Cooperation Agreement, dated October 31, 2018, by and among Bunge Limited, Continental Grain Company and Paul Fribourg

This COOPERATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 31, 2018, is made and entered into by and among Bunge Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (the “Company”), Continental Grain Company, a Delaware corporation (“CGC”), and Paul Fribourg (“Mr. Fribourg”).

WHEREAS, the Company and CGC have engaged in discussions regarding the Company’s board composition and its business, financial performance and strategic plans;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, CGC is a shareholder of the Company;

WHEREAS, the Company and CGC believe that the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (including CGC) would be served at this time by, among other things, agreeing to appoint, subject to the terms and conditions herein, Mr. Fribourg, Gregory Heckman (“Mr. Heckman”) and Henry W. “Jay” Winship (“Mr. Winship”) (collectively, the “New Directors”, and each, a “New Director”) as directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), and by the Company, CGC and Mr. Fribourg agreeing to the other covenants and agreements contained herein; and

WHEREAS, the Company, D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, and D. E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (such funds collectively, the “D. E. Shaw Parties”), are entering into a separate Cooperation Agreement concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “D. E. Shaw Cooperation Agreement”).

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

1.          Board and Committee Matters.

(a)          Board Matters.  Prior to the date hereof, (i) the Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”) has reviewed and approved the qualifications of each New Director to serve as a member of the Board and (ii) the Board has confirmed that each New Director (other than Mr. Fribourg) is “independent” as defined by Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange’s Listed Company Manual (the “NYSE Manual”).  Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Board and all applicable committees of the Board took all necessary actions to, effective as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the D. E. Shaw Cooperation Agreement by all of the parties hereto and thereto, increase the size of the Board’s membership by three (3) and appoint each of the New Directors as a director of the Company with a term expiring at the 2019 annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “2019 AGM”) (which appointments shall be effective immediately upon execution and delivery of this Agreement and the D. E. Shaw Cooperation Agreement by all of the parties hereto and thereto).

Subject to the remaining terms of this Agreement, the Company shall include each New Director (or any Replacement or CGC Replacement pursuant to Section 1(d) or Section 1(e), respectively) on its slate of nominees for election of directors at the 2019 AGM with a term expiring at the 2020 annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “2020 AGM”).

The Company, the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC shall cooperate in good faith to agree as promptly as practicable upon one (1) additional director to be appointed to the Board from a list of four (4) candidates (the “Candidate List”), two (2) of whom have been jointly designated by the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC and disclosed to the Company’s counsel by the D. E. Shaw Parties’ counsel on October 29, 2018 at 5:38 p.m., New York City time, in an e-mail with the subject line “Director Candidate List” and two (2) of whom shall be designated by the Company and disclosed to the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC not later than November 30, 2018, and all of whom shall be independent of each of the Company, CGC, the D. E. Shaw Parties and their respective Affiliates and Associates, including qualifying as an independent director under Section 303A.02 of the NYSE Manual.  In the event that the parties agree on one (1) additional director to be appointed to the Board (the “Mutually Agreed Independent Director”), the Board shall promptly take all necessary actions to increase the size of the Board’s membership by one (1) and appoint such candidate as a director of the Company with a term expiring at the 2019 AGM.  In the event that the parties do not agree on a Mutually Agreed Independent Director by December 20, 2018, then (i) the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC shall jointly designate one (1) candidate from the Candidate List (the “Additional Investors Independent Director”) and the Board shall promptly take all necessary actions to increase the size of the Board’s membership by one (1) and appoint the Additional Investors Independent Director as a director of the Company with a term expiring at the 2019 AGM, and (ii) subsequent to such appointment, the Company shall have the right to designate one (1) candidate from the Candidate List (the “Additional Company Independent Director”) and, in the Company’s sole discretion, (A) include the Additional Company Independent Director on its slate of nominees for election of directors at the 2019 AGM with a term expiring at the 2020 AGM or (B) appoint the Additional Company Independent Director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of any director of the Board (other than any New Director) prior to the 2019 AGM; provided that, until such time as the Additional Company Independent Director is appointed to the Board, the Additional Company Independent Director shall be named as an observer to the Board and shall be entitled to be given notice of, and to attend and participate in (other than voting), all meetings of the Board and its committees, and to be provided copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials or information that are provided to the directors of the Company in connection with any such meeting.  The Mutually Agreed Independent Director or the Additional Investors Independent Director, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a “New Director” for all purposes of this Agreement from and after the date of his or her appointment to the Board, including, for the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of the immediately foregoing paragraph.

At the 2019 AGM, the Company agrees to recommend, support and solicit proxies for the election of each New Director (or any Replacement or CGC Replacement pursuant to Section 1(d) or Section 1(e), respectively) in the same manner in which the Company supports and solicits proxies for its other nominees up for election in connection with the 2019 AGM.  The Company agrees that each New Director shall receive (i) the same benefits of director and officer insurance, and any indemnity and exculpation arrangements available generally to the directors on the Board, (ii) the same compensation for his or her service as a director as the compensation received by other non-management directors on the Board, and (iii) such other benefits on the same basis as all other non-management directors on the Board, including having the Company (or legal counsel) prepare and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), at the Company’s expense, any Forms 3, 4 and 5 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are required to be filed by each director of the Company.

Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, during the Standstill Period, the Company agrees that no new or additional directors will be added during the term of this Agreement unless such director has received the approval of all of the members of the Nominating Committee.

(b)          Board Policies and Procedures.  Each party hereto acknowledges that each New Director (and any Replacement or CGC Replacement pursuant to Section 1(d) or Section 1(e), respectively), upon appointment or election to the Board, shall be required to comply with all of the same policies, processes, procedures, codes, rules, standards and guidelines applicable to all of the other members of the Board, including the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, Corporate Policy and Procedure on Insider Trading, Policies Regarding Pre-Clearance Of Securities Trades And Use Of Derivative Securities, and policies on share ownership, public disclosures and confidentiality (collectively, the “Company Policies”).  Prior to the date hereof, the Company has provided to CGC and the D. E. Shaw Parties all Company Policies applicable to all members of the Board which are not publicly available on the Company’s website.  As a condition to the Company’s obligation to nominate each of the New Directors for reelection at the 2019 AGM, each New Director (and any Replacement or CGC Replacement) shall be required to provide (i) any information required to be disclosed under applicable law or stock exchange regulations (including the NYSE Manual) and (ii) any information in connection with assessing eligibility, independence and other similar criteria applicable to directors, in each case, as promptly as necessary to enable the timely filing of the Company’s proxy statement and other periodic reports with the SEC, and shall consent to the same background checks undergone by other non-management directors of the Company.

(c)          Company Termination Rights.

(i)          If at any time during the Standstill Period any of CGC or Mr. Fribourg materially breaches or violates any term of this Agreement (provided that CGC and Mr. Fribourg shall have five (5) days following written notice from the Company of any alleged material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy), Mr. Fribourg shall, and CGC shall cause Mr. Fribourg and any CGC Replacement to, tender his or her resignation from the Board and any committee of the Board on which he or she then sits, and the Company’s obligations under this Section 1 shall terminate effective immediately with respect to Mr. Fribourg or any such CGC Replacement, and Mr. Fribourg or any such CGC Replacement shall thereafter not be replaced pursuant to Section 1(d) or Section 1(e).

(ii)          If at any time during the Standstill Period, any of CGC, Mr. Fribourg or the D. E. Shaw Parties materially breaches or violates any term of this Agreement or the D. E. Shaw Cooperation Agreement (provided that CGC, Mr. Fribourg and the D. E. Shaw Parties shall have five (5) days following written notice from the Company of any alleged material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy), then the Company’s obligations under this Section 1 (other than with respect to Mr. Fribourg or any CGC Replacement) and CGC’s and the D. E. Shaw Parties’ rights to designate replacements pursuant to Section 1(d) shall terminate effective immediately.

(iii)          If at any time during the Standstill Period, the Company materially breaches or violates any term of this Agreement other than Section 8(b) hereof (provided that the Company shall have five (5) days following written notice from CGC of any alleged material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy), then CGC’s and Mr. Fribourg’s obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 10(b) of this Agreement shall terminate effective immediately.

(iv)          If at any time after the date of this Agreement CGC and its Affiliates cease to beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least one percent (1.0%) of the then issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), then CGC shall promptly notify the Company thereof in writing and Mr. Fribourg shall, and CGC shall cause Mr. Fribourg and any CGC Replacement to, tender his or her resignation from the Board and any committee of the Board on which he or she then sits, which resignation shall be effective only as, if and when accepted by the Board, and Mr. Fribourg or any such CGC Replacement shall thereafter not be replaced pursuant to Section 1(d) or Section 1(e).

(v)          Each New Director (or any Replacement) shall tender his or her resignation from the Board and any committee of the Board on which he or she then sits, which resignation shall be effective only as, if and when accepted by the Board, in the event such New Director (or any Replacement) (A) other than in the case of Mr. Fribourg (or any CGC Replacement), ceases to be “independent” as defined by Section 303A.02 of the NYSE Manual, (B) other than in the case of Mr. Fribourg (or any CGC Replacement), receives or may receive any compensation from CGC, the D. E. Shaw Parties or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with their ownership of Common Shares or his or her service as a New Director, or (C) at any time serves as a member of the board of directors or similar governing body of four (4) or more persons listed on any national or international securities exchange (other than the Company); provided that the foregoing clause (C) shall apply to Mr. Fribourg only from and after March 1, 2019.

(d)          Replacements.

(i)          If, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (x) the expiration of the Standstill Period and (y) the date on which the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC collectively cease to beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the then issued and outstanding Common Shares, any New Director or any Replacement (other than Mr. Fribourg or any CGC Replacement) is unable or unwilling to serve as an independent director for any reason, then the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC, by delivery of a joint written notice to the Company, shall have the right to designate a replacement for such independent director with a director (a “Replacement”) (A) with relevant financial and business experience, (B) who qualifies as “independent” pursuant to Section 303A.02 of the NYSE Manual, (C) who is not a director, officer or employee of the D. E. Shaw Parties or CGC or any of their respective Affiliates or Associates, (D) who does not receive compensation from the D. E. Shaw Parties or CGC or any of their respective Affiliates or Associates, (E) who satisfies the Company Policies and (F) who is reasonably acceptable to the Nominating Committee as a replacement candidate.  During the Standstill Period, prior to the exercise of the director replacement right under this Section 1(d), the Chief Financial Officers (or equivalent officer) of the investment adviser to the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC shall jointly deliver to the Company a certificate in writing certifying that they beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the then issued and outstanding Common Shares.

