Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2016.

Registration No. 333-        

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   80-0890963

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

One Dell Way

Round Rock, Texas 78682

Telephone: (512) 728-7800

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 

 

Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Richard J. Rothberg, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

One Dell Way

Round Rock, Texas 78682

Telephone: (512) 728-7800

(Name and address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Tristan M. Brown

Daniel N. Webb

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, California 94304

Telephone: (650) 251-5000

Facsimile: (650) 251-5002

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of securities to be
registered
  Amount to be
registered
  Proposed maximum
offering price per
share
  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
  Amount of
registration fee(3)

Class V common stock, $0.01 par value per share

  500,000(1)   $73.32(3)   $36,660,000(3)   $3,691.66(5)

Class C common stock, $0.01 par value per share

  75,000,000(2)   $27.50(4)   $2,062,500,000(4)   $207,693.75(5)

 

 

(1) Covers 500,000 shares of Class V common stock of Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), $0.01 par value per share (“Class V Common Stock”), to be issued under the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class V Common Stock that may be offered and issued under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock distributions or similar transactions.
(2) Covers 75,000,000 shares of Class C common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share (“Class C Common Stock”), to be issued under the Plan and, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class C Common Stock that may be offered and issued under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock distributions or similar transactions.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act. This estimate is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act and, because there is currently no market for the Class V Common Stock to be offered, is based on a price that is greater than or equal to the book value per share of such Class V Common Stock.
(4) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act. This estimate is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act and, because there is currently no market for the Class C Common Stock to be offered, is based on a price that is greater than or equal to the book value per share of such Class C Common Stock.
(5) Determined in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act at a rate equal to $100.70 per $1,000,000 of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.

 

 

 


PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

  (a) The Company’s prospectus, dated June 6, 2016, filed with the Commission on June 6, 2016, relating to the registration statement on Form S-4, as amended (Registration No. 333-208524);

 

  (b) The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 29, 2016; and

 

  (c) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 9, 2016, June 21, 2016, June 22, 2016, July 5, 2016, July 11, 2016, August 26, 2016 and August 31, 2016.

All documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement (except for any portions of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the Commission, and other documents or information deemed furnished but not filed under the rules of the Commission) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.


Item 4. Description of Securities.

A description of the Company’s Class V Common Stock and a description of the Company’s Class C Common Stock are incorporated by reference to the sections titled “Management of Denali After the Merger,” “Description of Denali Capital Stock Following the Merger,” “Description of Denali Tracking Stock Policy” and “Comparison of Rights of Denali Stockholders and EMC Shareholders” in the Company’s prospectus, dated June 6, 2016, filed with the Commission on June 6, 2016, relating to the registration statement on Form S-4, as amended (Registration No. 333-208524).

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

None.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “certificate”) provides that no director of the Company will be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for the following, which are expressly not subject to limitation under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”):

 

    any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders;

 

    acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;

 

    violation of Section 174 of the DGCL regarding unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or

 

    any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

The Company’s certificate and the Company’s bylaws provide that the Company will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any and all of the Company’s officers and directors, and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law or to such lesser extent as is determined in the discretion of the Company’s board of directors, indemnify any and all other persons whom it shall have power to indemnify, from and against all expenses, liabilities or other matters arising out of their status as such or their acts, omissions or services rendered in such capacities, except that the Company’s indemnification obligation in connection with proceedings initiated by indemnified persons will extend only to such proceedings (or parts thereof) that were authorized by the Company’s board of directors. The DGCL provides that such indemnification is subject to such person seeking indemnification having acted in good faith and in a manner that such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal motion or proceeding, such person having had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. The Company’s certificate provides that the foregoing right to indemnification shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, except that, if the DGCL so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a current, former or proposed director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall be ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Company’s certificate or otherwise. The Company may, by action of the Company’s board of directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Company, individually or as a group, with the same scope and effect as the indemnification of directors and officers provided for in the Company’s certificate. The right to indemnification and the advancement and payment of expenses that will be conferred by the Company’s certificate and the Company’s bylaws will not be exclusive of any other right which any indemnified person may have or acquire.

The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers, which provide indemnity to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and establish processes and procedures for indemnification claims. The Company also maintains directors and officers liability insurance, which covers such persons against certain claims or liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties.


Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Document

  4.1    Form of Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc.
  4.2    Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dell Technologies Inc.
  4.3    Form of Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan.
  4.4    Form of Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement.
  4.5    Form of Dell Time Award Agreement (ELT Members).
  4.6    Form of Dell Time Award Agreement (Other Management).
  4.7    Form of Dell Time Award Agreement (Non-Employee Directors).
  4.8    Form of Dell Deferred Time Award Agreement (Non-Employee Directors).
  4.9    Form of Dell Performance Award Agreement (ELT Members).
  4.10    Form of Dell Performance Award Agreement (Other Management).
  4.11    Form of Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Directors, Annual Grant).
  4.12    Form of Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Directors, Sign-On Grant).
  4.13    Form of Stock Option Agreement (Rollover Option — ELT Members).
  5.1    Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Dell Technologies Inc.
23.2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of EMC Corporation.
23.3    Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Round Rock, Texas, on September 6, 2016.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:   /s/ Michael S. Dell
  Name:   Michael S. Dell
  Title:   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, which is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby constitute and appoint Thomas W. Sweet, Richard J. Rothberg and Janet B. Wright, and each of them, any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement and power of attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 6th day of September, 2016.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Michael S. Dell

Michael S. Dell

  

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

/s/ Thomas W. Sweet

Thomas W. Sweet

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)

/s/ Maya McReynolds

Maya McReynolds

  

Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

(principal accounting officer)

/s/ Egon Durban

Egon Durban

   Director

/s/ Simon Patterson

Simon Patterson

   Director


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Document

  4.1    Form of Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc.
  4.2    Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dell Technologies Inc.
  4.3    Form of Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan.
  4.4    Form of Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement.
  4.5    Form of Dell Time Award Agreement (ELT Members).
  4.6    Form of Dell Time Award Agreement (Other Management).
  4.7    Form of Dell Time Award Agreement (Non-Employee Directors).
  4.8    Form of Dell Deferred Time Award Agreement (Non-Employee Directors).
  4.9    Form of Dell Performance Award Agreement (ELT Members).
  4.10    Form of Dell Performance Award Agreement (Other Management).
  4.11    Form of Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Directors, Annual Grant).
  4.12    Form of Stock Option Agreement (Non-Employee Directors, Sign-On Grant).
  4.13    Form of Stock Option Agreement (Rollover Option — ELT Members).
  5.1    Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Dell Technologies Inc.
23.2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of EMC Corporation.
23.3    Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware)

Dell Technologies Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

(a) The name of the Corporation is Dell Technologies Inc. Dell Technologies Inc. was originally incorporated under the name Denali Holding Inc., and the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 31, 2013, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 6, 2013, the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 10, 2013, the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 28, 2013 and a Certificate of Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 25, 2016.

(b) This Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245, and by written consent of stockholders in accordance with Section 228, of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

(c) This Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 7, 2016.

(d) This Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends and restates the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is “Dell Technologies Inc.”

ARTICLE II

The address of the registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE III

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful business, act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

ARTICLE IV

The total authorized number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be 2,144,025,308 shares, which shall consist of (i) one million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, of the par value of $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”); and (ii) two billion, one-hundred forty-three million, twenty-five thousand, three hundred and eight (2,143,025,308) shares of Common Stock, of the par value of $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).


ARTICLE V

The following is a statement fixing certain of the designations and powers, voting powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights of the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, and the authority with respect thereto expressly granted to the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) to fix any such provisions not fixed by this Certificate of Incorporation:

Section 5.1 Preferred Stock.

(a) Subject to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents provided for herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution (as defined below), the Board of Directors is hereby expressly vested with the authority to adopt a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, which shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors in such resolution or resolutions. The powers, voting powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, of each series of Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, of such powers, preferences and/or rights (collectively the “Series Terms”), shall be such as are stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions providing for the creation of such Series Terms (a “Preferred Stock Series Resolution”) adopted by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors to which such responsibility is specifically and lawfully delegated, and set forth in a certificate of designation executed, acknowledged, and filed in accordance with Sections 103 and 151 of the DGCL. The powers of the Board of Directors to determine the Series Terms of a particular series (any of which powers may by resolution of the Board of Directors be specifically delegated to one or more of its committees, except as prohibited by law) shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(1) The number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series;

(2) The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether such dividends, if any, shall be cumulative, and, if so, the date or dates from which dividends payable on such shares shall accumulate, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series;

(3) Whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

(4) Whether that series shall have conversion privileges with respect to shares of any other class or classes of stock or of any other series of any class of stock, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate upon occurrence of such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(5) Whether the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including their relative rights of priority, if any, of redemption, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, provisions regarding redemption notices, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(6) Whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;

(7) The rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series;

(8) The conditions or restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or upon the issuance of additional Preferred Stock or other capital stock ranking on a parity therewith, or senior thereto, with respect to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation;

 

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(9) The conditions or restrictions with respect to the issuance of, payment of dividends upon, or the making of other distributions to, or the acquisition or redemption of, shares ranking junior to the Preferred Stock or to any series thereof with respect to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation; and

(10) Any other designations, powers, preferences, and rights, including, without limitation, any qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any of the Series Terms, including voting rights, of any series may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside this Certificate of Incorporation and the Preferred Stock Series Resolution; provided, that the manner in which such facts shall operate upon such Series Terms is clearly and expressly set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation or in the Preferred Stock Series Resolution.

