EX-10.6 Founders' Units Subscription Agreement/Paul Guenther

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EX-10.6 12 g08943exv10w6.htm EX-10.6 FOUNDERS' UNITS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT/PAUL GUENTHER EX-10.6 Founders' Units Subscription Agreement/Pau
 

Exhibit 10.6
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
LIBERTY ACQUISITION HOLDINGS CORP.:
     Paul B. Guenther hereby subscribes for NINETY-TWO THOUSAND (92,000) units (“Units”) of Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) for an aggregate purchase price of ONE HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS AND 66/100 ($106.66), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Each Unit shall consist of (i) one (1) share of the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) one half (1/2) of one warrant (a “Warrant”), each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock of the Corporation at $7.00 per share. Upon receipt by the Corporation of said consideration on this date, the Corporation shall issue to the undersigned a stock and warrant certificate or certificates (or, if not certificated, provide documentation reflecting the registration in the name of the undersigned on the stock and warrant ledgers of the Corporation) representing such fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock and Warrants of the Corporation. The subscription will represent four-tenths percent (0.4%) of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and Warrants of the Corporation. Following such issuance of shares of Common Stock and Warrants of the Corporation, the capitalization of the Corporation shall be as set forth on Schedule A hereto. The undersigned acknowledges that certain Units subscribed hereto shall be placed in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement among the undersigned, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and others until the earlier of the time that the underwriters’ over-allotment option in connection with the contemplated initial public offering of the Company is exercised or expires. In addition, the undersigned acknowledges that the Units are subject to certain restrictions on transfer as set forth in a letter agreement, dated the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time.
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Dated: August 9, 2007
         
     
  By:   /s/ Paul B. Guenther    
    Name:   Paul B. Guenther   
       
 
Accepted and Agreed on this 9th day of August 2007:
         
LIBERTY ACQUISITION HOLDINGS CORP.
 
 
By:   /s/ Nicolas Berggruen    
  Name:   Nicolas Berggruen   
  Title:   President   

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SCHEDULE A
Capitalization of Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp.
                                 
Stockholder   Number of Units     Number of Shares     Number of Warrants     Percentage Ownership  
Berggruen Freedom Holdings, Ltd.
    10,643,250       10,643,250       5,321,625       49.4 %
Marlin Equities II, LLC
    10,643,250       10,643,250       5,321,625       49.4 %
Paul B. Guenther
    92,000       92,000       46,000       0.4 %
Nathan Gantcher
    92,000       92,000       46,000       0.4 %
James N. Hauslein
    92,000       92,000       46,000       0.4 %
 
                       
Total
    21,562,500       21,562,500       10,781,250       100 %
 
                       

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