(ii)          Subject to the standards described above, such Replacement shall be deemed to be a “New Director” for purposes of this Agreement (it being understood that the Company, the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC shall work together in good faith to mutually agree upon a Replacement meeting the standards described above in connection with any Replacement under this Section 1(d)).  Any Replacement appointed to the Board in accordance with Section 1(d)(i) shall be appointed to any applicable committees of the Board of which the replaced director was a member immediately prior to such director’s resignation or removal.

(e)          CGC Director Replacement.

(i)          If, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (x) the expiration of the Standstill Period and (y) the date on which CGC ceases to beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least one percent (1.0%) of the then issued and outstanding Common Shares, Mr. Fribourg (or any replacement thereof) is unable or unwilling to serve as a director for any reason, CGC shall have the right to designate a replacement for such director with a director (a “CGC Replacement”) (A) with relevant financial and business experience, (B) who is a director, officer or employee of CGC or any of its Affiliates or Associates, (C) who does not receive compensation from the D. E. Shaw Parties or any of their Affiliates or Associates, (D) who satisfies the Company Policies and (E) who is reasonably acceptable to the Nominating Committee as a replacement candidate.  During the Standstill Period, prior to the exercise of the director replacement right under this Section 1(e), the Chief Financial Officer (or equivalent officer) of CGC shall deliver to the Company a certificate in writing certifying that CGC beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least one percent (1.0%) of the then issued and outstanding Common Shares.

(ii)          Subject to the standards described above, such CGC Replacement shall be deemed to be a “New Director” for purposes of this Agreement.  Any CGC Replacement appointed to the Board in accordance with Section 1(e)(i) shall be appointed to any applicable committees of the Board of which the replaced director was a member immediately prior to such director’s resignation or removal.

(f)          Strategic Review Committee.  As promptly as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, the Board shall take all necessary actions to form a committee of the Board to conduct a strategic review of the business of the Company and make recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and thereafter to the Board with respect to the strategic direction of the Company, its businesses and opportunities to enhance shareholder value (the “Strategic Review Committee”).  The charter for the Strategic Review Committee is attached hereto as Exhibit A.  During the Standstill Period, the Strategic Review Committee shall be comprised of six (6) members, three (3) of whom shall be designated by the D. E. Shaw Parties and CGC and the remaining three (3) of whom shall be designated by the Board.  The six (6) initial members of the Strategic Review Committee shall be Mr. Andrew Ferrier, Ms. Kathleen Hyle, Mr. Mark Zenuk, Mr. Winship, Mr. Heckman and Mr. Fribourg.  During the Standstill Period, for so long as Mr. Fribourg is a director on the Board, Mr. Fribourg shall be the chairperson of the Strategic Review Committee; in all other circumstances, the Nominating Committee shall designate a New Director as the chairperson of the Strategic Review Committee.

(g)          Committee Matters.  Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Board and all applicable committees of the Board took all necessary actions to, effective as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the D. E. Shaw Cooperation Agreement by all of the parties hereto and thereto, appoint Mr. Heckman to the Nominating Committee, Mr. Winship to the Compensation Committee and Mr. Fribourg to the Finance and Risk Policy Committee; provided that, with respect to such committee appointments, each of Mr. Winship, Mr. Heckman and Mr. Fribourg continues to remain eligible to serve as a member of such committee pursuant to applicable law and stock exchange regulations (including the NYSE Manual), if any, that are applicable to the composition of such committee.  The Board will not utilize committees of the Board for the purpose of discriminating against the New Directors in order to limit their participation in substantive deliberations of the Board.  Prior to the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall (i) continue to appoint the New Directors to serve on the foregoing committees notwithstanding its ordinary course refreshing of such committees and (ii) invite sufficient New Directors to serve on any new committees formed by the Board (the “New Committees”) such that New Directors comprise at least one-third (1/3) of the membership of the New Committees.  Each director (including the New Directors) will have access to all Board committee materials and be entitled to attend and participate in any and all Board committee meetings at his or her discretion.

(h)          Company Organizational Documents.  The Company will not amend the Company’s organizational documents, adopt any new Board policies, amend any existing Board policies or take any other similar action to frustrate the purpose of this Agreement.