(c) Subject to the provisions of this Article V and to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents provided for herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, the issuance of shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock may be authorized from time to time as shall be determined by and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof, in an aggregate amount not exceeding the total number of shares constituting any such series or the total number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized by this Certificate of Incorporation. Except in respect of series particulars fixed by the Board of Directors or its committee as permitted hereby, all shares of Preferred Stock shall be of equal rank and shall be identical, and all shares of any one series of Preferred Stock so designated by the Board of Directors shall be alike in every particular, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative.

Section 5.2 Common Stock.

There shall be five series of Common Stock created, having the number of shares and the voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions set forth below:

(a) DHI Common Stock. One series of common stock of the Corporation is hereby created and designated as “Class A Common Stock” consisting of six-hundred million (600,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”); one series of common stock of the Corporation is hereby created and designated as “Class B Common Stock” consisting of two-hundred million (200,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”); one series of common stock of the Corporation is hereby created and designated as “Class C Common Stock” consisting of nine-hundred million (900,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class C Common Stock”); and one series of common stock of the Corporation is hereby created and designated as “Class D Common Stock” consisting of one-hundred million (100,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class D Common Stock,” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock, the “DHI Common Stock”).

(b) Class V Common Stock. One series of common stock of the Corporation is hereby created and designated as “Class V Common Stock” consisting of three-hundred forty-three million, twenty-five thousand, three hundred and eight (343,025,308) shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class V Common Stock”). Each share of Class V Common Stock shall be identical in all respects and will have equal rights, powers and privileges to each other share of Class V Common Stock.

(c) Reclassification. Upon the effectiveness (the “Effective Time”) pursuant to the DGCL of this Certificate of Incorporation, (a) each share of Series A Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be reclassified as and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, (b) each share of Series B Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be reclassified as and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Class B Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, and (c) each share of Series C Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (together with the Series A Stock and the Series B Stock, the “Original Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be reclassified as and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Class C Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, in each case without any action by any holder thereof.

 

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(d) Restrictions on Corporate Actions.

(1) From the Effective Date through the two-year anniversary of the Effective Date, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries will not purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of common stock of VMware if such acquisition would cause the common stock of VMware to no longer be publicly traded on a U.S. securities exchange or VMware to no longer be required to file reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case unless such acquisition of VMware common stock is required in order for VMware to continue to be a member of the affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated tax return with the Corporation for purposes of Section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

(2) For so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not authorize or issue any class or series of common stock (other than (i) Class V Common Stock or (ii) common stock of the Corporation with an Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group) intended to reflect an economic interest of the Corporation in assets comprising the Class V Group, including common stock of VMware.

(e) Dividends. Subject to the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution:

(1) Dividends on Class V Common Stock.

(A) Dividends on the Class V Common Stock may be declared and paid only out of the lesser of (i) the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor and (ii) the Class V Group Available Dividend Amount.

(B) If the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero on the record date for any dividend on the Class V Common Stock, then concurrently with the payment of any dividend on the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock:

(I) if such dividend consists of cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than shares of Class V Common Stock) or other assets, the Corporation will attribute to the DHI Group (a “Retained Interest Dividend”) an aggregate amount of cash, securities or other assets, or a combination thereof, at the election of the Board of Directors (the “Retained Interest Dividend Amount”), with a Fair Value equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (x) the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the record date for such dividend, by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Fair Value of such dividend payable to the holders of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of such record date; or

(II) if such dividend consists of shares of Class V Common Stock (including dividends of Convertible Securities convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock), the Number of Retained Interest Shares will be increased by a number equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (x) the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the record date for such dividend, by (y) the number of shares (including any fraction of a share) of Class V Common Stock issuable to a holder for each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock in such dividend.

In the case of a dividend paid pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), in connection with a Class V Group Disposition, the Retained Interest Dividend Amount may be increased, at the election of the Board of Directors, by the aggregate amount of the dividend that would have been payable with respect to the shares of Class V Common Stock converted into Class C Common Stock in connection with such Class V Group Disposition if such shares were not so converted and received the same dividend per share as the other shares of Class V Common Stock received in connection with such Class V Group Disposition.

 

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A Retained Interest Dividend may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be reflected by an allocation or by a direct transfer of cash, securities or other assets, or a combination thereof, and may be payable in kind or otherwise.

(2) Dividends on DHI Common Stock.

(A) Dividends on the DHI Common Stock may be declared and paid only out of the lesser of (i) the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor and (ii) the DHI Group Available Dividend Amount.

(B) Subject to the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, if any, outstanding at any time, the holders of Class A Common Stock, the holders of Class B Common Stock, the holders of Class C Common Stock and the holders of Class D Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in such dividends and other distributions of cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation as may be declared by the Board of Directors from time to time with respect to the DHI Common Stock out of the assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor; provided, however, that in the event that any such dividend is paid in the form of shares of DHI Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of DHI Common Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall receive Class A Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock, as the case may be, the holders of Class B Common Stock shall receive Class B Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class B Common Stock, as the case may be, the holders of Class C Common Stock shall receive Class C Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, and the holders of Class D Common Stock shall receive Class D Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class D Common Stock, as the case may be.

(C) Dividends of Class V Common Stock (or dividends of Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock) may be declared and paid on the DHI Common Stock if the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero on the record date for any such dividend, but only if the sum of:

(I) the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be so issued (or the number of such shares that would be issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities to be so issued); and

(II) the number of shares of Class V Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities then outstanding that are attributed as a liability to, or an equity interest in, the DHI Group

is less than or equal to the Number of Retained Interest Shares.

(3) Discrimination between DHI Common Stock and Class V Common Stock. The Board of Directors shall have the authority and discretion to declare and pay (or to refrain from declaring and paying) dividends on outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock and dividends on outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock, in equal or unequal amounts, or only on the DHI Common Stock or the Class V Common Stock, irrespective of the amounts (if any) of prior dividends declared on, or the respective liquidation rights of, the DHI Common Stock or the Class V Common Stock, or any other factor.

(f) Liquidation and Dissolution.

(1) General. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Corporation and payment or provision for payment of any preferential amount due to the holders of any other class or series of stock as to payments upon dissolution of the Corporation (regardless of the Group to which such shares are attributed), the holders of shares of DHI Common Stock and the holders of shares of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to receive their proportionate interests in the assets of the Corporation remaining for distribution to holders of stock (regardless of the class or series of stock to which such assets are then attributed) in proportion to the respective number of liquidation units per share of DHI Common Stock and Class V Common Stock.

 

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Neither (i) the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other Person or Persons, (ii) a transaction or series of related transactions that results in the transfer of more than 50% of the voting power of the Corporation nor (iii) the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation shall itself be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 5.2(f).

(2) Liquidation Units. The liquidation units per share of Class V Common Stock in relation to the DHI Common Stock shall be as follows:

(A) each share of DHI Common Stock shall have one liquidation unit; and

(B) each share of Class V Common Stock shall have a number of liquidation units (including a fraction of one liquidation unit) equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (x) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the 10-Trading Day period commencing on (and including) the first Trading Day on which the Class V Common Stock trades in the “regular way” market, by (y) the Average Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period (unless such shares of Class C Common Stock are not Publicly Traded, in which case the Fair Value of a share of Class C Common Stock, determined as of the fifth Trading Day of such period, shall be used for purposes of (y));

provided, that if, after the Effective Date, the Corporation, at any time or from time to time, subdivides (by stock split, reclassification or otherwise) or combines (by reverse stock split, reclassification or otherwise) the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, or declares and pays a dividend or distribution in shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock to holders of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, the per share liquidation units of the Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, will be appropriately adjusted as determined by the Board of Directors, so as to avoid any dilution or increase in the aggregate, relative liquidation rights of the shares of Class C Common Stock and Class V Common Stock.

Whenever an adjustment is made to liquidation units under this Section 5.2(f), the Corporation will promptly thereafter prepare and file a statement of such adjustment with the Secretary of the Corporation. Neither the failure to prepare nor the failure to file any such statement will affect the validity of such adjustment.

(g) Subdivision or Combinations. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of any series of DHI Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other series of DHI Common Stock will be subdivided or combined in the same manner.

(h) Voting Rights.

(1) Voting Generally. Subject to Article VI, (i) each holder of record of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes per share of Class A Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote; (ii) each holder of record of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes per share of Class B Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote; (iii) each holder of record of Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote per share of Class C Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote; (iv) each holder of record of Class D Common Stock shall not be entitled to any vote on any matter except to the extent required by provisions of Delaware law (in which case such holder shall be entitled to one vote per share of Class D Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote); and (v) each holder of record of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote per share of Class V Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation and which is entitled to vote. Except (A) as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, or (B) as may otherwise be required by the laws of the State of Delaware, the holders of shares of all classes of Common Stock will vote as one class with respect to the election of Group I

 

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Directors and with respect to all other matters to be voted on by stockholders of the Corporation; provided, that the holders of Class A Common Stock (and no other classes of Common Stock) will vote with respect to the election of Group II Directors and the holders of Class B Common Stock (and no other classes of Common Stock) will vote as one class with respect to the election of Group III Directors.

