Temasek Holdings’ direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, the boards of directors or equivalent governing bodies of which comprise solely nominees or employees of (x) Temasek Holdings, (y) Temasek Pte. Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings) and/or (z) wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries of Temasek Pte. Ltd. (other than portfolio companies).

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Priority Sell-Down” means, in connection with a registered sale of Registrable Securities, the Registrable Securities that may be included by Holders in such registered sale, solely to the extent such Holders have the contractual right to participate in such a registered sale pursuant to the terms hereof, shall be allocated as follows:

 

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  (i)

in connection with any registered sale of Registrable Securities occurring within the three (3) year period immediately following the Merger, each of (x) the SLP Holders (collectively), (y) the MSD Partners Holders (collectively) and (z) the Temasek Holders (collectively), shall have the right to elect to have its Registrable Securities, measured by value, represent in the aggregate up to fifty percent (50%) (combined, allocated pro rata based on the relative number of shares of Common Stock owned by each at the applicable time) of the aggregate Registrable Securities that the MD Holders, the MSD Partners Holders, the SLP Holders and the Temasek Holders would otherwise be entitled to sell in such registered sale of Registrable Securities; provided, that if any of the SLP Holders (collectively), the MSD Partners Holders (collectively) or the Temasek Holders (collectively) do not elect to include in such registered sale the maximum number of Registrable Securities that they are permitted to include, the others shall be permitted to include such additional number of Registrable Securities (allocated pro rata based on the relative number of shares of Common Stock owned by each at the applicable time) resulting in the Registrable Securities of the SLP Holders, the MSD Partners Holders and the Temasek Holders, measured by value, representing in the aggregate fifty (50%) of the aggregate Registrable Securities that the MD Holders, the MSD Partners Holders, the SLP Holders and the Temasek Holders would otherwise be entitled to sell in such registered sale of Registrable Securities; and

 

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in connection with any registered sale of Registrable Securities occurring within the three (3) year period immediately following the Merger, the MD Holders (collectively), shall have the right to elect to have their Registrable Securities, measured by value, represent in the aggregate up to fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Registrable Securities that the MD Holders, the MSD Partners Holders, the SLP Holders and the Temasek Holders would otherwise be entitled to sell in such registered sale of Registrable Securities, or, if the MSD Partners Holders, SLP Holders and Temasek Holders do not exercise the right to include the full amount of Registrable Securities permitted to be included pursuant to clause (i), such greater amount remaining after taking into account Securities included pursuant to clause (i).

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

register,” “registered” and “registration” means a registration effected pursuant to a Registration Statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering by the SEC of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

Registrable Securities” means (i) Shares held (whether now held or hereafter acquired) by a party to this Agreement other than the Company (including any additional Non-Sponsor Holder to the extent permitted by Section 2.10(b) below) or any designated transferee or successor to the extent permitted by Section 2.10(a) below or, without duplication, by any stockholder of the Company that holds registration or similar rights pursuant to an agreement

 

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between such stockholder and the Company and (ii) any Shares issued as (or as of any such date of determination then currently issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange or in replacement of, such Shares contemplated by the immediately foregoing clause (i) (including, without limitation, all shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock); provided, however, that (a) if such Shares are subject to one or more vesting conditions (whether time-based, performance-based or otherwise), all such vesting conditions shall have been satisfied and such Shares must have been vested and (b) Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities if (1) a Registration Statement covering such Shares has been declared effective by the SEC and such Shares have been disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement, (2) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or Form F-8 (or any successor form) covering such Shares is effective, (3) such Shares are distributed pursuant to Rule 144 or 145 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule or other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), (4) such Shares cease to be outstanding, (5) the holder of such Shares together with its Affiliates owns less than one percent (1%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and all Shares held by such holder and its Affiliates can be sold during any three (3) month period without registration pursuant to Rule 144 in a single transaction without being subject to the volume limitation thereunder or (6) such Shares shall have been otherwise transferred and such Shares may be publicly resold without registration under the Securities Act. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that, with respect to any Registrable Securities for which a Holder holds vested but unexercised Company Stock Options or other Securities exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for Registrable Securities, to the extent that such Registrable Securities are to be sold pursuant to Article II, such Holder must exercise the relevant Company Stock Option or other Security or exercise, convert or exchange such other relevant Security and transfer the relevant underlying Securities that are Registrable Securities (rather than the Company Stock Option or other Security).

Registration Expenses” means any and all expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) all registration and filing fees, and any other fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with the SEC, FINRA and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter,” as such term is defined in FINRA Rule 5121 (or any successor provision), and of its counsel, (ii) all fees and expenses of complying with any securities or blue sky laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) all printing, duplicating, word processing, messenger, telephone, facsimile and delivery expenses (including expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing Prospectuses and Free Writing Prospectuses), (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or quotation of the Registrable Securities on any inter-dealer quotation system, (v) all applicable rating agency fees with respect to the Registrable Securities, (vi) the fees and disbursements of (a) counsel for the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits and/or comfort letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (b) one legal counsel, acting jointly for, the MD Holders and the MSD Partners Holders, (c) one legal counsel for the SLP Holders and (d) one legal counsel for the Temasek Holders, (vii) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by the issuers or sellers of securities, including

 

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liability insurance if the Company so desires or if the underwriters so require, and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained in connection with the requested registration, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, (viii) Securities Act liability insurance or similar insurance if the Company so desires or the underwriters so require in accordance with then-customary underwriting practice, (ix) if any of the Sponsor Holders are selling Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration, all reasonable fees and disbursements of an accounting firm of each such Sponsor Holder, (x) any reasonable fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, (xi) all fees and expenses of any special experts or other Persons retained by the Company in connection with any Registration, (xiii) all of the Company’s internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (xiii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to analyst and investor presentations or any “road show” undertaken in connection with the registration and/or marketing of the Registrable Securities (including all travel, meals and lodging and the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders) and (xiv) any other fees and disbursements customarily paid by the issuers of securities.

Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed with the SEC.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time.

SEC” means the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

Securities” means any equity securities of the Company, including any Shares, debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities of the Company, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Company.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Share Equivalents” means (i) Shares (other than Shares that are subject to vesting in connection with the continued employment with, or engagement by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (ii) Shares issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any security that is currently exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for, as of any such date of determination, Shares.

Shares” means the shares of Common Stock of the Company and any securities into which such shares shall have been changed, or any securities resulting from any reclassification, recapitalization or similar transactions with respect to such shares.

Shelf Holder” means, with respect to any Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder, including the Shelf Initiating Sponsor Holder, if any, that has its Registrable Securities registered on such Shelf Registration Statement.

Shelf Initiating Sponsor Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a).

 

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Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders” means, collectively, all Shelf Holders that are Sponsor Holders.

Shelf Percentage” means, with respect to any Shelf Request, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing (i) the Shelf Request by (ii) the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Shelf Initiating Sponsor Holders as of the date of such Shelf Request.

Shelf Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(b).

Shelf Registration Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a).

Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement of the Company filed with the SEC on Form S-3 or Form F-3, or on Form S-1 or Form F-1(or any successor form) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC) covering the Registrable Securities, as applicable.

Shelf Request” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a).

Shelf Suspension” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).

Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(a).

Shelf Take-Down Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(d)(i).

SLP Holders” means, collectively, (i) the SLP Stockholders and (ii) any designated transferees or successors of any SLP Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.10(a) below that, in each such case, hold Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Registrable Securities.

SLP Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Special Committee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Support Agreement.

Special Registration” means the registration of (i) Securities or other rights in respect thereof solely registered on Form S-4, Form F-4, Form S-8 or Form F-8 (or any successor form) or (ii) Securities or other rights in respect thereof to be offered to directors, employees, consultants, customers, lenders or vendors of the Company or its Subsidiaries or in connection with dividend reinvestment plans.

Sponsor Holder” means, collectively, the MD Holders, the MSD Partners Holders and the SLP Holders.

Sponsor Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.

 

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Sponsor Underwritten Offering” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.15.

Sub 10% Sponsor Holder” means, with respect to any applicable offering of Registrable Securities, any Sponsor Holder that, together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns less than ten percent (10%) of the Common Stock that is outstanding immediately prior to such offering (calculated on a fully-diluted basis) whether or not the Registrable Securities of such Sponsor Holder are covered by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and/or Section 2.5.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Temasek Holders” means, collectively, (i) the Temasek Stockholder and (ii) any designated transferees or successors of the Temasek Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.10(a) below that, in each such case, hold Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable for or convertible into Registrable Securities.

Temasek Stockholder” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Third Party Holder” means any holder (other than a Holder) of Share Equivalents who exercises contractual rights to participate in a registered offering of Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, any transferee of Registrable Securities conveyed from a Holder, as contemplated by and in accordance with Section 2.10, shall not be deemed to be a Third Party Holder.

Third Party Shelf Holder” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a).

Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(b).

Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(b).

 

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VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

Voting and Support Agreement” means that certain Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2018, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders.

Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act.

Section 1.2 General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words, “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall mean United States dollars. Except as otherwise set forth herein, Shares underlying unexercised Company Stock Options that have been issued by the Company shall not be deemed “outstanding” for any purposes in this Agreement. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 2.1 Automatic Shelf Registration.

(a) Filing. Following the Merger, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to (i) file a Shelf Registration Statement for a public offering of all Registrable Securities (or such lesser amount as the Sponsor Stockholders holding Registrable Securities agree, provided, that (x) all Registrable Securities of the Management Holders must be registered under such Shelf Registration Statement, (y) all Registrable Securities held by the Temasek Holders must be registered under such Shelf Registration Statement, and (z) upon the request of any such Sponsor Stockholder, the Company shall increase the number of Registrable Securities registered under such Shelf Registration Statement by the amount requested by such Sponsor Stockholder (or, in the event that no Shelf Registration Statement is effective at the time of such request, shall file and cause to become effective a Shelf Registration Statement covering such number of Registrable Securities), and this parenthetical shall apply to successive requests by Sponsor Stockholders holding Registrable Securities) pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act no later than the first day on which such filing can be made with the SEC following the 150th day after the consummation of the Merger and (ii) cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as soon as possible thereafter. To the extent that the

 

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Company is a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer at the time of filing such Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall designate such Shelf Registration Statement as an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to remain a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer during the period which such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is required to remain effective in accordance with this Agreement. The Company shall (i) promptly (but in any event no later than ten (10) days prior to the date such Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective) give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders and Third Party Holders and (ii) subject to the first sentence of this Section 2.1(a), use its reasonable best efforts to permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all Registrable Securities under such Registration Statement as may specified by a Holder pursuant to, and in accordance with, its rights set forth in this Agreement.

(b) Continued Effectiveness. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by the Shelf Holders until the date as of which all Registrable Securities registered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold or have otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities. Subject to the Company’s rights under Section 2.1(c), the Company shall not be deemed to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during such period if the Company voluntarily takes any action, or omits to take any commercially reasonable action, that would result in Shelf Holders not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during such period, unless such action or omission is (x) a Shelf Suspension permitted pursuant to Section 2.1(c) or (y) required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

(c) Suspension of Filing or Registration. If the Company shall furnish to the Holders, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or equivalent senior executive of the Company, stating that the filing, effectiveness or continued use of the Shelf Registration Statement would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, then the Company shall have a period of not more than ninety (90) days, or such longer period as the Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders shall mutually consent to in writing, within which to delay the filing or effectiveness (but not the preparation) of such Shelf Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement that has been declared effective, to suspend the use by Shelf Holders of such Shelf Registration Statement (in each case, a “Shelf Suspension”); provided, however, that, unless consented to in writing by the MD Holders and the SLP Holders in advance, the Company shall not be permitted to exercise more than two (2) Shelf Suspensions pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) and/or Section 2.2(c) and/or Demand Delays pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(ii) in the aggregate, or aggregate Shelf Suspensions pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) and/or Section 2.2(c) and/or Demand Delays pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(ii) of more than ninety (90) days, in each case, during any twelve-month (12) period. Each Shelf Holder shall keep confidential the fact that a Shelf Suspension is in effect, the certificate referred to above and its contents for the permitted duration of the Shelf Suspension or until otherwise notified by the Company, except (A) in the case of any Shelf Holder, for disclosure to any of such Shelf Holder’s employees, agents and professional advisers who are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) in the case of any Shelf Participating Sponsor Holder, for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep

 

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such information confidential, (C) in the case of any Temasek Holder, for disclosures to any Permitted Temasek Transferees who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (D) as required by law, rule, regulation or legal process. In the case of a Shelf Suspension that occurs after the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Shelf Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus for the permitted duration of such Shelf Suspension in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the certificate referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Shelf Holders upon the termination of any Shelf Suspension, and (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement that has not been declared effective, shall promptly thereafter file the Shelf Registration Statement and use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act and (ii) in the case of an effective Shelf Registration Statement, shall, prior to the expiration of the Shelf Suspension, (x) amend or supplement the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and furnish to the Shelf Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Shelf Holders may reasonably request and (y) if applicable, cause any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective. The Company agrees, if necessary, to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the registration form used by the Company for the Shelf Registration or by the instructions applicable to such registration form or by the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or as may reasonably be requested by any of the MD Holders, the SLP Holders or Shelf Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.

Section 2.2 Holder Initiated Shelf Registration.

(a) Filing. Following the Merger and at any time after the Effectiveness Date, one or more of the Sponsor Holders may deliver a written request to the Company (the Sponsor Holders delivering such a request, the “Shelf Initiating Sponsor Holders”) to file a Shelf Registration Statement (a “Shelf Registration Notice”), and subject to the Company’s rights under Section 2.2(c), the limitations set forth in Section 2.3, the Company shall (i) promptly (but in any event no later than ten (10) days prior to the date such Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective) give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders and Third Party Holders (which such notice will include the applicable Shelf Percentage) and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as possible with the SEC (and, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Shelf Initiating Sponsor Holder, in no event later than twenty (20) Business Days after the receipt of such Shelf Registration Notice) and cause to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible a Shelf Registration Statement (which shall be designated by the Company as an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer at the time of filing such Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC) as will permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Shelf Initiating Sponsor Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such Shelf Registration Notice (such portion, the “Shelf Request”), together with (x) all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holders joining in such demand as are specified in a written demand received by the Company within five (5) days after such written notice is given (subject to the Priority Sell-Down, such amount not in any event to exceed the Shelf Percentage of the total Registrable

 

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Securities held by such Holder as of the date of such written notice) and (y) all or such portion of the shares of any Third Party Holder that joins in such demand pursuant to its contractual rights to so participate (each such Third Party Holder, a “Third Party Shelf Holder”) (such amount not in any event to exceed the Shelf Percentage of the total Registrable Securities held by such Third Party Shelf Holder as of the date of such written notice); provided, however, that if a Shelf Registration Notice is delivered prior to the Effectiveness Date, the Company shall not be obligated to file (but shall be obligated to prepare) such Shelf Registration Statement prior to the Effectiveness Date; and provided, further, however, that if the Company is permitted by applicable law, rule or regulation to add selling stockholders to a Shelf Registration Statement without filing a post-effective amendment, a Holder may request the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities (subject to the Priority Sell-Down, such amount not in any event to exceed the Shelf Percentage of the total Registrable Securities held by such Holder) in such Shelf Registration Statement at any time or from time to time, and the Company shall add such Registrable Securities to the Shelf Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable, and such Holder shall be deemed a Shelf Holder. Any such request to file a Shelf Registration Statement shall not be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 2.4, a Demand Registration and shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.4(e). If, on the date of any such demand, the Company does not qualify to file a Shelf Registration Statement, then the provisions of Section 2.4 hereof shall apply instead of this Section 2.2. In no event shall the Company be required to file, and maintain effectiveness pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of, more than one Shelf Registration Statement at any one time pursuant to Section 2.1 and/or this Section 2.2. To the extent the Company is eligible under the relevant provisions of Rule 430B under the Securities Act, the Company shall include in such Shelf Registration Statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (referring to the unnamed selling security holders in a generic manner by identifying the initial offering of the securities to the Holders) in order to ensure that the Holders 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.

(b) Continued Effectiveness. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.2(a) hereof continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by the Shelf Holders until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities registered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold and (ii) such shorter period as the Shelf Initiating Sponsor Holders and any other Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders may mutually determine (such period of effectiveness, the “Shelf Period”). Subject to the Company’s rights under Section 2.2(c), the Company shall not be deemed to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action, or omits to take any commercially reasonable action, that would result in Shelf Holders not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Period, unless such action or omission is (x) a Shelf Suspension permitted pursuant to Section 2.2(c) or (y) required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

(c) Suspension of Filing or Registration. If the Company shall furnish to the Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or equivalent senior executive of the Company, stating that the filing, effectiveness or continued use of the Shelf Registration Statement would require the Company to make an Adverse

 

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Disclosure, then the Company shall have a period of not more than ninety (90) days or such longer period as the Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders shall mutually consent to in writing, within which to effect a Shelf Suspension; provided, however, that, unless consented to in writing by the Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders, the Company shall not be permitted to exercise more than two (2) Shelf Suspensions pursuant to Section 2.1(c) and/or this Section 2.2(c) and/or Demand Delays pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(ii) in the aggregate, or aggregate Shelf Suspensions pursuant to Section 2.1(c) and/or this Section 2.2(c) and/or Demand Delays pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(ii) of more than ninety (90) days, in each case, during any twelve-month (12) period. Each Shelf Holder shall keep confidential the fact that a Shelf Suspension is in effect, the certificate referred to above and its contents for the permitted duration of the Shelf Suspension or until otherwise notified by the Company, except (A) in the case of any Shelf Holder, for disclosure to any of such Shelf Holder’s employees, agents and professional advisers who are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) in the case of any Shelf Participating Sponsor Holder, for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep such information confidential, (C) in the case of any Temasek Holder, for disclosures to any Permitted Temasek Transferees who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (D) as required by law, rule, regulation or legal process. In the case of a Shelf Suspension that occurs after the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Shelf Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus for the permitted duration of such Shelf Suspension in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the certificate referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Shelf Holders upon the termination of any Shelf Suspension, and (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement that has not been declared effective, shall promptly thereafter file the Shelf Registration Statement and use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act and (ii) in the case of an effective Shelf Registration Statement, shall, prior to the expiration of the Shelf Suspension, (x) amend or supplement the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and furnish to the Shelf Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Shelf Holders may reasonably request and (y) if applicable, cause any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective. The Company agrees, if necessary, to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the registration form used by the Company for the Shelf Registration or by the instructions applicable to such registration form or by the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or as may reasonably be requested by any Shelf Participating Sponsor Holder.

Section 2.3 Shelf Take-Downs.

(a) Initiating Holder(s). Subject to Section 2.4(e) and Section 2.10(c), an unlimited number of offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement (each, a “Shelf Take-Down”) may be initiated by any of the Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders (each, an “Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder”). The offer and sale of Registrable Securities by any Shelf Holders or Third Party Shelf Holders in connection with any Shelf Take-Down shall be subject to the Priority Sell-Down, if applicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Shelf Take-Down (other than a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) shall be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 2.4, a Demand Registration and/or subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.4(e).

 

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(b) Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs. Subject to Section 2.10(c) and, in case of Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs, Section 2.4(e), if the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder elects by written request to the Company (such request, an “Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice”), a Shelf Take-Down shall be in the form of an underwritten offering (an “Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”) and if necessary or if requested by the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the Company shall amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement for such purpose as soon as possible. Such Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall have the right to select the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down; provided, that such managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. Notwithstanding the delivery of any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms and conditions of any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Underwritten Shelf Take-Down. In connection with any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the Company shall, together with all participating Shelf Holders and participating Third Party Shelf Holders of Registrable Securities of the Company (if any) proposing (and permitted) to distribute their securities through such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down in accordance with this Section 2.3, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form (containing such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type) with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected by the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Underwritten Shelf Take-Down in accordance with this Section 2.3(b). The Shelf Participating Sponsor Holders shall cooperate with the Company in the negotiation of such underwriting agreement and shall give consideration to the reasonable suggestions of the Company regarding the form thereof. Such underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of the Shelf Holders and Third Party Shelf Holders party thereto as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in secondary underwritten public offerings. No Shelf Holder or Third Party Shelf Holder shall be entitled to participate in an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down in accordance with this Section 2.3 unless such Shelf Holder or Third Party Shelf Holder, as the case may be, completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting agreement. All reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder that initiated the applicable Underwritten Shelf Take-Down in connection with such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (to the extent not paid or reimbursed by Company) shall be borne on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of Registrable Securities being sold by each of the Shelf Holders, Third Party Shelf Holders and/or the Company in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down.

 

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(c) Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs.

(i) If the plan of distribution set forth in any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice includes a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) or other substantial marketing effort by the Company and one or more underwriters, in each case, over a period expected to exceed 48 hours (a “Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”), promptly upon delivery of such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice (but in no event more than two (2) Business Days thereafter), the Company shall promptly deliver a written notice (a “Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice”) of such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down to all Shelf Holders of Registrable Securities under such Shelf Registration Statement (other than the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down), and, in each case subject to Section 2.3(c)(ii) and Section 2.10(c), the Company shall include in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down all such Registrable Securities of such Shelf Holders and Third Party Shelf Holders that are registered on such Shelf Registration Statement for which the Company has received written requests, which requests must specify the aggregate amount of such Registrable Securities of such Holder to be offered and sold pursuant to such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, for inclusion therein within two (2) Business Days after the date that such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice has been delivered. Notwithstanding the delivery of any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms and conditions of any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down.

(ii) The right of any Shelf Holders and/or Third Party Shelf Holder to participate in a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be conditioned upon such Shelf Holder’s or Third Party Shelf Holder’s, as the case may be, compliance with the terms and conditions of Section 2.3(b) and this Section 2.3(c)(ii). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities included in a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall advise the Company and the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that the number of securities requested to be included in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the Company shall so advise all Shelf Holders and Third Party Shelf Holders of Registrable Securities that have requested to participate in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (other than the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down), and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (1) first, shall be allocated pro rata among the Shelf Holders that have requested to participate in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Shelf Holder (provided, that any securities thereby allocated to such a Shelf Holder that exceed such Shelf Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Shelf Holders in like manner), (2) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (1) have been included in such registration, the number of securities that the Company proposes to include in such registration that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect and (3) third, and only if all of the securities referred to in clause (2) have been included in such

 

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registration, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such registration (including those of any Third Party Shelf Holder) that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be subject to the Priority Sell-Down. No Registrable Securities excluded from a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down by reason of the managing underwriter’s or underwriters’ marketing limitation shall be included in such underwritten offering.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) each Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 2.4, a Demand Registration effected by the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder that initiated such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down and shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.4(e) and (y) a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down must reasonably be anticipated to result in a net aggregate offering price (after deduction of underwriter commissions and offering expenses) of at least $100,000,000 (or such lesser amount constituting all remaining Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder that initiated such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down).

(d) Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs.

(i) If the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Underwritten Shelf Take-Down intend to effect a plan of distribution pursuant to an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that does not constitute a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (a “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”), such Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders shall provide an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice (a “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice”) of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down to the Company and, to the extent there are any Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holders that may be permitted to participate in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the Company shall immediately provide a copy of such notice to each Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder, in each case, as far in advance of the pricing of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down as possible. Each Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice shall set forth (1) the total number of Registrable Securities expected to be offered and sold in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, (2) the expected plan of distribution of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, (3) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing the number of Registrable Securities anticipated to be sold by the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down by the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders (the “Shelf Take-Down Percentage”), (4) to the extent there are any Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holders that may be permitted to participate in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, an invitation to each Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder who is a Shelf Holder of Registrable Securities under such Shelf Registration Statement to elect to include, on the same terms and conditions as the applicable

 

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Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, Registrable Securities held by such Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder (subject to the Priority Sell-Down, such amount not in any event to exceed the Shelf Take-Down Percentage of the total Registrable Securities held by such Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder) and (5) to the extent there are any Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holders that may be permitted to participate in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the action or actions required (including the timing thereof, which shall be reasonable in light of the circumstances applicable to such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) to be taken by such Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holders in connection with such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down should any such Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder elect to participate in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down. Subject to Section 2.3(c)(ii) and Section 2.10(c), the Company shall include in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down all such Registrable Securities of such electing Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holders that are registered on such Shelf Registration Statement for which the Company has received written requests, which requests must specify the aggregate amount of such Registrable Securities of such Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder to be offered and sold pursuant to such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, for inclusion therein within the time period specified in the applicable Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice (which time period shall be as far in advance of the pricing of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down as the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders shall determine is practicable in light of the circumstances applicable to such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) (the “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Election Period”). Notwithstanding the delivery of any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms and conditions of any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be at the sole discretion of the applicable Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down.

(ii) In the case of a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down initiated by an Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder, in each such case, the right of any Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder to participate in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be conditioned upon such Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holder’s compliance with the terms and conditions of Section 2.3(b) and this Section 2.3(d)(ii). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities included in a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall advise the Company and the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that initiated the applicable Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that the number of securities requested to be included in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the Company shall so advise the Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holders that have initiated such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-

 

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Down and, any other Sponsor Holders and the Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holders that have the right to, and have, requested to participate in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be allocated pro rata among the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Sponsor Holders that have initiated such Non-Marketed Shelf Take-Down and the Eligible Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Holders that have the right to, and have, provided the Company written requests to participate in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down within the Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Election Period based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be subject to the Priority Sell-Down.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) in the event that an Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder that initiated a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down abandons or terminates such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, neither such Initiating Shelf Take-Down Holder nor any of its Affiliates shall be permitted to initiate a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down for a period of forty five (45) days following such abandonment or termination and (y) no Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 2.4, a Demand Registration and/or subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.4(e).

Section 2.4 Demand Registration.

(a) Demand for Registration. Subject to Section 2.14(a), if the Company shall receive from one or more of the Sponsor Holders (such Sponsor Holders, the “Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders”) a written demand that the Company effect any registration (a “Demand Registration,” which term shall also include a demand for a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down pursuant to Section 2.3(c), but shall not include a demand for a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) of Registrable Securities held by such Sponsor Holders having a reasonably anticipated net aggregate offering price (after deduction of underwriter commissions and offering expenses) of at least $100,000,000 (or such lesser amount constituting all remaining Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration), the Company will:

(i) promptly (but in any event within ten (10) days after the date a Registration Statement for such Demand Registration is initially filed) give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders; and

(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration as soon as practicable as will permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such demand, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holders joining in such demand as are specified in a written demand received by the Company within five (5) days after such written notice is given; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any Registration Statement or other disclosure

 

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document pursuant to this Section 2.4 (but shall be obligated to continue to prepare such Registration Statement or other disclosure document) if the Company shall furnish to the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders and any other Sponsor Holder participating in such Demand Registration (collectively, the “Demand Participating Sponsor Holders”) a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or equivalent senior executive of the Company, stating that the filing or effectiveness of such Registration Statement would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, in which case the Company shall have an additional period (each, a “Demand Delay”) of not more than ninety (90) days (or such longer period as may be mutually agreed upon by the Demand Participating Sponsor Holders) within which to file such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not exercise more than two (2) Demand Delays pursuant to this Section 2.4(a)(ii) and/or Shelf Suspensions pursuant to Section 2.1(c) and/or Section 2.2(c) in the aggregate, or aggregate Demand Delays pursuant to this Section 2.4(a)(ii) and/or Shelf Suspensions pursuant to Section 2.1(c) and/or Section 2.2(c) of more than ninety (90) days, in each case, during any twelve-month (12) month period. Each Holder shall keep confidential the fact that a Demand Delay is in effect, the certificate referred to above and its contents for the permitted duration of the Demand Delay or until otherwise notified by the Company, except (A) in the case of any Holder, for disclosure to such Holder’s employees, agents and professional advisers who need to know such information and are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) in the case of the Sponsor Holders, for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep such information confidential, (C) in the case of any Temasek Holder, for disclosures to any Permitted Temasek Transferees who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (D) as required by law, rule, regulation or legal process. In the case of a Demand Delay, the Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus for the permitted duration of such Demand Delay in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the certificate referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders upon the termination of any Demand Delay, and (i) in the case of a Registration Statement that has not been declared effective, shall promptly thereafter file the Registration Statement and use its reasonable best efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act and (ii) in the case of an effective Registration Statement, shall amend or supplement the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any material misstatement or omission prior to the expiration of the Demand Delay and furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Holders may reasonably request. The Company agrees, if necessary, to supplement or make amendments to the Registration Statement if required by the registration form used by the Company for the Demand Registration or by the instructions applicable to such registration form or by the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or as may reasonably be requested by any Demand Participating Sponsor Holders.

(b) Effective Registration. The Company shall be deemed to have effected a Demand Registration if the Registration Statement pursuant to such Demand Registration is declared effective by the SEC and remains effective until (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities registered by such Registration Statement pursuant to such Demand Registration have

 

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been sold and (ii) such shorter period, if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten offering, as the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders and the underwriter may mutually determine or until the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution relating thereto (the applicable period, the “Demand Period”); provided, that no Demand Registration shall be deemed to have been effected if (A) during the Demand Period such registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court, (B) the conditions specified in the underwriting agreement, if any, entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied other than by reason of a wrongful act, misrepresentation or breach of such applicable underwriting agreement by a participating Holder and/or (C) the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration have terminated, withdrawn and/or delayed any Demand Registration initiated by them pursuant to, and in accordance with Section 2.4(d) and such termination, withdrawal and/or delay is made (1) (x) following the occurrence of a material adverse change of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (y) if, as of the date of such termination withdrawal or delay, the per share stock price of Shares has declined by ten percent (10%) or more as compared to the closing per share stock price of Shares on the date of the delivery of the written notice requesting such Demand Registration or (z) following the discovery by the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration of material adverse or undisclosed information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries of which such Person did not have prior actual knowledge or (2) because the registration would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure.