2.          Shareholder Meetings.  At each annual or special general meeting of the Company’s shareholders held prior to the expiration of the Standstill Period, CGC agrees to, and agrees to cause each of its Affiliates or Associates to:  (i) appear in person or by proxy at such general meeting or otherwise cause all Common Shares beneficially owned by CGC and its Affiliates and Associates to be counted as present for purposes of establishing a quorum and (ii) vote, or cause to be voted, all Common Shares beneficially owned by CGC and its Affiliates and Associates (a) in favor of each of the directors nominated by the Board and recommended by the Board in the election of directors on the Company’s proxy card or voting instruction form (and not in favor of any other nominees to serve on the Board or any other proxy card or voting instruction form); (b) with respect to any proposal or action by consent on Board composition, the election or removal of directors and any other routine matters or businesses (such as “say on pay” or any proposal by the Company relating to equity compensation, the appointment or ratification of the Company’s auditors, and any other routine matters or business) (collectively, the “Agreed Matters”, and any matter other than an Agreed Matter shall be deemed an “Other Matter”), in accordance with the Board’s recommendation and on the Company’s proxy card or voting instruction form;

 

and (c) with respect to any Other Matter (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Extraordinary Matter (as hereinafter defined)), at the sole option of CGC, either (1) as recommended by the Board in respect of such Other Matter or (2) in direct proportion to the manner in which all shareholders of the Company (other than CGC and its Affiliates and Associates, the D. E. Shaw Parties and their Affiliates and Associates, the Company and its controlled Affiliates and the directors and executive officers of the Company) vote “for”, “against” or “withhold” in respect of each such Other Matter.  For purposes of this Section 2, an “Extraordinary Matter” means, with respect to the Company:  (A) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in one or a series of transactions; (B) the sale or transfer of a majority of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (through a merger, amalgamation, share purchase or otherwise); (C) any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition of control or other business combination of the Company with an unaffiliated third party; (D) any tender or exchange offer; (E) any dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company; or (F) any similar extraordinary transactions that would result in a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company.

3.          Standstill.

(a)          From the date of this Agreement until the expiration of the Standstill Period (as defined below), CGC shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates, principals, directors, general partners, officers, employees and, to the extent acting on their behalf, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Related Persons”) not to, and Mr. Fribourg shall not, directly or indirectly:

(i)          make any announcement or proposal with respect to, or offer, seek, or propose, (A) any form of business combination or acquisition or other transaction relating to a material amount of assets or securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) any form of restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (C) any form of tender or exchange offer for Common Shares, whether or not such transaction involves a change of control of the Company (it being understood that the foregoing shall not prohibit CGC from acquiring Common Shares and other securities within the limitations set forth in Section 3(a)(iii) of this Agreement);

(ii)          engage in any solicitation of proxies or written consents to vote any voting securities of the Company, or conduct any type of nonbinding referendum with respect to any voting securities of the Company, or assist or participate in any solicitation of proxies (or written consents) with respect to, or from the holders of, any voting securities of the Company, or otherwise become a “participant” in a “solicitation,” as such terms are defined in Instruction 3 of Item 4 of Schedule 14A and Rule 14a-1 of Regulation 14A, respectively, under the Exchange Act, to vote any securities of the Company (including by initiating, encouraging or participating in any “withhold” or similar campaign);

(iii)          purchase or otherwise acquire, or offer, seek, propose or agree to acquire, ownership (including beneficial ownership) of any securities of the Company, any direct or indirect rights or options to acquire any such securities, any derivative securities or contracts or instruments related to the price of Common Shares, or any assets or liabilities of the Company, in each case, if such purchase, acquisition, offer or agreement would result in CGC and its Affiliates and Associates having beneficial ownership in excess of four and nine tenths percent (4.9%) of the Common Shares issued and outstanding at such time (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Common Shares beneficially owned by the D. E. Shaw Parties and their Affiliates and Associates);

(iv)          seek to advise, encourage or influence any person with respect to the voting of (or execution of a written consent in respect of) or disposition of any securities of the Company;

(v)          other than through open market broker sale transactions where the identity of the purchaser is unknown, sell, offer or agree to sell directly or indirectly, through swap or hedging transactions or otherwise, the securities of the Company or any rights decoupled from the underlying securities held by CGC or any of its Affiliates or Associates to any person not (A) a party to this Agreement or any of the D. E. Shaw Parties, (B) a member of the Board, (C) an officer of the Company, or (D) an Affiliate of CGC (any person not set forth in clauses (A) through (D) shall be referred to as a “Third Party”) that would, to the actual knowledge of CGC (after reasonable inquiry, it being agreed that such actual knowledge shall be deemed to exist with respect to any publicly available information, including information in documents filed with the SEC), result in such Third Party (other than a bank counterparty in respect of derivative securities), together with its Affiliates and Associates, owning, controlling or otherwise having any, beneficial or other ownership interest representing in the aggregate in excess of five percent (5.0%) of the Common Shares issued and outstanding at such time;

(vi)          engage in any short sale, hypothecation, “swap” transaction, or any purchase, sale or grant of any option, warrant, convertible security, share appreciation right, or other similar right (including any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the market price or value of the securities of the Company; provided that the foregoing shall not restrict CGC from hedging its position in the Common Shares by selling covered call options with respect to no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Common Shares beneficially owned by CGC at any time;

(vii)          take any action in support of or make any proposal or request (publicly or otherwise) that constitutes:  (A) advising, controlling or changing the Board or management of the Company, including any proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any vacancies on the Board, except as set forth in this Agreement, (B) any material change in the capitalization, share repurchase programs and practices or dividend policy of the Company, (C) any other material change in the Company’s management, business or corporate structure, or (D) seeking to have the Company waive or make amendments or modifications to the Company’s bye-laws, or other actions that may impede or facilitate the acquisition of control of the Company by any person;

