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EX-10.20 19 c63891exv10w20.htm EX-10.20 exv10w20
Exhibit 10.20
AMENDMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
     THIS AMENDMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of December 29, 2006 (the “Amendment Date”), by and among TrustWave Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons signatory hereto (the “Signatories”).
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, the Company and its stockholders are parties to that certain Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2005 (the “Original Agreement”); and
     WHEREAS, all capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Original Agreement; and
     WHEREAS, the Signatories constitute the holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis); and
     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Original Agreement as provided in this Amendment.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and conditions contained in this Amendment and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
     1. Addition of Stockholders. The stockholders listed on the attached Exhibit D are hereby constituted as Other Stockholders and Stockholders for all purposes of the Original Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
     2. Election of Directors. Section 1.1(b) of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:
     (b) the following individuals shall be elected to the Board:
     (i) two (2) individuals (the “FTV Directors”) nominated by Financial Technologies Management II LLC (including its Affiliates, “FTV”);
     (ii) two (2) individuals (the “TrustWave Directors”) nominated by the holders (the “TrustWave Majority Holders”) of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the Persons listed on Exhibit C attached hereto (the “TrustWave Common Holders”);
     (iii) two (2) individuals (the “Kiphart Directors”) nominated by Richard Kiphart (“Kiphart”);

 


 

     (iv) two (2) individuals (the “MBK Directors”) nominated by MBK Ventures, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (“MBK”); and
     (v) one (1) individual (the “SecurePipe Director”) nominated by the holders (the “SecurePipe Majority Holders”) of either (A) a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the Persons listed on Exhibit D attached hereto (the “SecurePipe Major Holders”) or, (B) if such a majority of the SecurePipe Common Holders cannot be obtained, a plurality of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the SecurePipe Major Holders.
     3. Election of SecurePipe Director. The undersigned hereby approve and elect ___________ to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company as the SecurePipe Director until his successor is duly elected and qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and the Company’s Bylaws.
     4. Vacancies and Removal. Section 1.2 of the Original Agreement is amended by inserting a new subsection (g) to read, in its entirety, as follows:
     (g) The Stockholders shall vote all of their shares of capital stock of the Company to cause any SecurePipe Director to be removed during his or her term of office, when and only when they are so directed to be removed in writing by SecurePipe Majority Holders or for Cause.
     5. Right to Appoint Directors. Section 1.3 of the Original Agreement is amended by inserting new subsections (g) and (h) to read, in their entireties, as follows:
     (g) SecurePipe Common Holders. At such time as the holders of Common Stock who received such Common Stock pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among the Company, SecurePipe, Inc. and certain stockholders of SecurePipe, Inc. the (“SecurePipe Common Holders”) hold less than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Common Stock held by the SecurePipe Common Holders on the date hereof, the SecurePipe Majority Holders shall not be entitled to nominate any SecurePipe Director to the Board pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and the obligations of the other Stockholders to vote their shares in favor of election of the SecurePipe Majority Holders’ nominee under Section 1.1(b), and the obligations of the other Stockholders to vote to remove any SecurePipe Director under Section 1.2, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect. For so long as the SecurePipe Majority Holders are entitled to nominate a SecurePipe Director to the Board pursuant to Section 1.1(b), the Board shall not create any committee other than the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee without offering to include on any such committee the SecurePipe Director.
     (h) SecurePipe Observer. The SecurePipe Majority Holders shall have the right to appoint one representative (a “SecurePipe Observer”), who initially shall be ____________, from time to time who shall: (a) receive notice of all meetings of the Board and each committee thereof (such notice to be delivered or mailed as specified