(c) Underwriting. If the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their demand by means of an underwritten offering, they shall so advise the Company as part of their demand made pursuant to this Section 2.4, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.4(a)(i). In such event, the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwritten offering to the extent provided herein. The Company shall, together with all participating Holders and participating Third Party Holders of Registrable Securities of the Company (if any) proposing (and permitted) to distribute their securities through such underwritten offering, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form (containing such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type) with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected by the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration. The Demand Participating Sponsor Holders shall cooperate with the Company in the negotiation of such underwriting agreement and shall give consideration to the reasonable suggestions of the Company regarding the form thereof. Such underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of the Holders and Third Party Holders party thereto as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in secondary underwritten public offerings. No Holder or Third Party Holder shall be entitled to participate in such underwritten offering unless such Holder or Third Party Holder, as the case may be, completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting agreement. All reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration in connection with such

 

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underwritten offering (to the extent not paid or reimbursed by Company) shall be borne on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of Registrable Securities being sold by each of the Holders, Third Party Holders and/or the Company in such underwritten offering. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.4, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration shall advise the Company and the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration that the number of securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the Company shall so advise all Holders and Third Party Holders of Registrable Securities that have requested to participate in such Demand Registration (other than the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration), and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Demand Registration (1) first, shall be allocated pro rata among the Demand Participating Sponsor Holders, Management Holders and the Temasek Holders that have requested to participate in such Demand Registration based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Demand Participating Sponsor Holder, Management Holder and Temasek Holder (provided, that any securities thereby allocated to such a Demand Participating Sponsor Holder, Management Holder or Temasek Holder that exceed such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Demand Participating Sponsor Holders, Management Holders and the Temasek Holders in like manner), (2) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (1) have been included in such Demand Registration, pro rata among the other Holders that have requested to participate in such Demand Registration based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder (provided, that any securities thereby allocated to such Holder that exceed such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Holders in like manner), (3) third, and only if all of the securities referred to in clause (2) have been included in such Demand Registration, the number of securities that the Company proposes to include in such Demand Registration that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect and (4) fourth, and only if all of the securities referred to in clause (3) have been included in such Demand Registration, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such Demand Registration (including those of any Third Party Holder) that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Demand Registration shall be subject to the Priority Sell-Down. No Registrable Securities excluded from the underwritten offering by reason of the managing underwriter’s or underwriters’ marketing limitation shall be included in such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding the delivery of any notice of a Demand Registration, all determinations as to whether to complete any Demand Registration and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms and conditions of any Demand Registration shall be at the sole discretion of the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration. Each of the Holders agrees to reasonably cooperate with each of the other Holders to establish notice, delivery and documentation procedures and measures to facilitate such other Holder’s participation in future potential Demand Registrations pursuant this Section 2.4.

 

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(d) Right to Terminate, Withdraw and/or Delay Registration. The Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration shall have the right to terminate, withdraw and/or delay any Demand Registration initiated by them under this Section 2.4 prior to the effectiveness of such Demand Registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration and, thereupon, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities under this Section 2.4 in connection with such Demand Registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.6), and in the case of a determination to delay registration, the Company shall delay registering all Registrable Securities under this Section 2.4, for the same period as the delay in registering the Registrable Securities proposed to be included by the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) none of the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders shall have any liability or obligation to any other Holders following their determination to terminate, withdraw and/or delay any Demand Registration initiated by them under Section 2.3 and (ii) none of the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders that initiated the applicable Demand Registration shall have any liability or obligation to any other Holder following their determination to terminate, withdraw and/or delay any Demand Registration initiated by them under this Section 2.4.

(e) Restrictions on Demand Registrations and Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs. Notwithstanding the rights and obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section 2.4, in no event shall the Company be obligated to take any action to effect:

(i) more than seven (7) Demand Registrations initiated by the MD Holders and/or the MSD Partners Holders, together with their respective designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a), excluding (A) Demand Registrations that are not deemed to be effected pursuant to Section 2.4(b) and (B) Demand Registrations that are abandoned by the MD Holders, the MSD Partners Holders and/or their respective designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and for which the pro rata portion (based on the total number of securities such initiating Holder sought to register, as compared to the total number of securities included on the applicable Registration Statement) of the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such Demand Registration are reimbursed by such Holders;

(ii) more than five (5) Demand Registrations initiated by the SLP Holders, together with their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a), excluding (A) Demand Registrations that are not deemed to be effected pursuant to Section 2.4(b) and (B) Demand Registrations that are abandoned by the SLP Holders and/or their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a) and for which the pro rata portion (based on the total number of securities such initiating Holder sought to register, as compared to the total number of securities included on the applicable Registration Statement) of the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such Demand Registration are reimbursed by such Holders;

(iii) two (2) Marketed Underwritten Demand Registrations initiated by the MD Holders, together with their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a), in any consecutive 12-month period;

 

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(iv) two (2) Marketed Underwritten Demand Registrations initiated by the MSD Partners Holders, together with their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a), in any consecutive 12-month period; and/or

(v) two (2) Marketed Underwritten Demand Registrations initiated by the SLP Holders, together with their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a), in any consecutive 12-month period.

Section 2.5 Piggyback Registration.

(a) If at any time or from time to time the Company shall determine to register any of its equity securities, either for its own account or for the account of security holders (other than (1) in a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, (2) a Registration Statement on Form S-4, Form F-4, Form S-8 or Form F-8 (or any successor forms), (3) a registration pursuant to which the Company is offering to exchange its own securities for other securities, (4) a Registration Statement relating solely to dividend reinvestment or similar plans, (5) a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to which only the initial purchasers and subsequent transferees of debt securities of the Company or any Subsidiary that are convertible for Share Equivalents and that are initially issued pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act may resell such notes and sell the Share Equivalents into which such notes may be converted, or (6) a registration pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4 hereof), the Company will:

(i) promptly (but in any event within ten (10) days after the date the relevant Registration Statement is initially filed) give to each Holder written notice thereof; and

(ii) include in such registration (and any related qualification under state securities laws or other compliance), and in any underwritten offering involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company by any Holder or Holders, except as set forth in Section 2.5(b) below.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 2.5 shall not apply in respect of any Holder in the Merger. For the avoidance of doubt, the inclusion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder in such registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall in all cases be subject to Section 2.10(c).

(b) Underwriting. If the Company intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its registration by means of an underwritten offering, the Company shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.5(a)(i). In such event, the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwritten offering to the extent provided herein. The Company shall, together with all participating Holders and participating Third Party Holders of Registrable Securities of the Company (if any) proposing (and permitted) to distribute their securities through such underwritten offering, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary

 

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form (containing such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type) with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. Such underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of the Holders and Third Party Holders party thereto as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in secondary underwritten public offerings. No Holder or Third Party Holder shall be entitled to participate in such underwritten offering unless such Holder or Third Party Holder, as the case may be, completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.5, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities included in a registration pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall advise the Company and the Sponsor Holders that have requested to participate in such registration that the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such registration shall be (1) first, 100% of the securities that the Company proposes to sell, (2) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (1) have been included, the number of Registrable Securities that the Sponsor Holders, Management Holders and Temasek Holders proposed to include in such registration, which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect in such registration, with such number to be allocated pro rata among such Sponsor Holders, Management Holders and Temasek Holders that have requested to participate in such registration based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Sponsor Holder, Management Holder and Temasek Holder (provided, that any securities thereby allocated to a Sponsor Holder, Management Holder or Temasek Holder that exceed such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Sponsor Holders, Management Holders and Temasek Holders in like manner), (3) third, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (2) have been included, the number of Registrable Securities that the other Holders proposed to include in such registration, which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect in such registration, with such number to be allocated pro rata among such other Holders that have requested to participate in such registration 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 (4) fourth, and only if all of the Registrable Securities referred to in clause (3) have been included in such registration, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such registration (including those of any Third Party Holder) that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect in such registration; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such registration shall be subject to the Priority Sell-Down. No securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the managing underwriter’s or underwriters’ marketing limitation shall be included in such registration.

 

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(c) Right to Terminate, Withdraw and/or Delay Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate, withdraw and/or delay any registration initiated by it (and not a Holder) under this Section 2.5 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination to terminate or withdraw any registration, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities under this Section 2.5 in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.6), without prejudice, however, to the rights of the Sponsor Holders who had elected to participate in such registration to request that such registration be effected as a Demand Registration under Section 2.4, and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registration, in the absence of a request by the Sponsor Holders who had elected to participate in such registration that such registration be effected as a Demand Registration under Section 2.4, the Company shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities under this Section 2.5, for the same period as the delay in registering the other equity securities covered by such registration.

Section 2.6 Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay stock transfer taxes or underwriters’ discounts or selling commissions relating to Registrable Securities.

Section 2.7 Obligations of the Company. In connection with the Company’s registration obligations under this Article II and subject to the applicable terms and conditions set forth therein, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, and in connection therewith the Company shall:

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities, including all exhibits and financial statements required under the Securities Act to be filed therewith, and before filing any such Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, (i) furnish to the underwriters, if any, and the participating Sponsor Holders, if any, copies of all such documents prepared to be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review of such underwriters and such Sponsor Holders and their respective counsel and (ii) except in the case of a registration under Section 2.5, not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto to which any Sponsor Holder or underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;

(b) subject to Section 2.1(b) and Section 2.2(b) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable, and keep such Registration Statement effective for (i) the lesser of one hundred eighty (180) days or until the Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have completed the distribution relating thereto or (ii) for such longer period as may be prescribed herein;

(c) prepare and file with the SEC such pre- and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, supplements to the Prospectus and such amendments or supplements to any Free Writing Prospectus as may be (x) reasonably requested by any participating Sponsor Holder, (y) reasonably requested by any other participating Holder (to the

 

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extent such request relates to information relating to such Holder), or (z) necessary to keep such Registration effective for the period of time required by this Agreement, and comply with provisions of the applicable securities laws with respect to the sale or other disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

(d) permit any Holder and its counsel that (in the good faith reasonable judgment of such Holder) might be deemed to be a controlling person of the Company (a “Control Holder”) to participate in good faith in the preparation of such Registration Statement and to cooperate in good faith to include therein material, furnished to the Company in writing, that in the reasonable judgment of such Holder and its counsel should be included;

(e) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement, Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters and any participating Sponsor Holder agree should be included therein relating to the plan of distribution with respect to such Registrable Securities, and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement, Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement, Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment;

(f) furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, without charge, such numbers of copies of the Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act (it being understood that the Company consents to the use of such Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by such Holders and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities thereby), and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities

(g) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form (containing such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type), with the managing underwriter(s) of such offering. Each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement;

(h) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and (if requested) confirm such advice in writing and provide copies of the relevant documents, as soon as reasonably practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (i) when the applicable Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective, and when the applicable Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed, (ii) of any written comments by the SEC or any request by the SEC or any other federal or state

 

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governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the SEC or any other regulatory authority preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes, (iv) if, at any time, the representations and warranties of the Company in any applicable underwriting agreement cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction;

(i) promptly notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, when the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the applicable Registration Statement, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (as then in effect) or any Free Writing Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of such Prospectus, any preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, when any Free Writing Prospectus includes information that may conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such time period to amend or supplement such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, in either case as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the SEC, and furnish without charge to such Holders or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus which shall correct such misstatement or omission or effect such compliance;

(j) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order as soon as practicable;

(k) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(l) make available for inspection by each Holder including Registrable Securities in such registration, any underwriter participating in any distribution pursuant to such registration, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holder or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as such parties may reasonably request, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Registration Statement;

 

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(m) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel, in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” or securities laws of each state and other jurisdiction of the United States as any such Holder or underwriters, if any, or their respective counsel reasonably request in writing, and do any and all other things reasonably necessary or advisable to keep such registration or qualification in effect for such period as required by Section 2.1(b) and Section 2.2(b); provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or take any action which would subject it to taxation service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(n) not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities and provide the applicable transfer agent with printed certificates for the Registrable Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company;

(o) make such representations and warranties to the Holders including Registrable Securities in such registration and the underwriters or agents, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in secondary underwritten public offerings;

(p) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting and indemnification agreements) and take all such other actions as any Sponsor Holder participating in such registration or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the registration and disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(q) obtain for delivery to the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and to the underwriters, if any, an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company, dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in customary form, scope and substance, which opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Holders or underwriters, as the case may be, and their respective counsel;

(r) in the case of an underwritten offering, obtain for delivery to the Company and the underwriters, with copies to the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, a cold comfort letter from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters as the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request, dated the date of execution of the underwriting agreement and brought down to the closing under the underwriting agreement;

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(t) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(u) cooperate with Holders including Registrable Securities in such registration and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, such certificates to be in such denominations and registered in such names as such Holders or the managing underwriters may request at least two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities;

(v) cooperate with each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA;

(w) use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable securities laws and make available to its Holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(x) make available upon reasonable notice at reasonable times and for reasonable periods for inspection by any Sponsor Holder or Control Holder participating in such registration, by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such Registration Statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Sponsor Holder(s) or Control Holder(s) or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements to make themselves available to discuss the business of the Company and to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Person in connection with such Registration Statement as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility; provided, that any such Person gaining access to information regarding the Company pursuant to this Section 2.7(x) shall agree to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure or use any information regarding the Company that the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination such Person is notified, unless (w) the release of such information is requested or required by law or by deposition, interrogatory, requests for information or documents by a governmental entity, subpoena or similar process, (x) such information is or becomes publicly known other than through a breach of this or any other agreement of which such Person has actual knowledge, (y) such information is or becomes available to such Person on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or (z) such information is independently developed by such Person; and

(y) in the case of an underwritten offering, cause the senior executive officers of the Company to participate in the customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the underwriters and otherwise to facilitate, cooperate with and participate in each proposed offering contemplated herein and customary selling efforts related thereto.

 

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Section 2.8 Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, each of such Holder’s respective direct or indirect partners, managers, members or stockholders and each of such partner’s, manager’s, member’s or stockholder’s partners, managers, members or stockholders and, with respect to all of the foregoing Persons, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, trustees, beneficiaries or agents and each Person, if any, who controls such Persons within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, with respect to any registration, qualification, compliance or sale effected pursuant to this Article II, and each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls any underwriter, of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to such Holder (collectively, the “Company Indemnifiable Persons”), against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law arising out of or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, offering circular, Free Writing Prospectus or other similar document (including any related Registration Statement, notification, or the like) incident to any such registration, qualification, compliance or sale effected pursuant to this Article II, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of any federal, state or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any such registration, qualification, compliance or sale, (iii) any failure to register or qualify Registrable Securities in any state where the Company or its agents have affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing (including pursuant to Section 2.7(m)) that the Company (the undertaking of any underwriter being attributed to the Company) will undertake such registration or qualification on behalf of the Holders of such Registrable Securities (provided, that in such instance the Company shall not be so liable if it has undertaken its reasonable best efforts to so register or qualify such Registrable Securities) or (iv) any actions or inactions or proceedings in respect of the foregoing whether or not any such Company Indemnifiable Person is a party thereto, and the Company will reimburse, as incurred, each such Company Indemnifiable Person for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission made in reliance and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter expressly for use therein. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Company Indemnifiable Person.

(b) Each Holder (if Registrable Securities held by or issuable to such Holder are included in such registration, qualification, compliance or sale pursuant to this Article II) agrees (severally and not jointly) to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, each of its officers, directors, employees, stockholders, Affiliates and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls any underwriter, of the Company’s securities covered by such a Registration Statement, and each other Holder, each of such other Holder’s respective direct or

 

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indirect partners, members or stockholders and each of such partner’s, member’s or stockholder’s partners, members or stockholders and, with respect to all of the foregoing Persons, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, trustees or agents and each Person, if any, who controls such Persons within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Holder Indemnifiable Persons”), against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, offering circular, Free Writing Prospectus or other similar document (including any related Registration Statement, notification, or the like) incident to any such registration, qualification, compliance or sale effected pursuant to this Article II, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse, as incurred, each such Holder Indemnifiable Persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) was made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, Free Writing Prospectus or other document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein that was not corrected in a subsequent writing prior to or concurrently with the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the claim; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of each Holder hereunder shall be limited to the gross proceeds after underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(c) Each Company Indemnifiable Person and Holder Indemnifiable Person entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.8 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give written notice to the party required to provide such indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) of any claim as to which indemnification may be sought promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge thereof (and in any event, within fifteen (15) Business Days) and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at the Indemnifying Party’s expense if (i) the Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of its counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other Indemnified Parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the Indemnified Party (based upon the advice of its counsel) a conflict of interest may exist between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom (in which case, if the Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that the Indemnified Party elects to employ separate counsel at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom on behalf of the Indemnified Party); provided, further, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Article II, except to the extent that such failure to give notice materially prejudices the Indemnifying Party in the defense of any such claim or any such litigation. An Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, may, without the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that (i) includes as a term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff therein to

 

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such Indemnified Party of an unconditional release from all liability with respect to such claim or litigation and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party; provided, that any sums payable in connection with such settlement are paid in full by the Indemnifying Party. If such defense is not assumed by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its prior written consent, but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party or Parties shall not, except as specifically set forth in this Section 2.8(c), in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements or other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time unless (x) the employment of more than one counsel has been authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party or Parties, (y) an Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of its counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the other Indemnified Parties, or (z) a conflict or potential conflict exists or may exist (based upon advice of counsel to an Indemnified Party) between such Indemnified Party and the other Indemnified Parties, in each of which cases the Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels.

(d) If for any reason the indemnification provided for in Section 2.8(a) or Section 2.8(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any claims, losses, damages and liabilities referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such claims, losses, damages and liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and the Indemnified Party or Parties, on the other hand, in connection with the acts, statements or omissions that resulted in such claims, losses, damages and liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. In connection with any Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company, the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and the Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified 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 or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 2.8(d). 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 was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the claims, losses, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 2.8(a) and/or Section 2.8(b) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.8(d), in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Company, any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the gross proceeds (less underwriting discounts and commissions) received by such Holder under the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation less any amount paid by such Holders pursuant to Section 2.8(b). If indemnification is available under this Section 2.8, the Indemnifying Parties shall indemnify each Indemnified Party to the full extent provided in Section 2.8(a) and Section 2.8(b) without regard to the provisions of this Section 2.8(d).

 

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(e) The indemnities provided in this Section 2.8 (i) shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by such Holder and (ii) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may be available to any Indemnified Party at law or in equity or pursuant to any other agreement.

Section 2.9 Information by Holder. Each Holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall promptly furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may reasonably request and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Article II.

Section 2.10 Transfer of Registration Rights; Additional Holders; General Transfer Restrictions on Exercise of Rights.

(a) The rights of a Holder contained in Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and/or Section 2.5 hereof to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities of such Holder may be assigned in respect of those Registrable Securities (i) conveyed by a Sponsor Holder to its Permitted Transferees, (ii) conveyed by a Management Holder to its Permitted Transferees, (iii) conveyed by a Temasek Holder to a Permitted Temasek Transferee(s) and/or (iv) conveyed by any other Holder solely with the prior written consent of the Sponsor Holders; provided, that such transferee shall only be admitted as a party hereunder upon his, her or its execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement and the acceptance thereof by the Company, whereupon such Person will be treated as a Holder for all purposes of this Agreement, with the same rights, benefits and obligations hereunder as the transferring Holder with respect to the transferred Registrable Securities (except that if the transferee was a Holder prior to such transfer, such transferee shall have the same rights, benefits and obligations with respect to such transferred Registrable Securities as were applicable to Registrable Securities held by such transferee prior to such transfer). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, any registration rights or allocations provided under this Agreement to (w) a MD Holder may be assigned without limitation by such MD Holder to any other MD Holder, (x) a MSD Partners Holder may be assigned without limitation by such MSD Partners Holder to any other MSD Partners Holder, (y) a SLP Holder may be assigned without limitation by such SLP Holder to any other SLP Holder and (z) a Temasek Holder may be assigned without limitation by such Temasek Holder to any other Temasek Holder.

(b) An employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or other Person who receives Registrable Securities from the Company may only be conferred the rights of a Holder contained in Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and/or Section 2.5 hereof to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities of such Holder (i) with the prior written consent of the Sponsor Holders and (ii) upon his, her or its execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement and the acceptance thereof by the Company, whereupon such person will be admitted as a party hereunder as a Non-Sponsor Holder and treated as a Non-Sponsor Holder for all purposes of this Agreement, with the same rights, benefits and obligations hereunder as the Non-Sponsor Holders.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) each of the Sponsor Holders acknowledges and agrees that any exercise of the rights contained in Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and/or Section 2.5 hereof are subject to any limitations or restrictions that such Sponsor Holders have agreed to with the Company pursuant to any other binding contractual commitment, if any, in all respects, (ii) each of the Temasek Holders acknowledges and agrees that any exercise of the rights contained in Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and/or Section 2.5 hereof are subject to any limitations or restrictions that such Temasek Holders have agreed to with the Company pursuant to any other binding contractual commitment, if any, in all respects and (iii) each of the Management Holders acknowledges and agrees that any exercise of the rights contained in Section 2.2, Section 2.4 and/or Section 2.5 hereof are subject to any limitations or restrictions that such Management Holders have agreed to with the Company pursuant to any other binding contractual commitment, if any, in all respects.

Section 2.11 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain, and hereby waives any right to seek, an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Article II.

Section 2.12 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the MD Holders and the SLP Holders, enter into any agreement with respect to its Securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement, including by allowing any holder or prospective holder of any Securities of the Company (a) to include any Securities in any registration filed under Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and/or Section 2.5 hereof, unless, in each case, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such Securities in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of such Securities will not diminish the amount of Registrable Securities that are included in such registration or (b) to require the Company to effect a registration pursuant to demand registration rights.

Section 2.13 Reporting. The Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the reasonable request of any of the Sponsor Holders, make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rules 144, 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act), and it will take such further action as any Sponsor Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holders, following the Merger, to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rules 144, 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar or analogous rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC, including making and keeping current public information available, within the meaning of Rule 144 (or any similar or analogous rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC) promulgated under the Securities Act, at all times after it has become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

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Upon the reasonable request of a Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing it to sell any such securities without registration.

Section 2.14 Blackout Periods.

(a) Blackout Period. Each of the Company and each Holder (other than the Temasek Holders) agrees, and the Company agrees to cause its and each of Dell’s and EMC’s directors and executive officers to agree, during the period beginning on effectiveness of this Agreement, and ending one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, not to take or commit to take any actions that are, or would constitute, a Blackout Period Restriction; provided, however, that, the restrictions set forth in the definition of Blackout Period Restriction notwithstanding, each Holder may transfer Securities during such period to its Permitted Transferees so long as any such Permitted Transferee that is not a party to this Agreement executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Person agrees to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.14).

(b) Other Underwritten Offerings Blackout Periods. If requested by the Company or the managing underwriter or underwriters in an underwritten offering, subject to Section 2.14(c), each of the Company and each Holder (other than the Temasek Holders and, solely from and after the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing Date, a Sub 10% Sponsor Holder that is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case provided any such Holder is not participating in such offering) agrees, and the Company agrees to cause its and each of Dell’s and EMC’s directors and executive officers to agree, during the period beginning seven (7) days before the effective date of a Registration Statement of the Company filed in connection with an underwritten offering subsequent to the Merger (other than any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) (or, if later in the case of a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the date the underwriting agreement for such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down is entered into) and ending ninety (90) days thereafter (or, if applicable, such lesser period as may be agreed by the Company, managing underwriter or underwriters in writing), not to take or commit to take any actions that are, or would constitute, a Blackout Period Restriction.

(c) Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Blackout Periods. If requested by the Company or the managing underwriter or underwriters in a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, each of the Company and each Holder (other than the Temasek Holders and, solely from and after the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing Date, a Sub 10% Sponsor Holder that is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case provided any such Holder is not participating in such offering) agrees, and the Company agrees to cause its and each of Dell’s and EMC’s directors and executive officers to agree, during the period beginning on the date that the Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice has been provided to the Company (it being understood the Company shall immediately following receipt of a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice notify all Holders and such other Persons that are subject to this Section 2.14 of their obligations herein) and ending on the earlier of (A) thirty (30) days after the Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down

 

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contemplated by such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice is completed and (B) the date that the Company receives notice from the applicable managing underwriters or underwriters in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down is being abandoned or terminated, not to take or commit to take any actions that are, or would constitute, a Blackout Period Restriction; provided, that the duration of the period contemplated in this Section 2.14(c) shall not exceed forty five (45) days.

(d) Certain Exceptions.

(i) A Holder may be released, in whole or in part, from the Blackout Period Restrictions imposed by Section 2.14(a) only with, and to the extent provided by, the written consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by the Special Committee). To the extent that any Sponsor Stockholder is released from the Blackout Period Restrictions imposed by Section 2.14(a), each other Holder shall (without duplication of any lock-up release provisions in any other agreement) be correspondingly released from such Blackout Period Restrictions with respect to a number of Securities equal to the product of (x) the highest percentage of Securities held by any Sponsor Stockholder that are being released from the Blackout Period Restrictions pursuant to this Section 2.14(d)(i) multiplied by (y) the total number of Securities held by such Holder; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Management Holder, the number of Securities released pursuant to this Section 2.14(d)(i) shall equal the number of Securities released with respect to such Management Holder pursuant to Section 3.2(c) of the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.14(b) and/or Section 2.14(c) to the contrary, (i) no Holder shall be subject to any Blackout Period Restriction pursuant to Section 2.14(b) or Section 2.14(c) for longer duration than that applicable to any directors and/or executive officers of the Company as required by the applicable managing underwriter or underwriters, (ii) no Sponsor Holder shall be subject to any Blackout Period Restrictions pursuant to Section 2.14(b) or Section 2.14(c) for longer duration than that applicable to any other Sponsor Holder (other than Sub 10% Sponsor Holders), (iii) no Sub 10% Sponsor Holder shall be subject to any Blackout Period Restrictions pursuant to Section 2.14(b) or Section 2.14(c) for longer duration than that applicable to any other Sub 10% Sponsor Holder, (iv) if any Sponsor Holder (other than a Sub 10% Sponsor Holder) is released from its Blackout Period Restrictions pursuant to Section 2.14(b) or Section 2.14(c), the other Sponsor Holders shall be simultaneously released, on a pro rata basis, from such Blackout Period Restrictions and (v) if any Sub 10% Sponsor Holder is released from its Blackout Period Restrictions pursuant to Section 2.14(b) or Section 2.14(c), the other Sub 10% Sponsor Holders shall be simultaneously released, on a pro rata basis, from such Blackout Period Restrictions, and in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (iv) and (v), it being understood that each of the Company and the Sponsor Holder initially released from such Blackout Period Restrictions must immediately notify in writing the other applicable Sponsor Holders thereof.

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(e) Certain Matters. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from each holder of restricted securities of the Company which securities are the same as or similar to the Registrable Securities being registered, or any restricted securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of such securities, an agreement not to effect any public sale or distribution of such securities during any such period referred to in Section 2.14(b) or Section 2.14(c), except as part of any such registration, if permitted. Without limiting the foregoing (but subject to Section 2.12), if after the date hereof the Company grants any Person (other than a Holder) any rights to demand or participate in a registration, the Company agrees that the agreement with respect thereto shall include such Person’s agreement to comply with any Blackout Period Restrictions required by this Section 2.14, including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 2.14(a), as if it were a Holder hereunder. If requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters of any such underwritten offering, the Company and each Holder shall, and shall cause each other Person subject to the Blackout Period Restrictions referred to in this Section 2.14 to, execute a customary agreement reflecting its agreement set forth in this Section 2.14. The Company shall impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Securities subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of the period referenced above.

Section 2.15 Clear Market. With respect to any underwritten offerings of Registrable Securities of the Sponsor Holders (each a “Sponsor Underwritten Offering”), the Company agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to the registration applicable to such Sponsor Underwritten Offering, pursuant to a Special Registration or pursuant to the exercise by any other Sponsor Holder of any of its rights under Section 2.2, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4) any public sale or distribution, or to file any Registration Statement (other than pursuant to the Registration applicable to such Sponsor Underwritten Offering, pursuant to a Special Registration or pursuant to the exercise by any other Sponsor Holder of any of its rights under Section 2.2, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4) covering any of its Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such Securities, during the period not to exceed ten (10) days prior and ninety (90) days after any Sponsor Underwritten Offering. For the avoidance of doubt, the Merger shall not be deemed to be a Sponsor Underwritten Offering.

Section 2.16 Discontinuance of Distributions and Use of Prospectus and Free Writing Prospectus. Each Holder of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement agrees that, upon delivery of any notice by the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.7(h)(i), (i), or (i) or Section 2.7(i), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement until (a) such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 2.7(i), (b) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, may be resumed, (c) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company of the termination, expiration or cessation of such order or suspension referenced in Section 2.7(h)(i) or Section 2.7(h)(i) or (d) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the representations and warranties of the Company in such applicable underwriting agreement are true and correct in all material respects. If so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of delivery of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the period during which the applicable Registration Statement is

 

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required to be maintained effective shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement either receives the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 2.7(i) or is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus may be resumed.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1 Term. This Agreement shall terminate (a) with respect to all Holders, with the prior written consent of the MD Holders and the SLP Holders or (b) with respect to any Holder, at such time as such Holder, together with its Affiliates, does not beneficially own any Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of Section 2.8, Section 2.13 and all of this Article III shall survive any such termination.

Section 3.2 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective December 25, 2018 upon execution of this Agreement by the Company and each of the Sponsor Stockholders. In the event that this Agreement does not become effective, the First Restated Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without amendment or restatement.

Section 3.3 Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the MD Holders or the SLP Holders and without further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 3.4 Confidentiality. The terms of this Agreement and any information relating to any exercise of rights hereunder shall be confidential and no party to this Agreement shall disclose to any Person not a party to this Agreement any of the terms of this Agreement, except (a) in the case of each of the Sponsor Holders, to such Sponsor Holder’s partners, managers, members, advisors, employees, agents, accountants, trustees, attorneys, Affiliates and investment vehicles managed or advised by such Sponsor Holder or the partners, managers, members, advisors, employees, agents, accountants, trustees or attorneys of such Affiliates or managed or advised investment vehicles, in each case so long as such Persons agree to keep such information confidential (or are subject to customary confidentiality obligations with respect thereto), (b) in the case of the Temasek Holders, to the Permitted Temasek Transferees and to the Temasek Holders’ and the Permitted Temasek Transferees’ respective partners, managers, members, advisors, employees, agents, accountants, trustees, attorneys, Affiliates and investment vehicles managed or advised by such Temasek Holders or Permitted Temasek Transferees or the partners, managers, members, advisors, employees, agents, accountants, trustees or attorneys of such Affiliates or managed or advised investment vehicles, in each case so long as such Persons agree to keep such information confidential (or are subject to customary confidentiality obligations with respect thereto), (c) to such party’s advisors, (d) as may be required by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process, law (including under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act), exchange listing requirements, regulation, legal or judicial process or audit, inquiries by a regulator, bank

 

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examiner or self-regulatory organization, pursuant to mandatory professional ethics rules or this Agreement (but only to the extent so required and after notifying the Company to the extent reasonably practicable and requesting confidential treatment) or (e) in connection with any litigation among the parties hereto.

