GPS CCMP ACQUISITION CORP. 2006 MANAGEMENT EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

EX-10.18 15 a2195620zex-10_18.htm EXHIBIT 10.18

Exhibit 10.18

 

GPS CCMP ACQUISITION CORP.

 

2006 MANAGEMENT EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (this Agreement) made as of November 10, 2006 (the Effective Date), by and between GPS CCMP Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and Allen D. Gillette (the Executive).

 

WHEREAS, as a material inducement to the Company to sell and issue to the Executive the Restricted Shares hereunder, the Executive has agreed to execute and deliver to the Company the Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Intellectual Property Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Non-Competition Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged;

 

WHEREAS, certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 9 hereof;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.             Purchase and Sale of Restricted Shares.

 

(a)           Upon execution of this Agreement and the Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Executive and the other parties from time to time party thereto (the Shareholders’ Agreement), and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (as defined below) and this Agreement, the Company will issue to the Executive 116 ###-###-#### shares of class A nonvoting common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the Class A Common Stock), for a purchase price of $ $341.36 per share (the Class A Purchase Price). All of such shares of Class A Common Stock purchased by the Executive pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as Restricted Shares.

 

(b)           The foregoing sale and issuance of Restricted Shares shall be deemed, for all purposes, an Award under (and as defined in) the Company’s 2006 Management Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan), which is incorporated herein by this reference and made a part of this Agreement.

 

2.             Section 83(b) Election.

 

The parties agree that the fair market value of each share of Class A Common Stock as of the Effective Date, based on the appraisal report of Corporate Valuation Advisors, is $ $341.36 the Class A Purchase Price. The Executive, in his sole discretion, may make an election with the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) under Section 83(b) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the 83(b) Election), and in connection with the making of such election, shall provide a copy of such form to the Company promptly following its filing. The Executive understands that under applicable law such election must be filed with the IRS no later than thirty (30) days after any acquisition of the Restricted Shares to be effective. If the Executive files an effective 83(b) Election, the excess of the fair market value of the Restricted Shares on the date hereof (which the IRS may assert is different from the fair market value determined by the parties) covered by such election over the amount paid by the Executive for the Restricted Shares shall be treated as ordinary income received by the Executive, and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries shall withhold from Executive’s compensation all amounts required to be withheld under applicable law. If the Executive does not file an 83(b) Election, future appreciation on the Restricted Shares will generally be taxable as ordinary income when such stock vests pursuant to this Agreement. The foregoing is merely a brief summary of complex

 

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tax laws and regulations, and therefore the Executive is advised to consult with his own tax advisors regarding the purchase and holding of the Restricted Shares.

 

3.            Executive Representations and Warranties.

 

As an inducement to the Company to issue the Restricted Shares to the Executive and as a condition thereto, the Executive represents, acknowledges and agrees (as applicable) that:

 

(i) this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Executive, enforceable against him in accordance with its terms, except to the extent the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy laws, insolvency laws, moratorium laws or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Executive does not and will not conflict with, violate or cause a breach of any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Executive is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which the Executive is subject; and

 

(ii) neither the issuance of the Restricted Shares to the Executive nor any provision contained herein or in the Plan, shall entitle the Executive to remain in the employment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or affect the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Executive’s employment at any time for any reason.

 

4.            Vesting of Class A Common Stock.

 

(a)           All Restricted Shares shall initially be unvested and shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to the Shareholders’ Agreement. Subject in all respects to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, all stock dividends, if any, that are paid on unvested Restricted Shares and all stock dividends, if any, that are paid on any such stock dividends (any such stock dividends, Restricted Share Dividends) and all cash dividends paid on unvested Restricted Shares (or on Restricted Share Dividends) (“Unvested Shares Cash Dividends) shall be treated as set forth in Section 6(d).

 

(b)           Time-Vesting. 58.4376 Restricted Shares shall be Time Vesting Shares.”