(2) Special Voting Rights.

(A) If the Corporation proposes to (i) amend this Certificate of Incorporation (A) in any manner that would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of Class V Common Stock so as to affect them adversely or (B) to make any amendment, change or alteration to the restrictions on corporate actions described in Section 5.2(d), in each case whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, or (ii) effect any merger or business combination as a result of which (A) the holders of all classes and series of Common Stock shall no longer own at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving corporation or of the direct or indirect parent corporation of such surviving corporation and (B) the holders of Class V Common Stock do not receive consideration of the same type as the other classes or series of Common Stock and, in aggregate, equal to or greater in value than the proportion of the average of the aggregate Fair Value of the outstanding Class V Common Stock over the 30-Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the date of the first public announcement of such merger or business combination to the aggregate Fair Value of the other outstanding classes or series of Common Stock over the same 30-Trading Day period (unless such securities are not Publicly Traded, in which case the aggregate Fair Value of such securities shall be determined as of the fifth Trading Day of such period), then in each case, such action will be subject to receipt by the Corporation of, and will not be undertaken unless the Corporation has received, the affirmative vote of the holders of record (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates), as of the record date for the meeting at which such vote is taken, of Class V Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates) of Class V Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a separate class. Any vote taken pursuant to this Section 5.2(h)(2)(A) will be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any vote of the stockholders of the Corporation required by law to be taken with respect to the applicable action.

(B) For so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, Section 4.02 of the Bylaws shall not be amended or repealed (A) by the stockholders of the Corporation unless such action has received the affirmative vote of the holders of record (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates), as of the record date for the meeting at which such vote is taken, of (i) Class V Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates) of Class V Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a separate class, and (ii) Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power of Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon or (B) by any action of the Board of Directors.

(C) Except as expressly provided herein, no class or series of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote as a separate class on any matter except to the extent required by provisions of Delaware law. Irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the holders of shares of DHI Common Stock and the holders of shares of Class V Common Stock will vote as one class with respect to any proposed amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation that (i) would increase (x) the number of authorized shares of common stock or any class or series thereof, (y) the number of authorized shares of preferred stock or any series thereof or (z) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter established, or (ii) decrease (x) the number of authorized shares of common stock or any class or series thereof, (y) the number of authorized shares of preferred stock or any series thereof or (z) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter established (but, in each case, not below the number of shares of such class or series of capital stock then outstanding), and no separate class or series vote of the holders of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation will be required for the approval of any such matter; provided, that this Section 5.2(h)(2)(C) shall only apply to a proposed increase in the number of authorized shares of Class V Common Stock when such increase has received the approval of the Capital Stock Committee of the Board of Directors in such circumstances and as provided in the Bylaws.

 

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(i) Equal Status. Except as expressly provided in this Article V and in Article VI, Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock shall have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably on a per share basis and be identical in all respects as to all matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) in the event of a merger, consolidation or other business combination requiring the approval of the holders of the Corporation’s capital stock entitled to vote thereon (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving entity), each holder of DHI Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same amount and form of consideration, if any, on a per share basis, as each other holder of DHI Common Stock, and (ii) in the event of (x) any tender or exchange offer to acquire any shares of DHI Common Stock by any third party pursuant to an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or (y) any tender or exchange offer by the Corporation to acquire any shares of DHI Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of the applicable tender or exchange offer, the holders of DHI Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same amount or form of consideration on a per share basis as each other holder of DHI Common Stock; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the holders of Class C Common Stock and the holders of Class D Common Stock may receive non-voting securities or capital stock, or securities or capital stock with differing voting rights or preferences than the holders of Class A Common Stock and/or the holders of Class B Common Stock in connection with a merger, consolidation, other business combination, or tender or exchange offer involving the Corporation.

(j) Senior, Parity or Junior Stock.

(1) Whenever reference is made in this Article V to shares “ranking senior to” another class or series of stock or “on a parity with” another class or series of stock, such reference shall mean and include all other shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends or as to distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation are given preference over, or rank equally with, as the case may be, the rights of the holders of such other class or series of stock. Whenever reference is made to shares “ranking junior to” another class or series of stock, such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends and as to distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation are junior and subordinate to the rights of the holders of such class or series of stock.

(2) Except as otherwise provided herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, each series of Preferred Stock shall rank on a parity with each other series of Preferred Stock and each series of Preferred Stock shall rank senior to the Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein, each of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock shall rank on a parity with each other, and, except as otherwise provided in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, each of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, the Class D Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock shall rank junior to the Preferred Stock.

(k) Reservation and Retirement of Shares.

(1) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or out of shares of Common Stock held in its treasury, the full number of shares of Common Stock into which all shares of any series of Preferred Stock having conversion privileges from time to time outstanding are convertible.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in a Preferred Stock Series Resolution with respect to a particular series of Preferred Stock, all shares of Preferred Stock redeemed or acquired (as a result of conversion or otherwise) shall be retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

(l) No Preemptive Rights.

Subject to the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, no holder of shares of stock of the Corporation shall have any preemptive or other rights, except as such rights are expressly provided by contract, to purchase or subscribe for or receive any shares of any class, or series thereof, of stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any warrants, options, bonds, debentures or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying any right to purchase any shares of any class, or series thereof, of stock; but, subject to

 

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the provisions of any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, such additional shares of stock and such warrants, options, bonds, debentures or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying any right to purchase any shares of any class, or series thereof, of stock may be issued or disposed of by the Board of Directors to such Persons, and on such terms and for such lawful consideration, as in its discretion it shall deem advisable or as to which the Corporation shall have by binding contract agreed.

(m) Other Provisions Relating to the Exchange of Class V Common Stock.

(1) Redemption for VMware Stock. At any time that shares of common stock of VMware comprise all of the assets of the Class V Group, the Corporation may, at its option and subject to assets of the Corporation being legally available therefor, redeem all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for shares of common stock of VMware (the “Distributed VMware Shares”), as provided herein. Each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock shall be redeemed for a number of Distributed VMware Shares equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by multiplying the Outstanding Interest Fraction by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock of VMware attributed to the Class V Group on the Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date and the denominator of which is the number of issued and outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock on the same date. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(1) shall occur on the date set forth in the public notice made pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(4)(B) (the “Class V Group VMware Redemption Date”). The Corporation shall not redeem shares of Class V Common Stock for Distributed VMware Shares pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(1) without redeeming all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for Distributed VMware Shares in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(1).

(2) Redemption for Securities of Class V Group Subsidiary. At any time at which a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Corporation (the “Class V Group Subsidiary”) holds, directly or indirectly, all of the assets and liabilities attributed to the Class V Group and such assets and liabilities are not solely comprised of shares of common stock of VMware, the Corporation may, at its option and subject to assets of the Corporation being legally available therefor, redeem all of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for shares of common stock of such Class V Group Subsidiary, as provided herein; provided, that the common stock received is the only outstanding equity security of such Class V Group Subsidiary, and provided, further, that such common stock, upon issuance in such redemption, will have been registered under all applicable U.S. securities laws and will be listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange. The number of shares of common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary to be delivered in redemption of each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock will be equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (x) the product of (I) the number of outstanding shares of common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary and (II) the Outstanding Interest Fraction, by (y) the number of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock, in each case, as of the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date. The Corporation shall not redeem shares of Class V Common Stock for shares of common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(2) without redeeming all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(2).

Any redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(2) will occur on a Class V Group Redemption Date set forth in a notice to holders of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(4)(B).

If the Board of Directors determines to effect a redemption of the Class V Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(2), shares of Class V Common Stock shall be redeemed in exchange for a common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary, as determined by the Board of Directors, on an equal per share basis.

(3) Dividend, Redemption or Conversion in Case of Class V Group Disposition. In the event of a Class V Group Disposition (other than in one or a series of Excluded Transactions), the Corporation will, on or prior to the 120th Trading Day following the consummation of such Class V Group Disposition and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 5.2, take the actions referred to in one of Section 5.2(m)(3)(A), (B), (C) or (D) below, as elected by the Board of Directors:

(A) Subject to Section 5.2(e)(1), the Corporation may declare and pay a dividend payable in cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, to the holders of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition (regardless of the form or

 

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nature of the proceeds received by the Corporation from the Class V Group Disposition) as of the record date for determining the holders entitled to receive such dividend, as the same may be determined by the Board of Directors, with such dividend to be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 5.2(e).

(B) Provided that there are assets of the Corporation legally available therefor and the Class V Group Available Dividend Amount would have been sufficient to pay a dividend pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(A) in lieu of effecting the redemption provided for in this Section 5.2(m)(3)(B), the Corporation may apply an aggregate amount of cash or Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or any combination thereof with a Fair Value equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition (regardless of the form or nature of the proceeds received by the Corporation from the Class V Group Disposition) as of the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date (the “Class V Group Redemption Amount”) to the redemption of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for an amount per share equal to the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 2nd Trading Day following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in Section 5.2(m)(4)(C); provided, that if such Class V Group Disposition involves all (not merely substantially all) of the assets of the Class V Group, a redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) shall be a redemption of all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock in exchange for an aggregate amount of cash or Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or any combination thereof, with a Fair Value equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition, on an equal per share basis.