Section 3.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or equivalent organizational and governing documents) of any company, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto.

Section 3.6 Specific Performance. Subject to Section 2.11, the parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

Section 3.7 Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 3.8 Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIALS.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this

 

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Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 3.14 of this Agreement, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby, that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 3.8(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II)

 

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ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section 3.8(e).

Section 3.9 Obligations. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

Section 3.10 Consents, Approvals and Actions.

(a) MD Holders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MD Stockholders and/or the MD Holders under this Agreement (including with respect to any amendments pursuant to Section 3.11), shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, MD or his permitted assignee; provided, that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Disabling Event, such approval or consent shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of Common Stock held by the MD Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MD Stockholders and/or the MD Holders.

(b) SLP Holders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the SLP Stockholders and/or the SLP Holders under this Agreement (including with respect to any amendments pursuant to Section 3.11), shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of Common Stock held by the SLP Stockholders, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the SLP Stockholders and/or the SLP Holders.

(c) MSD Partners Holders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MSD Partners Stockholders and/or the MSD Partners Holders under this Agreement (including with respect to any amendments pursuant to Section 3.11), shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of Common Stock held by the MSD Partners Stockholders, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MSD Partners Stockholders and/or the MSD Partners Holders.

(d) Temasek Holders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the Temasek Stockholder and/or the Temasek Holders under this Agreement (including with respect to any amendments pursuant to Section 3.11), shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of Common Stock held by the Temasek Stockholder, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the Temasek Stockholder and/or the Temasek Holders.

(e) Non-Sponsor Holders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the Non-Sponsor Holders under this Agreement (including with respect to any amendments pursuant to Section 3.11) shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities held by the Non-Sponsor Holders, taken together, at such time that provide such consent, approval or action in writing at such time.

 

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Section 3.11 Amendment and Waiver.

(a) Any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver to or of any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall require the prior written approval of the Company; provided, (i) that if any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver adversely affects the MD Holders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the MD Holders and their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a) in the aggregate, (ii) that if any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver adversely affects the SLP Holders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the SLP Holders and their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a) in the aggregate and (iii) if the express terms of any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver disproportionately and adversely affects a Holder (other than the Sponsor Holders) or an MSD Partners Holder or Temasek Holder relative to the SLP Holders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by such affected Holders and their designated transferees or successors pursuant to Section 2.10(a) in the aggregate; provided, that the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply with respect to (i) in the case of Non-Sponsor Holders, amendments that do not apply to Non-Sponsor Holders, in the case of MSD Partners Holders, amendments that do not apply to MSD Partners Holders, and in the case of the Temasek Holders, amendments that do not apply to the Temasek Holders or (ii) amendments to reflect the addition of a new third-party holding Registrable Securities (other than (x) a designated transferee of Registrable Securities as a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or (y) an additional Non-Sponsor Holder as a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.10(b)).

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any addition of (i) a designated transferee of Registrable Securities as a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or (ii) an Other Holder as or a recipient of Securities as a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.10(b) in each case shall not constitute an amendment hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be executed only by the Company and such transferee, recipient or additional Non-Sponsor Holder.

(c) Any failure by any party at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

Section 3.12 Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 3.13 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 2.8 and Section 3.15 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

 

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Section 3.14 Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission), nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel;

(b) in the case of the Holders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

If to any of the SLP Holders, to:

c/o Silver Lake Partners

2775 Sand Hill Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Karen King

Facsimile: (650) 233-8125

E-mail: karen.king@silverlake.com

and

c/o Silver Lake Partners

9 West 57th Street

32nd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Andrew J. Schader

Facsimile: (212) 981-3535

E-mail: andy.schader@silverlake.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Rich Capelouto

                  Daniel N. Webb

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002

Email: rcapelouto@stblaw.com

Email: dwebb@stblaw.com

If to any of the MD Holders, to:

 

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Michael S. Dell

c/o Dell Inc.

One Dell Way

Round Rock, TX 78682

Facsimile: (512) 283-1469

Email: michael@dell.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Steven A. Rosenblum

                 Andrew J. Nussbaum

                 Gordon S. Moodie

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com                    

and

MSD Capital, L.P.

645 Fifth Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10022-5910

Attention: Marc R. Lisker

                 Marcello Liguori

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

Email: mlisker@msdcapital.com

Email: mliguori@msdcapital.com

If to any of the MSD Partners Holders, to:

MSD Partners, L.P.

645 Fifth Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10022-5910

Attention: Marc R. Lisker

                 Marcello Liguori

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

Email: mlisker@msdpartners.com

Email: mliguori@msdpartners.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

 

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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Steven A. Rosenblum

                  Andrew J. Nussbaum

                  Gordon S. Moodie

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

If to any of the Temasek Holders, to:

c/o Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited

60B Orchard Road

#06-18 Tower 2

Singapore

Attention: Justin Dzau

Email: justindzau@temasek.com.sg

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice or constructive notice) to:

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York NY 10006

Attention: Paul J. Shim

Facsimile: (212) 225-3999

Email: pshim@cgsh.com

(c) in the case of any Non-Sponsor Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number of such Non-Sponsor Holder set forth in its Joinder Agreement (if applicable);

(d) in the case of any other Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company and/or in its Joinder Agreement (if applicable).

Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.14, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party.

 

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Section 3.15 No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 3.16 No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or constitute any party the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 3.17 Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 3.18 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement or caused this Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

 

Name: Janet M. Bawcom

Title:    Senior Vice President and Assistant              Secretary


MD STOCKHOLDER / MD HOLDER:

/s/ Michael S. Dell

MICHAEL S. DELL

 

 


MD STOCKHOLDER / MD HOLDER:
SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Marc R. Lisker

 

Name: Marc R. Lisker

Title:    President, Hexagon Trust Company


MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS / MSD PARTNERS HOLDERS:
MSDC DENALI INVESTORS, L.P.
By: MSDC Denali (GP), LLC, its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Marcello Liguori

 

Name: Marcello Liguori

Title:    Authorized Signatory


MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS / MSD PARTNERS HOLDERS:
MSDC DENALI EIV, LLC
By: MSDC Denali (GP), LLC, its Managing Member
By:  

/s/ Marcello Liguori

 

Name: Marcello Liguori

Title:    Authorized Signatory


SLP STOCKHOLDER / SLP HOLDER:
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its General Partner
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its General Partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its Managing Member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

 

Name: Egon Durban

Title: Managing Director


SLP STOCKHOLDER / SLP HOLDER:
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its General Partner
By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its General Partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its Managing Member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

 

Name: Egon Durban

Title: Managing Director


SLP STOCKHOLDER / SLP HOLDER:
SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS III, L.P.

By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its General Partner

By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its General Partner

By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its Managing Member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

 

Name: Egon Durban

Title: Managing Director


SLP STOCKHOLDER / SLP HOLDER:
SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS IV, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its General Partner
By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its General Partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its Managing Member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

 

Name: Egon Durban

Title: Managing Director


SLP STOCKHOLDER / SLP HOLDER:
SLP DENALI CO-INVEST, L.P.
By: SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C., its General Partner
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its managing member
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its General Partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its Managing Member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

 

Name: Egon Durban

Title: Managing Director


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., Venezio Investments Pte. Ltd., the Management Stockholders party thereto and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Registration Rights Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the Registration Rights Agreement as [a][an] [MD Holder][MSD Partners Holder][SLP Holder][Temasek Holder][Management Holder and Non-Sponsor Holder].

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 3.6 through Section 3.8 of the Registration Rights Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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

 

 

Signature

 

Print Name
Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

Email:  

 

 

 

 

 

 


AGREED AND ACCEPTED

as of the     day of            ,         .

[DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.]

 

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

 

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 25, 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1.

   Definitions      2

Section 1.2.

   General Interpretive Principles      15
   ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

Section 2.1.

   Representations and Warranties of the Management Stockholders      16
   ARTICLE III TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS   

Section 3.1.

   General Restrictions on Transfers      17

Section 3.2.

   Specified Restrictions on Transfers      20

Section 3.3.

   Permitted Transfers      23

Section 3.4.

   Tag-Along Rights      23

Section 3.5.

   Black-Out Periods      27

Section 3.6.

   Applicability to Post-Recapitalization Awards      27
   ARTICLE IV PUT RIGHTS   

Section 4.1.

   Certain Definitions      28

Section 4.2.

   Put Right of the Management Stockholders      29

Section 4.3.

   Limitations on Repurchases      29

Section 4.4.

   Further Assurances      31

Section 4.5.

   Termination of Article IV      31

Section 4.6.

   Not Applicable to Post-Recapitalization Awards      31

Section 4.7.

   Reinstatement of Put Right      31
   ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS   

Section 5.1.

   Further Assurances      31

Section 5.2.

   Confidentiality      31

Section 5.3.

   Cooperation with Reorganizations      33
   ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS   

Section 6.1.

   Additional Management Stockholders      33
   ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 7.1.

   Entire Agreement      34

Section 7.2.

   Specific Performance      34

Section 7.3.

   Governing Law      34

Section 7.4.

   Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      34

 

 

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Section 7.5.

 

Obligations

     36

Section 7.6.

 

Consents, Approvals and Actions

     36

Section 7.7.

 

Amendment; Waiver

     36

Section 7.8.

 

Assignment of Rights By Management Stockholders

     37

Section 7.9.

 

Binding Effect

     37

Section 7.10.

 

Third Party Beneficiaries

     37

Section 7.11.

 

Termination

     37

Section 7.12.

 

Notices

     37

Section 7.13.

 

No Third Party Liability

     40

Section 7.14.

 

No Partnership

     40

Section 7.15.

 

Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership

     40

Section 7.16.

 

Severability

     41

Section 7.17.

 

Management Stockholder Group Representative

     41

Section 7.18.

 

Counterparts

     42

Section 7.19.

 

Effectiveness

     42

ANNEXES

ANNEX A – FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

ANNEX B – FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT

ANNEX C – FORM OF PUT NOTICE

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a)

Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (the “SLD Trust” and together with MD and their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein) that acquire Common Stock (as defined herein), the “MD Stockholders”);

 

  (b)

Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, and together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock, the “SLP Stockholders,” and together with the MD Stockholders, the “Sponsor Stockholders”); and

 

  (c)

the Management Stockholders (as defined herein).

WHEREAS, certain of the parties are party to that certain Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013 and amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of July 14, 2014, Amendment No. 2 thereto dated as of July 21, 2014, and Amendment No. 3 thereto dated as of August 28, 2015 (the “Original Agreement”), as further amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (the “First Restated Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger, the Company, the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders wish to amend the First Restated Agreement to make certain changes to the rights and obligations of the Company, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders, SLP Stockholders and the Management Stockholders under the First Restated Agreement;


WHEREAS, pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, Section 5.9 of that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the MSD Partners Co-Investors (as defined therein) parties thereto agreed to terminate the rights and obligations of the MSD Partners Stockholders and the MSD Partners Co-Investors under the First Amended Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned parties desire to amend and restate the First Restated Agreement as set forth herein pursuant to Section 7.7 of the First Restated Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree that the First Restated Agreement is, as of the effectiveness of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.19, amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

90% Owner” means, as of any measurement date, the beneficial owners of at least ninety percent (90%) of all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of such date.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries (including VMware and its subsidiaries) and its other controlled Affiliates shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of such party’s Affiliates (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other, and (iii) except with respect to Section 7.13, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

Aggregate Cap” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement (including the schedules, annexes and exhibits attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

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Applicable Employee” means (i) with respect to any Management Stockholder that is or was an employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant and (ii) with respect to any Management Stockholder that is not and was not an employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the current or former employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to whom such Management Stockholder is an Affiliate or a Permitted Transferee on or after the date of this Agreement. For purposes of this definition of “Applicable Employee,” the term “Subsidiary” shall include VMware and its subsidiaries.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) subject to Section 7.15, no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition) or other similar agreement with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) with respect to any securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Cause” shall, with respect to the Applicable Employee of any Management Stockholder, either (i) have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company Award (whether or not then-outstanding) that was entered into with such Applicable Employee prior to July 1, 2018, or (ii) if no such Company Award exists or has existed or if “Cause” is not defined therein, then Cause shall mean: (A) a violation (x) by the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or (y) of any other restrictive covenant by which the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder is bound; (B) an act or omission by the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder resulting in the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder being charged with a criminal offense which constitutes a felony or involves moral turpitude or dishonesty; (C) conduct by the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a breach of the Code of Conduct or a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) or the stockholders of the Company; or (D) a determination by the senior management of the Company that the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder violated state or federal law relating to the workplace environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to sexual harassment or age, sex, race, or other prohibited discrimination. Thus, and for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, if a Cause definition is specified in a Company Award granted to the

 

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Applicable Employee of the Management Stockholder prior to July 1, 2018, then the Cause definition in clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence will apply and the Cause definition in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply. No Company Award granted to the Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder after July 1, 2018, shall be conditioned upon (nor implement in any way) the retroactive application of a Cause definition to any Company Awards granted to the Applicable Employee prior to July 1, 2018 (or Shares issued or issuable thereunder, regardless of the date of issuance), or any other Shares issued to the Management Stockholder prior to July 1, 2018.    

Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (i) the sale or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or to any “group” in which any of the foregoing is a member of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company; (ii) any “person” or “group” other than the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or any “group” in which any of the foregoing is a member, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, excluding as a result of any merger or consolidation that does not constitute a Change in Control pursuant to clause (iii); (iii) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other person unless the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to such merger or consolidation beneficially own a majority of the outstanding shares of the common stock (or equivalent voting securities) of the surviving or successor entity (or the parent entity thereof); or (iv) prior to an IPO, the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates cease to have the ability to cause the election of that number of members of the Board who would collectively have the right to vote a majority of the aggregate number of votes represented by all of the members of the Board and any “person” or “group,” other than the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates or any “group” in which any of the foregoing is a member, beneficially owns outstanding voting stock representing a greater percentage of voting power with respect to the general election of members of the Board than the shares of outstanding voting stock of the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates collectively beneficially own.

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Reference herein to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretive guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

 

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Code of Conduct” means Dell’s Code of Conduct, as amended or updated from time to time.

Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, and any other series or class of common stock of the Company.

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Company Award” means an agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Management Stockholder (or the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder), on the other hand, under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries issues Shares, Company Stock Options, stock appreciation rights or restricted stock units (including performance-based restricted stock units) that correspond to Common Stock and/or Company Stock Options or other DTI Securities to such Management Stockholder; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, no Share Rollover Agreement, RSU Rollover Agreement or Shares issued in respect thereof shall be deemed to be a Company Award hereunder. For purposes of this definition of “Company Award,” the term “Subsidiary” shall include VMware and its subsidiaries.

Company Stock Option” means an option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock.

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2(a).

Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of September 7, 2016, by and among Intermediate, Dell, Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower, EMC, the banks and other financial institutions party thereto as lenders from time to time, and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as Term Loan B Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Term Loan A Administrative Agent.

Cure Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of Good Reason.

Dell” means Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Demand Registration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Denali Acquiror” means Denali Acquiror Inc.

 

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Disability” means either (i) the inability of the Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder to perform his or her duties and obligations for any ninety (90) days during a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days due to mental or physical incapacity, as determined by a physician selected by the Board or (ii) being qualified to receive payments pursuant to any applicable employer-sponsored group long-term disability insurance benefit program in which such Applicable Employee participates.

Disabling Event” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as it may be amended from time to time.

DTI Securities” means the Common Stock, any equity or debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company.

Electing Tag-Along Seller” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(b).

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

Eligible Tag-Along Seller” means the Management Stockholders and any of their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Transferable Shares.

EMC” means EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

EMC Closing” means the closing of the EMC Merger pursuant to the EMC Merger Agreement.

EMC Closing Date” means September 7, 2016.

EMC Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 12, 2015, by and among the Company, Dell, Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Dell, and EMC (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time).

Encumbrance” means any lien (statutory or other), pledge, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, option to purchase, mortgage, easement, lease, license, right of first refusal, preemptive right, transfer restriction, interest or claim, covenant, title defect or limitation, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement or other encumbrance of any kind.

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and any successor thereto. Reference herein to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretive guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

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Exempt Shares” means all Transferable Shares held by a Management Stockholder that (i) were vested and owned by such Management Stockholder on July 1, 2018, (ii) vested and/or were issued following July 1, 2018, and prior to the Closing Date, other than any such Transferable Shares acquired upon the exercise of Company Stock Options where such exercise occurred after July 1, 2018, (iii) were not acquired pursuant to a Company Award or (iv) were issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement as Class C Common Stock in exchange for Transferable Shares described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) hereof.

Fair Market Value” with respect to the Applicable Employee of any Management Stockholder (i) shall mean, if there should be a public market for the Class C Common Stock on the determination date, the closing price of a share of Class C Common Stock as reported on such date on the composite tape of the principal national securities exchange on which the Class C Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or if the Class C Common Stock is not listed or admitted on any national securities exchange, the arithmetic mean of the per share closing bid price and per share closing asked price for the Class C Common Stock on such date as quoted on any established U.S. interdealer quotation system on which such prices are regularly quoted) (a “Quotation System”), or, if no sale of the Class C Common Stock shall have been reported on the composite tape of any national securities exchange or quoted on a Quotation System on such date, then the immediately preceding date on which sales of the Class C Common Stock has been so reported or quoted shall be used; and (ii) if there should not be a public market for shares of Class C Common Stock on the determination date, then Fair Market Value (a) shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in a Company Award with such Applicable Employee, and (b) if no such Company Award exists or has existed or if “Fair Market Value” is not defined therein, then as of any date of determination, shall mean the fair market value of a Share as determined in good faith by the Board, based upon the most recent valuation of the shares of Common Stock performed by the Company’s independent valuation firm, as adjusted by the Board for changes to Fair Market Value from the date of such valuation to such date of determination. The valuations described in clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be performed by the Company’s independent valuation firm from time to time as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, but in any case, the Company shall obtain at least one such independent valuation as of the end of each fiscal quarter, which in each case shall be completed no later than 60 days following the end of the applicable fiscal quarter. If the last day of any such 60-day period is not a Business Day, such valuation shall be completed no later than the first Business Day following such 60-day period. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (1) the per share value of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock shall be deemed to be the same, and (2) Fair Market Value shall be determined without any discounts for illiquidity and minority interests.

First Restated Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Good Leaver” means the Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder who (i) has, prior to the date of the applicable sale of Transferable Shares under Section 3.2(a), experienced a termination of employment or service with the Company and all of its Affiliates for Good Reason or without Cause or due to such Applicable Employee’s death, Disability or

 

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Retirement, (ii) has not engaged in Repayment Behavior on or prior to the earlier of (x) the date of the applicable sale of Transferable Shares under Section 3.2(a) or (y) the one-year anniversary of such Applicable Employee’s date of termination of employment or service with the Company and all of its Affiliates, and (iii) if the Applicable Employee terminated due to Retirement, has not engaged in Post-Retirement Services on or prior to the earlier of (A) the date of the applicable sale of Transferable Shares under Section 3.2(a) or (B) the three-year anniversary of such Applicable Employee’s Retirement.

Good Reason” shall, with respect to the Applicable Employee of any Management Stockholder, either (i) have the meaning ascribed to such term in an award agreement for a Company Award (whether or not then-outstanding) that was entered into with such Applicable Employee prior to July 1, 2018, or (ii) if no such Company Award exists or has existed or if “Good Reason” is not defined therein, then Good Reason shall mean: (A) a material reduction in such Applicable Employee’s base salary or (B) a change in such Applicable Employee’s principal place of work to a location of more than fifty (50) miles from his or her principal place of work immediately prior to such change; provided, that such Applicable Employee provides written notice to the Company of the existence of any such condition within ninety (90) days of such Applicable Employee having actual knowledge of the initial existence of such condition and the Company fails to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice (the “Cure Period”). In order to resign for Good Reason pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, an Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder must actually terminate employment no later than thirty (30) days following the end of such Cure Period, if the Good Reason condition remains uncured. Thus and for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, if a Good Reason definition is specified in a Company Award granted to the Applicable Employee of the Management Stockholder prior to July 1, 2018, then the Good Reason definition in clause (i) of the first sentence in this paragraph will apply and the Good Reason definition in clause (ii) of the first sentence in this paragraph shall not apply. No Company Award granted to the Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder after July 1, 2018, shall be conditioned upon (nor implement in any way) the retroactive application of a Good Reason definition to any Company Awards granted to the Applicable Employee prior to July 1, 2018 (or Shares issued or issuable thereunder, regardless of the date of issuance), or any other Shares issued to the Management Stockholder prior to July 1, 2018.

Governmental Entity” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2(b).

Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any natural person (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

Individual Cap” means, with respect to any Management Stockholder or Management Stockholder Group, either (i) the “Individual Cap” as defined in an award agreement for a Company Award (whether or not then-outstanding) that was entered into with such Management Stockholder (or the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder or Management Stockholder Group) prior to July 1, 2018, or (ii) in the event that no such Company Award exists or has existed or “Individual Cap” is not defined in such Company

 

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Award, (A) $2,000,000 or (B) beginning in the immediately succeeding fiscal year after the time MD and his Permitted Transferees have become a 90% Owner, $3,000,000. Thus and for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, if the Individual Cap definition is specified in a Company Award granted to the Applicable Employee of the Management Stockholder prior to July 1, 2018, then the Individual Cap definition in clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence shall apply and the Individual Cap definition in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply. No Company Award granted to the Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder after July 1, 2018, shall be conditioned upon (nor implement in any way) the retroactive application of an Individual Cap to any Company Awards granted to the Applicable Employee prior to July 1, 2018 (or Shares issued or issuable thereunder, regardless of the date of issuance), or any other Shares issued to the Management Stockholder prior to July 1, 2018.

Initiating Tag-Along Seller” means, collectively, any one or more Stockholders, acting jointly.

Intermediate” means Denali Intermediate Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

IPO” means the consummation of an initial public offering that is registered under the Securities Act of Class C Common Stock.

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto.

Legacy Shares” means Shares issued (i) prior to the EMC Closing or (ii) upon the exercise of Company Stock Options that were granted prior to the EMC Closing.

Lock-up Lapse Date” means the date that is the 181st day after the Closing Date.

Management Stockholders” means (i) all Stockholders other than the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders and (ii) any other Person (other than the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders) who becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, Article VI hereof whether or not such Person is an employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company and/or its Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, each Management Stockholder shall continue to be a Management Stockholder notwithstanding the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder no longer being employed with or providing services to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

Management Stockholder Group” means a Management Stockholder for so long as he, she or it holds DTI Securities and any of his, her or its Permitted Transferees for so long as they hold DTI Securities and have become parties to this Agreement as required pursuant to, and in accordance with, Article VI hereof.

Management Stockholder Group Representative” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.17.

 

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Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Charitable Entity” means the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and any other private foundation or supporting organization (as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code) established and principally funded directly or indirectly by MD and/or his spouse.

MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Immediate Family Member” means, with respect to any MD Stockholder that is a natural person, (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouse’s siblings and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

MD Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

MSD Partners Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement” means that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018, among the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the other parties thereto.

Net Settlement Shares” means any Transferable Shares that were used to pay either (or both of) the aggregate exercise price for any Transferable Shares acquired on the exercise of Company Stock Options and/or the applicable tax withholding due in connection with the issuance of Shares upon the exercise or settlement of Company Awards (other than Post-Recapitalization Awards) in connection with a net share withholding process, in any such case, whether via having the Company withhold otherwise issuable Shares under the Company Award or having the Shares issuable upon vesting, exercise or settlement of the Company Award sold into the public market pursuant to a Company approved broker-assisted exercise or sale program.

Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Non-Sponsor Director” means any director who is not an Affiliate of the Sponsor Stockholders.

 

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Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and/or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.

Original Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Original Closing” means the closing of the Original Merger pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger” means the merger of Denali Acquiror and Dell pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013, between the Company, Intermediate, Denali Acquiror and Dell, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on August 2, 2013 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time).

Permitted Transferee” means:

(i) In the case of any Management Stockholder, the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder, any family trusts and other estate-planning vehicles controlled solely by the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder and with respect to which the sole beneficiaries are the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder and/or such Applicable Employee’s Immediate Family Members; provided, that any such transferee enters into a Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex A.

(ii) In the case of the MD Stockholders:

(A) MD, SLD Trust or any MD Immediate Family Member;

(B) any MD Charitable Entity;

(C) one or more trusts whose current beneficiaries are and will remain for so long as such trust holds DTI Securities, any of (or any combination of) MD, one or more MD Immediate Family Members or MD Charitable Entities;

(D) any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity wholly-owned by any one or more persons or entities described in clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) or (ii)(C) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee”; or

(E) from and after MD’s death, any recipient under MD’s will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MD’s death, or by the laws of descent and distribution.

 

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(iii) In the case of the SLP Stockholders, (A) any of their respective controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any special purpose entity formed as part of a “fund-to-fund” transfer of all or a portion of such SLP Stockholder’s investment in the Company, provided that all of the investors in such special purpose entity are, at the time of such transfer, partners or stockholders of such Stockholder and such special purpose entity is managed by such SLP Stockholder or one of its Affiliates).

For the avoidance of doubt, (x) each MD Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MD Stockholder and (y) each SLP Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other SLP Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Piggyback Registration” means an offering by the Company, pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Post-Recapitalization Award” means all Company Awards issued on or after the Closing Date. No terms of any agreement reflecting a Post-Recapitalization Award or any Company Award granted to the Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder after July 1, 2018, shall have the effect of adversely affecting the rights of the Management Stockholder with respect to any Company Awards (and Shares issued or issuable thereunder) and Shares issued to the Management Stockholder prior to July 1, 2018.

Post-Retirement Services” shall, with respect to an Applicable Employee, have the meaning ascribed to such term in an agreement reflecting a Company Award (whether or not outstanding) with such Applicable Employee.

Put Blackout Period” means the period during which the Company is prohibited under applicable securities laws, including Rule 14e-5 of the Exchange Act, from purchasing Put Shares or other DTI Securities.

Put Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).

Put Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

Put Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(b).

Put Price” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

Put Right” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

 

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Put Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

Put Termination Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(d).

Quotation System” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of“Fair Market Value.”

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders and the other signatories party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Release Date” means the date that is the two-year anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date.

Release Event” means the earlier to occur of (i) an IPO or (iii) the Release Date.

Repayment Behavior” shall, with respect to an Applicable Employee, have the meaning ascribed to such term in an agreement reflecting a Company Award (whether or not outstanding) with such Applicable Employee.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, members, stockholders, controlling persons, investment committee, financial advisors, attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents and other representatives.

Repurchase Caps” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).

Repurchase Limitations” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(a).

Restricted Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(a).

Retirement” means the voluntary termination of employment with the Company and all of its Affiliates by an Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder without Good Reason at or above the age of sixty (60) and after having completed at least five (5) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates (or any other combination of such Applicable Employee’s age plus years of service completed (not less than five (5)) that is at least equal to sixty-five (65)).

RSU Rollover Agreement” means, with respect to any Management Stockholder, the Letter Agreement, dated as of the date of the Original Closing, between the Company and such Management Stockholder, pursuant to which such Management Stockholder rolled over a portion of his or her Dell restricted stock units into Company restricted stock units, which resulted in the issuance of Shares upon their vesting.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time.

 

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SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and any successor thereto. Reference herein to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretive guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

Share Rollover Agreement” means, with respect to any Management Stockholder, the Letter Agreement, dated as of the date of the Original Closing, between the Company and such Management Stockholder, pursuant to which such Management Stockholder rolled over a portion of his or her Dell common equity into Shares.

Shares” means shares of Class A Common Stock and/or Class C Common Stock.

SLD Trust” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Sponsor Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Sponsor Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Spousal Consent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(g).

Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

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Tag-Along Buyer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Participation Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(b).

Tag-Along Sale” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(b).

Tag-Along Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

transfer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).

Transferable Shares” means (i) vested Shares and (ii) solely with respect to Section 3.2(c), Section 3.4, and Article IV, the number of shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Company Stock Options that are fully vested and exercisable as of the relevant date of determination; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, Company Stock Options are not Transferable Shares.

Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which all of the shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests (other than, with respect to non-U.S. subsidiaries, only to the extent legally required, de minimis ownership thereof by residents, natural persons or non-Affiliates) are owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words, “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall mean United States dollars. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

 

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ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties of the Management Stockholders. Each of the Management Stockholders hereby represents and warrants severally and not jointly to the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders and to the Company as of the date of the Original Agreement (and in respect of Persons who became or become a party to this Agreement after the date of the Original Agreement, such Management Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders and the Company on the date of its execution of a Joinder Agreement) as follows:

(a) Such Management Stockholder, to the extent applicable, is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

(b) Such Management Stockholder has the full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, of such Management Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Management Stockholder and constitutes its, his or her legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, him or her in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Management Stockholder of this Agreement, the performance by such Management Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder by such Management Stockholder does not and will not violate (i) in the case of Management Stockholders who are not individuals, any provision of its Organizational Documents, (ii) any provision of any material agreement to which it, he or she is a party or by which it, he or she is bound or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which it, he or she is subject.

(d) No notice, consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such Management Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement.

(e) Such Management Stockholder is not currently in violation of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree, which violation could reasonably be expected at any time to have a material adverse effect upon such Management Stockholder’s ability to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(f) There is no pending legal action, suit or proceeding that would materially and adversely affect the ability of such Management Stockholder to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

 

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(g) If such Management Stockholder is an individual and married, he or she has delivered to the other Stockholders and the Company a duly executed copy of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B (a “Spousal Consent”).

ARTICLE III

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 3.1. General Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Generally.