 

(i) Vesting Schedule. Subject to Sections 4(b)(ii) through (iv), the Time Vesting Shares shall vest as set forth below, provided that the Executive remains employed with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on such Vesting Dates:

 

Vesting Date

 

Vested Percentage of
Time Vesting Shares

 

November 10, 2007

 

25

%

November 10, 2008

 

50

%

November 10, 2009

 

75

%

November 10, 2010

 

100

%

 

(ii) Acceleration upon Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control prior to November 10, 2010, all then unvested Time Vesting Shares shall immediately vest in full, so long as the Executive is employed with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on the applicable Change of Control Date.

 

(iii) Accelerated Vesting upon Death or Disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, in the event of the Executive’s termination of employment with the

 

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Company or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of his death or becoming Disabled on or after November 10, 2006, Time Vesting Shares that would otherwise have been become vested within twelve months immediately following the applicable Termination Date shall vest as of such Termination Date.

 

(iv) Cessation of Vesting. Subject to the effect of paragraph (iii) above, the vesting of all Time Vesting Shares shall cease upon the Termination Date.

 

(c)           Performance-Based Vesting.

 

(i) General. In accordance with Section 4(c)(ii) through (iv), 58.4376 Restricted Shares shall be eligible to vest upon the occurrence of either a Change of Control or an IPO Liquidity Event, provided the Executive is employed with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on the Change of Control Date or IPO Liquidity Event Date, as applicable, as set forth in the requirements of this Section 4(c) (the Performance Vesting Shares).

 

(ii) Change of Control. In the event that, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (and provided that Executive is employed with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on the applicable Change of Control Date), the Class B Return is equal to or greater than 2, 100% of the Performance Vesting Shares shall vest on the Change of Control Date.

 

(iii) IPO Liquidity Event. Upon the occurrence of an IPO Liquidity Event (and provided that Executive is employed with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on the applicable IPO Liquidity Event Date), 100% of the Performance Vesting Shares shall vest on the IPO Liquidity Event Date.

 

(iv) Cessation of Vesting upon Termination of Employment Prior to Change of Control or IPO Liquidity Event. In the event of the Executive’s termination of employment for any reason prior to the occurrence of either a Change of Control or an IPO Liquidity Event, vesting shall cease for the Performance Vesting Shares.

 

(d)           Dividends, Etc. Subject in all respects to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, Restricted Share Dividends, Unvested Shares Cash Dividends and Additional Property shall be delivered to Executive promptly upon the vesting of the related Restricted Shares.

 

5.            Legend.

 

(a)           Each certificate representing Restricted Shares shall bear each of the following legends (in addition to any legends required under the Shareholders’ Agreement).

 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR DISTRIBUTION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.”

 

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“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXCHANGED UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OR EXCHANGE COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT AND THE RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT, EACH AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, BETWEEN OR AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE INVESTORS PARTY THERETO. IN ADDITION TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, THE RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR THE VESTING OF THE SHARES ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT. COPIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT AND THE RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE WITH THE COMPANY.”

 

(b)           The certificates shall also bear any legend required by any applicable state securities law.

 

6.            Restrictions on Transfer and Conversion.

 

(a)           The Company and the Executive acknowledge and agree that the Restricted Shares are subject to and restricted by the Shareholders’ Agreement and with respect to such Restricted Shares, the Executive shall be an Investor and a Management Shareholder as such terms are used in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

(b)           No unvested Restricted Shares shall be transferable to any Person for any reason. Any attempt to Transfer any unvested Restricted Shares shall be null and void and have no force or effect, and the Company shall not, and shall cause any transfer agent not to, give any effect in such entity’s share records to such attempted Transfer.

 

(c)           Prior to any Transfer of vested Restricted Stock made in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement, the transferee shall agree, by execution of a Joinder Agreement, to be bound by this Agreement as holder of Restricted Shares and by the Shareholders’ Agreement as an Investor and a Management Shareholder. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Restricted Shares in violation of this Section 6 or the Shareholders’ Agreement shall be void, and the Company shall not record such Transfer on its books or treat any purported transferee of such Restricted Shares as the owner of such stock for any purpose.

 

(d)           All Restricted Share Dividends, all Unvested Shares Cash Dividends and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property contemplated by Section 10 below (“Additional Property”), shall be subject to the same restrictions (and the same vesting) as the Restricted Share to which such Restricted Share Dividend, Unvested Shares Cash Dividends or Additional Property relates, and will be paid to the Executive in accordance with Section 4(d).