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herein at the same time as notice is given to the members of such Board and/or committee); (b) be entitled to attend (or, in the case of telephone meetings, monitor) all such meetings; (c) receive all notices, information and reports which are furnished to the members of such board and/or committee at the same time and in the same manner as the same is furnished to any such member; (d) be entitled to participate in all discussions conducted at such meetings; and (e) receive as soon as available (but in any event prior to the next succeeding meeting of such board and/or committee) copies of the minutes of all such meetings. If any action is proposed to be taken by such Board and/or committee by written consent in lieu of a meeting, the Company will give written notice thereof to such SecurePipe Observer. The rights granted to the SecurePipe Majority Holders under this Section may not be transferred by the SecurePipe Majority Holders to any party. All expenses related to the SecurePipe Observer’s participation shall be borne exclusively by the SecurePipe Majority Holders.
     6. Definition of Eligible Stockholders. The definition of the term “Eligible Stockholders” for purposes of Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the Original Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is hereby amended to mean any Stockholder holding at least 100,000 Shares (as adjusted for stock splits and on an as-converted basis) as of the Amendment Date and as of the date of the Offer.
     7. Modification or Amendment. Section 4.9 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:
     4.9 Modification or Amendment. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof can be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis); provided, that (x) Sections 1.1(b)(i), 1.2(b) and 1.3(a) may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of FTV, Sections 1.1(b)(iii), 1.2(c) and 1.3(b) may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of Kiphart, Sections 1.1(b)(ii), 1.2(d) and 1.3(d) may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of TrustWave Majority Holders, Sections 1.1(b)(iv), 1.2(e) and 1.3(c) may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of MBK, and Sections 1.1(b)(v), 1.2(g), 1.3(g) and 1.3(h), may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of the SecurePipe Majority Holders, and (y) Section 2.1 may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred, Section 2.2 may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of TrustWave Majority Holders and Section 2.3 may not be modified, amended, changed, discharged or terminated without the written consent of MBK; provided further that, any such amendment, modification, change, discharge, termination or waiver that would adversely affect the rights hereunder of any Stockholder in its capacity as a Stockholder, without similarly affecting the rights hereunder of all Stockholders of such class, in their capacities as Stockholders of such class, shall not be effective as to such Stockholder without its prior approval. The inclusion of additional

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Persons as parties to this Agreement pursuant to a counterpart signature page or joinder agreement approved by the Company shall not require an amendment to this Agreement.
     8. No Other Amendments. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
     9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by facsimile and in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
[Signature Page Follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the Amendment Date.
                 
    COMPANY:    
 
               
    TRUSTWAVE HOLDINGS, INC.    
 
               
    By:   /s/ Robert McCullen    
             
 
           Name:   Robert McCullen    
 
           Title:   Chief Executive Officer    
 
               
    STOCKHOLDERS:    
 
               
    Financial Technology Ventures II (Q), L.P.    
    By:   Financial Technology Management II, LLC    
 
               
    By:   /s/ Richard N. Garman    
             
 
           Name:   Richard N. Garman    
 
           Title:   Chief Executive Officer    
 
               
    Financial Technology Ventures II, L.P.    
    By:   Financial Technology Management II, LLC    
 
               
    By:   /s/ Richard N. Garman    
             
 
           Name:   Richard N. Garman    
 
           Title:   Chief Executive Officer    
 
               
    /s/ Richard Kiphart    
         
    Richard Kiphart    
 
               
    /s/ David Valentine    
         
    David Valentine    
 
               
    /s/ Joseph L. Patanella    
         
    Joseph L. Patanella    
SIGNATURE PAGE TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 


 

         
     
  /s/ Phillip J. Smith    
  Phillip J. Smith   
  MBK Ventures, LLC   
 
  By:   /s/ Robert McCullen    
          Name:   Robert McCullen   
          Title:   Manager   
 
  [SECUREPIPE HOLDERS]
 
 
SIGNATURE PAGE TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 


 

                 
    ARGENTUM CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.
By: Argentum Partners II, L.L.C.
   