(i) No Management Stockholder may directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, gift or otherwise transfer, dispose of or encumber, in each case, whether in its own right or by its representative and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (any of the foregoing, whether effected directly or indirectly (including by a direct or indirect transfer of equity, ownership or economic interests, or options, warrants or other contractual rights to acquire an equity, ownership or economic interest, in any Management Stockholder), shall be deemed included in the term “transfer” as used in this Agreement) any DTI Securities, or any legal, economic or beneficial interest in any DTI Securities; provided, that a Management Stockholder may transfer (x) Transferable Shares or (y) solely with the prior written consent of the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, other DTI Securities, in each case, if and only if (i) such transfer is made on the books and records of the Company and is in compliance with the provisions of this Article III (including Section 3.2) and any other agreement applicable to the transfer of such Transferable Shares), (ii) the transferee (if other than (A) the Company or another Stockholder, (B) a transferee pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act or (so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder) a transferee pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (C) pursuant to a sale exempt from registration so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder and such transferee enters into a written agreement for the benefit of the Company confirming its agreement to comply with Section 3.1(c)) agrees to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Article VI hereof and executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and (iii) in the case of a transfers to a natural person (if other than (A) another Stockholder, (B) a transferee pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act or (so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder) a transferee pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (C) pursuant to a sale exempt from registration so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder and such transferee enters into a written agreement for the benefit of the Company confirming its agreement to comply with Section 3.1(c)), such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B.

 

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(ii) Any purported transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in any DTI Securities by any Management Stockholder that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its register of stockholders or otherwise any change in record ownership of DTI Securities pursuant to any such transfer.

(b) Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between a Management Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, any Management Stockholder that proposes to transfer Transferable Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be responsible for any fees and expenses (including any stamp, transfer, recording or similar taxes) incurred by the Company in connection with such transfer.

(c) Securities Law Acknowledgement. Each Management Stockholder acknowledges that none of the Common Stock (except any shares of Class C Common Stock registered (1) on Form S-8 prior to the Closing Date, (2) in connection with the Merger or (3) after the Closing Date) has been registered under the Securities Act and such unregistered shares may not be transferred, except as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Each Management Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any Common Stock at any time if such action would (i) constitute a violation of any securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a breach of the conditions to any exemption from registration of Common Stock under any such laws or a breach of any undertaking or agreement of such Management Stockholder entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder, (ii) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or (iii) be a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” for purposes of fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each Management Stockholder agrees it shall not be entitled to any certificate for any or all of the Common Stock, unless the Board shall otherwise determine.

(d) Legend.

(i) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Shares shall, unless Section 3.1(d)(ii) or Section 3.1(d)(iii) applies, bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

 

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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

(ii) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing any Shares issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act shall bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

(iii) In the event that any or all of the paragraphs in the restrictive legends set forth in Section 3.1(d)(i) or Section 3.1(d)(ii) has ceased to be applicable, the Company shall provide any Management Stockholder, at his, her or its request, without any expense to such Management Stockholder (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any), with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry shares) for such DTI Securities of like tenor not bearing such paragraph(s) of the legend with respect to which the restriction has ceased and terminated (it being understood that the restriction referred to in Section 3.1(d)(ii) and in the first paragraph of the legend in Section 3.1(d)(i) shall cease and terminate only upon the termination of this Article III with respect to the Management Stockholder holding such DTI Securities).

(e) No Other Proxies or Voting Agreements. No Management Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any DTI Securities or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any Person with respect to any DTI Securities, including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities, nor shall any Management Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other Persons in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities.

 

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(f) Acknowledgement. Each Management Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this Article III may adversely affect the proceeds received by such Management Stockholder in any sale, transfer or liquidation of any such DTI Securities, and as a result of such restrictions on transfer, it may not be possible for such Management Stockholder to liquidate all or any part of such Management Stockholder’s interest in DTI Securities at the time of such Management Stockholder’s choosing. Each Management Stockholder further acknowledges and agrees that none of the Company, the MD Stockholders and/or the SLP Stockholders shall have any liability to such Management Stockholder arising from, relating to or in connection with the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this Article III, except to the extent the Company, the MD Stockholders and/or the SLP Stockholders fails to comply with its obligations to such Management Stockholder pursuant to this Article III.

Section 3.2. Specified Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period. Until a Release Event (and subject to any applicable lock-up or no transfer period in connection with an IPO that constitutes a Release Event) (the “Restricted Period”), no Management Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferees of a Management Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities without the prior written consent of the Company, except transfers of:

(i) (A) Transferable Shares to the Company pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 4.2, (B) any Net Settlement Shares withheld by the Company as described in the definition thereof (whether prior to, on or after the Lock-up Lapse Date) and (C) any Net Settlement Shares transferred on or after the Lock-up Lapse Date pursuant to a Company approved broker-assisted exercise or sale program;

(ii) On or after the Lock-up Lapse Date, sales of any Exempt Shares;

(iii) On or after the Lock-up Lapse Date, if the Applicable Employee of the Management Stockholder Group either (x) remains employed by or is providing services to the Company or its Affiliates or (y) is a Good Leaver, in each case under clauses (x) or (y) as of the date of the applicable sale, sales by such Management Stockholder Group of Transferable Shares into the public market in an amount that does not exceed the greatest of the following clauses (A) through (C), subject to clause (D):

(A) the amount remaining in the fiscal year in which such sale occurs under such Management Stockholder Group’s Individual Cap;

(B) an amount that, when aggregated with any Net Settlement Shares that were sold or withheld after July 1, 2018, and any prior sales of Transferrable Shares pursuant to this Section 3.2(a)(iii) that occur on or after the Closing Date, is equal to (1) 30% in the aggregate for all sales on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, (2) 50% in the aggregate for all sales on or prior to the one-year anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, (3) 80% in the aggregate for all sales on or prior to the eighteen-month anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, and (4) 100% in the aggregate for all sales after the eighteen-month anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, in each case, of the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock (whether vested or unvested) and (without duplication) shares of Class C Common Stock underlying Company Stock Options and other Company Awards (including restricted stock units) held by such Management Stockholder Group at the Closing Date that are not Exempt Shares; or

 

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(C) an amount that, when aggregated with any prior sales of Transferable Shares pursuant to this Section 3.2(a)(iii) that occur on or after the Closing Date, is equal to the product of (x) (1) 30% in the aggregate for all sales on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, (2) 50% in the aggregate for all sales on or prior to the one-year anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, (3) 80% in the aggregate for all sales on or prior to the eighteen-month anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, and (4) 100% in the aggregate for all sales after the eighteen-month anniversary of the Lock-up Lapse Date, multiplied by (y) the sum of (I) the number of outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any unvested shares of Class C Common Stock, and shares of Class C Common Stock underlying unvested restricted stock units and any shares of Class C Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any vested or unvested options) held by such Management Stockholder Group on the Closing Date (other than Exempt Shares) plus, without duplication, (II) the number of shares of Class C Common Stock (other than Net Settlement Shares) acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to Company Awards (except Post-Recapitalization Awards), including, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Class C Common Stock acquired upon the vesting of restricted stock units or upon the exercise of options to acquire shares of Class C Common Stock and any outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock held by such Management Stockholder Group (in each case, other than in respect of Post-Recapitalization Awards and Net Settlement Shares) that are unvested on the Closing Date and vest after the Closing Date (other than Net Settlement Shares).

(D) For the avoidance of doubt, (1) any Exempt Shares that are sold will be deemed to be sold pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(ii) and not pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(iii) and (2) under no circumstances shall Net Settlement Shares be deemed to have been sold pursuant to clause (C) of Section 3.2(a)(iii). Thus, for example and for the avoidance of doubt, sales or other dispositions of Exempt Shares and Net Settlement Shares would be excluded in determining the number of Transferable Shares that may be sold pursuant to clause (C) of Section 3.2(a)(iii).

(iv) On or after the Lock-up Lapse Date, if the Applicable Employee of the Management Stockholder Group’s employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates has been terminated prior to such sale and such Applicable Employee is not a Good Leaver as of the date of such sale, sales by such Management Stockholder Group of Transferable Shares that do not constitute Exempt Shares into the public market, in an amount that, during each fiscal year of the Company, when aggregated with (A) all Transferable Shares sold during such fiscal year in any prior sales under clause (iii) above or this clause (iv) or repurchased by the Company during such fiscal year pursuant to the exercise of Put Rights under Section 4.2 and (B) all Net Settlement Shares withheld or sold during such fiscal year solely to pay the applicable required tax withholding due in connection with the exercise or vesting of a Company Award, but excluding Exempt Shares, does not exceed such Management Stockholder Group’s Individual Cap during any fiscal year period;

 

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(v) Transferable Shares pursuant to the “tag-along” rights of the Management Stockholders under Section 3.4 in respect of any Tag-Along Sale transaction (in each case, subject to the “tag-along” rights of the other Management Stockholders under Section 3.4);

(vi) Transferable Shares to a Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder in compliance with Section 3.3; and

(vii) Solely with the prior written consent of the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, transfers of other DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder in compliance with Section 3.3.

(b) In addition, during the Restricted Period, without the prior written consent of the Company, no Management Stockholder Group may transfer any DTI Securities pursuant to the exercise of Put Rights or similar contractual rights in any fiscal year period in an aggregate amount in excess of such Management Stockholder Group’s Individual Cap (after taking into account any reduction to such Individual Cap for net share withholding to pay the minimum required tax withholding due in connection with the issuance or vesting of such DTI Securities and/or sales into the public market).

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.2(a), if any of the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders is granted a discretionary release or waiver by the Company from the transfer restrictions applicable to such person pursuant to Section 2.14(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement prior to the earlier of (i) an IPO or (ii) the Lock-up Lapse Date, then each Management Stockholder Group shall (without duplication of any lock-up release provisions applicable to such Management Stockholder Group in the Registration Rights Agreement or any other agreement) be entitled to transfer a number of Transferable Shares equal to the product of (x) the maximum percentage of Transferable Shares held (after applying the provisions of Section 7.15(b)) by the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders, respectively, being released from Section 2.14(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to such discretionary release or waiver multiplied by (y) the total number of Transferable Shares (including, for purpose of this Section 3.2(c), shares underlying Company Stock Options only to the extent such Company Stock Options are vested and in the money at the time of such release) held by such Management Stockholder, subject to Section 3.1 and Section 3.5.

(d) Restrictions on Transfers After Restricted Period. From and after the expiration of the Restricted Period, without the prior written consent of the Company no Management Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferees of a Management Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities, except transfers of DTI Securities in compliance with Section 3.1 and Section 3.5.

 

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(e) For the purpose of determining whether the number of Transferable Shares available is greatest under Section 3.2(a)(iii)(A), Section 3.2(a)(iii)(B) or Section 3.2(a)(iii)(C), the number of DTI Securities that remain available for a Management Stockholder Group to transfer in a proposed transfer pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(iii)(A) as of a particular date shall be assumed to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the dollar amount remaining in the fiscal year in which such sale occurs under such Management Stockholder Group’s Individual Cap by (y) the Fair Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock; provided, that, solely for purposes of such calculation, clause (i) of the Fair Market Value definition in this Agreement instead shall mean, if there should be a public market for the Class C Common Stock on the determination date, the closing price of a share of Class C Common Stock on the immediately preceding trading day as reported on the composite tape of the principal national securities exchange on which the Class C Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or, if the Class C Common Stock is not listed or admitted on any national securities exchange, the arithmetic mean of the per share closing bid price and per share closing asked price for the Class C Common Stock on the immediately preceding trading day as quoted on any Quotation System shall be the Fair Market Value in all events.

Section 3.3. Permitted Transfers. Each Management Stockholder may transfer (x) Transferable Shares or (y) solely with the prior written consent of the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, other DTI Securities, in each case that are held by him, her or it to a Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder without complying with the provisions of this Article III, other than Section 3.1; provided, that (i) such Permitted Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a Joinder Agreement as contemplated in Section 3.1(a) and Article VI, or otherwise agreed with the Company, in a written instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that he, she or it will immediately convey record and beneficial ownership of all such Transferable Shares or other DTI Securities (solely if permitted), as the case may be, and all rights and obligations hereunder to such Management Stockholder or another Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder if, and immediately prior to such time that, he, she or it ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder and (ii) in the case of a transfer of Transferable Shares or other DTI Securities (solely if permitted), as the case may be, to a natural person, such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement and a Spousal Consent as contemplated in Section 3.1(a).

Section 3.4. Tag-Along Rights.

(a) Subject to Section 3.4(g), if any Initiating Tag-Along Seller enters into one or a series of related transactions (including any merger or consolidation) involving the sale, transfer, exchange or conversion of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock to any Person (other than one or more Affiliates or Permitted Transferees of such Initiating Tag-Along Seller) (a “Tag-Along Sale”), then the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall give, or direct the Company to give and the Company shall so promptly give, written notice (a “Tag-Along Sale Notice”) of such proposed transfer to all Eligible Tag-Along Sellers with respect to such Tag-Along Sale at least fifteen (15) days prior to each of the consummation of such proposed transfer and the delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice setting forth (i) the number and type of each class of DTI Securities proposed to be transferred, (ii) the consideration to be received for such DTI

 

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Securities by such Initiating Tag-Along Seller, (iii) the identity of the purchaser (the “Tag-Along Buyer”), (iv) a detailed summary of all material terms and conditions of the proposed transfer, (v) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing the number of DTI Securities to be purchased from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees by the total number of DTI Securities held by such Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees (the “Tag-Along Sale Percentage”) and (vi) an invitation to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller to irrevocably agree to include in the Tag-Along Sale up to a number of Transferable Shares held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller equal to the product of the total number of Transferable Shares held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller multiplied by the Tag-Along Sale Percentage (such amount of DTI Securities with respect to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller, such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s “Tag-Along Shares”). In the event that more than one Stockholder proposes to execute a Tag-Along Sale as an Initiating Tag-Along Seller, then all such transferring Stockholders shall be treated as the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and the DTI Securities held and to be transferred by such Stockholders shall be aggregated as set forth in Section 7.15, including for purposes of calculating the applicable Tag-Along Sale Percentage. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller is transferring Common Stock or vested in-the-money Company Stock Options in such Tag-Along Sale, each of the Eligible Tag-Along Sellers shall be entitled to transfer the same proportion of Transferable Shares held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller as the proportion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s Common Stock and vested in-the-money Company Stock Options (relative to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s total number of such DTI Securities) that are being sold by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale (with each vested in the money Company Stock Option counting as a share of Common Stock for purposes of the foregoing calculation). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, no DTI Securities that are subject to any vesting or similar condition may be transferred prior to such time as such DTI Securities have fully vested and become Transferable Shares; provided, that it is understood that if such DTI Securities vest in connection with such Tag-Along Sale and would become Transferable Shares, such Transferable Shares may be transferred in connection therewith in accordance with this Section 3.4.

(b) Upon delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice, each Eligible Tag-Along Seller may elect to include all or a portion of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares in such Tag-Along Sale (Eligible Tag-Along Sellers who make such an election being an “Electing Tag-Along Seller” and, together with the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and all other Persons (other than any Affiliates of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller) who otherwise are transferring, or have exercised a contractual or other right to transfer, Transferable Shares in connection with such Tag-Along Sale, the “Tag-Along Sellers”), at the same price per Share (it being understood that all classes or series of Common Stock shall be at the same price per share) and pursuant to the same terms and conditions as agreed to by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and otherwise in accordance with this Section 3.4, by sending an irrevocable written notice (a “Tag-Along Participation Notice”) to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within fifteen (15) days of the date the Tag-Along Sale Notice is received by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller, indicating such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s irrevocable election, subject to Section 3.4(c), to include its Tag-Along Shares in the Tag-Along Sale and setting forth the number of Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include. Following such fifteen (15) day period, each Electing Tag-Along Seller that has delivered a Tag-Along Participation Notice shall be entitled to sell to such proposed transferee on the same terms and conditions as and, concurrently with,

 

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the other Electing Tag-Along Sellers and the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include, which terms and conditions have been set forth in the Tag-Along Sale Notice. Each Eligible Tag-Along Seller who does not deliver a Tag-Along Participation Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall have waived and be deemed to have waived all of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s rights with respect to such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that in order to be entitled to exercise its right to include Tag-Along Shares in a Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.4, each Electing Tag-Along Seller must agree to make the same representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements to the Tag-Along Buyer as made by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and any Electing Tag-Along Seller in connection with the Tag-Along Sale (and shall be subject to the same escrow or other holdback arrangements as such Persons so long as such escrows or other holdbacks are proportionately based on the amount of consideration received for the sale of DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale transaction); provided, that:

(i) each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be entitled to receive its pro rata portion (based on the relative amount and type of Transferable Shares sold in such Tag-Along Sale transaction) of any deferred consideration or indemnification payments relating to such Tag-Along Sale (provided, however, that, with respect to any unexercised Company Stock Options proposed to be transferred in such Tag-Along Sale by any Tag-Along Seller, the per share consideration in respect thereof shall be reduced by the exercise price of such options or, if required pursuant to the terms of such options or such Tag-Along Sale, such Tag-Along Seller must exercise the relevant option and transfer the relevant Transferable Shares (rather than the option) (in each case, net of any amounts required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such exercise));

(ii) the aggregate amount of liability of each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Electing Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale;

(iii) all indemnification obligations (other than with respect to the matters referenced in Section 3.4(b)(iv)) shall be on a several and not joint basis to the Tag-Along Sellers pro rata (based on the amount of consideration received by each Tag-Along Seller in the Tag-Along Sale transaction); and

(iv) no Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be responsible for any indemnification obligations and/or liabilities (including through escrow or hold back arrangements) for (A) breaches or inaccuracies of representations and warranties made with respect to any other Tag-Along Seller’s (1) ownership of and title to DTI Securities, (2) organization and authority or (3) conflicts and consents and any other matter concerning such other Person and/or (B) breaches of any covenant specifically relating to any other Tag-Along Seller.

(c) Notwithstanding the delivery of any Tag-Along Sale Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Tag-Along Sale and as to the timing, manner, price and, subject to Section 3.4(b)(i) through (iv), other terms and conditions of any such Tag-Along Sale shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and none of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives shall have any liability to

 

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any Electing Tag-Along Seller arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any proposed Tag-Along Sale except to the extent such Initiating Tag-Along Seller failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.4; provided, that (i) if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller agrees to amend, restate, modify or supplement the terms and/or conditions of the Tag-Along Sale after such time that any Stockholder has elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall promptly notify the Company and each Electing Tag-Along Seller of such amendment, restatement, modification and/or supplement and (ii) each such Electing Tag-Along Seller shall have the right to withdraw its Tag-Along Participation Notice by delivering written notice of such withdrawal to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within five (5) Business Days of the date of receipt of such notice from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary, this Section 3.4 shall not apply to (i) any transfers of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of the transferring Stockholder and/or (ii) any transfer of shares of Class C Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise), it being understood that Management Stockholders’ participation rights in connection with transfers of Transferable Shares in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise) shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

(e) All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries, the Sponsor Stockholders and/or one (1) outside legal counsel acting jointly for the Management Stockholders (which legal counsel shall have been approved in advance by the Sponsor Stockholders), in each case, in connection with such Tag-Along Sale shall be allocated and borne on a pro rata basis by each Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the amount of consideration otherwise received by each Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that this Section 3.4(e) shall not prevent any Tag-Along Sale to be structured in a manner such that some or all of the such costs and expenses result in a pro rata reduction in the consideration received by the Tag-Along Sellers in such Tag-Along Sale.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller has not completed the proposed Tag-Along Sale within one hundred twenty (120) days following delivery of the Tag-Along Sale Notice in accordance with this Section 3.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller may not then effect such proposed Tag-Along Sale without again complying with the provisions of this Section 3.4; provided, that if such proposed Tag-Along Sale is subject to, and conditioned on, one or more prior regulatory approvals, then such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary until no later than the expiration of ten (10) days after all such approvals shall have been received.

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Section 3.5. Black-Out Periods.

(a) In the event of an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (whether a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Registration Rights Agreement or an underwritten offering of Shares pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 2.5 of the Registration Rights Agreement, each of the Management Stockholders agrees if requested by the Company or the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwritten offering, not to (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, hypothecate, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option or right to purchase of or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and DTI Securities that may be issued upon exercise of any Company Stock Options or warrants or settlement of any Company Awards) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, (2) enter into any swap, hedging arrangement or other derivatives transaction with respect to any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and DTI Securities that may be issued upon exercise of any Company Stock Options or warrants or settlement of any Company Awards) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of DTI Securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1) through (3), during each of the following time periods: (X) in the case of an IPO, during the period beginning seven (7) days before, and ending one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter, (Y) in the case of any other underwritten offering but subject to clause (Z), during the period beginning seven (7) days before, and ending ninety (90) days thereafter and (Z) in the case of any other offering or shelf takedown, such other period as may be requested by the Company that is no less favorable to the Management Stockholders than that applicable to the Sponsor Holders, the managing underwriter or underwriters, or the Person initiating such offering or shelf take-down; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Management Stockholder from exercising its rights, if any, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

(b) If requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters of any such underwritten offering, each Management Stockholder shall execute a customary agreement reflecting its agreement set forth in this Section 3.5.

Section 3.6. Applicability to Post-Recapitalization Awards. Anything in this Article III to the contrary notwithstanding, Section 3.5 shall apply to Shares that are, or are issued upon the exercise or settlement of, Post-Recapitalization Awards and Section 3.2, Section 3.3, and Section 3.4 shall not restrict or provide any rights with respect to such Shares.

 

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ARTICLE IV

PUT RIGHTS

Section 4.1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Article IV and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(a) “Put Date” means the date on which the Company receives a Put Notice from an Applicable Employee with respect to all or a portion of the Put Shares of such Applicable Employee and/or such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group.

(b) “Put Period” means, with respect to any Applicable Employee, the period commencing on the thirtieth (30th) day following the later of (i) the termination of employment or service of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates due to a resignation by the Applicable Employee without Good Reason (other than a Retirement) and (ii) the last date following such termination of employment or service on which such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group acquires any Shares upon the exercise of Company Stock Options or similar purchase right or in settlement of a Company Award (or, if later, the last date on which any such Shares became vested Shares), and ending on the Put Termination Date.

(c) “Put Price” means, for any Put Share, the Fair Market Value of such Put Share as of the Put Date; provided, that if the event triggering the Put Right is a termination of employment or service with the Company and all of its Affiliates by an Applicable Employee (excluding any Applicable Employee who was serving solely as a Non-Sponsor Director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) immediately prior to the termination of such services with the Company and its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries)) without Good Reason (other than a Retirement or termination due to such Applicable Employee’s death or Disability) that occurs (i) with respect to any Put Share that is a Legacy Share, prior to the fourth (4th) anniversary of the later of (A) the commencement of such Applicable Employee’s employment or service with the Company and/or any of its Affiliates and (B) the Original Closing or (ii) with respect to any Put Share that is not a Legacy Share, prior to the third (3rd) anniversary of the later of (A) the commencement of such Applicable Employee’s employment or service with the Company and/or any of its Affiliates and (B) the EMC Closing Date, the Put Price shall equal 80% of the Fair Market Value of such Put Share as of the Put Date.

(d) “Put Termination Date” means, with respect to the Management Stockholder Group of any Applicable Employee, the six (6) month anniversary of the thirtieth (30th) day following the later of (i) the termination of employment or service by the Company and all of its Affiliates of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates due to a resignation by the Applicable Employee without Good Reason (other than a Retirement) and (ii) the last date following such termination of employment or service on which such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group acquires any Shares upon the exercise of Company Stock Options or similar purchase right or in settlement of a Company Award (or, if later, the last date on which any such Shares became vested Shares); provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that at any time during the Put Period the Company is prohibited from purchasing DTI Securities under applicable securities laws, including Rule 14e-5 of the Exchange Act, the Put Termination Date shall be tolled until the Put Blackout Period is no longer applicable, and the Put Period and the Put Termination Date shall each be extended by the number of days during which the Put Termination Date was tolled; provided, further, that if the Put Termination Date is not a Business Day, the Put Termination Date shall instead be the immediately succeeding Business Day after such six (6) month anniversary date.

 

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Section 4.2. Put Right of the Management Stockholders.

(a) Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Company (with the Board’s prior written approval) and an Applicable Employee, if the employment or service of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates shall be terminated or end due to a resignation by the Applicable Employee without Good Reason (other than a Retirement), such Applicable Employee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deliver one (1) written notice in the form attached hereto as Annex C (a “Put Notice”) to the Company at any time during the Put Period (but in no event later than the Put Termination Date), to require the Company to purchase, and the Company shall have the obligation to purchase, the amount of vested Shares (including, as provided herein, any Share that is issued upon the exercise of a vested Company Stock Option or similar purchase right or in settlement of a vested Company Award) identified in such Put Notice and that have been both (x) collectively owned by such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group and (y) vested for at least six (6) months prior to the delivery of such Put Notice to the Company (such Shares elected to be sold to the Company, the “Put Shares”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article IV (a “Put Right”); provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Put Right shall be subject to, and the Company shall not be required to purchase any Put Shares that would breach, violate or be inconsistent with, the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in Section 4.3. For the avoidance of doubt, a Share issuable upon exercise of a Company Stock Option or similar purchase right or in settlement of a Company Award shall not be considered owned by the Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Group for purposes of this Section 4.2 until such Share is actually issued by the Company upon exercise of the Company Stock Option or similar award or settlement of the Company Award.

(b) Subject to Section 4.3, upon the exercise of a Put Right with respect to any Put Shares pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Company shall purchase each of the Put Shares no later than 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the thirtieth (30th) day following the Put Date with respect to such Put Right (provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, then the Put Shares shall be purchased on the immediately succeeding Business Day), for the Put Price, in each case (x) payable in cash and (y) minus any applicable tax withholdings.

Section 4.3. Limitations on Repurchases.

(a) Repurchase Delays. If (i) the Company is prohibited from repurchasing shares of Common Stock, including any Put Shares for which a Put Right was or may be exercised, pursuant to Delaware law or other applicable law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, non-U.S. law and/or foreign exchange or currency control laws and regulations), due to a Put Blackout Period and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries or (ii) the Company’s Subsidiaries are prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to effect such repurchase of Put Shares in accordance with Delaware law or other applicable law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangement or other indebtedness of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries) (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, “Repurchase Limitations”), the Company shall repurchase, as soon as, and to the maximum extent possible, such number of Put Shares that can

 

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be purchased under, and in compliance with, the Repurchase Limitations, without violating any provisions, terms and/or conditions thereof, in each case, subject to Section 4.3(c). The Company will use its good faith efforts to cause any debt financing arrangements to permit at least $100,000,000 of repurchases of DTI Securities each fiscal year; provided, that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates be required to agree to any, or amend, supplement, waive or modify any, terms or conditions in a manner adverse to the Company or its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates. The Company shall repurchase all Put Shares which the Company failed to purchase due to Repurchase Limitations as soon as practicable, in compliance with, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement.

(b) Repurchase Caps. In addition to the Repurchase Limitations set forth in Section 4.3(a) and subject to the repurchase priority set forth in Section 4.3(c), notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company’s obligation to repurchase shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 4.3(b). Repurchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Put Rights or similar contractual rights of stockholders of the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any net share withholding to pay the minimum required tax withholding due in connection with the issuance or vesting of such Shares) are collectively subject to, and the Company is not obligated to purchase any such Shares, in any fiscal year period in excess of the lesser of (i) $300,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) the amount available at the time of such repurchase under the restricted payment basket in section 6.08(a)(vi) of the Credit Agreement or the lowest amount pursuant to a comparable provision in any other instruments or agreements evidencing debt securities, term loan indebtedness and other debt financing arrangements of the Company and/or its Affiliates (the “Aggregate Cap”) and the remaining amount under each Management Stockholder Group’s Individual Cap (together with the Aggregate Cap, the “Repurchase Caps”); provided, that the Company (solely with the Board’s prior written consent) may waive the Aggregate Cap or any applicable Individual Cap as it may apply to the Management Stockholder Group of any Applicable Employee. The Company shall repurchase all shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Put Rights or similar contractual rights of stockholders of the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any net share withholding in connection with the exercise of Company Stock Options to acquire such shares) which the Company failed to purchase due to the Repurchase Caps as soon as practicable, in compliance with, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.3, until such date as Put Shares held by a Management Stockholder are repurchased in accordance with Section 4.2, the Management Stockholder shall have all the rights and privileges as a holder of Shares with respect to such Put Shares, including but not limited to the rights set forth in Section 3.4 (Tag-Along Rights).

(c) Repurchase Priority. In the event that either the repurchase of Put Shares of more than one Person has been delayed pursuant to Section 4.3(a) and/or a Management Stockholder Group’s shares of Common Stock cannot be repurchased due to the Repurchase Caps, the Company shall repurchase any then pending Put Shares that it is permitted under this Section 4.3 to repurchase but which the Company failed to purchase due to Repurchase Limitations on a pro rata basis among all holders of such shares.

 

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Section 4.4. Further Assurances.

(a) Upon the delivery to the Company of a Put Notice by an Applicable Employee, such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group and the Company shall take all action or actions reasonably requested of such Persons by the Company that are necessary or appropriate to complete or facilitate such purchase of such Put Shares pursuant this Article IV.

Section 4.5. Termination of Article IV. The obligation of the Company to purchase any Put Shares as set forth in this Article IV, automatically terminates without any further action upon the earliest to occur of (a) a Release Event or (b) the consummation of a Change in Control in which the Shares held by Management Stockholders are exchanged for, or converted into, equity securities of a Person, which equity securities are listed on a securities exchange or automated quotation system.

Section 4.6. Not Applicable to Post-Recapitalization Awards. This Article IV shall not apply to any Shares that are, or are issued upon the exercise or settlement of, Post-Recapitalization Awards.

Section 4.7. Reinstatement of Put Right. Notwithstanding Section 4.5 and Section 4.6, in the event that the Class C Common Stock (or any successor thereto) ceases to be registered under the Exchange Act and listed or quoted, as applicable, on at least one of The New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT LLC, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market (or any of their respective successors) or any other established U.S. securities exchange or Quotation System, then as of such date, the provisions governing Put Rights under Article IV of the First Restated Agreement automatically will be reinstated, mutatis mutandis, including without limitation, with respect to Post-Recapitalization Awards.