(viii)          make or be the proponent of any shareholder proposal (pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise) for consideration by the Company’s shareholders;

(ix)          except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, (A) seek, alone or in concert with others, election or appointment to, or representation on, the Board or nominate or propose the nomination of, or recommend the nomination of, any candidate to the Board, or (B) seek, alone or in concert with others, the removal of any director from the Board;

(x)          call or seek to call, or request the call of, alone or in concert with others, any meeting of shareholders, whether or not such a meeting is permitted by the Company’s bye-laws, including a “town hall meeting”;

(xi)          deposit any Common Shares in any voting trust or subject any Common Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of any Common Shares (other than (i) any such voting trust, arrangement or agreement solely among the D. E. Shaw Parties and/or CGC that is otherwise in accordance with this Agreement or (ii) customary brokerage accounts, margin accounts, prime brokerage accounts and the like);

(xii)          form, join or in any other way participate in any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to the Common Shares, other than a “group” with the D. E. Shaw Parties and their Affiliates or with any Affiliate of CGC; provided that any such Affiliate agrees in writing to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and conditions of this Agreement and files a Schedule 13D or an amendment thereof, as applicable, within two (2) business days after disclosing that CGC has formed a group with such Affiliate;

(xiii)          demand a copy of the Company’s register of shareholders or its other books and records or make any request under any statutory or regulatory provisions of Bermuda providing for shareholder access to books and records (including lists of shareholders) of the Company or otherwise;

(xiv)          (a) threaten, commence, file, solicit or assist, or cause to be threatened, commenced or filed, any derivative action in the name of the Company against any of the Company’s current or former officers or directors or (b) act or cause others to act as, or solicit or assist others to be, named or lead plaintiff in any class action litigation against the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of the Company’s or its Affiliates’ current or former officers or directors (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, CGC shall not be (1) required to opt out of any such class litigation if commenced by third parties and may, in its discretion, become member of any class established thereby or (2) restricted from commencing litigation on its own behalf against the Company or its current or former officers or directors);

(xv)          disclose in a manner that would reasonably be expected to become public any plan or proposal with respect to the Board, the Company or its management that CGC would be prohibited from making pursuant to this Section 3;

(xvi)          enter into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or understandings with any person with respect to any action CGC is prohibited from taking pursuant to this Section 3, or advise, assist, encourage or persuade any person to take any such action;

(xvii)          make any request or submit any proposal to amend or waive the terms of this Section 3 other than through non-public communications with the Company that would not reasonably be expected to require any public announcement or disclosure of such communications by any of CGC or its Affiliates, the Company or its Affiliates or any Third Party; or

(xviii)          take any action challenging the validity or enforceability of any of the provisions of this Section 3.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3, CGC shall not be prohibited or restricted from:  (A) communicating privately with the Board or any officer or director of the Company regarding any matter, so long as such communications would not reasonably be expected to require any public disclosure of such communications by any of CGC or its Affiliates, the Company or its Affiliates or any Third Party; (B) taking any action necessary to comply with any law, rule or regulation or any action required by any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange that has, or may have, jurisdiction over CGC; provided that a breach by any of CGC or Mr. Fribourg of this Agreement is not the cause of the applicable requirement; or (C) privately communicating to any of CGC’s investors or potential investors factual information regarding the Company, provided such communications are subject to reasonable confidentiality obligations.

(b)          Nothing in this Agreement, including this Section 3, shall limit in any respect the actions or rights of any director of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Director) under applicable law in his or her capacity as such, recognizing that such actions and rights are subject to such director’s fiduciary duties to the Company and its shareholders and the Company Policies.  The provisions of this Section 3 shall also not prevent CGC from freely voting its Common Shares (except as otherwise provided in Section 2 hereof) or taking any actions as specifically contemplated by this Agreement.

(c)          Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 8 and 10 of this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of a Change of Control transaction (as defined below) involving the Company.

(d)          For purposes of this Agreement:

(i)          “Affiliate” shall mean any “Affiliate” as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, including, for the avoidance of doubt, persons who become Affiliates subsequent to the date of this Agreement;

(ii)          “Associate” shall mean any “Associate” as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, including, for the avoidance of doubt, persons who become Associates subsequent to the date of this Agreement;

(iii)          “beneficial owner”, “beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” shall have the same meanings as set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act;

(iv)          “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed;

(v)          a “Change of Control” transaction shall be deemed to have taken place if (A) any person is or becomes a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests and voting power of the Company’s then outstanding equity securities or (B) the Company enters into a share-for-share transaction whereby immediately after the consummation of the transaction the Company’s shareholders retain less than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests and voting power of the surviving entity’s then outstanding equity securities;

(vi)          “person” or “persons” shall mean any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization or other entity of any kind, structure or nature; and

(vii)          “Standstill Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the advance notice period for the submission by shareholders of director nominations for consideration at the 2020 AGM (which date of expiration the Company shall not modify to make earlier).

(e)          CGC shall provide the Company with a reasonable opportunity to review any filings to be made by CGC or its Affiliates with respect to their ownership of Common Shares with any governmental or regulatory authority prior to any such filing, and will consider in good faith any changes to any such filing proposed by the Company.

