Put Right of the Management Stockholders Sample Clauses

The Put Right of the Management Stockholders clause grants management stockholders the right to require the company or other specified parties to purchase their shares under certain conditions. Typically, this right becomes exercisable after a defined period or upon the occurrence of specific events, such as termination of employment or a change in control. By providing a clear exit mechanism for management shareholders, this clause ensures liquidity for their investment and addresses potential disputes over share valuation or transferability.
Put Right of the Management Stockholders. (a) Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Company (with the Board’s prior written approval) and an Applicable Employee, if the employment or service of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates shall be terminated or end due to a resignation by the Applicable Employee without Good Reason (other than a Retirement), such Applicable Employee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deliver one (1) written notice in the form attached hereto as Annex C (a “Put Notice”) to the Company at any time during the Put Period (but in no event later than the Put Termination Date), to require the Company to purchase, and the Company shall have the obligation to purchase, the amount of vested Shares (including, as provided herein, any Share that is issued upon the exercise of a vested Company Stock Option or similar purchase right or in settlement of a vested Company Award) identified in such Put Notice and that have been both (x) collectively owned by such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group and (y) vested for at least six (6) months prior to the delivery of such Put Notice to the Company (such Shares elected to be sold to the Company, the “Put Shares”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article IV (a “Put Right”); provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Put Right shall be subject to, and the Company shall not be required to purchase any Put Shares that would breach, violate or be inconsistent with, the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in Section 4.3. For the avoidance of doubt, a Share issuable upon exercise of a Company Stock Option or similar purchase right or in settlement of a Company Award shall not be considered owned by the Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Group for purposes of this Section 4.2 until such Share is actually issued by the Company upon exercise of the Company Stock Option or similar award or settlement of the Company Award. (b) Subject to Section 4.3, upon the exercise of a Put Right with respect to any Put Shares pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Company shall purchase each of the Put Shares no later than 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the thirtieth (30th) day following the Put Date with respect to such Put Right (provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, then the Put Shares shall be purchased on the immediately succeeding Business Day), for...
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  • Additional Stockholders In connection with the issuance of any additional equity securities of the Company to any Person, the Company may permit such Person to become a party to this Agreement and succeed to all of the rights and obligations of a "Stockholder" under this Agreement by obtaining the consent of the holders of a majority of the Common Stockholder Shares and an executed counterpart signature page to this Agreement, and, upon such execution, such Person shall for all purposes be a "Stockholder" party to this Agreement.

  • Stockholders’ Agent (a) At least 5 Business Days prior to the Closing Date the Company shall appointed an agent reasonably acceptable to Parent (the “Stockholders Agent”) to act as agent for and on behalf of the Company Stockholders with the exclusive authority to give and receive notices and communications pursuant to the terms of this ARTICLE 9 solely with respect to indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties to be satisfied solely by the delivery of Escrow Shares to the applicable Parent Indemnified Parties, to authorize delivery to the Parent Indemnified Parties of the Escrow Shares in satisfaction of indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties as contemplated by Section 9.3, to object to such deliveries, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and take legal actions and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties that will or may be paid or otherwise satisfied solely by the delivery of Escrow Shares, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholder Agent shall have no power or authority to take any of the foregoing actions for or on behalf of any Company Stockholder in respect of any indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties that will or may be paid or otherwise satisfied other than by the delivery of Escrow Shares to the applicable Parent Indemnified Parties. No bond shall be required of the Stockholders Agent, and the Stockholder Agent shall receive no compensation for services rendered. Notices or communications to or from the Stockholders Agent shall constitute notice to or from each of the Company Stockholders solely with respect to indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties to be satisfied solely by the delivery of Escrow Shares to the applicable Parent Indemnified Parties. (b) The Stockholders Agent shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder in his capacity as Stockholders Agent, except to the extent it has acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence that he did not act with gross negligence or willful misconduct. The other Company Stockholders shall severally and not jointly indemnify the Stockholders Agent and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholders Agent and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the duties hereunder, including any out-of-pocket costs and expenses and legal fees and other legal costs reasonably incurred by the Stockholders Agent (“Outstanding Stockholders Agent Expenses”). If not paid directly to the Stockholders Agent by the Company Stockholders, such losses, liabilities or expenses may be recovered by the Stockholders Agent from the Escrow Shares (if any) that otherwise would be distributed to the Company Stockholders following the Initial Escrow Release Date after giving effect to, and satisfaction of, all claims for indemnification made by the Parent Indemnified Parties pursuant to ARTICLE 9, and such recovery (if any) of Outstanding Stockholders Agent Expenses from such Escrow Shares will be made from the Company Stockholders according to their respective Pro Rata Shares. (c) A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders Agent shall constitute a decision of all the Company Stockholders and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each of the Company Stockholders, and the Escrow Agent and Parent may rely upon any decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders Agent as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of each of the Company Stockholders. The Escrow Agent and Parent are hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any acts done by them in accordance with such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders Agent.