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Walter Barandiaran-    
 
               
 
      Its:        
 
               
 
               
    PRISM OPPORTUNITY FUND IV, L.P.
By: POF Partners SBIC, Inc., its General Partner
   
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Robert A. Funkel    
 
               
 
      Its:   President    
 
               
    THE PRODUCTIVITY FUND IV, L.P.
By: First Analysis Management Company IV,
L.L.C., its General Partner
By: First Analysis Venture Operations and
Research, L.L.C., its Member
By: First Analysis Corporation, its Manager
   
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Howard S. Smith    
 
               
 
               
    THE PRODUCTIVITY FUND IV ADVISORS FUND, L.P.
By: First Analysis Management Company IV,
L.L.C., its General Partner
By: First Analysis Venture Operations and
Research, L.L.C., its Member
By: First Analysis Corporation, its Manager
   
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Howard S. Smith    
 
               
 
               
    FA PRIVATE EQUITY FUND IV, L.P.
By: FA Private Equity Management IV,
L.L.C., its General Partner
By: First Analysis Private Equity Management
Company IV, L.L.C., its Managing Member
By: First Analysis Venture Operations and
Research, L.L.C., its Managing Member
By: First Analysis Corporation, its Manager
   
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Howard S. Smith    
 
               

 


 

                 
    /s/ Marvin Lader    
         
    Marvin Lader    
 
               
    /s/ James Macdonald    
         
    James Macdonald    
 
               
    /s/ Jason Penn    
         
    Jason Penn    
 
               
    /s/ Arch Moesta    
         
    Arch P. Moesta    
 
               
    /s/ Dan Sterling    
         
    Dan Sterling    
 
               
    /s/ Susan Sterling    
         
    Susan Sterling    
 
               
    /s/ Art Roldan    
         
    Art Roldan    
 
               
    /s/ Lawrence Levine    
         
    Lawrence Levine    
 
               
    /s/ Lawrence Levine    
         
    Comet Capital LLC
Lawrence Levine, Manager
   
 
               
    /s/ Daniel T. Moesta    
         
    Daniel T. Moesta    
 
               
    Maxwell Guy and Cynthia Diane Morgan
Revocable Trust dated November 15, 2002
   
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Maxwell Guy    
 
               
 
               
    Georgy Milliken, Trustee Milliken Family Trust    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ George Miliken    
 
               
SIGNATURE PAGE TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 


 

                 
    /s/ Michael Kiefer    
         
    Michael Kiefer    
 
               
    Purdy Family 2000 Trust, dated February 29, 2000    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Allen R. Purdy, Trustee    
 
               
 
               
    Wonder Trust and Abundance Trust    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Shannon C. Kiklenny, Trustee of Abundance Trust    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Kathleen A. Currey, Trustee of Wonder Trust    
 
               
    The Billow Family Trust, dated May 10, 1999    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ [illegible signature]    
 
               
 
               
    /s/ Charles A. Higdon    
         
    Charles A. Higdon    
 
               
    /s/ Wayne C. Hardwick    
         
    Wayne C. Hardwick    
 
               
    /s/ Sally P. Hardwick    
         
    Sally P. Hardwick    
 
               
    /s/ Delois S. Morgan    
         
 
               
    /s/ Nancy A. D’Onofrio    
         
    Nancy A. D’Onofrio    
 
               
    /s/ Richard C. Conrad    
         
    Richard C. Conrad    
 
               
    /s/ Barbara J. Conrad    
         
    Barbara J. Conrad    
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    /s/ Kendall Risselada    
         
    Kendall Riss    
 
               
    /s/ John Silva    
         
    John Silva    
 
               
    /s/ Elizabeth Breslin    
         
    Elizabeth Breslin    
 
               
    Maxwell Guy and Cynthia Diann Morgan
Revocable Trust, dated November 15, 2002
   
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Maxwell Morgan, Trustee    
 
               
 
               
    George Milliken, Trustee Milliken Family Trust    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ George Milliken    
 
               
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EXHIBIT D
List of SecurePipe Major Holders