(C) Provided that the Class C Common Stock is then Publicly Traded, the Corporation may convert the number of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock obtained by dividing the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds by the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 2nd Trading Day following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in Section 5.2(m)(4)(C) into an aggregate number (or fraction) of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class C Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be converted, multiplied by the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (I) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 2nd Trading Day following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in Section 5.2(m)(4)(C) by (II) the Average Market Value of one share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period.

(D) Provided that the Class C Common Stock is then Publicly Traded, the Corporation may combine the conversion of a portion of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock into Class C Common Stock as contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) with the payment of a dividend on, or the redemption of, shares of Class V Common Stock, as described below, subject to the limitations specified in Section 5.2(m)(3)(A) (in the case of a dividend) or Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) (in the case of a redemption) (including the limitations specified in other paragraphs of this Certificate of Incorporation referred to therein).

In the event the Board of Directors elects the option described in this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), the portion of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock to be converted into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class C Common Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be so converted at the conversion rate determined in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) and the Corporation shall (x) pay a dividend to the holders of record of all of the remaining shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding, with such dividend to be paid in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 5.2(e), or (y) redeem all or a portion of such remaining shares of Class V Common Stock. The aggregate amount of such dividend or the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds to be applied to such redemption, as applicable, shall be equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (I) an amount equal to the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition as of, in the case of a dividend, the record date for determining the holders of Class V Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend and, in the case of a redemption, the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date, in each case before giving effect to the conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock in connection with such Class V Group Disposition in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D) and any related adjustment to the Number of Retained Interest Shares, by (II) one (1) minus a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be converted into shares of Class C Common Stock in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D) and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of the record date or the Class V Group

 

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Redemption Selection Date used for purposes of clause (I) of this sentence. In the event of a redemption concurrently with or following any such partial conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock, if the Class V Group Disposition was of all (not merely substantially all) of the assets of the Class V Group, then all remaining outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock shall be redeemed for cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds to be applied to such redemption determined in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), such aggregate amount to be allocated among all such shares to be redeemed on an equal per share basis (subject to the provisions of this Section 5.2(m)(3)). In the event of a redemption concurrently with or following any such partial conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock, if the Class V Group Disposition was of not all of the assets of the Class V Group, then the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be redeemed shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(3)(B), substituting for the Class V Group Redemption Amount referred to therein the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds to be applied to such redemption as determined in accordance with this Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), and such shares shall be redeemed for cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to such portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds and allocated among all such shares to be redeemed on an equal per share basis (subject to the provisions of this Section 5.2(m)(3)). In the case of a redemption, the allocation of the cash, Publicly Traded securities (other than securities of the Corporation) and/or other assets to be paid in redemption and, in the case of a partial redemption, the selection of shares to be redeemed shall be made in the manner contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(3)(B).

For purposes of this Section 5.2(m)(3) and the definition of “Class V Group Disposition” provided in Article XV:

(1) as of any date, “substantially all of the assets of the Class V Group” means a portion of such assets that represents at least 80% of the then-Fair Value of the assets of the Class V Group as of such date;

(2) in the case of a Class V Group Disposition effected in a series of related transactions, such Class V Group Disposition shall not be deemed to have been consummated until the consummation of the last of such transactions;

(3) if the Board of Directors seeks the approval of the holders of Class V Common Stock entitled to vote on thereon to qualify a Class V Group Disposition as an Excluded Transaction and such approval is not obtained, the date on which such approval fails to be obtained will be treated as the date on which such Class V Group Disposition was consummated for purposes of making the determinations and taking the actions prescribed by this Section 5.2(m)(3) and Section 5.2(m)(4), and no subsequent vote may be taken to qualify such Class V Group Disposition as an Excluded Transaction; and

(4) in the event of a redemption of a portion of the outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D) at a time when the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero, the Corporation will attribute to the DHI Group concurrently with such redemption an aggregate amount (the “Retained Interest Redemption Amount”) of cash, securities (other than securities of the Corporation) or other assets, or any combination thereof, subject to adjustment as described below, with an aggregate Fair Value equal to the difference between (x) the Class V Group Net Proceeds and (y) the portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds applied to such redemption as determined in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D) (such attribution, the “Retained Interest Partial Redemption”). Upon such Retained Interest Partial Redemption, the Number of Retained Interest Shares will be decreased in the manner described in subparagraph (ii)(B) of the definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV. The Retained Interest Redemption Amount may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be reflected by an allocation to the DHI Group or by a direct transfer to the DHI Group of cash, securities and/or other assets.

(4) General.

(A) If the Corporation determines to convert all of the shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(r), not less than 10 days prior to the Class V Group Conversion Date the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release:

(I) that all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock shall be converted pursuant to Section 5.2(r) on the Class V Group Conversion Date;

 

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(II) the Class V Group Conversion Date, which shall not be more than 45 days following the Determination Date;

(III) the number of shares of Class C Common Stock to be received with respect to each share of Class V Common Stock; and

(IV) instructions as to how shares of Class V Common Stock may be surrendered for conversion.

(B) If the Corporation determines to exchange shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(1) or to redeem shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(2), the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release:

(I) that the Corporation intends to exchange or redeem, as applicable, all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock for Distributed VMware Shares pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(1) or common stock of the Class V Group Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(2), as applicable, subject to any applicable conditions;

(II) the class or series of securities to be received with respect to the shares of Class V Common Stock to be exchanged or redeemed, as applicable, and the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of the date of such notice;

(III) the Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date or Class V Group Redemption Selection Date, as applicable, which shall not be earlier than the 10th day following the date of such press release;

(IV) the Class V Group VMware Redemption Date or Class V Group Redemption Date, as applicable, which shall not be earlier then the 10th day following the date of such press release and shall not be later than the 120th Trading Day following the date of such press release;

(V) if the Board of Directors so determines, that the Corporation shall not be required to register a transfer of any shares of Class V Common Stock for a period of 10 Trading Days (or such shorter period as such press release may specify) immediately preceding the specified Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date or Class V Group Redemption Selection Date;

(VI) the number of shares of VMware common stock or of the Class V Group Subsidiary, as applicable, attributable to the DHI Group, and the Number of Retained Interest Shares used in determining such number; and

(VII) instructions as to how shares of Class V Common Stock may be surrendered for exchange or redemption, as applicable.

(C) Not later than the 10th Trading Day following the consummation of a Class V Group Disposition referred to in Section 5.2(m)(3), the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release the Class V Group Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition. Not later than the 30th Trading Day following the consummation of such Class V Group Disposition (and in the event a 10-Trading Day valuation period is required in connection with the action selected by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3), not earlier than the 12th Trading Day following the public announcement of the Class V Group Net Proceeds as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.2(m)(4)(C)), the Corporation shall announce publicly by press release (to the extent applicable):

(I) which of the actions specified in Section 5.2(m)(3)(A), (B), (C) or (D) the Corporation has irrevocably determined to take;

 

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(II) as applicable, the record date for determining holders entitled to receive any dividend to be paid pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(A) or (D), the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date for the redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D) or the Class V Group Conversion Selection Date for the partial conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), which record date, Class V Group Redemption Selection Date or Class V Group Conversion Selection Date will not be earlier than the 10th day following the date of such public announcement;

(III) the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of the date of such notice;

(IV) the anticipated dividend payment date, Class V Group Redemption Date, and/or Class V Group Conversion Date, as applicable, which in either case shall not be more than 85 Trading Days following such Class V Group Disposition; and

(V) unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, that the Corporation shall not be required to register a transfer of any shares of Class V Common Stock for a period of 10 Trading Days (or such shorter period as such announcement may specify) immediately preceding the specified Class V Group Redemption Selection Date or the Class V Group Conversion Selection Date.

If the Corporation determines to undertake a redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock, in whole or in part, pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D), or a conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock, in whole or in part, pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) or (D), the Corporation will announce such redemption or conversion (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may remain subject to the satisfaction or waiver of any applicable condition precedent at the time of such announcement) publicly by press release, not less than 10 days prior to the Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group Conversion Date, and will announce, as applicable:

(I) the Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group Conversion Date, which in each case shall not be more than 85 Trading Days following such Class V Group Disposition;

(II) the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be redeemed or converted or, if applicable, stating that all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock will be redeemed or converted;

(III) the kind and amount of per share consideration to be received with respect to each share of Class V Common Stock to be redeemed or converted and the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of the date of such notice;

(IV) with respect to a partial redemption under Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D), the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the Class V Group Redemption Selection Date;

(V) with respect to a dividend under Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of the record date for the dividend and the Retained Interest Dividend Amount attributable to the DHI Group; and

(VI) instructions as to how shares of Class V Common Stock may be surrendered for redemption or conversion.

(D) The Corporation will give such notice to holders of Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class V Common Stock as may be required by the terms of such Convertible Securities or as the Board of Directors may otherwise deem appropriate in connection with a dividend, redemption or conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2, as applicable.

(E) All public announcements made pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(4)(A), (B) or (C) shall include such further statements, and the Corporation reserves the right to make such further public announcements, as may be required by law or the rules of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class V Common Stock is listed or as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, deem appropriate.

