AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 4.1
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 4 (this Amendment) dated as of September 27, 2007 to the First Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement dated as of January 20, 1999 (such agreement, as previously amended, being referred to herein as the Stockholders Agreement) among Centennial Communications Corp. (the Company), the several persons named in Schedule I thereto (the WCAS Purchasers), the several persons named in Schedule II thereto (the Blackstone Purchasers), and Michael J. Small, as amended. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Stockholders Agreement.
WHEREAS, the parties to the Stockholders Agreement desire to amend the Stockholders Agreement as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Section 1(a)(i) of the Stockholders Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as set forth below:
(i) the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) to be established at ten;
2. Section 1(b) of the Stockholders Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as set forth below:
(b) The directors not designated pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above shall be directors that shall be elected by the stockholders of the Company. In any such election, the Stockholders shall vote their shares only for at least three such persons that (x) are not employees or officers of (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) the Stockholders or their respective stockholders, members or partners and (y) otherwise qualify as independent directors under the rules applicable to members of an audit committee of the board of directors of any company whose securities are traded on any exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock or any other securities of the Company are then listed or traded and satisfy any other requirements under the rules of any such exchange or quotation system or applicable law.
3. This Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or modification of any provision of, or schedule to, the Stockholders Agreement not expressly referred to herein. Except as expressly amended or modified herein, the provisions and schedules of the Stockholders Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect.
4. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts and all such counterparts shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Each party hereto confirms that any facsimile copy of such partys executed counterpart of this Amendment shall be deemed to be an executed original thereof.
5. This Amendment shall be governed by, enforceable under and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Stockholders listed below have each caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Thomas Fitzpatrick | |||||
Title: | ||||||
WELSH, CARSON, ANDERSON & STOWE VII, L.P. | ||||||
By: | WCAS VII Partners, L.P., General Partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Anthony J. de Nicola | |||||
Title: | ||||||
WELSH, CARSON, ANDERSON & STOWE VIII, L.P. | ||||||
By: | WCAS VIII Associates, L.L.C., General Partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Anthony J. de Nicola | |||||
Title: | ||||||
WCAS CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P. | ||||||
By: | WCAS CP III Associates, L.L.C., General Partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Anthony J. de Nicola | |||||
Title: |
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WCAS INFORMATION PARTNERS, L.P. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Anthony J. de Nicola | |||||
Title: | ||||||
Patrick J. Welsh Russell L. Carson Bruce K. Anderson Kristin M. Anderson Trust Mark S. Anderson Trust Daniel B. Anderson Trust Thomas E. McInerney Robert A. Minicucci Anthony J. de Nicola Paul B. Queally D. Scott Mackesy Laura M. VanBuren | ||||||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Rather | |||||
As Attorney-in-fact | ||||||
BLACKSTONE CCC CAPITAL PARTNERS L.P. | ||||||
By: | Blackstone Management Associates III L.L.C., Its general partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Robert Friedman | |||||
Title: |
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BLACKSTONE CCC OFFSHORE CAPITAL PARTNERS L.P. | ||||||
By: | Blackstone Management Associates III L.L.C., Its general partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Robert Friedman | |||||
Title: | ||||||
BLACKSTONE FAMILY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP III L.P. | ||||||
By: | Blackstone Management Associates III L.L.C., Its general partner | |||||
By: | /s/ Robert Friedman | |||||
Title: | ||||||
/s/ Michael J. Small |
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