(f)          During the Standstill Period, CGC shall provide to the Company true, accurate and complete copies of any new Investor Agreements (as defined below), including with respect to any Replacement of a New Director, and any amendment, modification, extension or termination of any Investor Agreements, in each case, within five (5) business days of the execution or termination, as applicable, thereof.

4.          Confidentiality.  (a) The Company acknowledges that Mr. Fribourg (or a CGC Replacement) shall be entitled to provide confidential information of the Company which Mr. Fribourg (or a CGC Replacement) learns in his capacity as a member of the Board, including discussions or matters considered in meetings of the Board or Board committees (“Company Confidential Information”), to the following board members and employees of CGC (the “Specified CGC Personnel”) in order to support Mr. Fribourg (or a CGC Replacement) in his role as a member of the Board and Board committees and to further the interests of the Company and its shareholders, in each case consistent with Mr. Fribourg’s (or a CGC Replacement’s) fiduciary duty under applicable law: Charles Fribourg (CGC Board Member); Michael Zimmerman (CGC Vice Chairman); Ari Gendason (CGC Chief Investment Officer); and Ryan Oksenhendler (CGC Principal, Corporate Investments).  Mr. Fribourg shall tender his resignation in the event that any of the Specified CGC Personnel are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have breached or violated such confidentiality agreement, which resignation shall be effective only as, if and when accepted by the Board.

(b)          CGC shall cause each Specified CGC Personnel to enter into a confidentiality agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B with the Company prior to receiving any Company Confidential Information.

5.          Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company represents and warrants to CGC that as of the date hereof (a) the Company has the corporate power and authority to execute this Agreement and to bind it thereto, (b) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding obligation and agreement of the Company, and is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws generally affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and subject to general equity principles, (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not and will not violate or conflict with (i) any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to it, or (ii) result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under or pursuant to, or result in the loss of a material benefit under, or give any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any organizational document, or any material agreement, contract, commitment, understanding or arrangement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, (d) except as required by this Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto), the Company has not amended the Company’s organizational documents, adopted any new Board policies or amended previously existing Board policies in connection with or in anticipation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (e) the Company (i) is not aware of any current claim, suit, action, complaint, lawsuit or litigation it may have against CGC, any of its Affiliates or any of its or their respective current or former managers, members, partners, officers and directors and (ii) has no current intention to bring any claim, suit, action, complaint, lawsuit, litigation or other proceeding against CGC, any of its Affiliates or any of its or their respective current or former managers, members, partners, officers and directors.

6.          Representations and Warranties of CGC.  CGC represents and warrants to the Company that as of the date hereof (a) CGC is a shareholder of the Company and the information set forth in the e-mail with the subject line “CGC’s Beneficial Ownership” sent to the Company’s counsel by CGC’s counsel on October 30, 2018 at 1:03 p.m., New York City time, with respect to the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by CGC and its Affiliates and Associates as of October 30, 2018, and the manner in which such Common Shares are held, is true, accurate and complete in all respects other than de minimis respects, (b) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by CGC, constitutes a valid and binding obligation and agreement of CGC, and is enforceable against CGC in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws generally affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and subject to general equity principles,

 

(c) CGC has the power and authority to execute this Agreement and any other documents or agreements entered into in connection with this Agreement and to bind CGC to the terms hereof and thereof, (d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by CGC does not and will not violate or conflict with (i) any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to it, or (ii) result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, any provision of the bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of CGC, (e) CGC has provided to the Company a true, accurate and complete copy of any contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) between CGC or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any New Director, on the other hand, relating to ownership of Common Shares or the service of any New Director (an “Investor Agreement”), and (f) CGC (i) is not aware of any current claim, suit, action, complaint, lawsuit or litigation it may have against the Company, any of its Affiliates or any of its or their respective current or former officers and directors and (ii) has no current intention to bring any claim, suit, action, complaint, lawsuit, litigation or other proceeding (including any derivate action in the name of the Company) against the Company, any of its Affiliates or any of its or their respective current or former officers and directors.

7.          Representations and Warranties of Mr. Fribourg.  Mr. Fribourg represents and warrants to the Company that as of the date hereof (a) Mr. Fribourg has the necessary legal capacity to execute this Agreement and any other documents or agreements entered into in connection with this Agreement and to bind him to the terms hereof and thereof, (b) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Mr. Fribourg, constitutes a valid and binding obligation and agreement on Mr. Fribourg, and is enforceable against Mr. Fribourg in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws generally affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and subject to general equity principles, (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Mr. Fribourg does not and will not violate or conflict with (i) any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to Mr. Fribourg, or (ii) result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under or pursuant to, or result in the loss of a material benefit under, or give any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of any material agreement, contract, commitment, understanding or arrangement to which Mr. Fribourg is a party or by which Mr. Fribourg is bound, (d) to the knowledge of Mr. Fribourg, the director candidate questionnaire (as supplemented by all written materials provided by Mr. Fribourg to the Company including, without limitation, the supplementary director candidate questionnaire)  provided by Mr. Fribourg to the Company in connection with his appointment to the Board and any committees of the Board is true, accurate and complete in all material respects, and (e) Mr. Fribourg has provided to the Company a true, accurate and complete copy of any Investor Agreement to which Mr. Fribourg is a party.

