AFFINIA GROUP HOLDINGS INC. 1796 Indian Wood Circle Maumee, Ohio 43537
EXHIBIT 10.12
AFFINIA GROUP HOLDINGS INC.
1796 Indian Wood Circle
Maumee, Ohio 43537
January 24, 2005
To the Stockholders identified on the signature pages hereto:
Reference is hereby made to the Stockholder s Agreement dated as of November 30, 2004 (the Agreement) among Affinia Group Holdings Inc. (Parent), Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP. (Cypress Onshore), Cypress Merchant Banking II C.V. (Cypress Offshore), 55 Street Partner s II L.P, (55th Street), Cypress Side-by-Side LLC (Side-by-Side and, together with Cypress Onshore, Cypress Offshore and 55th Street, the Cypress Group), Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board (OMERS), The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company f NW Mutual). California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), and Stockwell Fund, L.P. (Stockwell and, together with the Cypress Group, OMERS, NW Mutual and CalSTRS, the Stockholders). All capitalized terms used in this letter agreement (but not defined in this letter agreement) shall have the meanings assigned such terms in the Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Agreement, (i) each committee of the Boar d of Director s must consist of at least three members, with Cypress Director s constituting a majority of each committee and one Independent Director selected by the Boar d of Director s serving on each committee and (ii) the Nominating Committee must consist of one Cypress Director, one Investors Director and one Independent Director (unless there is no Investors Director at any time, in which case the Nominating Committee must consist of one Cypress Director and two Independent Director s) .
Parent and the Stockholders hereby agree as follows:
(i) for purposes of Section 4.5 of the Agreement, all references to Independent Director or Independent Directors shall mean director who is Independent or directors who are Independent; and
(ii) with the consent of any Cypress Member, the number of Cypress Director s serving from time to time on any committee of the Board of Directors may constitute less than a majority, provided that the Cypress Members shall have the right, exercisable at any time, to remove any director from a committee (other than the Nominating Committee) and replace such director with a Cypress Director to ensure that Cypress Directors constitute a majority of such committee (so long as at least one director who is Independent remains on such committee in accordance with Section 4.5(a)).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed and delivered this letter agreement as of the date first above written.
AFFINIA GROUP HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas H. Madden | |
Name: Thomas H. Madden | ||
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
CYPRESS MERCHANT BANKING PARTNERS II L.P. | ||
By: | Cypress Associates II LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ David P. Spalding | |
Name: David Spalding | ||
Title: Managing Member | ||
55TH STREET PARTNERS II L.P. | ||
By: | Cypress Associates II LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ David P. Spalding | |
Name: David Spalding | ||
Title: Managing Member | ||
CYPRESS MERCHANT BANKING II C.V. | ||
By: | Cypress Associates II LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ David P. Spalding | |
Name: David Spalding | ||
Title: Managing Member | ||
CYPRESS SIDE-BY-SIDE L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ David P. Spalding | |
Name: David Spalding | ||
Title: Authorized Signer |
Signature Page - Letter Agreement
ONTARIO MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BOARD | ||
By: | /s/ John Young | |
Name: John Young | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
By: | /s/ Ian Collier | |
Name: Ian Collier | ||
Title: CEO, OMERS Capital Partners |
Signature Page - Letter Agreement
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Mark E. Kishler | |
Name: Mark E. Kishler | ||
Title: Its Authorized Representative |
Signature Page - Letter Agreement
CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM | ||
By: | /s/ Richard M. Rose | |
Name: Richard M. Rose | ||
Title: Principal Investment Officer |
Signature Page - Letter Agreement
STOCKWELL FUND, L.P. | ||
By: | Stockwell Managers, LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ Maurice Gordon | |
Name: Maurice Gordon | ||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page - Letter Agreement