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 5.1. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders and without further consideration, each Management Stockholder shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Confidentiality.

(a) Subject to Section 5.2(b), the terms of this Agreement, any information relating to any exercise of rights hereunder, and any documents, notices or other communications provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including any Put Notice and/or any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, disseminated or otherwise made available in connection therewith (“Confidential Information”), shall be confidential and no Management Stockholder shall disclose to any Person not a party to this Agreement any Confidential Information, except (a) to such Management Stockholder’s advisors, agents, accountants and attorneys, in each case so long as such Persons agree to keep such information confidential and (b) to a Permitted Transferee pursuant to a transfer by such

 

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Management Stockholder in accordance with Article III. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, no Management Stockholder shall disclose or use in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, any Confidential Information, any information concerning the Company, any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or their respective employees, directors or consultants received on a confidential basis from the Company or any other Person under or pursuant to this Agreement including financial terms and financial and organizational information contained in any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, or to be furnished, by or on behalf of the Company or any other Person in connection with the purchase or ownership of any DTI Securities; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed, now or in the future, to apply to any information obtained from sources other than the Company, any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or their employees, directors, consultants, agents or representatives (including attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, engineers and insurance brokers) or information that is or becomes in the public domain through no fault of such Management Stockholder or any of his, her or its Permitted Transferees, nor shall it be construed to prevent such Management Stockholder from making any disclosure of any information (A) if required to do so by any statute, law, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ, injunction or determination of any court or other governmental authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Management Stockholder or (B) pursuant to subpoena

(b) Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede any Applicable Employee from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation, or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. No Applicable Employee shall need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any such communication or disclosure. Each Applicable Employee understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of the law; or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. The Applicable Employee understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance is any Applicable Employee authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney client privilege or attorney work product without the prior written consent of the Company’s General Counsel.

 

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Section 5.3. Cooperation with Reorganizations.

(a) Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, statutory share exchange or other business combination or reorganization of the Company, on the one hand, with any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, the Management Stockholders shall, to the extent necessary, as determined by the approval of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, such terms of this Agreement.

(b) Further Assurances. In connection with any proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.3(a), each Management Stockholder shall take such actions as may be required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with the Company, the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, including approving such reorganizations, mergers or other transactions and taking all actions requested by the Company or the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, acting jointly, and executing and delivering all agreements, instruments and documents as may be required in order to consummate any such proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.3(a). Without limiting the effect of any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Management Stockholders, by entering into this Agreement, and in consideration of the obligations hereunder agreed to by the other parties hereto, hereby (i) agrees to the provisions of this Section 5.3 (including, without limitation, the provisions under which each share of Class A Common Stock held by such Management Stockholder shall be exchanged for a newly issued share of Class C Common Stock), and (ii) knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally forever waives, surrenders, and agrees not to assert, whether directly or derivatively, in an action at law or in equity, any claim that such Management Stockholder may now or hereafter have in connection with any conversion of shares provided for in this Section 5.3 (including, without limitation, any claim that the shares held by such Management Stockholder as a result of any such exchange or conversion are not validly issued and outstanding shares); provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.3(b) shall preclude any action or claim by any Management Stockholder to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS

Section 6.1. Additional Management Stockholders.

(a) Additional Management Stockholders may be added as parties to, be bound by and receive the benefits afforded by, and be subject to the obligations provided by, this Agreement upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A by such additional Management Stockholder to the Company and the acceptance thereof by the Company. No later than one (1) Business Day following such execution, the Company shall deliver to the MD Stockholders and SLP Stockholders a notice thereof, together with a copy of such Joinder Agreement.

(b) To the extent permitted by Section 7.7, amendments may be effected to this Agreement reflecting such rights and obligations, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, of such additional Management Stockholder as the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and such additional Management Stockholder may agree.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Share Rollover Agreements, the RSU Rollover Agreements and any Company Award between the Company and an Applicable Employee for any Management Stockholder) constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the Organizational Documents of any Person, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto shall exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to it so as to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and, if necessary, to procure (so far as it is able to do so) any required amendment to the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, in order to cure any such inconsistency.

Section 7.2. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

Section 7.3. Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 7.4. Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court

 

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of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 7.12 of this Agreement, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby, that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 7.4(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH

 

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OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.4(e).

Section 7.5. Obligations. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

Section 7.6. Consents, Approvals and Actions.

(a) MD Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MD Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, MD or his permitted assignee; provided, that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Disabling Event, such approval or consent shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MD Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MD Stockholders.

(b) SLP Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the SLP Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the SLP Stockholders, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the SLP Stockholders.

Section 7.7. Amendment; Waiver.

(a) Except as set forth below, any amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall require the prior written approval of the Company; provided, that (i) if any such amendment or modification adversely affects the MD Stockholders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MD Stockholders in the aggregate, (ii) if any such amendment or modification adversely affects the SLP Stockholders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the SLP Stockholders in the aggregate and (iii) if the express terms of any such amendment or modification disproportionately and materially adversely affects a Management Stockholder relative to the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders or any other Management Stockholder, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by such affected Management Stockholders in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the foregoing proviso shall not apply, in the case of Management Stockholders, with respect to amendments or modifications that do not apply to Management Stockholders, and (ii) neither the entry into any employment, severance, change of control, consulting, option grant or award or other similar agreement between the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and an Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder, on the other hand, the amendment, supplement or modification thereof, nor the waiver or consent of any provision or term herein or therein with respect to any Management Stockholder, shall constitute an amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement,

 

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(iii) any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party hereto pursuant to Article VI shall not constitute an amendment or modification hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient and (iv) the Company shall promptly amend the books and records of the Company appropriately as and to the extent necessary to reflect the removal or addition of a Management Stockholder, any changes in the amount and/or type of DTI Securities beneficially owned by each Management Stockholder and/or the addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of any DTI Securities, in each case, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b) Any failure by the Company, the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by the Company, the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of the Company, the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by the Company, the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

Section 7.8. Assignment of Rights By Management Stockholders. No Management Stockholder may assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement except with the prior consent of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders. Any purported assignment of rights or obligations under this Agreement in derogation of this Section 7.8 shall be null and void.

Section 7.9. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 7.10. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 7.13 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

Section 7.11. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of the MD Stockholders (for so long as the MD Stockholders own DTI Securities), the SLP Stockholders (for so long as the SLP Stockholders own DTI Securities) and the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by all of the Management Stockholders or (ii) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

Section 7.12. Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

 

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(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel;

(b) in the case of the Stockholders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

If to any of the SLP Stockholders, to:

c/o Silver Lake Partners

2775 Sand Hill Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Karen King

Facsimile: (650) 233-8125

E-mail: karen.king@silverlake.com

and

c/o Silver Lake Partners

9 West 57th Street

32nd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Andrew J. Schader

Facsimile: (212) 981-3535

E-mail: andy.schader@silverlake.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Rich Capelouto

                  Tristan M. Brown

                  Dan N. Webb

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002

Email: rcapelouto@stblaw.com

Email: tbrown@stblaw.com

Email: dwebb@stblaw.com

 

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If to any of the MD Stockholders, to:

Michael S. Dell

c/o Dell Inc.One Dell Way

Round Rock, TX 78682

Facsimile: (512) 283-1469

Email: michael@dell.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Steven A. Rosenblum

Michael J. Segal

Andrew J. Nussbaum

Gordon S. Moodie

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

Email: msegal@wlrk.com

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

and

MSD Capital, L.P.

645 Fifth Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10022-5910

Attention: Marc R. Lisker

Marcello Liguori

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

Email: mlisker@msdpartners.com

Email: mliguori@msdcapital.com

(c) If to any Management Stockholder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the signature pages hereto and/or Joinder Agreement (if applicable) of such Management Stockholder.

Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on

 

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the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.12, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Stockholders hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by Electronic Transmission addressed to the email address or facsimile number of such Stockholder as provided herein.

Section 7.13. No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 7.14. No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or constitute any party the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 7.15. Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership.

(a) All Shares (including in each case Shares issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) held by an Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group shall be deemed as being owned by such Management Stockholder Group.

(b) All DTI Securities held or acquired by any Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates and Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under and application of any limitations under this Agreement, and such Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock (including in each case Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding; and

 

 

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(ii) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other Stockholder, all of such Stockholder’s Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock (including in each case Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) shall be included as being owned by such Stockholder and as being outstanding.

Section 7.16. Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 7.17. Management Stockholder Group Representative. With respect to each Management Stockholder Group, the Applicable Employee (in such capacity, the “Management Stockholder Group Representative”) for such Management Stockholder Group shall act as, and each member of such Management Stockholder Group hereby designates and appoints (and each Permitted Transferee of the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder Group is hereby deemed to have so designated and appointed) such Management Stockholder Group Representative, as the sole representative of such Management Stockholder Group under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, with sole power and authority to exercise all rights of the members of such Management Stockholder Group hereunder and thereunder and to perform all such acts as are required, authorized or contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by any member of such Management Stockholder Group under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, including delivering any notice or granting any waiver or consent hereunder or thereunder. The other parties hereto are and will be entitled to rely on any action so taken or any notice given by such Management Stockholder Group Representative on behalf of any member of such Management Stockholder Group and are and will be entitled and authorized to give notices only to such Management Stockholder Group Representative for any notice contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, to be given to any member of such Management Stockholder Group. Each member of a Management Stockholder Group hereby acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the members of such Management Stockholder Group under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, shall be exercised only by the Management Stockholder Group Representative with respect to such Management Stockholder Group on behalf of such members and no such members shall be separately entitled to exercise any such rights or to take any action required, authorized or contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, by any member of such Management Stockholder Group. Each member of a Management Stockholder Group further acknowledges that the foregoing appointment and designation shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest and shall survive the death or incapacity of such member. In the event of the death or Disability of the Applicable Employee for such Management Stockholder Group, a successor Management Stockholder Group Representative may be chosen by holders of a majority of the DTI Securities beneficially owned by the members of such Management Stockholder Group; provided, that notice thereof is given by such new Management Stockholder Group Representative to the Company, the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders. Without limiting the generality of

 

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the foregoing, with respect to each Management Stockholder Group, each member of such Management Stockholder Group hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints (and each Permitted Transferee of the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder Group is hereby deemed to have so made, constituted and appointed) the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder Group (and each successor to such Management Stockholder Group Representative) the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such member (or such Permitted Transferee), with full power and authority, for, on behalf of and in the name of such member (or such Permitted Transferee) to execute and deliver on behalf of such member (or such Permitted Transferee) any and all instruments, agreements, notices, consents and other documents that are necessary or advisable to exercise the rights and perform the acts contemplated by this Section 7.17.

Section 7.18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

Section 7.19. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on December 25, 2018 upon execution of this Agreement by the Company, the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders. In the event this Agreement does not become effective, shall be void ab initio and the First Restated Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without amendment or restatement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Management Stockholders Agreement or caused this Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name: Janet M. Bawcom
 

Title:   Senior Vice President and Assistant

            Secretary


MD STOCKHOLDER:

/s/ Michael S. Dell

MICHAEL S. DELL


MD STOCKHOLDER:
SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Marc R. Lisker

  Name: Marc R. Lisker
  Title:   President, Hexagon Trust Company


SLP STOCKHOLDERS:
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name: Egon Durban
  Title: Managing Director
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

Name:   Egon Durban
Title:   Managing Director
SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS III, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name: Egon Durban
  Title: Managing Director


SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS IV, L.P.
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name: Egon Durban
  Title: Managing Director
SLP DENALI CO-INVEST, L.P.
By: SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its managing member
By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name: Egon Durban
  Title: Managing Director


Annex A

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Management Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the Management Stockholders party thereto and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Management Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Management Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming the transferee of DTI Securities, to become a party as a Management Stockholder to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the Management Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Management Stockholder in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, pursuant to this Joinder Agreement and the Management Stockholders Agreement, it is a Permitted Transferee of [•] and will be the lawful record owner of [•] shares of Class C Common Stock of the Company as of the date hereof. The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees that it will take all such actions as required of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Management Stockholders Agreement, including but not limited to conveying its record and beneficial ownership of any DTI Securities and all rights, title and obligations thereunder back to the initial transferor Stockholder or to another Permitted Transferee of the original transferor Stockholder, as the case may be, immediately prior to such time that the undersigned no longer meets the qualifications of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Management Stockholders Agreement.]1

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 7.2 through Section 7.4 of the Management Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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[To be included for transfers of Transferable Shares to Permitted Transferees]


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

 

 

Signature

 

Print Name

Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

Email:  

 


AGREED AND ACCEPTED as of the day of             ,         .
DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex B

FORM OF

SPOUSAL CONSENT

In consideration of the execution of that certain Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Management Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the Management Stockholders party thereto and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the thereof, I,             , the spouse of             , who is a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Management Stockholders Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of the issuance, acquisition or receipt of DTI Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and DTI Securities subject thereto, whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

 

Dated as of                     ,           
 

 

(Signature of Spouse)

 

 

(Print Name of Spouse)


Annex C

FORM OF

PUT NOTICE

TO

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), the Sponsor Stockholders party thereto, the Management Stockholders party thereto, the undersigned and the other signatories thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), the undersigned (the “Applicable Employee”) hereby delivers to the Company this Put Notice on behalf of itself and all members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

This Put Notice is being delivered by the Applicable Employee to the Company on or prior to the expiration of the Put Termination Date. The Applicable Employee requests the Company purchase the number of Put Shares identified on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Requested Put Shares”), in each case, for a price per share equal to the Put Price. The Applicable Employee represents and warrants to the Company that the Applicable Employee has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Put Notice on behalf of the Applicable Employee and all members of the Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group and that the Requested Put Shares have been held by the Applicable Employee and/or a member of the Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group for at least six (6) months prior to the delivery of this Put Notice to the Company.

The Applicable Employee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Put Right shall be subject to, and the Company shall not be required to purchase any Requested Put Shares that would breach, violate or be inconsistent with, the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in Section 4.3 of the Agreement.

The Applicable Employee covenants and agrees to transfer to the Company all stock certificates representing such Requested Put Shares, if such Requested Put Shares are certificated (or if one or more of such stock certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed, such other evidence requested by the Board with respect to lost, damaged or destroyed stock certificates), to the Company, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and covenants and agrees to deliver to the Company all such releases, letters of transmittal and/or instruments of transfer properly completed and duly executed, as shall be requested by the Company.

The Company is requested to wire any cash amounts paid in satisfaction of the Put Price to the account of the Applicable Employee included in the instructions on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Wire Transfer Instructions”). By signing this Put Notice the Applicable Employee agrees that payment of any amounts to the account designated in this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions shall constitute payment to and, upon delivery to such account, payment received by the Management Stockholder Group. The Applicable Employee, on behalf


of the Management Group, hereby waives and releases any and all claims relating to the payment to the account designated in this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions, that the undersigned may have against any party relying on this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions, including, without limitation, the failure of the Management Stockholder Group to receive amounts due and owing to the undersigned which were transmitted according to this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions, and agrees to indemnify and hold the relying party harmless therefrom.

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Dated the day of                         , 20 .
As attorney-in-fact and Management Stockholder Group Representative for the Management Stockholder Group of the following named Applicable Employee:

 

(print name of Applicable Employee)

By:  

 

  (signature)
 

 

(print name legibly)


Schedule I

DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTED PUT SHARES

 

Name(s) and Address(es) of Registered Owner(s)      
(Please Note Address Changes)    Certificate Number      No. of Shares  
     
     
     

Total No. of Shares

     

WIRE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS

Please insert your wire transfer instructions in the space provided below:

 

Bank Name:                                                                      

Bank Telephone Number:                                                

Account Name:                                                                  

Account Number:                                                              

Routing Number:                                                                

EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

 

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS C STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 25, 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.1.

  Definitions      2  

Section 1.2.

  General Interpretive Principles      11  
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

Section 2.1.

  Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders      11  

Section 2.2.

  Acknowledgement by the Company      12  
ARTICLE III TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS   

Section 3.1.

  General Restrictions on Transfers      13  

Section 3.2.

  Permitted Transfers      15  

Section 3.3.

  Tag-Along Rights      16  

Section 3.4.

  Black-Out Periods      21  
ARTICLE IV ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS   

Section 4.1.

  Further Assurances      22  

Section 4.2.

  Confidentiality      22  

Section 4.3.

  Cooperation with Reorganizations      23  

Section 4.4.

  Reporting      23  

Section 4.5.

  Registration of Applicable High Vote Stock      24  
ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 5.1.

  Entire Agreement      24  

Section 5.2.

  Specific Performance      24  

Section 5.3.

  Governing Law      25  

Section 5.4.

  Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      25  

Section 5.5.

  Obligations      26  

Section 5.6.

  Consents, Approvals and Actions      26  

Section 5.7.

  Amendment; Waiver      27  

Section 5.8.

  Assignment of Rights By New Class C Stockholders      28  

Section 5.9.

  Transfers to Permitted Transferees      28  

Section 5.10.

  Binding Effect      28  

Section 5.11.

  Third Party Beneficiaries      28  

Section 5.12.

  Termination      28  

Section 5.13.

  Notices      28  

Section 5.14.

  No Third Party Liability      30  

Section 5.15.

  No Partnership      31  

Section 5.16.

  Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership      31  

Section 5.17.

  Severability      31  

 

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Section 5.18.

  Counterparts      31  

Section 5.19.

  Effectiveness      31  

 

ANNEXES
ANNEX A   -    FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
ANNEX B   -    FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

CLASS C STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS C STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a)

Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (the “SLD Trust” and together with MD and their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein) that acquire Common Stock (as defined herein), the “MD Stockholders”);

 

  (b)

Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, and together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock, the “SLP Stockholders,” and together with the MD Stockholders, the “Sponsor Stockholders”); and

 

  (c)

Venezio Investments Pte. Ltd., a Singapore corporation (the “Initial Class C Stockholder,” and together with its Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock, the “New Class C Stockholders”).

WHEREAS, certain of the parties hereto are party to that certain Class C Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (the “Original Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders wish to make certain changes to the Original Agreement, effective upon the consummation of the Merger;

WHEREAS, pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, Section 5.9 of that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the MSD Partners Co-Investors (as defined herein) agreed to terminate the rights and obligations of the MSD Partners Stockholders and the MSD Partners Co-Investors under the Original Agreement; and

 

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WHEREAS, the undersigned parties desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement as set forth herein pursuant to Section 6.7 of the Original Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree that the Original Agreement is, as of the effectiveness of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.19, amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Additional Consideration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(a).

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of such party’s Affiliates (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other, and (iii) except with respect to Section 5.14, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement (including the schedules, annexes attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Anticipated Closing Date” means the anticipated closing date of any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Board on the Applicable Date.

Applicable Date” means, with respect to any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, the date that a definitive agreement is entered into with the applicable purchaser providing for such Qualified Sale Transaction.

 

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Applicable High Vote Stock” means (i) a class or series of Common Stock (as defined in the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) other than the Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock, or (ii) a class or series of preferred stock into which the Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock has been or is entitled to be exchanged or converted, in each case of clause (i) and (ii), that is entitled to more votes per share than the Class C Common Stock in the election of directors and with respect to other matters on which holders of such voting securities of the Company are generally entitled to vote.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) subject to Section 5.16, no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition) or other similar agreement with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) with respect to any Securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class D Common Stock” means the Class D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Class C Common Stock” means the shares of Class C Common Stock purchased by the Initial Class C Stockholder at the EMC Closing pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and any other series or class of common stock of the Company.

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Company Stock Option” means an option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock.

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2.

Debt Commitment Letter” means the Facilities Commitment Letter, dated October 12, 2015, among the Company, Denali Intermediate Inc., Dell Inc. and Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citibank, N.A., Citicorp USA, Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Capital Markets.

Dell” means Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Intermediate.

Disabling Event” means either the death, or the continuation of any disability, of MD. For this purpose, “disability” means any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of MD’s duties as a director or Chief Executive Officer of the Company for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

Distributed Equity Securities” means any equity securities received by the New Class C Stockholders as a dividend or distribution on the Closing Class C Common Stock or in respect of any other Distributed Equity Securities, in each case excluding any equity securities that constitute Marketable Securities at the time of their receipt by the New Class C Stockholders.

DTI Securities” means the Common Stock, any equity or debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company.

Electing Tag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(b).

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

Eligible Tag-Along Seller” means the New Class C Stockholders and any of their Permitted Transferees in any Tag-Along Sale.

 

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EMC” means EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

EMC Closing” has the meaning ascribed to the term “Closing” in the Subscription Agreement.

EMC Closing Date” means September 7, 2016.

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any natural person (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

Initial Class C Stockholder” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Initiating Tag-Along Seller” means the MD Stockholders.

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto.

Marketable Securities” means securities that (i) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and/or the Nasdaq Stock Market or any successor thereto, (ii) are, at the time of consummation of the applicable transfer, registered, pursuant to an effective registration statement and will remain registered until such time as such securities can be sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time, without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, (iii) are not subject to restrictions on transfer as a result of any applicable contractual provisions or by law (including the Securities Act) and (iv) the aggregate amount of which securities received by the New Class C Stockholders in any Tag-Along Sale or Qualified Sale Transaction do not constitute 10% or more of the issued and outstanding securities of such class on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction. For the purpose of this definition, Marketable Securities are deemed to have been received on the trading day immediately prior to (x) the date that such cash and/or Marketable Securities are received by the New Class C Stockholders if not received in a Qualified Sale Transaction or (y) if received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, the Applicable Date.

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Charitable Entity” means the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and any other private foundation or supporting organization (as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code) established and principally funded directly or indirectly by MD and/or his spouse.

 

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MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Immediate Family Member” means, with respect to any MD Stockholder that is a natural person, (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouse’s siblings and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

MD Related Parties” means any or all of MD, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders or the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing and/or any business, entity or person which any of the foregoing controls, is controlled by or is under common control with; provided, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall be considered an “MD Related Party” regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders.

MD Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Stockholders Agreement” means the MD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders and certain other parties thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

MSD Partners Co-Investor” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

MSD Partners Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement” means that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018, among the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders, the MSD Partners Co-Investors and the MD Stockholders (solely with respect to Section 4.4 therein).

New Class C Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and/or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.

 

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Original Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Original Closing” means the closing of the merger of Denali Acquiror Inc. and Dell pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013 between the Company, Denali Intermediate Inc., Denali Acquiror Inc. and Dell, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on August 2, 2013 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time).

Original Closing Date” means October 29, 2013.

Participating Class C Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(c).

Participating Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(c).

Permitted Transferee” means:

(i) In the case of the New Class C Stockholders: (i) Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek Holdings”) and (ii) Temasek Holdings’ direct and indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries, the boards of directors or equivalent governing bodies of which comprise solely nominees or employees of (x) Temasek Holdings, (y) Temasek Pte. Ltd. (a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Temasek Holdings) and/or (z) wholly-owned direct and indirect Subsidiaries of Temasek Pte. Ltd. (other than portfolio companies).

(ii) In the case of the MD Stockholders:

(A) MD, SLD Trust or any MD Immediate Family Member;

(B) any MD Charitable Entity;

(C) one or more trusts whose current beneficiaries are and will remain for so long as such trust holds DTI Securities, any of (or any combination of) MD, one or more MD Immediate Family Members or MD Charitable Entities;

(D) any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity wholly-owned by any one or more persons or entities described in clause (ii)(A), (ii)(B) or (ii)(C) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee”; or

(E) from and after MD’s death, any recipient under MD’s will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MD’s death, or by the laws of descent and distribution.

(iii) In the case of the SLP Stockholders, (A) any of their respective controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any special purpose entity formed as part of a “fund-to-fund” transfer of all or a portion of such SLP Stockholder’s investment in the Company, provide that all of the investors in such special purpose entity are, at the time of such transfer, partners or stockholders of such Stockholder and such special purpose entity is managed by such SLP Stockholder or one of its Affiliates).

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, (x) each MD Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MD Stockholder and (y) each SLP Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other SLP Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Priority Sell-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Qualified Sale Transaction” means any Sale Transaction (i) pursuant to which more than 50% of the Common Stock and other debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into Common Stock, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such debt securities of the Company will be acquired by a Person that is not an MD Related Party, nor the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) in respect of which each New Class C Stockholder has, subject to clause (3) below, the right to participate in such Sale Transaction on the same terms as the SLP Stockholders (including the same purchase price per share equivalent of Common Stock) and on the terms described in Section 3.3 of this Agreement, as applicable and (iii) unless otherwise agreed by prior written consent of the SLP Stockholders, in which the SLP Stockholders and the New Class C Stockholders will receive consideration for their DTI Securities that consists entirely of cash and/or Marketable Securities.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders and the other signatories party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, members, stockholders, controlling persons, investment committee, financial advisors, attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents and other representatives.

Sale Transaction” means (i) any merger, consolidation, business combination or amalgamation of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary with or into any Person, (ii) the sale of Common Stock and/or other DTI Securities that represent (A) a majority of the Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis and/or (B) a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Common Stock and/or (iii) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company and its Subsidiaries’ assets (determined on a consolidated basis based on value) (including by means of merger, consolidation, other business combination,

 

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exclusive license, share exchange or other reorganization); provided, that in calculating the aggregate voting power of the Common Stock and/or other DTI Securities for the purpose of clause (ii) of this definition of “Sale Transaction,” the voting power attaching to any shares of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock that will convert into Class C Common Stock in connection with such transaction shall be determined as if such conversion had already taken place; provided, further, that in each case, any transaction solely between and among the Company and/or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be considered a Sale Transaction hereunder.

SEC” means the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

Securities” means any equity securities of the Company, including any Common Stock, debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities of the Company, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Company.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement of the Company filed with the SEC on Form S-3 or Form F-3, or on Form S-1 or Form F-1 (or any successor form), for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC) covering the Common Stock.

SLD Trust” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Special Committee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Support Agreement.

Specified Subsidiary” means any of (i) Denali Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Intermediate”), (ii) Dell, (iii) EMC, (iv) Denali Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Denali Finance”), (v) Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Dell International”) (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree), (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Dell, EMC, Denali Finance and Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree), (vii) any other borrowers under the senior secured indebtedness and/or issuer of the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith and (viii) each intermediate entity or Subsidiary between the Company and any of the foregoing.

 

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Sponsor Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Spousal Consent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(g).

Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Subscription Agreement” means that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2015, between the Company and the Initial Class C Stockholder.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Tag-Along Buyer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(a).

Tag-Along Demand” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(c).

Tag-Along Participation Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(b).

Tag-Along Sale” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(a).

Tag-Along Sale Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(a).

Tag-Along Sale Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(a).

Tag-Along Sale Priority” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(c).

Tag-Along Sale Proration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(c).

Tag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(b).

 

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Tag-Along Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(a).

Temasek Holdings” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of “Permitted Transferee.”

transfer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).

Underwritten Offering” means an underwritten public offering of Class C Common Stock that is registered under the Securities Act, including an underwritten public offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Merger.

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

Voting and Support Agreement” means that certain Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2018, by and among the Company, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders.

wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which all of the shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests (other than, with respect to non-U.S. subsidiaries, only to the extent legally required, de minimis ownership thereof by residents, natural persons or non-Affiliates) are owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall mean United States dollars. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders. Each of the Stockholders hereby represents and warrants severally and not jointly to each of the other Stockholders and to the Company as of the date hereof (and in respect of Persons who become a party to this Agreement after the date hereof, such Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to each of the other Stockholders and the Company on the date of its execution of a Joinder Agreement) as follows:

 

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(a) Such Stockholder, to the extent applicable, is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

(b) Such Stockholder has the full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, of such Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes its, his or her legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, him or her in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Stockholder of this Agreement and the performance by such Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder by such Stockholder does not and will not violate (i) in the case of Stockholders who are not individuals, any provision of its Organizational Documents, (ii) any provision of any material agreement to which it, he or she is a party or by which it, he or she is bound or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which it, he or she is subject.

(d) No notice, consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement.

(e) Such Stockholder is not currently in violation of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree, which violation could reasonably be expected at any time to have a material adverse effect upon such Stockholder’s ability to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(f) There is no pending legal action, suit or proceeding that would materially and adversely affect the ability of such Stockholder to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(g) If such Stockholder is an individual and married, he or she has delivered to the other Stockholders and the Company a duly executed copy of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B (a “Spousal Consent”).

Section 2.2. Acknowledgement by the Company. The Company hereby acknowledges that any references in the representations and warranties contained in Article II of the Subscription Agreement to the “transactions contemplated hereby” and “transactions contemplated by this Agreement” are deemed to encompass, among other transactions, the entrance into, execution of and performance by the Company of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE III

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 3.1. General Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Generally.

(i) No New Class C Stockholder may directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, gift or otherwise transfer, dispose of or encumber, in each case, whether in its own right or by its representative and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (any of the foregoing, whether effected directly or indirectly (including by a direct or indirect transfer of equity, ownership or economic interests, or options, warrants or other contractual rights to acquire an equity, ownership or economic interest, in any New Class C Stockholder), shall be deemed included in the term “transfer” as used in this Agreement) any DTI Securities, or any legal, economic or beneficial interest in any DTI Securities; unless (i) such transfer is made on the books and records of the Company and is in compliance with the provisions of this ARTICLE III and any other agreement applicable to the transfer of such DTI Securities and (ii) the transferee (if other than (A) the Company or another Stockholder or (B) a transferee pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act or, so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a New Class C Stockholder, a transferee pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or, pursuant to a sale exempt from registration so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a New Class C Stockholder and such transferee enters into a written agreement for the benefit of the Company confirming its agreement to comply with Section 3.1(c)) executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A.

(ii) Any purported transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in any DTI Securities by any New Class C Stockholder that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its register of stockholders or otherwise any change in record ownership of DTI Securities pursuant to any such transfer.

(b) Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between a New Class C Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, any New Class C Stockholder that proposes to transfer DTI Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be responsible for any fees and expenses (including any stamp, transfer, recording or similar taxes) incurred by the Company in connection with such transfer.