8.          Mutual Non-Disparagement.

(a)          Each of CGC and Mr. Fribourg agrees that, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Standstill Period and (ii) any material breach by the Company of its obligations set forth in Section 8(b) (provided that the Company shall have three (3) business days following written notice from CGC of any alleged material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy; provided, further, that, in connection with any such remedy, the Company shall take commercially reasonable measures to timely repudiate any statement made in breach of this Section 8(a) in writing to the audience of such statement in a manner reasonable acceptable to CGC), none of CGC, Mr. Fribourg or any of their Related Persons shall, and each of CGC and Mr. Fribourg shall cause each of their Related Persons not to, directly or indirectly, make or cause to be made any remark, comment, message, information, declaration, communication or other statement of any kind, whether verbal, in writing, electronically transferred or otherwise, that might reasonably be construed to be derogatory or critical of, or negative toward, the Company or any of its Affiliates or subsidiaries or any of its or their respective current or former directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent CGC from privately communicating to the Company, any directors or executive officers of the Company, or any of CGC’s investors or potential investors factual information regarding the Company, provided that such communications are subject to reasonable confidentiality provisions.

(b)          The Company hereby agrees that, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Standstill Period and (ii) any material breach by CGC or Mr. Fribourg of their obligations set forth in Section 8(a) (provided that CGC shall have three (3) business days following written notice from the Company of any alleged material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy; provided, further, that, in connection with any such remedy, CGC or Mr. Fribourg shall take commercially reasonable measures to timely repudiate any statement made in breach of this Section 8(b) in writing to the audience of such statement in a manner reasonable acceptable to the Company), neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall, and it shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, make or cause to be made any remark, comment, message, information, declaration, communication or other statement of any kind, whether verbal, in writing, electronically transferred or otherwise, that might reasonably be construed to be derogatory or critical of, or negative toward, CGC or its Related Persons; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the Company from privately communicating to CGC or any of the Company’s shareholders factual information regarding CGC, provided that such communications are subject to reasonable confidentiality provisions.

(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit any party hereto from making any statement or disclosure required under the federal securities laws or other applicable laws (including to comply with any subpoena or other legal process from any governmental or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction over the relevant party hereto) or stock exchange regulations; provided that, to the extent legally permissible, such party shall provide written notice to the other parties at least two (2) business days prior to making any such statement or disclosure required under the federal securities laws or other applicable laws or stock exchange regulations that would otherwise be prohibited by the provisions of this Section 8, and reasonably consider any comments of such other parties.

(d)          For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations set forth in Sections 8(a) and 8(b) shall not prevent any party hereto from responding to any public statement made by the other parties hereto of the nature described in Sections 8(a) and 8(b) if such statement by the other parties hereto was made in breach of this Section 8.

9.          Public Announcements.  Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a mutually agreeable press release (the “Press Release”) announcing this Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.  Prior to the issuance of the Press Release, none of the Company, CGC or Mr. Fribourg shall, and the Company, CGC and Mr. Fribourg shall cause their respective Related Persons not to, issue any press release or make any public announcement regarding this Agreement or take any action that would require public disclosure thereof without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

10.          SEC Filings.

(a)          No later than two (2) business days following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC reporting entry into this Agreement and appending or incorporating by reference this Agreement as an exhibit thereto (the “Form 8-K”).

(b)          None of CGC or Mr. Fribourg shall, and CGC shall cause its Related Persons not to, during the Standstill Period, (i) issue a press release in connection with this Agreement or any of the actions contemplated hereby or (ii) otherwise make any public statement, disclosure or announcement with respect to this Agreement or any of the actions contemplated hereby, in each case, that is inconsistent with the statements and disclosures set forth in the Form 8-K or in the Press Release, except as required by law or the rules or regulations of any governmental or regulatory authority or applicable stock exchange listing rules or with the prior written consent of the Company.

11.          Specific Performance.  Each of CGC, Mr. Fribourg and the Company acknowledges and agrees that irreparable injury to the other parties hereto would occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached and that such injury would not be adequately compensable by the remedies available at law (including the payment of money damages).  It is accordingly agreed that each of CGC, Mr. Fribourg and the Company (the “Moving Party”) shall be entitled to specific enforcement of, and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach or to prevent any violation or threatened violation of, the terms hereof, and the other parties hereto will not take action, directly or indirectly, in opposition to the Moving Party seeking such relief on the grounds that any other remedy or relief is available at law or in equity.  The parties (including Mr. Fribourg) further agree to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such relief.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be entitled to, and shall not seek, monetary damages from Mr. Fribourg with respect to any breach by Mr. Fribourg of the terms of this Agreement, and the Company hereby expressly waives all rights with respect to such monetary damages from Mr. Fribourg, and Mr. Fribourg will not take action, directly or indirectly, in opposition to the Company seeking non-monetary specific performance or injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach or to prevent any violation or threatened violation of the terms of this Agreement on the grounds that any other remedy or relief is available at law or in equity.