 

(e)           The Executive acknowledges that the transfer restrictions contained in this Agreement are reasonable and in the best interests of the Company.

 

7.             Right of Repurchase. Except as provided in any other agreement between the Company and/or one of its Subsidiaries and the Executive, and subject to applicable securities laws, the Company shall have no duty or obligation to disclose to the Executive, and the Executive shall have no right to be advised of, any material information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries at any time prior to, upon or in connection with the Company’s exercise of it right to repurchase the Restricted Shares pursuant to Article V of the Shareholders’ Agreement (the Repurchase Option) upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company or one of it Subsidiaries. In connection with the exercise

 

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of the Repurchase Option by the Company with respect to unvested Restricted Shares, if the Company holds, pursuant to Section 6(d) Unvested Shares Cash Dividends, Restricted Share Dividends and/or Additional Property with respect to such unvested Restricted Shares, upon the purchase by the Company or its designee of such Restricted Shares, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the Shareholders’ Agreement, all such Unvested Shares Cash Dividends, Restricted Share Dividends (subject to any repurchase provisions in the Shareholders’ Agreement) and/or Additional Property shall be forfeited by the Executive (and any spouse or any Permitted Transferee of the Executive) and all of the Executive’s rights, or the rights of any spouse or any Permitted Transferee of the Executive, to such Unvested Shares Cash Dividends, Restricted Share Dividends and/or Additional Property shall terminate.

 

8.             Securities Laws Matters.

 

(a)           The Executive understands and agrees that: (i) the Restricted Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, (ii) the Restricted Shares are restricted securities under the Securities Act and (iii) the Restricted Shares may not be resold or transferred unless they are first registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available. The Executive hereby makes to the Company the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

 

(b)           Except as otherwise set forth in the Shareholders’ Agreement, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to register or qualify the issuance, or the resale of any of the Restricted Shares under the Securities Act or any other applicable law.

 

9.             Definitions.

 

The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below:

 

Aggregate Net Proceeds means:

 

(i)            all cash proceeds actually received by the CCMP Investors with respect to the sale or assignment of shares of Class B Common Stock to third parties, net of any unreimbursed Sales Costs, plus

 

(ii)           the Fair Market Value of any shares of Marketable Securities actually received by the CCMP Investors with respect to the sale or assignment of Class B Common Stock to third parties (for purposes of clarity, excluding any conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock), as determined on the date of the consummation of such sale or other disposition, net of any unreimbursed Sales Costs, plus

 

(iii)          dividends in cash or the fair market value of any property dividends (other than stock dividends) as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, actually received by the CCMP Investors (or receivable at the discretion of the CCMP Investors or persons within their control) in respect of the Class B Common Stock;

 

provided, however, that (A) Aggregate Net Proceeds shall not include any advisory, management, monitoring, transaction or other fees pursuant to arrangements disclosed to the Executive as of the Effective Date, or any expense reimbursement, received by one or more CCMP Investors or any of their affiliates and (B) any cash dividends received by the CCMP Investors shall not be counted more than once in any calculation of Aggregate Net Proceeds.

 

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CCMP Investment means initially $ 588,500,000, and shall be adjusted for any cash or other consideration contributed from the CCMP Investors from and after the date hereof.

 

CCMP Investors means CCMP Capital Investors II, L.P., CCMP Capital Investors (Cayman), L.P., Asia Opportunity Fund II, L.P., AOF II Employee Co-Invest Fund, L.P. and CCMP Generac Co-Invest, L.P.

 

Change of Control means (a) any transaction or series of related transactions, whether or not the Company is a party thereto, in which, after giving effect to such transaction or transactions, the capital stock of the Company representing in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company is owned directly, or indirectly through one or more entities, by any “person or “group (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of Persons, other than one or more CCMP Investors or a “group in which a CCMP Investor is a member, or (b) a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (including securities of the Company’s directly or indirectly owned Subsidiaries (if any)).

 

Change of Control Date means the date of consummation of a Change of Control.

 

Class A Common Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) hereof.