(c) Securities Law Acknowledgement. Each New Class C Stockholder acknowledges that none of the Common Stock (except the Company’s Class V Common Stock and any shares of Class C Common Stock registered (1) on Form S-8 prior to the Closing Date, (2) in connection with the Merger or (3) after the Closing Date) has been registered under the Securities Act and such unregistered shares may not be transferred, except as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Each New Class C Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any Common Stock at any time if such action would (i) constitute a violation of any securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a breach of the conditions to any

 

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exemption from registration of Common Stock under any such laws or a breach of any undertaking or agreement of such New Class C Stockholder entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder, (ii) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or (iii) be a nonexempt “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” for purposes of fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each New Class C Stockholder agrees it shall not be entitled to any certificate for any or all of the Common Stock, unless the Board shall otherwise determine.

(d) Legend.

(i) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a New Class C Stockholder shall, unless Section 3.1(d)(ii) or Section 3.1(d)(iii) applies, bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS C STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

(ii) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a New Class C Stockholder issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act shall bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

 

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THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS C STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

(iii) In the event that any or all of the paragraphs in the restrictive legends set forth in Section 3.1(d)(i) or Section 3.1(d)(ii) has ceased to be applicable, the Company shall provide any New Class C Stockholder, or their respective transferees, at his, her or its request, without any expense to such New Class C Stockholder (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any), with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry shares) for such DTI Securities of like tenor not bearing such paragraph(s) of the legend with respect to which the restriction has ceased and terminated (it being understood that the restriction referred to in Section 3.1(d)(ii) and in the first paragraph of the legend in Section 3.1(d)(i) shall cease and terminate only upon the termination of this ARTICLE III with respect to the New Class C Stockholder holding such DTI Securities).

(e) No Other Proxies or Voting Agreements. No New Class C Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any DTI Securities or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any Person with respect to any DTI Securities, including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities, nor shall any New Class C Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other Persons in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities.

(f) Acknowledgement. Each New Class C Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this ARTICLE III may adversely affect the proceeds received by such New Class C Stockholder in any sale, transfer or liquidation of any such DTI Securities, and as a result of such restrictions on transfer, it may not be possible for such New Class C Stockholder to liquidate all or any part of such New Class C Stockholder’s interest in DTI Securities at the time of such New Class C Stockholder’s choosing. Each New Class C Stockholder further acknowledges and agrees that none of the Company and/or the Sponsor Stockholders shall have any liability to such New Class C Stockholder arising from, relating to or in connection with the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this ARTICLE III, except to the extent the Company or any Sponsor Stockholder fails to comply with its obligations to such New Class C Stockholder pursuant to this ARTICLE III.

Section 3.2. Permitted Transfers. Subject to compliance with any applicable provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company, each New Class C Stockholder may transfer DTI Securities that are held by him, her or it to a Permitted Transferee of such New Class C Stockholder without complying with the provisions of this ARTICLE III, other than Section 3.1; provided, that (i) such Permitted Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the

 

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Company a Joinder Agreement as contemplated in Section 3.1(a), or otherwise agreed with the Company, in a written instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that he, she or it will immediately convey record and beneficial ownership of all such DTI Securities, and all rights and obligations hereunder to such New Class C Stockholder or another Permitted Transferee of such New Class C Stockholder if, and immediately prior to such time that, he, she or it ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of such New Class C Stockholder and (ii) in the case of a transfer of DTI Securities to a natural person, such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement and a Spousal Consent as contemplated in Section 3.1(a).

Section 3.3. Tag-Along Rights.

(a) Subject to Section 3.3(h), (x) if any Initiating Tag-Along Seller proposes to transfer all or a portion of their DTI Securities to any Person (other than to a Permitted Transferee of such Initiating Tag-Along Seller) or (y) a Sale Transaction is entered into by the MD Stockholders that either is a Qualified Sale Transaction or has been approved by the SLP Stockholders (each of the transfers in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y), a “Tag-Along Sale”), then the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall give, or direct the Company to give and the Company shall so promptly give, written notice (a “Tag-Along Sale Notice”) of such proposed transfer to all Eligible Tag-Along Sellers with respect to such Tag-Along Sale at least fifteen (15) days prior to each of the consummation of such proposed transfer and the delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice setting forth (i) the number and type of each class of DTI Securities proposed to be transferred, (ii) the consideration to be received for such DTI Securities by such Initiating Tag-Along Seller, including (in the case of any transfer by the MD Stockholders) any Additional Consideration received, (iii) the identity of the purchaser (the “Tag-Along Buyer”), (iv) a copy of all definitive documents relating to such Tag-Along Sale, including all documents that the Eligible Tag-Along Seller would be required to execute in order to participate in such Tag-Along Sale and all other agreements or documents referred to, or referenced, therein, (v) a detailed summary of all material terms and conditions of the proposed transfer, (vi) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing the number of DTI Securities to be purchased from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees by the total number of DTI Securities held by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees (the “Tag-Along Sale Percentage”) and (vii) an invitation to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller to irrevocably agree to include in the Tag-Along Sale up to a number of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller equal to the product of the total number of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller multiplied by the Tag-Along Sale Percentage, subject to adjustment pursuant to the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration as contemplated in Section 3.3(c) (such amount of DTI Securities with respect to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller, such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s “Tag-Along Shares”). In the event that any MD Related Party directly or indirectly receives any compensation or other consideration or benefit arising out of or in connection with the applicable Tag-Along Sale (other than any bona fide cash and/or equity compensation (whether in the form of an initial equity grant or otherwise) for service as an executive officer of the acquiring or surviving company or any of their Subsidiaries or, with respect to MD Related Parties, any bona fide commercial arrangement that is not a “Related Party Transaction” (as defined in the MD Stockholders Agreement) because of the proviso of the definition thereof between an MD Related Party and the proposed Tag-Along Buyer or any of its Affiliates which commercial arrangement has been binding and in full force and effect (or, in the absence of a binding legal arrangement, to the extent a course of dealing has been in place) for at

 

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least twelve (12) months prior to the date that the Tag-Along Sale Notice is provided to the Eligible Tag-Along Seller) pursuant to any non-competition, non-solicitation, no-hire, or other arrangement separate from the transfer of the DTI Securities of the Company (“Additional Consideration”), the value of such Additional Consideration (as reasonably determined by the Board of the Company, subject to the consent of the SLP Stockholders not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be deemed to have been part of the consideration paid or payable to the MD Stockholders in respect of their DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale and shall be reflected in the amount offered by the Tag-Along Buyer set forth in the applicable Tag-Along Sale Notice. In the event that more than one MD Stockholder or more than one SLP Stockholder, as the case may be, proposes to execute a Tag-Along Sale as an Initiating Tag-Along Seller, then all such transferring MD Stockholders and/or SLP Stockholders, as the case may be, shall be treated as the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and the DTI Securities held and to be transferred by such MD Stockholders or SLP Stockholders, as the case may be, shall be aggregated as set forth in Section 5.16, including for purposes of calculating the applicable Tag-Along Sale Percentage; provided, that if the group of stockholders treated as the Initiating Tag-Along Seller pursuant to this sentence includes any SLP Stockholders, then the Tag-Along Sale Percentage applicable to the New Class C Stockholders shall be calculated as if the SLP Stockholders are the only stockholders treated as the Initiating Tag-Along Seller. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.3 to the contrary, but subject to Section 3.3(c), if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller is transferring Common Stock or vested in-the-money Company Stock Options in such Tag-Along Sale, each of the Eligible Tag-Along Sellers shall be entitled to transfer the same proportion of DTI Securities held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller as the proportion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s Common Stock and vested in-the-money Company Stock Options relative to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s total number of such DTI Securities that are being sold by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale (with each vested in-the-money Company Stock Option counting as a share of Common Stock for purposes of the foregoing calculation).

(b) Upon delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice, each Eligible Tag-Along Seller may elect to include all or a portion of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares in such Tag-Along Sale (Eligible Tag-Along Sellers who make such an election being an “Electing Tag-Along Seller” and, together with the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and all other Persons (other than any Affiliates of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller) who otherwise are transferring, or have exercised a contractual or other right to transfer, DTI Securities in connection with such Tag-Along Sale, the “Tag-Along Sellers”), at the same price per share equivalent of Common Stock and pursuant to the same terms and conditions as agreed to by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and otherwise in accordance with this Section 3.3, by sending an irrevocable written notice (a “Tag-Along Participation Notice”) to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within fifteen (15) days of the date the Tag-Along Sale Notice is received by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller, indicating such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s irrevocable election, subject to Section 3.3(d), to include its Tag-Along Shares in the Tag-Along Sale and setting forth the number of Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include. Following such fifteen (15) day period, each Electing Tag-Along Seller that has delivered a Tag-Along Participation Notice shall be entitled to sell to such proposed transferee on the same terms and conditions as and, concurrently with, the other Electing Tag-Along Sellers and the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include, which terms and conditions have been set forth in the Tag-Along Sale Notice, subject to the Tag-Along

 

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Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration as contemplated in Section 3.3(c). Each Eligible Tag-Along Seller who does not deliver a Tag-Along Participation Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall have waived and be deemed to have waived all of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s rights with respect to such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that in order to be entitled to exercise its right to include Tag-Along Shares in a Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.3, each Electing Tag-Along Seller must agree to make the same representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements to the Tag-Along Buyer as made by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and any Electing Tag-Along Seller in connection with the Tag-Along Sale (and shall be subject to the same escrow or other holdback arrangements as such Persons so long as such escrows or other holdbacks are proportionately based on the amount of consideration received for the sale of DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale transaction); provided, that:

(i) each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be entitled to receive its pro rata portion (based on the relative amount (and taking into account the per share equivalent of Common Stock) of DTI Securities sold in such Tag-Along Sale transaction) of any deferred consideration or indemnification payments relating to such Tag-Along Sale (provided, however, that, with respect to any unexercised Company Stock Options proposed to be transferred in such Tag-Along Sale by any Tag-Along Seller, the per share consideration in respect thereof shall be reduced by the exercise price of such options or, if required pursuant to the terms of such options or such Tag-Along Sale, such Tag-Along Seller must exercise the relevant option and transfer the relevant shares of Common Stock (rather than the option) (in each case, net of any amounts required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such exercise));

(ii) the aggregate amount of liability of each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Electing Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale;

(iii) all indemnification obligations (other than with respect to the matters referenced in Section 3.3(b)(iv)) shall be on a several and not joint basis to the Tag-Along Sellers pro rata (based on the amount of consideration received by each Tag-Along Seller in the Tag-Along Sale transaction);

(iv) no Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be responsible for any indemnification obligations and/or liabilities (including through escrow or hold back arrangements) for (A) breaches or inaccuracies of representations and warranties made with respect to any other Tag-Along Seller’s (1) ownership of and title to DTI Securities, (2) organization and authority or (3) conflicts and consents and any other matter concerning such other Person and/or (B) breaches of any covenant specifically relating to any other Tag-Along Seller; and

(v) no Stockholders that have elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be required in connection with such Tag-Along Sale transaction to agree to (A) any employee, customer or other non-solicitation, no-hire or other similar provision, (B) any non-competition or similar restrictive covenant and/or (C) any term that purports to bind any portfolio company or investment of any Electing Tag-Along Seller or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.3 to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any of their Permitted Transferees) seeks to transfer Common Stock representing a majority of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders immediately following the Original Closing, then the number of Tag-Along Shares that an Eligible Tag-Along Seller may include in any Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be an amount equal to 100% of the equity securities in the Company, Dell and their respective Subsidiaries held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller (such right, the “Tag-Along Sale Priority”). Further, in the event that Stockholders having the right to participate in a Tag-Along Sale (including the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, the “Participating Sellers”) have elected to include more DTI Securities in the aggregate than the Tag-Along Buyer is willing to purchase (the “Tag-Along Demand”), the number of DTI Securities permitted to be sold by the Participating Sellers shall be reduced such that each Tag-Along Seller is permitted to sell only its pro rata share of the Tag-Along Demand (in proportion to the number of DTI Securities held by each Participating Seller) (the “Tag-Along Sale Proration”); provided, that, in a Tag-Along Sale subject to Tag-Along Sale Priority rights, the number of DTI Securities to be sold by Participating Sellers with Tag-Along Sale Priority shall not be reduced.

(d) Notwithstanding the delivery of any Tag-Along Sale Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Tag-Along Sale and as to the timing, manner, price and, subject to Section 3.3(b)(i) through (v), other terms and conditions of any such Tag-Along Sale shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and none of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives shall have any liability to any Electing Tag-Along Seller arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any proposed Tag-Along Sale except to the extent such Initiating Tag-Along Seller failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.3; provided, that (i) if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller agrees to amend, restate, modify or supplement the terms and/or conditions of the Tag-Along Sale after such time that any Stockholder has elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.3, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall promptly notify the Company and each Electing Tag-Along Seller of such amendment, restatement, modification and/or supplement and (ii) each such Electing Tag-Along Seller shall have the right to withdraw its Tag-Along Participation Notice by delivering written notice of such withdrawal to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within five (5) Business Days of the date of receipt of such notice from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.3 to the contrary, this Section 3.3 shall not apply to (i) any transfers of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of the transferring Stockholder and/or (ii) any transfer of Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (each as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or otherwise), it being understood that participation rights in connection with transfers of Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (each as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or otherwise) shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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(f) All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or the Tag-Along Sellers in connection with such Tag-Along Sale shall be allocated and borne on a pro rata basis by each Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the amount of consideration otherwise received by each Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that this Section 3.3(f) shall not prevent any Tag-Along Sale to be structured in a manner such that some or all of the such costs and expenses result in a pro rata reduction in the consideration received by the Tag-Along Sellers in such Tag-Along Sale.

(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller has not completed the proposed Tag-Along Sale within one hundred twenty (120) days following delivery of the Tag-Along Sale Notice in accordance with this Section 3.3, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller may not then effect such proposed Tag-Along Sale without again complying with the provisions of this Section 3.3; provided, that if such proposed Tag-Along Sale is subject to, and conditioned on, one or more prior regulatory approvals, then such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary until no later than the expiration of ten (10) days after all such approvals shall have been received.

(h) The “tag-along” rights described in this Section 3.3 shall survive the Merger (and shall be exercisable by any Stockholder) in respect of a single or series of related transfers of DTI Securities by the MD Stockholders equal to 10% or more of the then outstanding Common Stock to the same Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) (other than a Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders) and shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) such time following the Closing that the MD Stockholders no longer beneficially own Common Stock representing a majority of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders immediately following the Original Closing Date; provided, that in addition to any other applicable provisions in this Section 3.3 (including the Tag-Along Sale Priority and the Tag-Along Sale Proration), such transfer of DTI Securities shall also be subject to the Priority Sell-Down pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, further, that any registered offering of DTI Securities shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) it is understood that a transfer of limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests or similar interests in any of the Sponsor Stockholders, any other private equity fund or any parent entity with respect to any such Sponsor Stockholder or private equity fund shall not constitute a transfer for purposes of this Agreement so long as there is no change of control of such entity, and (2) any conversion of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock to Class C Common Stock as contemplated by the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall not be deemed a “transfer” hereunder.

 

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Section 3.4. Black-Out Periods.

(a) Each New Class C Stockholder agrees not to (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, hypothecate, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option or right to purchase of or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Participating Class C Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, (2) enter into any swap, hedging arrangement or other derivatives transaction with respect to any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Participating Class C Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of DTI Securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1) through (3), during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter; provided that each New Class C Stockholder may transfer DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee thereof so long as any such Permitted Transferee, that is not a party to this Agreement executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Person agrees to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.4). For the avoidance of doubt, any transfer of DTI Securities by the New Class C Stockholders permitted pursuant to the immediately foregoing proviso shall be subject to all other applicable provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 3.1 and Section 3.2.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.4(a), if any Sponsor Stockholder or MSD Partners Stockholder is granted a discretionary release or waiver by the Company from the transfer restrictions applicable to such person pursuant to Section 2.14(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement prior to the 181st day following the Closing Date, then each New Class C Stockholder shall (without duplication of any lock-up release provisions applicable to such New Class C Stockholder in the Registration Rights Agreement or any other agreement) be entitled to transfer a number of DTI Securities equal to the product of (x) the maximum percentage (after applying the provisions of Section 5.16) of DTI Securities held by any Sponsor Stockholder or MSD Partners Stockholder being released from Section 2.14(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to such discretionary release or waiver multiplied by (y) the total number of DTI Securities held by such New Class C Stockholder. In addition, a New Class C Stockholder may be released, in whole or in part, from the restrictions imposed by Section 3.4(a) with, and to the extent provided by, the written consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by the Special Committee).

(c) In the event of an Underwritten Offering in which one or more New Class C Stockholders are participating (the “Participating Class C Stockholders”), each of the Participating Class C Stockholders agrees if requested by the Company or the managing underwriter or underwriters in such Underwritten Offering or if requested by the Company, not to (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, hypothecate, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option or right to purchase of or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Participating Class C Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of

 

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the SEC) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, (2) enter into any swap, hedging arrangement or other derivatives transaction with respect to any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Participating Class C Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of DTI Securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1) through (3), during the period beginning seven (7) days before such Underwritten Offering, and ending ninety (90) days thereafter. If requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters of any such Underwritten Offering, each Participating Class C Stockholder shall execute a customary agreement reflecting its agreement set forth in this Section 3.4(c).

ARTICLE IV

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 4.1. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders and without further consideration, each New Class C Stockholder shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.2. Confidentiality.

(a) The terms of this Agreement, any information relating to any exercise of rights hereunder, any documents, notices or other communications provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and/or any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, disseminated or otherwise made available, including any information concerning the Company, any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries (which for purposes of this Section 4.2 shall include VMware and its subsidiaries) or Affiliates or any of its or their respective employees, directors or consultants, in connection therewith (“Confidential Information”), shall be confidential and no New Class C Stockholder shall disclose to any Person not a party to this Agreement any Confidential Information without the Company’s prior written consent, except (a) to such New Class C Stockholder’s Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, accountants and attorneys, in each case so long as such Persons agree to keep such information confidential, and (b) to a Permitted Transferee pursuant to a transfer by such New Class C Stockholder in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Company and ARTICLE III. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no New Class C Stockholder shall disclose to any third party, in whole or in part, any Confidential Information that any of such New Class C Stockholder’s Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, accountants or attorneys received on a confidential basis from the Company or any other Person under or pursuant to this Agreement, including financial terms and financial and organizational information contained in any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, or to be furnished, by or on behalf of the Company or any other Person in connection with the purchase or ownership of any DTI Securities; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed, now or in the future, to apply to any information obtained from sources other than the Company, any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or

 

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their employees, directors, consultants, agents or representatives (including attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, engineers and insurance brokers) or information that is or becomes in the public domain through no fault of such New Class C Stockholder or any of his, her or its Permitted Transferees, nor shall it be construed to prevent such New Class C Stockholder from making any disclosure of any information (A) if required to do so by any statute, law, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ, injunction or determination of any court or other governmental authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such New Class C Stockholder, or (B) pursuant to subpoena.

(b) The Company acknowledges that the New Class C Stockholders’ review of the Confidential Information will inevitably enhance their knowledge and understanding of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ industries in a way that cannot be separated from the New Class C Stockholders’ or its Affiliates’ other knowledge and the Company agrees that, without limiting the New Class C Stockholders’ obligations under this Agreement, Section 4.2(a) shall not restrict the New Class C Stockholders’ and their respective Affiliates’ use of such overall knowledge and understanding of such industries, including in connection with the purchase, sale, consideration of and decisions related to other investments and serving on the boards of such investments.

Section 4.3. Cooperation with Reorganizations.

(a) Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, statutory share exchange or other business combination or reorganization of the Company, on the one hand, with any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, the New Class C Stockholders shall, to the extent necessary, as determined by the approval of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, such terms of this Agreement.

(b) Further Assurances. In connection with any proposed transaction contemplated by Section 4.3(a), each New Class C Stockholder shall take such actions as may be required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders, including approving such reorganizations, mergers or other transactions and taking all actions requested by the Company or the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, acting jointly, and executing and delivering all agreements, instruments and documents as may be required in order to consummate any such proposed transaction contemplated by Section 4.3(a).

Section 4.4. Reporting.

(a) Financial Statements. At the written request of any New Class C Stockholder, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to such New Class C Stockholder the financial statements and financial information and reports and budgets, as applicable, that are provided to lenders under the Term Facilities (as defined in the Debt Commitment Letter), when and to the extent the same are prepared for and provided to such lenders, but without regard to any provisions in such Term Facilities that require: (a) notice of defaults or events of default or other events under the Term Facilities, (b) delivery of officer’s certificates with respect to absence of defaults or the existence, occurrence or absence of other

 

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events or conditions specified under the Term Facilities, (c) consolidating footnotes or financial statements reflecting guarantor vs. non-guarantors or restricted vs. unrestricted subsidiaries or (d) limitations on choice of auditor or that auditor reports not contain “going concern” or other qualifications or exceptions or limitations to as to scope.

(b) Capitalization Table. If requested by any Stockholder, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered with reasonable promptness a complete, correct and accurate capitalization table for the DTI Securities.

Section 4.5. Registration of Applicable High Vote Stock. The Company shall not cause the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or any Applicable High Vote Stock to be listed on a national securities exchange, or register an underwritten public offering of such stock, in each case as the primary publicly traded Security of the Company, without the prior consent of a majority in interest of the New Class C Stockholders that then hold shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that: (a) such restrictions will not apply if the New Class C Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees that then hold Common Stock or any other Securities convertible into Common Stock are given the opportunity to exchange or convert such shares of Common Stock or other Securities into the same class of high-vote exchange-listed stock prior to such listing, registration or offering; and (b) the provisions of this Section 4.5 will also apply to any successor to the Company by merger or consolidation (as long as the New Class C Stockholders continue to hold shares of such successor into which the shares of Common Stock or other Securities have been converted) with respect to the listing of any high vote stock into which the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or any Applicable High Vote Stock of the Company is converted in such merger or consolidation.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the applicable Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement) constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the DTI Securities owned by the New Class C Stockholders and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Original Agreement shall continue to have full force and effect with respect to matters addressed therein for periods prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the Organizational Documents of any Person, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto shall exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to it so as to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and, if necessary, to procure (so far as it is able to do so) any required amendment to the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, in order to cure any such inconsistency.

Section 5.2. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

 

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Section 5.3. Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 5.4. Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 5.13 of this Agreement, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby, that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 5.4(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

 

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(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section 5.4(e).

Section 5.5. Obligations. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

Section 5.6. Consents, Approvals and Actions.

(a) MD Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MD Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, MD or his permitted assignee; provided, that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Disabling Event, such approval or consent shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MD Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MD Stockholders.

 

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(b) SLP Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the SLP Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the SLP Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the SLP Stockholders.

(c) New Class C Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the New Class C Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the New Class C Stockholders, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the New Class C Stockholders.

Section 5.7. Amendment; Waiver.

(a) Except as set forth below, any amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall require the prior written approval of the Company; provided, that (i) if any such amendment or modification adversely affects the MD Stockholders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MD Stockholders in the aggregate, (ii) if any such amendment or modification adversely affects the SLP Stockholders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the SLP Stockholders in the aggregate and (iii) if the express terms of any such amendment or modification disproportionately and adversely affect one or more New Class C Stockholders relative to the Sponsor Stockholders or any other New Class C Stockholder, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by such affected New Class C Stockholders in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the foregoing proviso shall not apply with respect to in the case of New Class C Stockholders, amendments or modifications that do not apply to New Class C Stockholders, (ii) any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party hereto pursuant to Section 3.1(a) shall not constitute an amendment or modification hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient, and (iii) the Company shall promptly amend the books and records of the Company appropriately as and to the extent necessary to reflect the removal or addition of a New Class C Stockholder, any changes in the amount and/or type of DTI Securities beneficially owned by each New Class C Stockholder and/or the addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of any DTI Securities, in each case, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b) Any failure by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

 

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Section 5.8. Assignment of Rights By New Class C Stockholders. No New Class C Stockholder may assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement except with the prior consent of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders; provided, that no such consent shall be required for any assignment or transfer of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee which complies with Section 3.2. Any purported assignment of rights or obligations under this Agreement in derogation of this Section 5.8 shall be null and void.

Section 5.9. Transfers to Permitted Transferees. Each MD Stockholder and SLP Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any DTI Securities to any of its Permitted Transferees unless (i) such Permitted Transferee is already a party to this Agreement or (ii) at the time of such transfer such Permitted Transferee executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and becomes a party to this Agreement.

Section 5.10. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 5.11. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 5.14 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

Section 5.12. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of the MD Stockholders (for so long as the MD Stockholders own DTI Securities), the SLP Stockholders (for so long as the SLP Stockholders own DTI Securities) and the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by all of the New Class C Stockholders or (ii) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

Section 5.13. Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel, with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Attention: Richard J. Parrino

     Kevin K. Greenslade

Facsimile: (202) 637-5910

Email: richard.parrino@hoganlovells.com

Email: kevin.greenslade@hoganlovells.com

 

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(b) in the case of the Stockholders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

If to any of the SLP Stockholders, to:

c/o Silver Lake Partners

2775 Sand Hill Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Karen King

Facsimile: (650) 233-8125

E-mail: karen.king@silverlake.com

and

c/o Silver Lake Partners

9 West 57th Street

32nd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Andrew J. Schader

Facsimile: (212) 981-3535

E-mail: andy.schader@silverlake.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Rich Capelouto

     Daniel N. Webb

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002

Email: rcapelouto@stblaw.com

Email: dwebb@stblaw.com

If to any of the MD Stockholders, to:

Michael S. Dell

c/o Dell Inc.

One Dell Way

Round Rock, TX 78682

Facsimile: (512) 283-1469

Email: michael@dell.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

 

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Attention: Steven A. Rosenblum

     Michael J. Segal

     Andrew J. Nussbaum

     Gordon S. Moodie

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

Email: msegal@wlrk.com

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

and

MSD Capital, L.P.

645 Fifth Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10022-5910

Attention: Marc R. Lisker

     Marcello Liguori

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

Email: mlisker@msdcapital.com

Email: mliguori@msdcapital.com

(c) If to any New Class C Stockholder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing on the signature pages hereto and/or Joinder Agreement (if applicable) of such New Class C Stockholder.

Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.13, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Stockholders hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by Electronic Transmission addressed to the email address or facsimile number of such Stockholder as provided herein.

Section 5.14. No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director,

 

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officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 5.15. No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or cause any party to be deemed the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 5.16. Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership. All DTI Securities held or acquired by any Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates and Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under and application of any limitations under this Agreement, and each such Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(a) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock (including in each case Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of incentive equity awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding; and

(b) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other Stockholder, all of such Stockholder’s Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock shall be included as being owned by such Stockholder and as being outstanding.

Section 5.17. Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 5.18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

Section 5.19. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as of December 25, 2018 upon execution of this Agreement by the Company and each of the Sponsor Stockholders and the New Class C Stockholder. In the event that this Agreement does not become effective, the Original Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without amendment or restatement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement or caused this Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary


MD STOCKHOLDER:

/s/ Michael S. Dell

MICHAEL S. DELL


MD STOCKHOLDER:
SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Marc R. Lisker

  Name:   Marc R. Lisker
  Title:   President, Hexagon Trust Company


SLP STOCKHOLDERS:

 

SILVER LAKE PARTNERS III, L.P.

By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director


SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS III, L.P.
By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director
SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS IV, L.P.
By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director


SLP DENALI CO-INVEST, L.P.

 

By: SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C., its general partner

By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its managing member
By:   SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director


NEW CLASS C STOCKHOLDER

 

VENEZIO INVESTMENTS PTE. LTD.

By:  

/s/ Rohit Sipahimalani

  Name:   Rohit Sipahimalani
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

If to any of the New Class C Stockholders, to:

Venezio Investments Pte. Ltd.

60B Orchard Road

#06-18 Tower 2

Singapore

Attention: Justin Dzau

Email: justindzau@temasek.com.sg

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York NY 10006

Attention: Paul J. Shim

Facsimile: (212) 225-3999

Email: pshim@cgsh.com


Annex A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Class C Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the New Class C Stockholders named therein and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Class C Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Class C Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Class C Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming the transferee of DTI Securities, to become a party as a New Class C Stockholder to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the Class C Stockholders Agreement applicable to a New Class C Stockholder in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Class C Stockholders Agreement.

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, pursuant to this Joinder Agreement and the Class C Stockholders Agreement, it is a Permitted Transferee of [•] and will be the lawful record owner of [•] shares of [Insert description of series / type of Security] of the Company as of the date hereof. The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees that it will take all such actions as required of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Class C Stockholders Agreement, including but not limited to conveying its record and beneficial ownership of any DTI Securities and all rights, title and obligations thereunder back to the initial transferor Stockholder or to another Permitted Transferee of the original transferor Stockholder, as the case may be, immediately prior to such time that the undersigned no longer meets the qualifications of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Class C Stockholders Agreement.]1

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 5.2 through Section 5.4 of the Class C Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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[Note: To be included for transfers of DTI Securities to Permitted Transferees]


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

 

 

Signature

 

Print Name

Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

Email:  

 


AGREED AND ACCEPTED

As of the          day of                    ,             .

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex B

FORM OF

SPOUSAL CONSENT

In consideration of the execution of that certain Amended and Restated Class C Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Class C Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the New Class C Stockholders named therein and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, I,                                 , the spouse of                                     , who is a party to the Class C Stockholders Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Class C Stockholders Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of the issuance, acquisition or receipt of DTI Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and securities subject thereto, whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Class C Stockholders Agreement.

Dated as of                  ,             

 

 

(Signature of Spouse)

 

(Print Name of Spouse)
EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

 

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 25, 2018

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.

  Definitions      2  

Section 1.2.

  General Interpretive Principles      8  
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 2.1.

  Representations and Warranties of the New Class A Stockholders      8  
ARTICLE III TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

 

Section 3.1.

  General Restrictions on Transfers      10  

Section 3.2.

  Specified Restrictions on Transfers      13  

Section 3.3.

  Permitted Transfers      13  

Section 3.4.

  Black-Out Periods      13  
ARTICLE IV ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

Section 4.1.

  Further Assurances      14  

Section 4.2.

  Confidentiality      14  

Section 4.3.

  Cooperation with Reorganization and SEC Filings      15  
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL NEW CLASS A STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 5.1.

  Additional New Class A Stockholders      15  
ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1.

  Entire Agreement      16  

Section 6.2.

  Specific Performance      16  

Section 6.3.

  Governing Law      16  

Section 6.4.

  Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      16  

Section 6.5.