 

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(F) No adjustments in respect of dividends shall be made upon the conversion or redemption of any shares of Class V Common Stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(3)(D), if the Class V Group Conversion Date or the Class V Group Redemption Date with respect to any shares of Class V Common Stock shall be subsequent to the record date for the payment of a dividend or other distribution thereon or with respect thereto, but prior to the payment of such dividend or distribution, the holders of record of such shares of Class V Common Stock at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the dividend or other distribution payable on or with respect to such shares on the date set for payment of such dividend or other distribution, notwithstanding the prior conversion or redemption of such shares.

(G) Before any holder of shares of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to receive certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of any kind of capital stock or cash, Publicly Traded securities or other assets to be received by such holder with respect to shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(r) or this Section 5.2(m), such holder shall surrender certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing such shares of Class V Common Stock in such manner and with such written instruments or transfer as the Corporation shall specify. The Corporation will, as soon as practicable after such surrender of certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of Class V Common Stock, deliver, or cause to be delivered, at the office of the transfer agent for the shares or other securities to be delivered, to the holder for whose account shares of Class V Common Stock were so surrendered, or to the nominee or nominees of such holder, certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing the number of shares of the kind of capital stock or cash, Publicly Traded securities or other assets to which such Person shall be entitled as aforesaid, together with any payment for fractional securities determined by the Board of Directors to be paid in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(4)(I). If less than all of the shares of Class V Common Stock represented by any one certificate are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall issue and deliver a new certificate for the shares (including fractional shares) of Class V Common Stock not redeemed.

(H) From and after any applicable Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, all rights of a holder of shares of Class V Common Stock that were converted, redeemed or exchanged on such Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, as applicable, shall cease except for the right, upon surrender of certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing such shares of Class V Common Stock, to receive certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of the kind and amount of capital stock or cash, Publicly Traded securities or other assets for which such shares were converted, redeemed or exchanged, as applicable, together with any payment for fractional securities determined by the Board of Directors to be paid in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(4)(I), and such holder shall have no other or further rights in respect of the shares of Class V Common Stock so converted, redeemed or exchanged. No holder of a certificate or book-entry interest which immediately prior to the applicable Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date represented shares of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution with respect to shares of any kind of capital stock into or in exchange for which the Class V Common Stock was converted, redeemed or exchanged until surrender of such holder’s certificate or book-entry interest for certificate(s) or book-entry interests representing shares of such kind of capital stock. Upon such surrender, there shall be paid to the holder the amount of any dividends or other distributions (without interest) which became payable with respect to a record date prior to the Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, as the case may be, but that were not paid by reason of the foregoing, with respect to the number of shares of the kind of capital stock represented by the certificate(s) or book-entry interests issued upon such surrender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after a Class V Group Conversion Date, Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group VMware Redemption Date, as the case may be, the Corporation will be entitled to treat certificates and book-entry interests representing shares of Class V Common Stock that have not yet been surrendered for conversion, redemption or exchange in accordance with Section 5.2(m)(4)(G) as evidencing the ownership of the number of shares of the kind or kinds of capital stock for which the shares of Class V Common Stock represented by such certificates or book-entry interests shall have been converted, redeemed or exchanged in accordance with Section 5.2(r) or this Section 5.2(m), notwithstanding the failure of the holder thereof to surrender such certificates or book-entry interests.

(I) The Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver fractional shares of any class or series of capital stock or any other securities in a smaller than authorized denomination to any holder of Class V Common Stock upon any conversion, redemption, exchange, dividend or other distribution pursuant to this Section 5.2. In connection with the determination of the number of shares of any class or series of capital stock that

 

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shall be issuable or the amount of other securities that shall be deliverable to any holder of record of Class V Common Stock upon any such conversion, redemption, exchange, dividend or other distribution (including any fractions of shares or securities), the Corporation may aggregate the shares of Class V Common Stock held at the relevant time by such holder of record. If the aggregate number of shares of capital stock or other securities to be issued or delivered to any holder of Class V Common Stock includes a fraction, the Corporation shall pay, or shall cause to be paid, a cash adjustment in lieu of such fraction in an amount equal to the Fair Value of such fraction (without interest).

(J) Any deadline for effecting a redemption, conversion, or exchange prescribed by Section 5.2(r) or this Section 5.2(m) may be extended in the discretion of the Board of Directors if deemed necessary or appropriate to enable the Corporation to comply with the U.S. federal securities laws, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(n) Treatment of Convertible Securities. After any Class V Group Redemption Date or Class V Group Conversion Date on which all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock are redeemed or converted, any share of Class V Common Stock of the Corporation that is to be issued on exchange, conversion or exercise of any Convertible Securities shall, immediately upon such exchange, conversion or exercise and without any notice from or to, or any other action on the part of, the Corporation or its Board of Directors or the holder of such Convertible Security:

(1) in the event the shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such Class V Group Redemption Date were redeemed pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or Section 5.2(m)(2), be redeemed, to the extent of funds legally available therefor, for $0.01 per share in cash for each share of Class V Common Stock that otherwise would be issued upon such exchange, conversion or exercise; or

(2) in the event the shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such Class V Group Conversion Date were converted into shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) or (D) or Section 5.2(r), be converted into the number of shares of Class C Common Stock that shares of Class V Common Stock would have received had such shares been outstanding and converted on such Class V Group Conversion Date.

The provisions of the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 5.2(n) shall not apply to the extent that other adjustments or alternative provisions in respect of such conversion, exchange or redemption of Class V Common Stock are otherwise made or applied pursuant to the provisions of such Convertible Securities.

(o) Deemed Conversion of Certain Convertible Securities. To the extent Convertible Securities are paid as a dividend to the holders of Class V Common Stock at a time when the DHI Group holds an Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group, in addition to making an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.2(e)(1)(B)(II), the Corporation may, when at any time such Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock, treat such Convertible Securities as converted, exchanged or exercised for purposes of determining the increase in the Number of Retained Interest Shares pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of the definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV, and must do so to the extent such Convertible Securities are mandatorily converted, exchanged or exercised (and to the extent the terms of such Convertible Securities require payment of consideration for such conversion, exchange or exercise, the DHI Group shall then no longer be attributed as an asset an amount of the kind of assets or properties required to be paid as such consideration for the amount of Convertible Securities deemed converted, exchanged or exercised (and the Class V Group shall be attributed such assets or properties)), in which case, from and after such time, the shares of Class V Common Stock into or for which such Convertible Securities were so considered converted, exchanged or exercised shall be deemed held by the DHI Group and such Convertible Securities shall no longer be deemed to be held by the DHI Group. A statement setting forth the election to effectuate any such deemed conversion, exchange or exercise of Convertible Securities and the assets or properties, if any, to be attributed to the Class V Group in consideration of such conversion, exchange or exercise shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and, upon such filing, such deemed conversion, exchange or exercise shall be effectuated.

 

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(p) Certain Determinations by the Board of Directors.

(1) General. The Board of Directors shall make such determinations with respect to (a) the businesses, assets, properties, liabilities and preferred stock to be attributed to the DHI Group and the Class V Group, (b) the application of the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation to transactions to be engaged in by the Corporation and (c) the voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any series of Common Stock or of the holders thereof, as may be or become necessary or appropriate to the exercise of, or to give effect to, such voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions, including, without limiting the foregoing, the determinations referred to in this Section 5.2(p); provided, that any of such determinations that would require approval of the Capital Stock Committee under the Bylaws shall be effective only if made in accordance with the Bylaws. A record of any such determination shall be filed with the records of the actions of the Board of Directors.

(A) Upon any acquisition by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries of any businesses, assets or properties, or any assumption of liabilities or preferred stock, outside of the ordinary course of business of either Group, the Board of Directors shall determine whether such businesses, assets, properties, liabilities or preferred stock (or an interest therein) shall be for the benefit of the DHI Group or the Class V Group or both and, accordingly, shall be attributed to such Group or Groups, in accordance with the definitions of DHI Group or Class V Group set forth in Article XV, as the case may be.

(B) Upon any issuance of shares of Class V Common Stock at a time when the Number of Retained Interest Shares is greater than zero, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the use of the proceeds of such issuance and any other relevant factors, whether all or any part of the shares of such series so issued shall reduce such Number of Retained Interest Shares. Upon any repurchase of shares of Class V Common Stock at any time, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on whether the cash or other assets paid in such repurchase were attributed to the DHI Group or the Class V Group and any other relevant factors, whether all or any part of the shares of such series so repurchased shall increase such Number of Retained Interest Shares.

(C) Upon any issuance by the Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof of any Convertible Securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock, if at the time such Convertible Securities are issued the Number of Retained Interest Shares related to such series is greater than zero, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the use of the proceeds of such issuance and any other relevant factors, whether, upon conversion, exchange or exercise thereof, the issuance of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant thereto shall, in whole or in part, reduce such Number of Retained Interest Shares.

(D) Upon any issuance of any shares of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) of any series, the Board of Directors shall attribute, based on the use of proceeds of such issuance of shares of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) in the business of either Group and any other relevant factors, the shares so issued entirely to the DHI Group, entirely to the Class V Group, or partly to both Groups, in such proportion as the Board of Directors shall determine.

(E) Upon any redemption or repurchase by the Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof of shares of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) of any class or series or of other securities or debt obligations of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the property used to redeem or purchase such shares, other securities or debt obligations, which, if any, of such shares, other securities or debt obligations redeemed or repurchased shall be attributed to the DHI Group, to the Class V Group, or both, and, accordingly, how many of the shares of such series or class of preferred stock (or stock other than Common Stock) or of such other securities, or how much of such debt obligations, that remain outstanding, if any, are thereafter attributed to each Group.