 

Class B Return as of any date of determination means the quotient of (a) the Aggregate Net Proceeds received by the CCMP Investors with respect to shares of Class B Common Stock (or shares of Class A Common Stock into which shares of Class B Common Stock are converted) through such date, divided by (b) the CCMP Investment; provided, however, that solely with respect to an IPO (and solely on the IPO Date), the Class B Return shall equal the quotient of (i) sum of (A) the Aggregate Net Proceeds received by the CCMP Investors with respect to shares of Class B Common Stock prior to the IPO plus (B) the product of (x) price per share at which shares of the Class A Common Stock are initially sold by the underwriters in connection with the IPO and (y) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which shares of Class B Common Stock held by the CCMP Investors are converted, divided by (ii) the CCMP Investment.

 

Class B Common Stock means the class B voting common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

 

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Disabled means: (a)(i) that Executive qualifies for benefits due to total disability on the part of the Executive under the Company’s long-term disability plan, as in effect from time to time; or (ii) in the event that the Company has no such long-term disability plan in effect at the time the disability arises on the part of the Executive, that Executive is unable, as a result of a medically determinable physical or mental illness, to perform the duties and services of his position and (b) Executive shall be absent from his duties with the Company on a full time basis for 180 consecutive days.

 

Fair Market Value of Marketable Securities means an amount equal to (i) the Market Price of such Marketable Securities multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of such Marketable Securities.

 

IPO means the initial public offering of Shares registered on Form S-l (or any equivalent or successor form under the Securities Act).

 

IPO Date means the date on which the Company consummates an IPO of the Company.

 

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IPO Liquidity Event means, from and after the date of an IPO, the achievement with respect to the Class A Shares of an average closing trading price equal to or exceeding the Liquidity Threshold Price in any sixty (60) consecutive trading day period starting prior to the later of (a) the fifth anniversary of the date hereof, and (b) one year after the IPO.

 

IPO Liquidity Event Date means the date of occurrence of the IPO Liquidity Event.

 

Liquidity Threshold Price means, at any time, the lowest amount which when multiplied by the number of shares of Class A Common Stock then held by the CCMP Investors and then added to the Aggregate Net Proceeds received by the CCMP Investors since the date hereof with respect to its shares of Class B Common Stock or shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of its shares of Class B Common Stock in connection with an IPO, would yield to the CCMP Investors a Class B Return equal to 2.

 

Market Price of Marketable Securities means, on any date of determination, the average of the closing prices of such Marketable Securities on any U.S. securities exchange on which such Marketable Securities are listed or, if not so listed, the average bid and asked price of such Marketable Securities reported on the NASDAQ National Market or any established over-the-counter trading system on which prices for such Marketable Securities are quoted, in each case, for a period of twenty trading days prior to such date of determination; provided, that, with respect to any Marketable Securities received by the CCMP Investors in connection with a Change of Control transaction, the Market Price of such Marketable Securities shall be the value ascribed to such Marketable Securities in such transaction.

 

Marketable Securities means freely tradeable equity securities of a Person that are listed on an established U.S. securities exchange or through the NASDAQ National Market, or any established over-the-counter trading system.

 

Person shall be construed broadly and shall include, without limitation, an individual, a partnership, an investment fund, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Recapitalization shall mean an event or series of events affecting the capital structure of the Company including, but not limited to, stock dividends, stock splits, rights offers or recapitalizations through large, non-recurring cash dividends.

 

Restricted Shares has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) hereof. Restricted Shares shall also include shares of the Company’s capital stock issued with respect to, or exchanged or substituted for, the Restricted Shares by way of a stock split, stock dividend or other recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction.

 

Sales Costs means any costs or expenses (including legal or other advisor costs and expenses), fees (including investment banking fees (but excluding any such fees payable to CCMP Investors or their Affiliates)), commissions or discounts payable directly by the CCMP Investors in connection with, arising out of or relating to any sale or other disposition of the Class B Common Stock (including in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of any transaction documentation with respect to such sale or other disposition).

 

Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal law then in force.

 

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Shareholders’ Agreement means the Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and certain shareholders of the Company, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Shares means all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, whenever issued, including all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock issued upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities.