  Obligations      18  

Section 6.6.

  Consents, Approvals and Actions      18  

Section 6.7.

  Amendment; Waiver      18  

Section 6.8.

  Assignment of Rights By New Class A Stockholders      19  

Section 6.9.

  Binding Effect      19  

Section 6.10.

  Third Party Beneficiaries      19  

Section 6.11.

  Termination      19  

Section 6.12.

  Notices      19  

Section 6.13.

  No Third Party Liability      22  

Section 6.14.

  No Partnership      22  

Section 6.15.

  Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership      22  

Section 6.16.

  Severability      23  

Section 6.17.

  Counterparts      23  

Section 6.18.

  Effectiveness      23  

 

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ANNEXES

 

ANNEX A   -     FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
ANNEX B   -     FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CLASS A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made as of December 25, 2018, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a)

Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (the “SLD Trust” and together with MD and their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein) that acquire Common Stock (as defined herein), the “MD Stockholders”);

 

  (b)

Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, and together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock, the “SLP Stockholders,” and together with the MD Stockholders, the “Sponsor Stockholders”); and

 

  (c)

the New Class A Stockholders (the “New Class A Stockholders”) identified on a schedule provided separately by the Company to each of the Stockholders.

WHEREAS, certain of the parties hereto are party to that certain Series A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2014 (the “Original Agreement”), as amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (the “First Restated Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger, the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders wish to amend the First Restated Agreement to make certain changes to the rights and obligations of the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders under the First Restated Agreement;


WHEREAS, pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 5.9 of that certain MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the MSD Partners Co-Investors (as defined herein) agreed to terminate the rights and obligations of the MSD Partners Stockholders and the MSD Partners Co-Investors under the First Restated Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned parties desire to amend and restate the First Restated Agreement as set forth herein pursuant to Section 6.7 of the First Restated Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree that the First Restated Agreement is, as of the effectiveness of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.18, amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “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. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of such party’s Affiliates (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other, and (iii) except with respect to Section 6.13, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement (including the annexes attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) subject to Section 6.15, no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition)

 

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or other similar agreement with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) with respect to any Securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class D Common Stock” means the Class D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock and the Class D Common Stock.

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2.

Dell” means Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Disabling Event” means either the death, or the continuation of any disability, of MD. For this purpose, “disability” means any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of MD’s duties as a director or Chief Executive Officer of the Company for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

 

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DTI Securities” means the Common Stock, any equity or debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company.

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

EMC” means EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

EMC Closing” means the closing on September 7, 2016 of the merger of Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation, and EMC with EMC as the surviving corporation.

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

First Restated Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any natural person (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto.

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Charitable Entity” means the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and any other private foundation or supporting organization (as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code) established and principally funded directly or indirectly by MD and/or his spouse.

MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Immediate Family Member” means, with respect to any MD Stockholder that is a natural person, (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouse’s siblings and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

MD Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

 

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Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Sub” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

MSD Partners Co-Investor” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

MSD Partners Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement.

MSD Partners Stockholders Agreement” means that certain MSD Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018, among the Company, the MSD Partners Stockholders, the MSD Partners Co-Investors and the MD Stockholders (solely with respect to Section 4.4 therein).

New Class A Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and/or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.

Original Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Permitted Transferee” means:

(i) In the case of any New Class A Stockholder, any family trusts and other estate-planning vehicles controlled solely by such New Class A Stockholder and with respect to which the sole beneficiaries are such New Class A Stockholder and/or such New Class A Stockholder’s Immediate Family Members; provided, that any such transferee enters into a Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex A.

(ii) In the case of the MD Stockholders:

(A) MD, SLD Trust or any MD Immediate Family Member;

(B) any MD Charitable Entity;

(C) one or more trusts whose current beneficiaries are and will remain for so long as such trust holds DTI Securities, any of (or any combination of) MD, one or more MD Immediate Family Members or MD Charitable Entities;

 

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(D) any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity wholly-owned by any one or more persons or entities described in clause (ii)(A), (ii)(B) or (ii)(C) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee”; or

(E) from and after MD’s death, any recipient under MD’s will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MD’s death, or by the laws of descent and distribution.

(iii) In the case of the SLP Stockholders, (A) any of their respective controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any special purpose entity formed as part of a “fund-to-fund” transfer of all or a portion of such SLP Stockholder’s investment in the Company, provide that all of the investors in such special purpose entity are, at the time of such transfer, partners or stockholders of such SLP Stockholder and such special purpose entity is managed by such SLP Stockholder or one of its Affiliates).

For the avoidance of doubt, (x) each MD Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MD Stockholder and (y) each SLP Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other SLP Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders and the other signatories party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, members, stockholders, controlling persons, investment committee, financial advisors, attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents and other representatives.

SEC” means the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

Securities” means any equity securities of the Company, including any Common Stock, debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities of the Company, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Company.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

 

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Shares” means shares of Class A Common Stock and/or shares of Class C Common Stock.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement of the Company filed with the SEC on Form S-3 or Form F-3, or on Form S-1 or Form F-1 (or any successor form), for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC) covering the Common Stock.

SLD Trust” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Special Committee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Support Agreement.

Sponsor Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Spousal Consent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(g).

Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Subscription Agreement” means, (i) with respect to any New Class A Stockholder party hereto as of the EMC Closing, the subscription agreement pursuant to which such New Class A Stockholder purchased shares of Series A Stock of the Company and/or Series C Stock of the Company from the Company prior to the EMC Closing which were subsequently reclassified as Class A Common Stock, (ii) with respect to any New Class A Stockholder party hereto as of the Closing, the subscription agreement, if any, pursuant to which such New Class A Stockholder purchased shares of Common Stock from the Company after the EMC Closing and prior to the Closing and (iii) any subscription agreement pursuant to which a New Class A Stockholder shall agree to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company, and pursuant to which the Company shall agree to sell shares of Common Stock to such New Class A Stockholder.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership,

 

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association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

transfer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

Voting and Support Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which all of the shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests (other than, with respect to non-U.S. subsidiaries, only to the extent legally required, de minimis ownership thereof by residents, natural persons or non-Affiliates) are owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall mean United States dollars. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties of the New Class A Stockholders. Each of the New Class A Stockholders hereby represents and warrants severally and not jointly to the Sponsor Stockholders and to the Company as of the date of the Original Agreement (and in respect of Persons who became or become a party to this Agreement after the date of the Original Agreement, such New Class A Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to the Sponsor Stockholders and the Company on the date of its execution of a Joinder Agreement) as follows:

 

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(a) Such New Class A Stockholder, to the extent applicable, is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

(b) Such New Class A Stockholder has the full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, of such New Class A Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such New Class A Stockholder and constitutes its, his or her legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, him or her in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) The execution and delivery by such New Class A Stockholder of this Agreement and the performance by such New Class A Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder by such New Class A Stockholder does not and will not violate (i) in the case of New Class A Stockholders who are not individuals, any provision of its Organizational Documents, (ii) any provision of any material agreement to which it, he or she is a party or by which it, he or she is bound or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which it, he or she is subject.

(d) No notice, consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such New Class A Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement.

(e) Such New Class A Stockholder is not currently in violation of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree, which violation could reasonably be expected at any time to have a material adverse effect upon such New Class A Stockholder’s ability to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(f) There is no pending legal action, suit or proceeding that would materially and adversely affect the ability of such New Class A Stockholder to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(g) If such New Class A Stockholder is an individual and married, he or she has delivered to the other Stockholders and the Company a duly executed copy of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B (a “Spousal Consent”).

 

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ARTICLE III

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 3.1. General Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Generally.

(i) No New Class A Stockholder may directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, gift or otherwise transfer, dispose of or encumber, in each case, whether in its own right or by its representative and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (any of the foregoing, whether effected directly or indirectly (including by a direct or indirect transfer of equity, ownership or economic interests, or options, warrants or other contractual rights to acquire an equity, ownership or economic interest, in any New Class A Stockholder), shall be deemed included in the term “transfer” as used in this Agreement) any DTI Securities, or any legal, economic or beneficial interest in any DTI Securities; provided, that, subject to compliance with any applicable provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company, a New Class A Stockholder may transfer DTI Securities if and only if (i) such transfer is made on the books and records of the Company and is in compliance with the provisions of this ARTICLE III (including Section 3.2) and any other agreement applicable to the transfer of such DTI Securities, (ii) the transferee (if other than the Company or another Stockholder, a transferee pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act or (so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a New Class A Stockholder) a transferee pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or pursuant to a sale exempt from registration so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a New Class A Stockholder and such transferee enters into a written agreement for the benefit of the Company confirming its agreement to comply with Section 3.1(c)), agrees to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE V and executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and (iii) in the case of a transfer to a natural person (if other than (A) another Stockholder, (B) a transferee pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act or (so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a New Class A Stockholder) a transferee pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (C) pursuant to a sale exempt from registration so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a New Class A Stockholder and such transferee enters into a written agreement for the benefit of the Company confirming its agreement to comply with Section 3.1(c)), such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B.

(ii) Any purported transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in any DTI Securities by any New Class A Stockholder that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its register of stockholders or otherwise any change in record ownership of DTI Securities pursuant to any such transfer.

(b) Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between a New Class A Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, any New Class A Stockholder that proposes to transfer DTI Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be responsible for any fees and expenses (including any stamp, transfer, recording or similar taxes) incurred by the Company in connection with such transfer.

(c) Securities Law Acknowledgement. Each New Class A Stockholder acknowledges that none of the Common Stock (except any shares of Class C Common Stock registered (1) on Form S-8 prior to the Closing Date, (2) in connection with the Merger or (3) after the Closing Date) has been registered under the Securities Act and such unregistered shares

 

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may not be transferred, except as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Each New Class A Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any Common Stock at any time if such action would (i) constitute a violation of any securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a breach of the conditions to any exemption from registration of Common Stock under any such laws or a breach of any undertaking or agreement of such New Class A Stockholder entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder, (ii) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or (iii) be a nonexempt “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” for purposes of fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each New Class A Stockholder agrees it shall not be entitled to any certificate for any or all of the Common Stock, unless the Board shall otherwise determine.

(d) Legend.

(i) Each certificate (or book entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a New Class A Stockholder shall, unless Section 3.1(d)(ii) or Section 3.1(d)(iii) applies, bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

(ii) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Common Stock held by a New Class A Stockholder and in a transaction registered under the Securities Act shall bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

 

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THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF A SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 25, 2018, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

(iii) In the event that any or all of the paragraphs in the restrictive legend set forth in Section 3.1(d)(i) or Section 3.1(d)(ii) has ceased to be applicable, the Company shall provide any New Class A Stockholder or their respective transferees, at his, her or its request, without any expense to such New Class A Stockholder (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any), with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry shares) for such DTI Securities of like tenor not bearing such paragraph(s) of the legend with respect to which the restriction has ceased and terminated (it being understood that the restriction referred to in Section 3.1(d)(ii) and in the first paragraph of the legend in Section 3.1(d)(i) shall cease and terminate only upon the termination of this ARTICLE III with respect to the New Class A Stockholder holding such DTI Securities).

(e) No Other Proxies or Voting Agreements. No New Class A Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any DTI Securities or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any Person with respect to any DTI Securities, including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities, nor shall any New Class A Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other Persons in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities.

(f) Acknowledgement. Each New Class A Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this ARTICLE III may adversely affect the proceeds received by such New Class A Stockholder in any sale, transfer or liquidation of any such DTI Securities, and as a result of such restrictions on transfer, it may not be possible for such New Class A Stockholder to liquidate all or any part of such New Class A Stockholder’s interest in DTI Securities at the time of such New Class A Stockholder’s choosing. Each New Class A Stockholder further acknowledges and agrees that none of the Company and/or the Sponsor Stockholders shall have any liability to such New Class A Stockholder arising from, relating to or in connection with the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this ARTICLE III, except to the extent the Company or any Sponsor Stockholder fails to comply with its obligations to such New Class A Stockholder pursuant to this ARTICLE III.

 

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Section 3.2. Specified Restrictions on Transfers. No New Class A Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferees of a New Class A Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities, except transfers of DTI Securities in compliance with Section 3.1 and Section 3.4.

Section 3.3. Permitted Transfers. Subject to compliance with any applicable provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company, each New Class A Stockholder may transfer DTI Securities that are held by him, her or it to a Permitted Transferee of such New Class A Stockholder without complying with the provisions of this ARTICLE III, other than Section 3.1; provided, that (i) such Permitted Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a Joinder Agreement as contemplated in Section 3.1(a) and ARTICLE V, or otherwise agreed with the Company, in a written instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that he, she or it will immediately convey record and beneficial ownership of all such DTI Securities, and all rights and obligations hereunder to such New Class A Stockholder or another Permitted Transferee of such New Class A Stockholder if, and immediately prior to such time that, he, she or it ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of such New Class A Stockholder and (ii) in the case of a transfer of DTI Securities to a natural person, such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement and a Spousal Consent as contemplated in Section 3.1(a).

Section 3.4. Black-Out Periods.

(a) Each of the New Class A Stockholders agrees not to (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, hypothecate, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option or right to purchase of or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the New Class A Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, (2) enter into any swap, hedging arrangement or other derivatives transaction with respect to any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the New Class A Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of DTI Securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1) through (3), during the period beginning on the effectiveness of this Agreement and ending one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date; provided that each New Class A Stockholder may transfer DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee thereof so long as any such Permitted Transferee, that is not a party to this Agreement executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 3.1(a) and Article V pursuant to which such Person agrees to be bound by, and comply with the provisions of, this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.4).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.4(a), if any Sponsor Stockholder is granted a discretionary release or waiver by the Company from the transfer restrictions applicable to such person pursuant to Section 2.14(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement prior to the 181st day following the Closing Date, then each New Class A

 

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Stockholder shall (without duplication of any lock-up release provisions applicable to such New Class A Stockholder in the Registration Rights Agreement or any other agreement) be entitled to transfer a number of DTI Securities equal to the product of (x) the maximum percentage (after applying the provisions of Section 6.15) of DTI Securities held by any Sponsor Stockholder being released from Section 2.14(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to such discretionary release or waiver multiplied by (y) the total number of DTI Securities held by such New Class A Stockholder. In addition, a New Class A Stockholder may be released, in whole or in part, from the restrictions imposed by Section 3.4(a) with, and to the extent provided by, the written consent of the Company (which Company consent shall require approval by the Special Committee).

ARTICLE IV

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 4.1. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders and without further consideration, each New Class A Stockholder shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.2. Confidentiality. The terms of this Agreement, any information relating to any exercise of rights hereunder, any documents, notices or other communications provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and/or any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, disseminated or otherwise made available, including any information concerning the Company, any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries (which for purposes of this Section 4.2 shall include VMware and its subsidiaries) or Affiliates or any of its or their respective employees, directors or consultants, in connection therewith (“Confidential Information”), shall be confidential and no New Class A Stockholder shall disclose to any Person not a party to this Agreement any Confidential Information without the Company’s prior written consent, except (a) to such New Class A Stockholder’s Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, accountants and attorneys, in each case so long as such Persons agree to keep such information confidential, and (b) to a Permitted Transferee pursuant to a transfer by such New Class A Stockholder in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Company and ARTICLE III. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no New Class A Stockholder shall disclose to any third party, in whole or in part, any Confidential Information that any of such New Class C Stockholder’s Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, accountants or attorneys received on a confidential basis from the Company or any other Person under or pursuant to this Agreement, including financial terms and financial and organizational information contained in any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, or to be furnished, by or on behalf of the Company or any other Person in connection with the purchase or ownership of any DTI Securities; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed, now or in the future, to apply to any information obtained from sources other than the Company, any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or their employees, directors, consultants, agents or representatives (including attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, engineers and insurance brokers) or information that is or becomes in the public domain through no fault of such New Class A Stockholder or any of his, her or its Permitted Transferees, nor shall it be construed to prevent such New Class A

 

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Stockholder from making any disclosure of any information (A) if required to do so by any statute, law, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ, injunction or determination of any court or other governmental authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such New Class A Stockholder, or (B) pursuant to subpoena.

Section 4.3. Cooperation with Reorganization and SEC Filings.

(a) Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, statutory share exchange or other business combination or reorganization of the Company, on the one hand, with any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, the New Class A Stockholders shall, to the extent necessary, as determined by the approval of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, such terms of this Agreement.

(b) Further Assurances. In connection with any proposed transaction contemplated by Section 4.3(a), each New Class A Stockholder shall take such actions as may be required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders, including approving such reorganizations, mergers or other transactions and taking all actions requested by the Company or the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, acting jointly, and executing and delivering all agreements, instruments and documents as may be required in order to consummate any such proposed transaction contemplated by Section 4.3(a). Without limiting the effect of any other provision of this Agreement, each of the New Class A Stockholders, by entering into this Agreement, and in consideration of the obligations hereunder agreed to by the other parties hereto, hereby (i) agrees to the provisions of this Section 4.3 (including, without limitation, the provisions under which each share of Class A Common Stock held by such New Class A Stockholder shall be exchanged for a newly-issued share of Class C Common Stock), and (ii) knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally forever waives, surrenders, and agrees not to assert, whether directly or derivatively, in an action at law or in equity, any claim that such New Class A Stockholder may now or hereafter have in connection with any conversion of shares provided for in this Section 4.3 (including, without limitation, any claim that the shares held by such New Class A Stockholder as a result of any such conversion are not validly issued and outstanding shares); provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.3(b) shall preclude any action or claim by any New Class A Stockholder to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL NEW CLASS A STOCKHOLDERS

Section 5.1. Additional New Class A Stockholders.

(a) Additional New Class A Stockholders may be added as parties to, be bound by and receive the benefits afforded by, and be subject to the obligations provided by, this Agreement upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A by such additional New Class A Stockholder to the Company and the acceptance thereof by the Company. No later than one (1) Business Day following such execution, the Company shall deliver to each Sponsor Stockholder a notice thereof, together with a copy of such Joinder Agreement.

 

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(b) To the extent permitted by Section 6.7, amendments may be effected to this Agreement reflecting such rights and obligations, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, of such additional New Class A Stockholder as the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and such additional New Class A Stockholder may agree.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the applicable Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the DTI Securities owned by the New Class A Stockholders and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the Organizational Documents of any Person, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto shall exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to it so as to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and, if necessary, to procure (so far as it is able to do so) any required amendment to the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, in order to cure any such inconsistency.

Section 6.2. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

Section 6.3. Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 6.4. Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto

 

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hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 6.12 of this Agreement, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby, that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 6.4(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.4(e).

Section 6.5. Obligations. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

Section 6.6. Consents, Approvals and Actions.

(a) MD Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MD Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, MD or his permitted assignee; provided, that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Disabling Event, such approval or consent shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the Common Stock held by the MD Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MD Stockholders.

(b) SLP Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the SLP Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the Common Stock held by the SLP Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the SLP Stockholders.

Section 6.7. Amendment; Waiver.

(a) Except as set forth below, any amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall require the prior written approval of the Company; provided, (i) that if any such amendment or modification adversely affect the MD Stockholders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MD Stockholders in the aggregate, (ii) that if any such amendment or modification adversely affect the SLP Stockholders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the SLP Stockholders in the aggregate and (iii) that if the express terms of any such amendment or modification disproportionately and materially adversely affect one or more New Class A Stockholders relative to the Sponsor Stockholders or any other New Class A Stockholder, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by such affected New Class A Stockholders in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the foregoing proviso shall not apply with respect to, in the

 

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case of New Class A Stockholders, amendments or modifications that do not apply to New Class A Stockholders, (ii) any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party hereto pursuant to ARTICLE V shall not constitute an amendment or modification hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient and (iii) the Company shall promptly amend the books and records of the Company appropriately as and to the extent necessary to reflect the removal or addition of a New Class A Stockholder, any changes in the amount and/or type of DTI Securities beneficially owned by each New Class A Stockholder and/or the addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of any DTI Securities, in each case, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b) Any failure by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

Section 6.8. Assignment of Rights By New Class A Stockholders. No New Class A Stockholder may assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement except with the prior consent of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders. Any purported assignment of rights or obligations under this Agreement in derogation of this Section 6.8 shall be null and void.

Section 6.9. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 6.10. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 6.13 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

Section 6.11. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of the MD Stockholders (for so long as the MD Stockholders own DTI Securities), the SLP Stockholders (for so long as the SLP Stockholders own DTI Securities) and the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by all of the New Class A Stockholders or (ii) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

Section 6.12. Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

 

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(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel, with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Attention: Richard J. Parrino

                 Kevin K. Greenslade

Facsimile: (202) 637-5910

Email: richard.parrino@hoganlovells.com

Email: kevin.greenslade@hoganlovells.com

(b) in the case of the Stockholders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

If to any of the SLP Stockholders, to:

c/o Silver Lake Partners

2775 Sand Hill Road

Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Karen King

Facsimile: (650) 233-8125

E-mail: karen.king@silverlake.com

and

c/o Silver Lake Partners

9 West 57th Street

32nd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Andrew J. Schader

Facsimile: (212) 981-3535

E-mail: andy.schader@silverlake.com

 

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with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Rich Capelouto

                 Daniel N. Webb

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002

Email: rcapelouto@stblaw.com

Email: dwebb@stblaw.com

If to any of the MD Stockholders, to:

Michael S. Dell

c/o Dell Inc.

One Dell Way

Round Rock, TX 78682

Facsimile: (512) 283-1469

Email: michael@dell.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Steven A. Rosenblum

                 Michael J. Segal

                 Andrew J. Nussbaum

                 Gordon S. Moodie

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

Email: msegal@wlrk.com

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

and

MSD Capital, L.P.

645 Fifth Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10022-5910

Attention: Marc R. Lisker

                 Marcello Liguori

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

Email: mlisker@msdcapital.com

Email: mliguori@msdcapital.com

 

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(c) If to any New Class A Stockholder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company or its Subsidiaries on the signature pages hereto and/or Joinder Agreement (if applicable) of such New Class A Stockholder.

Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.12, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Stockholders hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by Electronic Transmission addressed to the email address or facsimile number of such Stockholder as provided herein.

Section 6.13. No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 6.14. No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or cause any party to be deemed the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 6.15. Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership. All DTI Securities held or acquired by any Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates and Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under and application of any limitations under this Agreement, and each such Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

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(a) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock (including in each case Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of incentive equity awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding; and

(b) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other Stockholder, all of such Stockholder’s Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ Common Stock shall be included as being owned by such Stockholder and as being outstanding.

Section 6.16. Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 6.17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

Section 6.18. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on December 25, 2018 upon execution of this Agreement by the Company and each of the Sponsor Stockholders. In the event that this Agreement does not become effective, the Original Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without amendment or restatement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement or caused this Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

By:  

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:  

Senior Vice President and

Assistant Secretary


MD STOCKHOLDER:

/s/ Michael S. Dell

MICHAEL S. DELL


MD STOCKHOLDER:

 

SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE

PROPERTY TRUST

By:  

/s/ Marc R. Lisker

  Name:   Marc R. Lisker
  Title:   President, Hexagon Trust Company


SLP STOCKHOLDERS:

 

SILVER LAKE PARTNERS III, L.P.

 

By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P.,

      its general partner

 

By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner

 

By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member

By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director

SILVER LAKE PARTNERS IV, L.P.

 

By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P.,

       its general partner

 

By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner

 

By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member

By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director

SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS III, L.P.

 

By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P.,

   its general partner

 

By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner

 

By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member

By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director


SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS IV, L.P.

 

By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P.,

       its general partner

 

By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner

 

By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member

By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director

SLP DENALI CO-INVEST, L.P.

 

By: SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C.,

       its general partner

 

By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its managing member

 

By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner

 

By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member

By:  

/s/ Egon Durban

  Name:   Egon Durban
  Title:   Managing Director


Annex A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Class A Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the New Class A Stockholders named therein and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Class A Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Class A Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Class A Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming the transferee of DTI Securities, to become a party as a New Class A Stockholder to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the Class A Stockholders Agreement applicable to a New Class A Stockholder in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Class A Stockholders Agreement.

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, pursuant to this Joinder Agreement and the Class A Stockholders Agreement, it is a Permitted Transferee of [•] and will be the lawful record owner of [•] shares of [Insert description of series / type of Security] of the Company as of the date hereof. The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees that it will take all such actions as required of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Class A Stockholders Agreement, including but not limited to conveying its record and beneficial ownership of any DTI Securities and all rights, title and obligations thereunder back to the initial transferor Stockholder or to another Permitted Transferee of the original transferor Stockholder, as the case may be, immediately prior to such time that the undersigned no longer meets the qualifications of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Class A Stockholders Agreement.]1

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 6.2 through Section 6.4 of the Class A Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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[To be included for transfers of DTI Securities to Permitted Transferees]


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

 

 

Signature

 

Print Name
Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

Email:  

 


AGREED AND ACCEPTED

As of the      day of             ,         .

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex B

FORM OF

SPOUSAL CONSENT

In consideration of the execution of that certain Second Amended and Restated Class A Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 25, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Class A Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the Class A Stockholders named therein and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, I,                     , the spouse of                     , who is a party to the Class A Stockholders Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Class A Stockholders Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of the issuance, acquisition or receipt of DTI Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and securities subject thereto, whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Class A Stockholders Agreement.

 

Dated as of             ,             

 

    (Signature of Spouse)
   

 

    (Print Name of Spouse)
EX-10.8

Exhibit 10.8

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

2013 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF DECEMBER 28, 2018)

 

1.

Purpose of the Plan.

The purpose of this Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as it may be amended and restated from time to time, the “Plan”), is to aid Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Denali Holding Inc. (the “Company”), and its Affiliates in recruiting and retaining employees, directors and other service providers of outstanding ability and to motivate such persons to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and its Affiliates by providing incentives through the granting or selling of Stock Awards. The Company expects that it will benefit from aligning the interests of such persons with those of the Company and its Affiliates by providing them with equity-based awards with respect to shares of Class C Common Stock.

 

2.

Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following capitalized terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:

(a)    “Affiliate” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(b)    “Applicable Law” shall mean the legal requirements relating to the administration of an equity compensation plan under applicable U.S. federal and state corporate and securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange rules or regulations, and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction, as such laws, rules, regulations and requirements shall be in place from time to time.

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

(d)    “Cause” with respect to a Participant shall mean “Cause” as defined in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or, if “Cause” is not defined therein, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a violation of the Participant’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or a violation of any other restrictive covenant by which the Participant is bound; (ii) an act or omission by the Participant resulting in the Participant being charged with a criminal offense which constitutes a felony or involves moral turpitude or dishonesty; (iii) conduct by the Participant which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a breach of any Code of Conduct of the Subsidiary that employs the Participant or a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Affiliates or the stockholders of the Company; or (iv) a determination by the Company’s senior management that the Participant violated state or federal law relating to the workplace environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to sexual harassment or age, sex, race or other prohibited discrimination.


(e)    “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

 

  (i)

the sale or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, to any Person or group (as such term is used for purposes of Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than to the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or to any Person or group in which any of the foregoing is a member, of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company;

 

  (ii)

any Person or group (as such term is used for purposes of Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or any Person or group in which any of the foregoing is a member, is or becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, excluding as a result of any merger or consolidation that does not constitute a Change in Control pursuant to clause (iii);

 

  (iii)

any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other Person, unless the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to such merger or consolidation beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) a majority of the outstanding shares of the common stock (or equivalent voting securities) of the surviving or successor entity (or the parent entity thereof); or

 

  (iv)

prior to an IPO, the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates cease to have the ability to cause the election of that number of members of the Board who would collectively have the right to vote a majority of the aggregate number of votes represented by all of the members of the Board, and any Person or group (as such term is used for purposes of Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates or any Person or group in which any of the foregoing is a member, beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) outstanding voting stock representing a greater percentage of voting power with respect to the general election of members of the Board than the shares of outstanding voting stock of the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates collectively beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act).

(f)     “Class C Common Stock” shall mean the Class C common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and any class or series of Common Stock into which the Class C Common Stock may be converted or exchanged.

(g)    “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

(h)    “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board (or a subcommittee thereof), or such other committee of the Board to which the Board has delegated power to act pursuant to the provisions of the Plan; provided, that in the absence of any such committee, the term “Committee” shall mean the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board shall at all times be authorized to act as the Committee under or pursuant to any provisions of the Plan.

 

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(i)    “Common Stock” shall mean the Class C Common Stock and any other class or series of common stock of the Company.

(j)    “Consultant” shall mean any person engaged by the Company or any of its Affiliates as a consultant or independent contractor to render consulting, advisory or other services and who is compensated for such services and who may be offered securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, or offered under any available exemption from Securities Act registration, as applicable.

(k)    “Designated Foreign Subsidiaries” shall mean the Company or any of its Affiliates that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction or country other than the United States of America that may be designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time.

(l)    “Disability” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(m)    “Effective Date” shall mean October 29, 2013.

(n)    “Employment” shall mean (i) a Participant’s employment if the Participant is an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a Participant’s services as a Consultant, if the Participant is a Consultant, and (iii) a Participant’s services as a non-employee member of the Board or the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of any Affiliate of the Company.

(o)    “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

(p)    “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date, the value of a share of Class C Common Stock determined as follows: (i) if there should be a public market for the Class C Common Stock on such date, the closing price of such share as reported on such date on the composite tape of the principal national securities exchange on which such share is listed or admitted to trading, or if such share is not listed or admitted on any national securities exchange, the arithmetic mean of the per share closing bid price and per share closing asked price on such date as quoted on any established U.S. interdealer quotation system on which such prices are regularly quoted (a “Quotation System”), or, if no sale of such share shall have been reported on the composite tape of any national securities exchange or quoted on a Quotation System on such date, then the immediately preceding date on which sales of such share has been so reported or quoted shall be used; and (ii) if there should not be a public market for a share of Class C Common Stock on such date, then Fair Market Value shall be the price determined in good faith by the Board (or a committee thereof).