(F) Upon any transfer to either Group of businesses, assets or properties attributed to the other Group, the Board of Directors shall determine the consideration therefor to be attributed to the transferring Group in exchange therefor, including, without limitation, cash, securities or other property of the other Group, or shall decrease or increase the Number of Retained Interest Shares, as described in subparagraph (ii)(D) or (iii)(D), as the case may be, of the definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV.

 

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(G) Upon any assumption by either Group of liabilities or preferred stock attributed to the other Group, the Board of Directors shall determine the consideration therefor to be attributed to the assuming Group in exchange therefor, including, without limitation, cash, securities or other property of the other Group, or shall decrease or increase the Number of Retained Interest Shares, as described in subparagraph (ii)(D) or (iii)(D), as the case may be, of the definition of “Number of Retained Interest Shares” provided in Article XV.

(2) Certain Determinations Not Required. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2(p) or any other provision in this Certificate of Incorporation, at any time when there are no shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding (or Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Class V Common Stock), the Corporation need not:

(A) attribute any of the businesses, assets, properties, liabilities or preferred stock of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to the DHI Group or the Class V Group; or

(B) make any determination required in connection therewith, nor shall the Board of Directors be required to make any of the determinations otherwise required by this Section 5.2(p),

and in such circumstances the holders of the shares of DHI Common Stock outstanding shall (unless otherwise specifically provided in this Certificate of Incorporation) be entitled to all the voting powers, preferences, designations, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of common stock of the Corporation.

(3) Board Determinations Binding. Any determinations made in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation under any provision of this Section 5.2(p) or otherwise in furtherance of the application of this Section 5.2 shall be final and binding; provided, that any of such determinations that would require approval of the Capital Stock Committee under the Bylaws shall be final and binding only if made in accordance with the Bylaws.

(q) Conversion of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class D Common Stock.

(1) At any time and from time to time, (i) any holder of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock shall have the right by written election to the Corporation to convert all or any of the shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, held by such holder into shares of Class C Common Stock on a one-to-one basis and (ii) any holder of Class D Common Stock, subject to any legal requirements applicable to such holder (including any applicable requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and any other applicable antitrust laws), shall have the right by written election to the Corporation to convert all or any of the shares of Class D Common Stock held by such holder into shares of Class C Common Stock on a one-to-one basis.

(2) If any such holder seeks to convert any share of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(q), such written election shall be delivered by certified mail or courier, postage prepaid, to the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent. Each such written election shall (i) state the number of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, elected to be converted and (ii) be accompanied by the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, being converted, duly assigned or endorsed for transfer to the Corporation (and, if so required by the Corporation or its transfer agent, accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer). The conversion of such shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, shall be deemed effective as of the close of business on the date of receipt by the Corporation’s transfer agent of the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, and any other instruments required by this Section 5.2(q)(2).

(3) Upon receipt by the Corporation’s transfer agent of a written election accompanied by the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, being converted, duly assigned or endorsed for transfer to the Corporation (and, if so required by the Corporation or its transfer agent, accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer), the

 

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Corporation shall deliver to the relevant holder (i) a certificate in such holder’s name (or the name of such holder’s designee) for the number of shares of Class C Common Stock (including any fractional share) to which such holder shall be entitled upon conversion of the applicable shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, and (ii) if applicable, a certificate in such holder’s name (or the name of such holder’s designee) for the number of shares (including any fractional share) of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, represented by the certificate or certificates delivered to the Corporation for conversion but otherwise not elected to be converted pursuant to the written election. All shares of Class C Common Stock issued hereunder by the Corporation shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, upon any Transfer of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock to any Person other than (i) a Permitted Transferee of the transferor, (ii) in the case of the Class A Common Stock, (x) in a transfer pursuant to a Qualified Sale Transaction or (y) in connection with the transfer, at substantially the same time, of an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock held by the MSD Partners Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) to any Person or group of Affiliated Persons or (iii) the case of the Class B Common Stock, in connection with the transfer, at substantially the same time, of an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock held by the transferor and its Permitted Transferees greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) to any Person or group of Affiliated Persons, the shares so Transferred shall automatically and as a condition to the effectiveness of such Transfer be converted into shares of Class C Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.

(5) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class C Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class D Common Stock, such number of shares of Class C Common Stock that shall be issuable upon the conversion of all such outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class D Common Stock.

(r) Conversion of Class V Common Stock into Class C Common Stock at the Option of the Corporation.

(1) At the option of the Corporation, exercisable at any time the Class C Common Stock is then Publicly Traded, the Board of Directors may authorize (the date the Board of Directors makes such authorization, the “Determination Date”) that each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock be converted into a number (or fraction) of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Publicly Traded shares of Class C Common Stock equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by multiplying the Applicable Conversion Percentage as of the Determination Date by the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (I) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the 10-Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the Determination Date, by (II) the Average Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period.

(2) At the option of the Corporation, if a Tax Event occurs, the Board of Directors may authorize that each outstanding share of Class V Common Stock be converted into a number (or fraction) of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class C Common Stock equal to the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by multiplying 100% by the amount (calculated to the nearest five decimal places) obtained by dividing (I) the Average Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock over the 10-Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the Determination Date, by (II) the Average Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock over the same 10-Trading Day period; provided, that such conversion shall only occur if the Class C Common Stock, upon issuance in such conversion, will have been registered under all applicable U.S. securities laws and will be listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange.

(3) If the Corporation determines to convert shares of Class V Common Stock into Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(r), such conversion shall occur on a Class V Group Conversion Date on or prior to the 45th day following the Determination Date and shall otherwise be effected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.2(m)(4).

 

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(4) The Corporation shall not convert shares of Class V Common Stock into shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2(r) without converting all outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock into shares of Class C Common Stock in accordance with this Section 5.2(r).

(s) Transfer Taxes. The Corporation will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of a certificate or certificates representing any shares of capital stock and/or other securities on conversion or redemption of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5.2. The Corporation will not, however, be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of a certificate or certificates representing any shares of capital stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Common Stock so converted or redeemed were registered and no such issue or delivery will be made unless and until the Person requesting the same has paid to the Corporation or its transfer agent the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation or its transfer agent that such tax has been paid.

ARTICLE VI

(a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

(b) The Board of Directors shall consist of:

(1) The Group I directors (the “Group I Directors”), who shall initially number three (3). The holders of Common Stock (other than the holders of Class D Common Stock), voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect, vote to remove or fill any vacancy in respect of any Group I Director. The number of Group I Directors may be increased (to no more than seven (7)) or decreased (to no less than three (3)) by action of the Board of Directors that includes the affirmative vote of (i) a majority of the Board of Directors, (ii) a majority of the Group II Directors (as defined below) and (iii) a majority of the Group III Directors (as defined below). Any newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors with respect to the Group I Directors that results from an increase in the number of Group I Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided, that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors with respect to the Group I Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A majority of the Common Stock (other than the Class D Common Stock), voting together as a single class, shall be entitled remove any Group I Director with or without cause at any time. Each Group I Director shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote. In the event that the Board of Directors consists of a number of directors entitled to an aggregate amount of votes that is less than seven (7), the number of Group I Directors shall automatically be increased to such number as is necessary to ensure that the voting power of the Board of Directors is equal to an aggregate of seven (7) votes (assuming, for each such calculation, full attendance by each director);

(2) Until a Designation Rights Trigger Event has occurred with respect to the Class A Common Stock, the Group II directors (the “Group II Directors”), who shall initially number one (1). The initial Group II Director shall be the person who was serving immediately prior to the Effective Time as the Series A Director (as such term is defined in the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) and shall hold office until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. The holders of Class A Common Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a series, to elect up to three (3) Group II Directors, and, voting separately as a series, shall solely be entitled to elect, vote to remove or fill any vacancy in respect of any Group II Director. Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class A Common Stock, the rights of the Class A Common Stock pursuant to this paragraph (2) shall immediately terminate and no right to elect Group II Directors shall thereafter attach to the Class A Common Stock. The number of Group II Directors may be increased (to no more than three (3)) by action of the Group II Directors or vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, or decreased (to no less than one (1)) by vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series. In the case of any vacancy or newly-created directorship occurring with respect to the Group II Directors, such vacancy shall only be filled by the vote of the holders of the outstanding Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series. The

 

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holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, shall be entitled to remove any Group II Director with or without cause at any time. Each Group II Director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes (or a fraction thereof) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Aggregate Group II Director Votes by (ii) the number of Group II Directors then in office; and

(3) Until a Designation Rights Trigger Event has occurred with respect to the Class B Common Stock, the Group III directors (the “Group III Directors”), who shall initially number two (2). The initial Group III Directors shall be the persons who were serving immediately prior to the Effective Time as the Series B Directors (as such term is defined in the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) and shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. The holders of Class B Common Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a series, to elect up to three (3) Group III Directors, and, voting separately as a series, shall solely be entitled to elect, vote to remove or fill any vacancy in respect of any Group III Director. Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class B Common Stock, the rights of the Class B Common Stock pursuant to this paragraph (3) shall immediately terminate and no right to elect Group III Directors shall thereafter attach to the Class B Common Stock. The number of Group III Directors may be increased (to no more than three (3)) by action of the Group III Directors or vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series, or decreased (to no less than one (1)) by vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series. In the case of any vacancy or newly-created directorship occurring with respect to the Group III Directors, such vacancy or newly-created directorship shall only be filled by the vote of the holders of the outstanding Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series. The holders of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a series, shall be entitled to remove any Group III Director with or without cause at any time. Each Group III Director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes (or a fraction thereof) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Aggregate Group III Director Votes by (ii) the number of Group III Directors then in office.