 

Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which such Person (either alone or through or together with any other Person), owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the stock or other equity interests which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity.

 

Transfer means the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposal (whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law) of any Restricted Shares.

 

10.          Adjustment of Shares.

 

In the event of a Recapitalization, the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the number and kind of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to this award) shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 13(a) of the Plan. In the event that the Company is a party to a merger or consolidation, this award shall be subject to the agreement of merger or consolidation, as provided in Section 13(b) of the Plan.

 

11.          Related Agreements. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and Executive shall execute and deliver the Non-Competition Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C and incorporated herein by reference and (ii) the Shareholders’ Agreement.

 

12.          General Provisions.

 

(a)           Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

(b)           Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Plan and the Shareholders’ Agreement embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

 

(c)           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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(d)           Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive, the Company, and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, representative and estate, as the case may be (including subsequent holders of Restricted Shares); provided that the rights and obligations of the Executive under this Agreement shall not be assignable except in connection with a permitted transfer of Restricted Shares hereunder and under the Shareholders’ Agreement.

 

(e)           Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTS PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION), THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED.

 

(f)            Jurisdiction and Venue. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL ACTIONS ARISING UNDER OR IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LITIGATED IN THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS IN DELAWARE. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS FOR ITSELF, HIMSELF, OR HERSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS, HIS OR HER PROPERTY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION. EACH PARTY AGREES THAT VENUE WOULD BE PROPER IN ANY OF SUCH COURTS, AND HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT ANY SUCH COURT IS AN IMPROPER OR INCONVENIENT FORUM FOR THE RESOLUTION OF ANY SUCH ACTION.

 

(g)           Remedies. Each of the parties to this Agreement and any such Person granted rights hereunder whether or not such Person is a signatory hereto shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically to recover damages and costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees) for any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party and any such Person granted rights hereunder whether or not such Person is a signatory hereto may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or other injunctive relief (without posting any bond or deposit) in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(h)          Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and the Executive and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such provisions or affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof; provided that the Company may amend or modify the Agreement without the Executive’s consent in accordance with the provisions of the Plan (including, without limitation, the provisions in Sections 13(b), 15(c) and 16(e) of the Plan) or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.

 

(i)           Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via facsimile, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via facsimile, five (5) days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one (1) day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service.

 

If to the Company, to:

 

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GPS CCMP Acquisition Corp.

c/o CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC

245 Park Avenue, 16th Floor

New York, NY 10167

Attention: Stephen Murray

 

If to the Executive, to him at his most recent address in the Company’s records.

 

(j)            Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday in the state in which the Company’s chief executive office is located, the time period for giving notice or taking action shall be automatically extended to the business day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or holiday.

 

(k)           Survival of Representations. Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the termination of this Agreement indefinitely.

 

(1)           Recapitalization, Exchange, Etc. Affecting the Company’s Shares. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply, to the full extent set forth herein, with respect to any and all Shares of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, conversion to a corporation or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of, the Shares of the Company and shall be appropriately adjusted for any dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, recapitalizations, and the like occurring after the date hereof.

 

(m)          Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

(n)           Construction. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

(o)           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

(p)           Nouns and Pronouns. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

(q)           Plan; Shareholders’ Agreement; Counsel. The Executive acknowledges and understands that material definitions and provisions concerning the Restricted Shares and the Executive’s rights and obligations with respect thereto are set forth in the Plan and the Shareholders’ Agreement. The Executive has had the opportunity to retain counsel, and has read carefully, and understands, the provisions of such documents. The Executive has had the opportunity to seek legal advice from such counsel on this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(r)            Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation. The parties acknowledge and agree that, to the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without

 

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limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Company determines that any amounts payable hereunder will be immediately taxable to the Executive under Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, the Company may (a) adopt such amendments to this Agreement and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that the Company determines necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided by this Agreement and/or (b) take such other actions as the Company determines necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, including such Department of Treasury guidance and other interpretive materials as may be issued after the Effective Date.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Restricted Stock Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GPS CCMP ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark McFadden

 

 

Name: Mark McFadden

 

 

Title Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

 

/s/ Allen D. Gillette 09-Nov-06

 

Allen D. Gillette

 

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