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
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 |
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Section 1.1. | Definitions | 2 | ||||
Section 1.2. | General Interpretive Principles | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 2.1. | Representations and Warranties of the New Class A Stockholders | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE III TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS |
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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 |
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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 |
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Section 5.1. | Additional New Class A Stockholders | 15 | ||||
ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS |
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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 partys 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 MDs 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 persons 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 persons spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouses 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 Stockholders 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 MDs death, any recipient under MDs will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MDs 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 Stockholders 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 Persons 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 Stockholders 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 persons 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 Stockholders interest in DTI Securities at the time of such New Class A Stockholders 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 persons 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 Companys prior written consent, except (a) to such New Class A Stockholders 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 Stockholders 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 Companys 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: ***@***
Email: ***@***
(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: ***@***
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: ***@***
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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: ***@***
Email: ***@***
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: ***@***
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: ***@***
Email: ***@***
Email: ***@***
Email: ***@***
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: ***@***
Email: ***@***
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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 Stockholders 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 undersigneds 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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Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder Agreement as of the day of , .
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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.
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