(c) No stockholders of the Corporation other than the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election or the removal without cause of any Group II Director. No stockholders of the Corporation other than the holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election or the removal without cause of any Group III Director. At any meeting held for the purpose of electing directors, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock shall be required, and shall be sufficient, to constitute a quorum of such series for the election of Group II Directors by such series and the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock shall be required, and shall be sufficient, to constitute a quorum of such series for the election of Group III Directors by such series. At any such meeting or adjournment thereof, the absence of a quorum of any of the holders of the Class A Common Stock and/or the Class B Common Stock shall not prevent the election of directors other than the Group II Directors and/or the Group III Directors, as applicable, and the absence of a quorum or quorums of the holders of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to elect such other directors shall not prevent the election of the Group II Directors and/or the Group III Directors, as applicable.

(d) In the event that the Group II Directors and the Group III Directors are entitled to an equal aggregate number of votes that is greater than zero (0) (assuming, for such calculation, full attendance by each applicable Group II Director and Group III Director), any matter that requires approval by the Board of Directors will require the approval of (i) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by all directors, (ii) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the Group II Directors and (iii) a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the Group III Directors.

(e) As long as (a) no IPO has occurred, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders exceeds either (x) 35% of the issued and outstanding DHI Common Stock or (y) the number of shares of DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders and (c) no Disabling Event has occurred and is continuing, then (x) removal of the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall require the approval of the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, and (y) unless otherwise consented to by the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a series, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall also serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors (provided, the Chief Executive Officer is a director).

 

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(f) Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class A Common Stock, the terms of office the Group II Directors shall terminate and the number of directors comprising the Board of Directors shall be reduced accordingly. Upon the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class B Common Stock, the terms of office of the Group III Directors shall terminate and the number of directors comprising the Board of Directors shall be reduced accordingly.

(g) To the extent that this Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors elected by the holders of a class or series of stock shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws to a majority or other proportion of directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of such directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director when serving on a committee or subcommittee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to cast that number of votes in respect of the total votes on any matter coming before such committee or subcommittee as shall be specified pursuant to the Bylaws, or if not so specified, then as may be set forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee not inconsistent with the Bylaws or any stockholder agreement or similar contractual arrangement to which the Corporation is a party.

ARTICLE VII

Elections of the members of the Board of Directors shall be held annually at the annual meeting of stockholders and each director shall be elected for a term commencing on the date of such director’s election and ending on the earliest of (i) the date such director’s successor is elected and qualified, (ii) the date of such director’s death, resignation, disqualification or removal, (iii) solely in the case of the Group II Directors, the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class A Common Stock, and (iv) solely in the case of the Group III Directors, the occurrence of a Designation Rights Trigger Event with respect to the Class B Common Stock. Elections of the members of the Board need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

ARTICLE VIII

Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the actions to be so taken, shall be signed by both (i) the holders of stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and (ii) each of the holders of a majority of the DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders and a majority of the DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders, if any, that are stockholders at such time, and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings are recorded.

ARTICLE IX

Subject to any limitations set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation, including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 5.2(h)(2)(B), and to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents required hereby, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws, without any action on the part of the stockholders; provided, that Bylaws adopted or amended by the Board of Directors and any powers thereby conferred may be amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders subject to any limitations set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

(a) A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for such liability as is expressly not subject to limitation under the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended to further limit or eliminate such liability. Moreover, the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any and all officers and directors of the Corporation, and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law or to such lesser extent as is determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any and all other persons whom it shall have power to indemnify, from and against all expenses, liabilities or other matters arising out of their status as such or their acts,

 

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omissions or services rendered in such capacities. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability.

(b) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such person to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article X shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a current, former or proposed director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnified person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such indemnified person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article X or otherwise.

(c) The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation, individually or as a group, with the same scope and effect as the indemnification of directors and officers provided for in this Article X.

(d) If a written claim for advancement and payment of expenses received by the Corporation from or on behalf of an indemnified party under this Article X is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days after such receipt, or if a written claim for indemnification following final disposition of the applicable proceeding received by the Corporation by or on behalf of an indemnified party under this Article X is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days after such receipt, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

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(e) The right to indemnification and the advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this Article X shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(f) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

(g) If this Article X or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article X that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE XI

To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, the Corporation acknowledges and agrees that any Covered Person may, and shall have no duty not to, (i) invest in, carry on and conduct, whether directly, or as a partner in any partnership, or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director, stockholder, equityholder or investor in any Person, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (which for all purposes of this Article XI shall include VMware and its subsidiaries), (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Corporation or its Affiliates, and/or (iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation may make investments. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy to participate in any business or investments of any Covered Person as currently conducted or as may be conducted in the future, and waives any claim against a Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim that such Covered Person is liable to the Corporation, any Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business or investment. The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision. The Corporation hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees in the event that a Covered Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Person outside of his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation and (y) the Corporation or any Subsidiary, the Covered Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any Subsidiary. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in any potential transaction or matter of which the Covered Person acquires knowledge, except for any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, and waives any claim against each Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim, that such Covered Person is liable to the Corporation, any Subsidiary or their respective stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Person (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any Affiliate or other Person, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another Person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or such Subsidiary; provided, however, in each such case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation shall belong to the Corporation. The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision, except to the extent that a Covered Person is determined by a final, non-appealable order of a Delaware court having competent jurisdiction (or any other judgment which is not appealed in the applicable time) to have breached this Article XI, in which case any such advanced expenses shall be promptly reimbursed to the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE XII

(a) Subject to obtaining any required stockholder votes or consents provided for herein or in any Preferred Stock Series Resolution, the Corporation shall have the right, from time to time, to amend this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision thereof in any manner now or hereafter provided by law, and all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or stockholder of the Corporation by this Certificate of Incorporation or any amendment thereof are conferred subject to such right.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock shall be required (A) for any amendment, alteration or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) of Article V and/or Article VI hereof and, (B) for so long as the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders own any Common Stock, for any amendment, alteration or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) of Article X, Article VI or this paragraph (b) of Article XII hereof.

ARTICLE XIII

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (A) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (B) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (C) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or stockholder of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, or (D) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or stockholder of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware).

ARTICLE XIV

The Corporation shall not be governed by or subject to Section 203 of the DGCL.

ARTICLE XV

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article XV will have, for all purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, the meanings herein specified:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation (except as used in Section 5.2(h)(2) and the definition of “Excluded Transactions” provided in this Article XV), (i) the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates (including VMware and its subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of such party’s Affiliates (other than the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other and (iii) except with respect to Article XI, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

 

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Aggregate Group II Director Votes” means, as of the date of measurement:

(i) seven (7) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate of more than 35% of the issued and outstanding DHI Common Stock; or, so long as the foregoing subclause (i) is not applicable,

(ii) three (3) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to more than 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(iii) two (2) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to more than 33 1/3% but less than or equal to 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(iv) one (1) vote for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to 10% or more but less than or equal to 33 1/3% of the Reference Number; and

(v) zero (0) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock representing less than 10% of the Reference Number;

provided, that subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, at any time that the MD Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to or greater than 1.5 times the number of shares of DHI Common Stock beneficially owned by the SLP Stockholders, the Aggregate Group II Director Votes will equal seven (7) votes. Notwithstanding anything in this definition of “Aggregate Group II Director Votes” to the contrary, on and after a Disabling Event and if at the commencement of such Disabling Event the SLP Stockholders beneficially own an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock equal to at least 50% of the Reference Number, then the aggregate number of votes that the Group II Directors will be entitled to will be the lesser of (A) the number of votes that the Group II Directors would be entitled to without regard to this sentence and (B) that number of votes that then constitutes the Aggregate Group III Director Votes; provided, that if the Disabling Event is a Disability of MD, then this sentence shall cease to apply, and the number of votes of the Group II Directors and the Group III Directors shall be calculated without regard to this sentence, upon the cessation of such Disabling Event; provided, further, that following and during the continuance of a Disabling Event, if the MD Stockholders beneficially own at least a majority of the outstanding DHI Common Stock and an MD Stockholder enters into a Qualified Sale Transaction which requires approval of the Board of Directors, the number of votes of the Group II Directors and the Group III Directors with respect to the vote by the Board of Directors on any such Qualified Sale Transaction, definitive agreements and filings related thereto and/or the consummation thereof shall be determined without giving effect to such Disabling Event.

Aggregate Group III Director Votes” means, as of the date of measurement:

(i) three (3) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) equal to more than 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(ii) two (2) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) representing more than 33 1/3% but less than or equal to 66 2/3% of the Reference Number;

(iii) one (1) vote for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) representing 10% or more but less than or equal to 33 1/3% of the Reference Number; and

 

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(iv) zero (0) votes for all matters subject to the vote of the Board of Directors (whether by a meeting or by written consent) for so long as the SLP Stockholders beneficially own a number of shares of DHI Common Stock (other than Class D Common Stock) representing less than 10% of the Reference Number.