  • Put Right If a Transferring Holder Transfers any Shares in contravention of the Co-Sale Right under this Agreement (a “Prohibited Transfer”), or if the Proposed Transferee of Available Shares desires to purchase a class, series or type of stock offered by Transferring Holder but not held by a Co-Sale Participant, or the Proposed Transferee is unwilling to purchase any securities from the Co-Sale Participant, such Co-Sale Participant may, by delivery of written notice to such Transferring Holder (a “Put Notice”) within ten (10) days after the later of (i) the closing of the sale to the Proposed Transferee and (ii) the date on which such Co-Sale Participant becomes aware of the Prohibited Transfer or the terms thereof, require such Proposed Transferee to purchase from such Co-Sale Participant that number of Shares (subject to Section 3.4(g)(ii)) that is equal to the number of Co-Sale Right Shares such Co-Sale Participant would have been entitled to Transfer to the Proposed Transferee (the “Put Shares”). Such sale shall be made on the following terms and conditions: (i) The price per share at which the Put Shares are to be sold to the Transferring Holder shall be equal to the price per share that the Co-Sale Participant would have received if such Co-Sale Participant had sold such Put Shares at the closing of the sale to the Proposed Transferee. Such purchase price of the Put Shares shall be paid in cash or such other consideration as the Proposed Transferee received in the Prohibited Transfer. Seller shall also reimburse the Co-Sale Participant for any and all fees and expenses, including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses, incurred pursuant to the exercise or attempted exercise of such Co-Sale Participant’s Co-Sale Right pursuant to Sections 3.4(a) through (f), inclusive, or in the exercise of its rights under this Section 3.4(g) with respect to the Put Shares. (ii) The Put Shares to be sold to the Proposed Transferee shall be of the same class or type as Transferred in the Prohibited Transfer if such Co-Sale Participant then owns securities of such class or type. If such Co-Sale Participant does not own any of such class or type, the Put Shares shall be shares of Common Stock (or Preferred Stock convertible into Common Stock at the option of the holder thereof). (iii) The closing of such sale to the Transferring Holder will occur within ten (10) days after the date of such Co-Sale Participant’s Put Notice to such Transferring Holder. At such closing, the Co-Sale Participant shall deliver to the Transferring Holder the certificate or certificates representing the Put Shares to be sold, each certificate to be properly endorsed for transfer, and immediately upon receipt thereof, such Transferring Holder shall pay the aggregate purchase price therefor, and the amount of reimbursable fees and expenses, as specified in Section 3.4(g)(i).

  • Voting Rights as a Stockholder Subject to the terms of the Insider Letter described in Section 4.4 hereof and except as herein provided, the Initial Stockholders shall retain all of their rights as stockholders of the Company during the Escrow Period, including, without limitation, the right to vote such shares.

  • RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option until the date of the issuance of the shares for which the Option has been exercised (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the shares are issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written employment agreement between a Participating Company and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is “at will” and is for no specified term. Nothing in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to terminate the Participant’s Service as a Director, an Employee or Consultant, as the case may be, at any time.