Amendment No. 1 to Management Rights Letter Agreements

EX-10.26 3 n00595a2exv10w26.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MANAGEMENT RIGHTS LETTER AGREEMENTS exv10w26
 

Exhibit 10.26
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MANAGEMENT RIGHTS LETTER AGREEMENTS
     This Amendment No. 1 to the Management Rights Letter Agreements, dated as of February 6, 2006 (this “Amendment”), hereby amends those certain Management Rights Letter Agreements, dated as of September 30, 2003 (collectively, the “Management Rights Agreements”), by and among Eagle Test Systems, Inc., an Illinois corporation (the “Company”) and each of the Investors named herein (collectively, the “Investors”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1 in connection with its anticipated initial public offering.
     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Management Rights Agreements.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     1. Each of the Management Rights Agreements is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph immediately after the second paragraph:
     “This letter shall terminate upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering.”
     2. Ratification of Agreement. Each of the Management Rights Agreements, as amended by this Amendment, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in each and every respect. Except as specifically amended or modified herein, each of the Management Rights Agreements shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof.
     3. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed or caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date set forth above.
         
  THE COMPANY:

EAGLE TEST SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Theodore Foxman    
    Name:   Theodore Foxman   
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President   
 
         
  Acknowledged and Agreed:

INVESTORS:

TA IX L.P.

By: TA Associates IX LLC, its General Partner
By: TA Associates, Inc., its Manager
 
 
  By:        /s/ Thomas P. Alber    
    Name:   Thomas P. Alber   
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
  TA/ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC IV L.P.


By: TA Associates AP IV L.P., its General Partner
By: TA Associates, Inc., its General Partner
 
 
  By:        /s/ Thomas P. Alber    
    Name:   Thomas P. Alber   
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


 

         
  TA STRATEGIC PARTNERS FUND A L.P.


By: TA Associates SPF L.P., its General Partner
By: TA Associates, Inc., its General Partner
 
 
  By:        /s/ Thomas P. Alber    
    Name:   Thomas P. Alber   
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
  TA STRATEGIC PARTNERS FUND B L.P.


By: TA Associates SPF L.P., its General Partner
By: TA Associates, Inc., its General Partner
 
 
  By:        /s/ Thomas P. Alber    
    Name:   Thomas P. Alber   
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
  TA INVESTORS LLC


By: TA Associates, Inc., its Manager
 
 
  By:        /s/ Thomas P. Alber    
    Name:   Thomas P. Alber   
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


 

         
  TA SUBORDINATED DEBT FUND, L.P.


By: TA Associates SDF LLC., its General Partner
By: TA Associates, Inc., its Manager
 
 
  By:        /s/ Thomas P. Alber    
    Name:   Thomas P. Alber   
    Its:   Chief Financial Officer