12.          Notice.  All notices, consents, determinations, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given or made under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly delivered or made:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by electronic mail or facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be (or such other address or facsimile for a party hereto as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12):

If to the Company, to:

	Bunge Limited 50 Main Street White Plains, NY 10606
	Attention:	Soren Schroder David Kabbes
	Facsimile No.:	(914) 684-3477
	Email:	***@*** ***@***
	With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
	Shearman & Sterling LLP 599 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022-6069
	Attention:	Robert M. Katz, Esq. John Madden, Esq.
	Facsimile No.:	(212) 848-7179
	Email:	***@*** ***@***

                              If to CGC or any of its Affiliates or Mr. Fribourg, to:

	Continental Grain Company 767 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10153
	Attention:	Ari Gendason Michael Mayberry
	Email:	***@*** ***@***
	With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
	Vinson & Elkins LLP 666 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10103
	Attention:	Lawrence S. Elbaum C. Patrick Gadson
	Facsimile No.:	(212) 237-0000
	Email:	***@*** ***@***

 

13.          Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including validity, interpretation, and effect, by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the choice of law or conflict of law principles thereof that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction, except (a) to the extent that the law of Bermuda is mandatorily applicable to the rights, obligations or restrictions set forth in this Agreement, and (b) all matters relating to the fiduciary duties of the Company’s directors shall be subject to the laws of Bermuda.

14.          Jurisdiction.  Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any suit, claim, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment relating to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other parties hereto or their respective successors or permitted assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the federal courts of the United States located in the Southern District of New York or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Courts of the State of New York, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, located in Manhattan, New York.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such suit, claim, action or proceeding for themselves and in respect of their property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that they will not bring any suit, claim, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts.  Consistent with the preceding sentence, each of the parties hereto hereby (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in the State of New York for the purpose of any suit, claim, action or proceeding, directly or indirectly, relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, (b) agrees that service of process will be validly effected by sending notice in accordance with Section 12, (c) irrevocably waives and releases, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in or with respect to any such suit, claim, action or proceeding, whether actual or potential, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, based upon past or future events, now existing or coming into existence in the future, that (i) such suit, claim, action or proceeding is not subject to the subject matter jurisdiction of at least one of the aforesaid courts, (ii) its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution in the State of New York, (iii) such suit, claim, action or proceeding in such aforesaid courts is brought in an inconvenient forum, (iv) the venue of such suit, claim, action or proceeding is improper, or (v) this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may not be enforced in or by any of the aforesaid courts; and (d) agrees not to move to transfer any such suit, claim, action or proceeding to a court other than any of the aforesaid courts.

15.          Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL ACTION RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.  EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN THE EVENT OF A LEGAL ACTION, (B) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 15.

16.          Entire Agreement.  This Agreement (including its Exhibits) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and representations, whether oral or written, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings, oral or written, between the parties other than those expressly set forth herein.

17.          Headings.  The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not effect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

18.          Waiver.  No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder 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.

19.          Remedies.  Subject to the limitations contained in Section 11 with respect to Mr. Fribourg only, all remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law or equity.

20.          Construction.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated.  The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” and “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”  All references to a “day” or “days” (other than references to “business days”) are to calendar days.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  References to a person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning as the word “shall.”  The words “dates hereof” will refer to the date of this Agreement.  The word “or” is not exclusive.  The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.  Any agreement, instrument, law, rule or statute defined or referred to herein means, unless otherwise indicated, such agreement, instrument, law, rule or statute as from time to time amended, modified, supplemented or replaced.  All references in this Agreement to “$,” USD or Dollars shall refer to United States dollars, unless otherwise specified.

21.          Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.  Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree shall remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.  The parties further agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the purposes of such invalid or unenforceable provision.

22.          Amendment.  This Agreement may be modified, amended or otherwise changed only in a writing signed by the Company, on the one hand, and CGC, on the other hand.

23.          Termination.  Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the parties hereto, upon the expiration of the Standstill Period in accordance with Section 3(d)(vii) hereof, this Agreement shall immediately and automatically terminate in its entirety and no party hereunder shall have any further rights or obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that no party hereto shall be released from liability for any breach of this Agreement that occurred prior to the termination of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding this Section 23, the parenthetical language in Section 3(d)(vii), CGC’s obligations under Section 4 and the provisions in Sections 12 through 27 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

24.          Expenses.  Each of the Company, Mr. Fribourg and CGC shall be responsible for its own fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and effectuation of this Agreement and the obligations contemplated hereby, including any attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and all other activities related to the foregoing.

25.          Successors and Assigns.  The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and the respective successors, heirs, executors, legal representatives and permitted assigns of the parties, and inure to the benefit of any successor, heir, executor, legal representative or permitted assign of any of the parties; provided, however, that no party hereto may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without, with respect to CGC or Mr. Fribourg, the express prior written consent of the Company (with such consent specifically authorized in a written resolution adopted by a majority vote of the Board), and with respect to the Company, the prior written consent of CGC.

26.          No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  The representations, warranties and agreements of the parties contained herein are intended solely for the benefit of the party hereto to whom such representations, warranties or agreements are made, and shall confer no rights, benefits, remedies, obligations, or liabilities hereunder, whether legal or equitable, in any other person, and no other person shall be entitled to rely thereon.

27.          Counterparts.  This Agreement and any amendments hereto may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission, such as by electronic mail in “.pdf” form) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.