(q)    “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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(r)    “Good Reason” with respect to a Participant shall mean “Good Reason” as defined in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or if “Good Reason” is not defined therein and the Participant is an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a material reduction in the Participant’s base salary; or (ii) a change in the Participant’s principal place of work to a location of more than fifty (50) miles from the Participant’s principal place of work immediately prior to such change; provided, that the Participant provides written notice to the Company or any Affiliate employing such Participant of the existence of any such condition within ninety (90) days of the Participant having actual knowledge of the initial existence of such condition and the Company or any Affiliate employing such Participant fails to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice (the “Cure Period”). If the Good Reason condition remains uncured following the Cure Period, in order to resign for Good Reason a Participant must actually terminate Employment no later than thirty (30) days following the end of such Cure Period. If a Participant is not an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, Good Reason shall be inapplicable to such Participant, unless such Participant’s Stock Award Agreement contains a definition of Good Reason.

(s)    “Initial Director Grant” shall mean the Stock Award granted to a Participant who is a non-employee member of the Board upon commencement of such Participant’s initial service on the Board.

(t)    “IPO” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(u)    “ISO” shall mean a stock option to acquire shares of Class C Common Stock that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.

(v)    “LTIP” or “2012 LTIP” shall mean the Dell Technologies Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

(w)    “Management Stockholders Agreement” shall mean the Dell Technologies Inc. Second Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement by and among the Company and the other parties thereto, as may be amended from time to time, including, without limitation, any such amendment that may be made in a Stock Award Agreement.

(x)    “Negative Discretion” shall mean the discretion authorized by the Plan to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of a Performance Compensation Award.

(y)    “Option” shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

(z)    “Option Price” shall mean the purchase price per share of an Option, as determined pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Plan.

(aa)    “Other Stock-Based Awards” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 8 of the Plan.

(bb)    “Participant” shall mean a person eligible to receive a Stock Award pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan and who actually receives a Stock Award or, if applicable, such other Person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.

 

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(cc)    “Performance Compensation Award” shall mean any Stock Award or cash bonus (including a cash bonus under the 2012 LTIP) designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award subject to achievement of Performance Goals over a Performance Period specified by the Committee, pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.

(dd)    “Performance Criteria” shall mean the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under the Plan.

(ee)    “Performance Formula” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

(ff)    “Performance Goals” shall mean the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period of Performance Compensation Awards, based upon the Performance Criteria.

(gg)    “Performance Period” shall mean the one or more periods of time of not less than twelve (12) months, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.

(hh)    “Person” shall mean an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

(ii)    “Prior Section 162(m)” shall mean Section 162(m) of the Code as in effect prior to its amendment by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97, including the regulations and guidance promulgated in respect of Section 162(m) of the Code as in effect prior to such amendment.

(jj)    “Qualifying Director” shall mean a person who is, with respect to actions intended to obtain an exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

(kk)    “Section 162(m) Grandfather” shall mean the regulations or other guidance promulgated in respect of transition rules under Section 162(m) of the Code, as Section 162(m) of the Code is in effect from time to time on or after the amendment and restatement of the Plan as of December 28, 2018, extending the deductibility of Stock Awards intended to be “qualified performance-based compensation” under Prior Section 162(m).

(ll)    “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

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(mm)    “Sponsor Stockholders” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(nn)    “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean a stock appreciation right granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan.

(oo)    “Stock Award” shall mean (i) an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Other Stock-Based Award granted (or sold) pursuant to the Plan or (ii) a cash-denominated award, or portion thereof, under the 2012 LTIP that the Committee determines to settle in shares of Class C Common Stock.

(pp)    “Stock Award Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award, executed by the Company, evidencing the terms and conditions of the Stock Award.

(qq)    “Sub-Plans” shall mean any sub-plan to the Plan that has been adopted by the Board or the Committee for the purpose of permitting the offering of Stock Awards to employees of certain Designated Foreign Subsidiaries or otherwise outside the United States of America, with each such sub-plan designed to comply with local laws applicable to offerings in such foreign jurisdictions. Although any Sub-Plan may be designated a separate and independent plan from the Plan in order to comply with applicable local laws, the Absolute Share Limit and the other limits specified in Section 4(a) and Section 5 of the Plan shall apply in the aggregate to the Plan and any and all Sub-Plans adopted hereunder.

(rr)     “Subsidiary” shall mean with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other similar business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or such other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or such other business entity.

 

3.

Administration by Committee.

(a)    The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which may delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part to any subcommittee thereof, and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, the Committee shall be composed exclusively of members who are independent directors in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s stock is listed. To the extent the Company deems it necessary to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee

 

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under the Plan), it is intended that each member shall, at the time such member takes any action with respect to a Stock Award under the Plan that is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, be a Qualifying Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a Qualifying Director shall not invalidate any Stock Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.

(b)    Stock Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be made under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by any entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines. The number of shares of Class C Common Stock underlying such substitute awards shall be counted against the aggregate number of such shares available for Stock Awards under the Plan.

(c)    Subject to the terms of the Plan and each Stock Award Agreement, the Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, without limitation, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors). The Committee shall have the full power and authority to establish the terms and conditions of any Stock Award consistent with the provisions of the Plan and to waive any such terms and conditions at any time (including, without limitation, accelerating or waiving any vesting conditions).

(d)    The Committee may delegate the authority to grant Stock Awards under the Plan to any employee or group of employees of the Company or an Affiliate; provided, that such delegation and grants are consistent with Applicable Law and guidelines established by the Board from time to time; and, provided, further, that the Committee may not delegate authority hereunder to (i) make awards to directors of the Company, (ii) make awards to employees who are officers of the Company or who are delegated authority to make awards under this Section 3(d), or (iii) interpret the Plan, any award or any Stock Award Agreement.

 

4.

Shares Subject to the Plan and Participation.

(a)    Available Shares. Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, the total number of shares of Class C Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan is 75,500,000 (the “Absolute Share Limit”). The maximum number of shares for which ISOs may be granted under the Plan is 75,000,000. The shares of Class C Common Stock may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase or a combination of the foregoing. The issuance of shares or the payment of cash upon the exercise of a Stock Award or in consideration of the cancellation or termination of a Stock Award shall reduce the total number of shares of Class C Common Stock available under the Plan. Shares of Class C Common Stock which are subject to Stock Awards which terminate or lapse without the payment of consideration may be granted again under the Plan, unless prohibited by Applicable Law.

 

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(b)    Participation. Employees, Consultants, non-employee directors and other service providers of the Company and its Affiliates shall be eligible to be selected to receive Stock Awards under the Plan; provided, that ISOs may only be granted to employees of the Company or any subsidiary corporation, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, of the Company.

 

5.

General Limitations.

(a)    Tenth Anniversary. No Stock Award may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, but Stock Awards theretofore granted may extend beyond such date.

(b)    Stock Award Limitations for Participants who are not Non-Employee Members of the Board.

 

  (i)

Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, grants of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan in respect of no more than (A) 10,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock may be made to any individual Participant who is not a non-employee member of the Board during any single fiscal year of the Company (for this purpose, if a Stock Appreciation Right is granted in tandem with an Option (such that the Stock Appreciation Right expires with respect to the number of shares for which the Option is exercised), only the shares of the same class of stock underlying the Option shall count against each limitation);

 

  (ii)

Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, no more than (A) 3,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock may be issued in respect of Performance Compensation Awards denominated in such shares granted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan to any individual Participant who is not a non-employee member of the Board for a single fiscal year of the Company during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year), or in the event such share-denominated Performance Compensation Award is paid in cash, other securities, other Stock Awards or other property, no more than the Fair Market Value of such shares on the last day of the Performance Period to which such Stock Award relates;

 

  (iii)

The maximum amount that may be paid to any individual Participant who is not a non-employee member of the Board for a single fiscal year of the Company during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year) pursuant to a Performance Compensation Award denominated in cash (described in Section 9(a) of the Plan) shall not exceed 0.5% of the Company’s aggregate consolidated operating income in the fiscal year immediately preceding the date such Performance Compensation Award is granted.

(c)    Stock Award Limitations for Participants who are Non-Employee Members of the Board. Except for the Initial Director Grant, subject to Section 10 of the Plan, the maximum number of shares of Class C Common Stock subject to Stock Awards granted during a single

 

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fiscal year of the Company to any non-employee member of the Board, taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee member of the Board during the fiscal year, shall not, in each case, exceed $1,000,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such Stock Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Stock Awards for financial reporting purposes and excluding, for this purpose, the value of any dividend equivalent payments paid pursuant to any Stock Award granted in a previous fiscal year).

 

6.

Terms and Conditions of Options.

Options granted under the Plan shall be, as determined by the Committee, non-qualified or ISOs for federal income tax purposes, as evidenced by the related Stock Award Agreements, and shall be subject to the foregoing and the following terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent therewith, as the Committee shall determine.

(a)    Option Price. The Option Price per share shall be determined by the Committee, but, in the case of an Option over Class C Common Stock, shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock on the date an Option is granted (other than in the case of Options granted in substitution of previously granted awards, as described in Section 3 of the Plan).

(b)    Exercisability. Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such time and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee, but in no event shall an Option be exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date it is granted.

(c)    Exercise of Options. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, an Option may be exercised for all, or from time to time any part, of the shares of Class C Common Stock for which it is then exercisable. For purposes of this Section 6, the exercise date of an Option shall be the latest of (i) the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company, (ii) the date payment is received by the Company pursuant to clause (A) or (B) of the following sentence, and (iii) the date on which any condition imposed by the Committee that is consistent with the terms of the Plan and the applicable Stock Award Agreement is satisfied. The purchase price for the shares of Class C Common Stock to which an Option is exercised shall be paid to the Company as designated by the Committee or as specified in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, pursuant to one or more of the following methods: (A) in cash or its equivalent (e.g., by personal check or wire transfer); or (B) in each case to the extent explicitly permitted by the Committee in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or otherwise: (1) in shares of Class C Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price for the shares being purchased and satisfying such other reasonable requirements as may be imposed by the Committee; provided, that such shares have been held by the Participant for no less than six (6) months (or such other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment applying GAAP), (2) partly in cash and partly in such shares, (3) if the Class C Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act and traded on a national securities exchange, through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell such shares obtained upon the exercise of such Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount out of the proceeds of such sale equal to the aggregate Option Price for the shares being purchased, (4) by delivering (on a form prescribed by the Company) a full-recourse promissory note, or (5) through net settlement in shares of Class C Common Stock. No Participant shall have any rights to dividends or other rights of a stockholder with respect to shares subject to an Option until the Participant has given written

 

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notice of exercise of the Option, paid in full for such shares and, if applicable, has satisfied any other reasonable conditions imposed by the Committee pursuant to the Plan. No fractional shares of Class C Common Stock will be issued upon exercise of an Option, but instead cash will be paid for a fraction or, if the Committee should so determine, the number of shares will be rounded downward to the next whole share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect at any time to pay cash or part cash and part shares of Class C Common Stock in lieu of issuing only shares in respect of such exercise. If a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing any shares in respect of the exercise of an Option, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the product of the number of shares for which a cash payment is being made multiplied by excess of the Fair Market Value per share of Class C Common Stock as of the date of exercise over the Option Price.

(d)    ISOs. The Committee may grant Options exercisable for Class C Common Stock under the Plan that are intended to be ISOs. Such ISOs shall comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code (or any successor section thereto). No ISO may be granted to any Participant who, at the time of such grant, owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary, unless (i) the Option Price for such ISO is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the applicable share on the date the ISO is granted and (ii) the date on which such ISO terminates is a date not later than the day preceding the fifth anniversary of the date on which the ISO is granted. Any Participant who disposes of shares acquired upon the exercise of an ISO either (i) within two (2) years after the date of grant of such ISO or (ii) within one (1) year after the transfer of such shares to the Participant, shall notify the Company of such disposition and of the amount realized upon such disposition. All Options granted under the Plan are intended to be nonqualified stock options, unless the applicable Stock Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an ISO. If an Option is intended to be an ISO, and if for any reason such Option (or portion thereof) shall not qualify as an ISO, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option (or portion thereof) shall be regarded as a nonqualified stock option granted under the Plan; provided, that such Option (or portion thereof) otherwise complies with the Plan’s requirements relating to nonqualified stock options. In no event shall any member of the Committee, the Company or any of its Affiliates (or their respective employees, officers or directors) have any liability to any Participant (or any other Person) due to the failure of an Option to qualify for any reason as an ISO.

(e)    Attestation. Wherever in the Plan or any Stock Award Agreement a Participant is permitted to pay the exercise price of an Option or taxes relating to the exercise of an Option by delivering shares of Class C Common Stock, the Participant may, subject to procedures satisfactory to the Committee, satisfy such delivery requirement by presenting proof of beneficial ownership of such shares, in which case the Company shall treat the Option as exercised without further payment and/or shall withhold such number of shares from the shares acquired by the exercise of the Option, as appropriate.

(f)    Compliance With Laws, Etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner in which the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other Applicable Law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.

 

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7.

Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights.

(a)    Grants. The Committee may grant (i) a Stock Appreciation Right independent of an Option or (ii) a Stock Appreciation Right in connection with an Option or a portion thereof. A Stock Appreciation Right granted pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence (A) may be granted at the time the related Option is granted or at any time prior to the exercise or cancellation of the related Option, (B) shall cover the same class of shares as is covered by the related Option and the same number of shares of Class C Common Stock covered by such Option (or such lesser number of shares as the Committee may determine), and (C) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as such Option except for such additional limitations as are contemplated by this Section 7 (or such additional limitations as may be included in the applicable Stock Award Agreement).

(b)    Terms. The exercise price per share of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be an amount determined by the Committee but in no event shall such amount be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock covered by the Stock Appreciation Right on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is granted (other than in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights granted in substitution of previously granted awards, as described in Section 3 of the Plan); provided, that in the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with an Option, or a portion thereof, the exercise price may not be less than the Option Price of the related Option. Each Stock Appreciation Right granted independent of an Option shall entitle a Participant upon exercise to an amount equal to (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one share of the Class C Common Stock over (B) the exercise price per share, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Class C Common Stock covered by the Stock Appreciation Right. Each Stock Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with an Option, or a portion thereof, shall entitle a Participant to surrender to the Company the unexercised Option, or any portion thereof, and to receive from the Company in exchange therefor an amount equal to (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one share of the Class C Common Stock over (B) the Option Price per share, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Class C Common Stock covered by the Option, or portion thereof, which is surrendered. In addition, each Stock Appreciation Right that is granted in conjunction with an Option or a portion thereof shall automatically terminate upon the exercise of such Option or portion thereof, as applicable. Payment shall be made in shares or in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash (any such shares valued at such Fair Market Value), all as shall be determined by the Committee. Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised from time to time upon actual receipt by the Company of written notice of exercise stating the number of shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised. The date a notice of exercise is received by the Company shall be the exercise date. No fractional shares of Class C Common Stock will be issued in payment for Stock Appreciation Rights, but instead cash will be paid for a fraction or, if the Committee should so determine, the number of shares will be rounded downward to the next whole share.

(c)    Limitations. The Committee may impose, in its discretion, such conditions upon the exercisability of Stock Appreciation Rights as it may deem fit, but in no event shall a Stock Appreciation Right be exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date it is granted.

 

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8.

Other Stock-Based Awards.

The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant or sell Stock Awards of shares of Class C Common Stock, Stock Awards of restricted shares of Class C Common Stock, and Stock Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value of, shares of Class C Common Stock (“Other Stock-Based Awards”). Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive, or vest with respect to, one or more shares of Class C Common Stock (or the equivalent cash value of such shares), upon the completion of a specified period of service, the occurrence of an event and/or the attainment of performance objectives. Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted alone or in addition to any other Stock Awards granted under the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine to whom and when Other Stock-Based Awards will be made; the number and class of shares to be awarded under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards; whether such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, shares or a combination of cash and shares; and all other terms and conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards (including, without limitation, the vesting provisions thereof and provisions ensuring that all shares so awarded and issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable). The Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect at any time to pay cash or part cash and part shares in lieu of issuing any shares in respect of such Other-Stock Based Awards; provided, that, if a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing any shares in respect of an Other Stock-Based Award, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the product of the number of shares for which a cash payment is being made multiplied by the Fair Market Value per share of the Class C Common Stock covered by the Other Stock-Based Award.

 

9.

Performance Compensation Awards.

(a)    General. In addition to Stock Awards, the Committee shall have the authority to make an award of a cash bonus (including a cash bonus under the 2012 LTIP) to any Participant and designate such award as a Performance Compensation Award. Any Stock Award or cash bonus award (including a cash bonus under the 2012 LTIP) designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award shall be subject to achievement of Performance Goals over a Performance Period, as established by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.

(b)    Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards. For Performance Compensation Awards, the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of Performance Periods, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goal(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula(e). Within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period, the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence and record the same in writing.

(c)    Performance Criteria. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) for Performance Compensation Awards may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more of the Company or any of its Affiliates, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business

 

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segments, administrative departments or any combination of the foregoing) and shall be limited to the following, which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis: (i) net earnings, net income (before or after taxes) or consolidated net income; (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross revenue or gross revenue growth, gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) net operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, without limitation, return on investment, assets, capital, employed capital, invested capital, equity or sales); (vii) cash flow measures (including, without limitation, operating cash flow, free cash flow or cash flow return on capital), which may but are not required to be measured on a per share basis; (viii) actual or adjusted earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization (including EBIT and EBITDA); (ix) gross or net operating margins; (x) productivity ratios; (xi) share price (including, without limitation, growth measures and total stockholder return); (xii) expense targets or cost reduction goals, general and administrative expense savings; (xiii) operating efficiency; (xiv) objective measures of customer/client satisfaction; (xv) working capital targets; (xvi) measures of economic value added or other ‘value creation’ metrics; (xvii) enterprise value; (xviii) sales; (xix) stockholder return; (xx) customer/client retention; (xxi) competitive market metrics; (xxii) employee retention; (xxiii) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects (including, without limitation, succession and hiring projects, completion of specific acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations or other corporate transactions or capital-raising transactions, expansions of specific business operations and meeting divisional or project budgets); (xxiv) comparisons of continuing operations to other operations; (xxv) market share; (xxvi) cost of capital, debt leverage year-end cash position or book value; (xxvii) strategic objectives; or (xxviii) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be stated as a percentage of another Performance Criteria, or used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more of the Company and/or any of its Affiliates, or any divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments or administrative departments of the Company and/or any of its Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Stock Award or cash bonus award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph.

(d)    Modification of Performance Goal(s). In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining stockholder approval of such alterations, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such alterations without obtaining stockholder approval. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time a Performance Compensation Award is granted, the Committee may at any time specify adjustments or modifications to be made to the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) acquisitions or divestitures; (vi) any other specific, unusual or nonrecurring events or objectively determinable category thereof; (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses; (viii) discontinued operations and nonrecurring charges; and (ix) a change in the Company’s fiscal year.

 

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(e)    Payment of Performance Compensation Awards.

 

  (i)

Condition to Receipt of Payment. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period.

 

  (ii)

Limitation. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, a Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that (A) the Performance Goals for such Performance Period are achieved, and (B) all or some portion of such Participant’s Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals.

 

  (iii)

Certification. Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participant’s Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period and, in so doing, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, may apply Negative Discretion.

 

  (iv)

Use of Negative Discretion. In determining the actual amount of an individual Participant’s Performance Compensation Award for a Performance Period, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned under the Performance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of Negative Discretion. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, the Committee shall not have the discretion to (A) grant or provide payment in respect of Performance Compensation Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Goals for such Performance Period have not been attained, or (B) increase a Performance Compensation Award above the applicable limitations set forth in Section 4 of the Plan.

(f)    Timing of Performance Compensation Award Payments. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following completion of the certifications required by this Section 9 of the Plan.

(g)    Prior Section 162(m). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no provision of the Plan is intended to result in non-deductibility of Performance Compensation Awards that were intended to be deductible in accordance with Prior Section 162(m). The Company intends to avail itself of transition relief applicable to such Stock Awards, if any, in

 

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connection with Section 162(m) of the Code (including, without limitation, in accordance with the Section 162(m) Grandfather) to the maximum extent permitted by regulations and other guidance promulgated to implement such transition relief. The determination by the Company regarding whether transition relief is available shall be made in its sole discretion.

 

10.

Adjustments upon Certain Events.

Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Stock Awards granted hereunder:

(a)    Generally. In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of the Class C Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, share combination, extraordinary cash dividend, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, stock rights offering, spin-off, combination, transaction or exchange of such shares or other corporate exchange, or any transaction similar to the foregoing, the Committee shall make such substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems to be equitable in order to prevent the enlargement or diminution of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan (subject to Section 19 of the Plan), as to (i) the number or kind of shares or other securities issued or reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan or pursuant to outstanding Stock Awards, (ii) the Option Price or exercise price of any Stock Appreciation Right and/or (iii) any other affected terms of such Stock Awards; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events that is an “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) Section 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation (FASB ASC 718)), the Committee shall make an equitable adjustment to outstanding Stock Awards to reflect such event.

(b)    Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control after the Effective Date, the Committee may (subject to Section 19 of the Plan and any Participant’s rights under a Stock Award Agreement), but shall not be obligated to, (i) accelerate, vest or cause the restrictions to lapse with respect to all or any portion of a Stock Award, (ii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, cancel such Stock Awards for fair value (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion in good faith) which, in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, may, if so determined by the Committee, equal the excess, if any, of value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction, directly or indirectly, to holders of the same number of shares of Class C Common Stock subject to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights (or, if no consideration is paid in any such transaction, the Fair Market Value of the shares of Class C Common Stock subject to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) over the aggregate Option Price of such Options or exercise price of such Stock Appreciation Rights (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right having a per share Option Price or exercise price equal to, or in excess of, such Fair Market Value may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor), (iii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, provide for the issuance of substitute Stock Awards that will preserve the rights under, and the otherwise applicable terms of, any affected Stock Awards previously granted hereunder as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion in good faith, and/or (iv) provide that for a period of at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Change in Control, Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable as to all shares subject thereto (whether or not vested) and that upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, such Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.

 

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11.

No Right to Employment or Stock Awards.

The granting of a Stock Award under the Plan shall impose no obligation on the Company or any of its Affiliate to continue the Employment of a Participant and shall not lessen or affect the Company’s right or any of its Affiliates’ rights to terminate the Employment of such Participant. No Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Stock Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of Stock Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant (whether or not such Participants are similarly situated).

 

12.

Successors and Assigns.

The Plan shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the Company and each Participant, including without limitation, the estate of each such Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of any such estate and, if applicable, any receiver or trustee in bankruptcy or representative of the creditors of any such Participant.

 

13.

Nontransferability of Stock Awards.

Unless expressly permitted by the Committee in a Stock Award Agreement or otherwise in writing, and, in each case, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, a Stock Award shall not be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or by operation of law, by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, that this Section 13 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. A Stock Award exercisable after the death of a Participant may be exercised by the legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the Participant, subject to any conditions or qualifications imposed by the Board.

 

14.

Tax Withholding.

(a)    A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or one or more of its Affiliates, as applicable, an amount in cash (by check or wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld in respect of a Stock Award. Alternatively, the Company or any of its Affiliates may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.

(b)    Without limiting the generality of Section 14(a) of the Plan, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, in a Stock Award Agreement or otherwise, permit or require a Participant to satisfy, all or any portion of the minimum income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld with respect to a Stock Award by (i) the delivery of shares of Class C Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) that have been both held by the Participant and vested for at least six (6) months (or such other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid

 

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adverse accounting treatment under applicable accounting standards) having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof); or (ii) having the Company withhold from the shares of Class C Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Stock Award, as applicable, a number of shares of Class C Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to an amount, subject to Section 14(c) of the Plan below, not in excess of such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof).

(c)    The Committee, subject to its having considered the applicable accounting impact of any such determination, has full discretion to allow Participants to satisfy, in whole or in part, any additional income, employment and/or other applicable taxes payable by them with respect to a Stock Award by electing to have the Company withhold from the shares of the Class C Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, a Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Stock Award, as applicable, shares of Class C Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding liability (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participant’s relevant tax jurisdictions).

 

15.

Amendments or Termination.

The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made, (a) without the approval of the requisite stockholders of the Company, if such action would (except as is provided in Section 10 of the Plan) increase the total number of shares reserved for the purposes of the Plan or, if applicable, change the maximum number of shares for which Stock Awards may be granted to any Participant, materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan or otherwise require stockholder approval under Applicable Law, or (b) without the consent of a Participant, if such action would diminish the rights of such individual Participant under any Stock Award theretofore granted to such Participant under the Plan; provided, that anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Committee may amend the Plan in such manner as it deems necessary to cause a Stock Award to comply with the requirements of the Code or other Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, to avoid adverse tax consequences) or for changes in GAAP or new accounting standards; provided, further, that such amendment shall not adversely affect the rights or potential benefits of the Participant under the Stock Award, unless the Participant consents thereto in writing.

 

16.

Choice of Law.

The Plan and the Stock Awards granted hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

17.

Effective Date.

The Plan was first effective as of the Effective Date. The Plan was amended and restated effective as of September 7, 2016, and is hereby amended and restated effective as of December 28, 2018.

 

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18.

Foreign Law.

The Committee may grant Stock Awards to eligible individuals who are foreign nationals, who are located outside the United States or who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to (or could cause the Company to be subject to) legal or regulatory provisions of countries or jurisdictions outside the United States on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan, and, in furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures or Sub-Plans as may be necessary or advisable to comply with such legal or regulatory provisions.

 

19.

Section 409A.

The Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or an exemption or exclusion therefrom and, with respect to amounts that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, it is intended that the Plan be administered in all respects in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment under any Stock Award shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. A Participant may not, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under any Stock Award that is considered “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Stock Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company), amounts that constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code that would otherwise be payable on account of a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and during the six-month period immediately following a Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (“Separation from Service”) shall instead be paid or provided on the first business day after the date that is six months following the Participant’s Separation from Service. If the Participant dies following the Separation from Service and prior to the payment of any amounts delayed on account of Section 409A of the Code, such amounts shall be paid to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate within thirty (30) days after the date of the Participant’s death. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to implement the provisions of this Section 19 in good faith; provided, that neither the Company, the Committee nor any of the Company’s employees, directors or representatives shall have any liability to any Participant with respect to this Section 19.

 

20.

Clawback / Repayment

All Stock Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any clawback, forfeiture or other similar policy adopted by the Board or the Committee and as in effect from time to time, and (ii) Applicable Law. Further, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Stock Award for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company.

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As originally adopted by the Board of Directors of Denali Holding Inc. on October 29, 2013.

Amended and restated by the Board of Directors of Dell Technologies Inc. on September 2, 2016, approved by the stockholders of Dell Technologies Inc. on September 5, 2016 and effective as of September 7, 2016.

Further amended and restated by the Board of Directors of Dell Technologies Inc. effective as of December 28, 2018.

 

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Dell Technologies Completes Class V Transaction

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Dec. 28, 2018 –

News summary

 

   

Dell Technologies completes Class V transaction

 

   

Dell Technologies Class C common stock (NYSE: DELL) begins trading today on a regular-way basis on the New York Stock Exchange

 

   

Simplified corporate structure enables all public stockholders to participate in the future value creation of Dell Technologies

Full story

Dell Technologies announces the successful completion of the Class V transaction following approval of the transaction by its stockholders at a special meeting held on Dec. 11, 2018. Dell Technologies paid $14 billion in cash and issued 149,387,617 shares of its Class C common stock in connection with the Class V transaction. Dell Technologies Class V common stock (NYSE: DVMT) ceased trading prior to the opening of trading on Dec. 28, 2018. Dell Technologies Class C common stock (NYSE: DELL) began trading on Dec. 26, 2018 on a when-issued basis and begins trading today on a regular-way basis on the New York Stock Exchange.

Dell Technologies’ simplified corporate structure affords all public stockholders the opportunity to participate in the future value creation of the company through ownership of Dell Technologies Class C common stock, which reflects the entire business and assets of Dell Technologies. Dell Technologies has made significant investments to position the company to achieve sustainable long-term growth and share gain, and to become the leading and essential IT infrastructure company – from the edge to the core to the cloud – both for traditional and emerging IT infrastructure solutions.

“Our world is undergoing a digital transformation that will change every aspect of how we live, work and operate as a society,” said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies. “Dell Technologies was created to be the essential infrastructure company for this digital era, and with today’s announcement, we are aligning the interests of our stakeholders to benefit from the integrated innovations and value creation from across our entire family of businesses.”

Each outstanding share of Class V common stock has converted into the holder’s right to receive either (1) $120.00 in cash, without interest, subject to a cap of $14 billion on the aggregate cash consideration, or (2) 1.8066 shares of Class C common stock. Such exchange ratio was calculated based on the aggregate amount of cash elections described below, as well as the aggregate volume-weighted average price per share of Class V common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (as reported on Bloomberg) for the 17 consecutive trading day period that began on Nov. 28, 2018 and ended on Dec. 21, 2018, which was $104.8700.

 

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Of the 199,356,591 shares of Dell Technologies Class V common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Class V transaction:

 

   

Cash elections were made with respect to 181,897,352 shares, or 91.2% of the total outstanding shares of Class V common stock; and

 

   

Share elections (including deemed share elections with respect to shares for which no elections were made) were made with respect to 17,459,239 shares, or 8.8% of the total outstanding shares of Class V common stock.

Because Class V stockholders elected in the aggregate to receive approximately $21.8 billion in cash, which exceeded the $14 billion cap on the aggregate cash consideration, the cash consideration will be subject to a proration factor of approximately 0.6414 ($14 billion cap on the aggregate cash consideration divided by approximately $21.8 billion of cash elected). Each Class V stockholder that has elected to receive cash for its shares of Class V common stock is entitled to receive cash consideration for such number of Class V shares, prorated by the proration factor, and will receive shares of Class C common stock for its remaining Class V common stock, together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Class C common stock.

Following the completion of the Class V transaction, Dell Technologies has approximately 171,909,324 outstanding shares of Class C common stock (or approximately 206,478,102 shares on a fully diluted basis, before applying the treasury stock method) and approximately 718,434,605 shares of common stock in total (or approximately 763,912,474 shares on a fully diluted basis, before applying the treasury stock method).

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 99 percent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.

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declared effective, the risks discussed in the “Update to Risk Factors” section of the supplement to the definitive proxy statement/prospectus that has been filed with the SEC, and the risks discussed in Dell Technologies’ periodic and current reports filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date as of which such statement is made, and, except as required by law, Dell Technologies undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement after the date as of which such statement was made, whether to reflect changes in circumstances or expectations, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise.

 

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