Aeroflex Holding Corp. Aeroflex Incorporated 35 South Service Road Plainview, New York 11803
Exhibit 10.39
Aeroflex Holding Corp.
Aeroflex Incorporated
35 South Service Road
Plainview, New York 11803
November [ ], 2010
Veritas Capital Fund Management, L.L.C.
590 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
GGC Administration LLC
One Embarcadero Center, 33rd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Dear Sirs:
Reference is made to the Advisory Agreement, initially dated as of August 15, 2007, as amended to date (the Advisory Agreement), by and among VGG Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Aeroflex Holding Corp. (formerly known as AX Holding Corp.), a Delaware corporation (Holding), Aeroflex Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (Aeroflex and, together with Holding, the Companies and each, a Company), Veritas Capital Fund Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (Veritas), GGC Administration, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Golden Gate), and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman and, together with Veritas and Golden Gate, the Advisors and each, an Advisor). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Advisory Agreement.
The parties hereto acknowledge that the Advisory Agreement, and the obligations of the Advisors to provide Services pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, will terminate upon the consummation of the initial public offering of shares of common stock of Holding (the IPO), except that the Companies obligations to indemnify each of the Advisors and their respective officers, directors, employees, members, partners, agents, representatives, Affiliates and controlling persons (if any), as set forth in Section 6 of the Advisory Agreement, and to reimburse each of the Advisors and any of their Affiliates for any Expenses accruing prior to the execution of this letter agreement, as set forth in Section 5(d) of the Advisory Agreement, will survive termination. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that in consideration of such termination, and simultaneously therewith, Holding shall pay a termination fee in the aggregate amount of $16,900,000.00 in cash to the Advisors (of which $7,971,698.13 will be
paid to Veritas, $5,580,188.68 will be paid to Golden Gate and $3,348,113.19 will be paid to Goldman). In addition, and without limiting or modifying anything in this letter agreement, Holding will separately pay to the Advisors under the Advisory Agreement, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, a Transaction Fee in the aggregate amount of $2,500,000.00 in cash (of which $1,179,245.28 will be paid to Veritas, $825,471.70 will be paid to Golden Gate and $495,283.02 will be paid to Goldman).
This letter agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original copy of this letter and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
This letter agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
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