Anticipated Closing Date” means the anticipated closing date of any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors on the Applicable Date.

Applicable Conversion Percentage” means (i) from the first date the Class C Common Stock is Publicly Traded until the first anniversary thereof, 120%, (ii) from and after the first anniversary of such date until the second anniversary of such date, 115%, and (iii) from and after the second anniversary of such date, 110%.

Applicable Date” means, with respect to any proposed Qualified Sale Transaction, (i) the date that the applicable notice is delivered to the SLP Stockholders by the Corporation that the MD Stockholder has entered into a Qualified Sale Transaction; provided, that a definitive agreement providing for such Qualified Sale Transaction on the terms specified in such notice has been entered into with the applicable purchaser prior to delivering such notice, and (ii) in all instances other than those specified in clause (i), the date that a definitive agreement is entered into with the applicable purchaser providing for such Qualified Sale Transaction.

Approved Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange and/or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Average Market Value” of a share of any class of common stock or other Publicly Traded capital stock means the average of the daily Market Values of one share of such class of common stock or such other capital stock over the applicable period prescribed in this Certificate of Incorporation.

Award” means an award pursuant to a Stock Plan of restricted stock units (including performance-based restricted stock units) that correspond to DHI Common Stock and/or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of DHI Common Stock.

beneficially owns” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; provided, however, that no stockholder shall be deemed to beneficially own any Securities held by any other stockholder solely by virtue of the provisions of any stockholder agreement or similar contractual arrangement; provided, further, that (i) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ DHI Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ DHI Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ DHI Common Stock and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ DHI Common Stock (including in each case DHI Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding (except for DHI Common Stock that was transferred by the MD Stockholders, their Affiliates or Permitted Transferees after MD’s death to an individual or Person other than an (i) individual or entity described in clause (1)(A), (1)(B), (1)(C) or (1)(D) of the definition of “Permitted Transferee” or (ii) an MD Fiduciary), and (ii) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other stockholder, all of such stockholder’s DHI Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ DHI Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ DHI Common Stock (including in each case DHI Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Awards) shall be included as being owned by such stockholder and as being outstanding.

Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Corporation, as amended or restated from time to time in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation.

Capital Stock Committee” means the standing committee of the Board of Directors as provided for in the Bylaws.

Certificate of Incorporation” means this Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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Class V Group” means, as of any date:

(i) the direct and indirect economic rights of the Corporation in all of the shares of common stock of VMware owned by the Corporation as of the Effective Date;

(ii) all assets, liabilities and businesses acquired or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for the account of the Class V Group, or contributed, allocated or transferred to the Class V Group (including the net proceeds of any issuances, sales or incurrences for the account of the Class V Group of shares of Class V Common Stock or indebtedness attributed to the Class V Group), in each case, after the Effective Date and as shall be determined by the Board of Directors; and

(iii) all net income and net losses arising in respect of the foregoing, including dividends received by the Corporation with respect to common stock of VMware, and the proceeds of any Disposition of any of the foregoing;

provided, that the Class V Group will not include (A) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of after the Effective Date for which Fair Value of the proceeds has been allocated to the Class V Group, (B) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of by dividend to holders of Class V Common Stock or in redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock, from and after the date of such Disposition, (C) any assets, liabilities or businesses transferred or allocated after the Effective Date from the Class V Group to the DHI Group, from and after the date of such transfer or allocation, or (D) any Retained Interest Dividend Amount or Retained Interest Redemption Amount, from and after the date of such transfer or allocation.

Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Class V Group Disposition, the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying (x) the Class V Group Net Proceeds of such Class V Group Disposition, by (y) the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of such date.

Class V Group Available Dividend Amount” as of any date, means the amount of dividends, as determined by the Board of Directors, that could be paid by a corporation governed under Delaware law having the assets and liabilities of the Class V Group, an amount of outstanding common stock (and having an aggregate par value) equal to the amount (and aggregate par value) of the outstanding Class V Common Stock and an amount of earnings or loss or other relevant corporate attributes as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors in light of all factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.

Class V Group Conversion Date” means any date and time fixed by the Board of Directors for a conversion of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2.

Class V Group Conversion Selection Date” means any date and time fixed by the Board of Directors as the date and time upon which shares to be converted of Class V Common Stock will be selected for conversion pursuant to Section 5.2 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same date and time as the Class V Group Conversion Date).

Class V Group Disposition” means the Disposition, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries of assets of the Class V Group constituting all or substantially all of the assets of the Class V Group to one or more Persons.

Class V Group Net Proceeds” means, as of any date, with respect to any Class V Group Disposition, an amount, if any, equal to the Fair Value of what remains of the gross proceeds of such Disposition to the Corporation after any payment of, or reasonable provision for, without duplication, (i) any taxes, including withholding taxes, payable by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (currently, or otherwise as a result of the utilization of the Corporation’s tax attributes) in respect of such Disposition or in respect of any resulting dividend or redemption pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(A), (B) or (D), (ii) any transaction costs, including, without limitation, any legal, investment banking and accounting fees and expenses, (iii) any liabilities (contingent or otherwise), including, without limitation, any liabilities for deferred taxes or any indemnity or guarantee obligations of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with or resulting from such Disposition or otherwise, and any liabilities for

 

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future purchase price adjustments and (iv) any preferential amounts plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends in respect of the preferred stock attributed to the Class V Group. For purposes of this definition, any assets of the Class V Group remaining after such Disposition will constitute “reasonable provision” for such amount of taxes, costs, liabilities and other obligations as can be supported by such assets.

Class V Group Redemption Date” means any date and time fixed by the Board of Directors for a redemption of shares of Class V Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2.

Class V Group Redemption Selection Date” means the date and time fixed by the Board of Directors on which shares of Class V Common Stock are to be selected for redemption pursuant to Section 5.2 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same date and time as the Class V Group Redemption Date).

Class V Group VMware Redemption Selection Date” means the date and time fixed by the Board of Directors on which shares of Class V Common Stock are to be selected for exchange pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(1) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the same date and time as the Class V Group VMware Redemption Date).

Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Convertible Securities” means any securities of a Person that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, securities of such Person or any other Person, whether upon conversion, exercise or exchange at such time or a later time or only upon the occurrence of certain events, but in respect of anti-dilution provisions of such securities only upon the effectiveness thereof.

Covered Person” means (i) any director or officer of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) who is also a director, officer, employee, managing director or other Affiliate of MSDC or SLP, (ii) MSDC and the MSD Partners Stockholders, and (iii) SLP and the SLP Stockholders; provided, that MD shall not be a “Covered Person” for so long as he is an executive officer of the Corporation or any of the Specified Subsidiaries.

Dell” means Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Intermediate.

Dell International” means Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.

Denali Finance” means Denali Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation.

Designation Rights Trigger Event” means the earliest to occur of the following: (i) an IPO, (ii) with respect to the Class A Common Stock, the Aggregate Group II Director Votes equaling zero (0) and (iii) with respect to the Class B Common Stock, the Aggregate Group III Director Votes equaling zero (0).

DHI Group” means, as of any date:

(i) the direct and indirect interest of the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries (including EMC) as of the Effective Date in all of the businesses, assets (including the VMware Notes), properties, liabilities and preferred stock of the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries, other than any businesses, assets, properties, liabilities and preferred stock attributable to the Class V Group as of the Effective Date;

(ii) all assets, liabilities and businesses acquired or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for the account of the DHI Group, or contributed, allocated or transferred to the DHI Group (including the net proceeds of any issuances, sales or incurrences for the account of the DHI Group of shares of DHI Common Stock, Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of DHI Common Stock, or indebtedness or Preferred Stock attributed to the DHI Group and including any allocations or transfers of any Retained Interest Dividend Amount or Retained Interest Redemption Amount or otherwise in respect of any Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group), in each case, after the Effective Date and as determined by the Board of Directors;

 

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(iii) all net income and net losses arising in respect of the foregoing and the proceeds of any Disposition of any of the foregoing; and

(iv) an Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group equal to one (1) minus the Outstanding Interest Fraction as of such date;

provided, that the DHI Group will not include (A) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of after the Effective Date for which Fair Value of the proceeds has been allocated to the DHI Group, (B) any assets, liabilities or businesses disposed of by dividend to holders of DHI Common Stock or in redemption of shares of DHI Common Stock, from and after the date of such Disposition, or (C) any assets, liabilities or businesses transferred or allocated after the Effective Date from the DHI Group to the Class V Group (other than through the DHI Group’s Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group, if any, pursuant to clause (iv) above), from and after the date of such transfer or allocation.

DHI Group Available Dividend Amount” as of any date, means the amount of dividends, as determined by the Board of Directors, that could be paid by a corporation governed under Delaware law having the assets and liabilities of the DHI Group, an amount of outstanding common stock (and having an aggregate par value) equal to the amount (and aggregate par value) of the outstanding DHI Common Stock and an amount of earnings or loss or other relevant corporate attributes as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors in light of all factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.

Disability” means any physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents the performance of MD’s duties as a director or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or any Domestic Specified Subsidiary (if, in the case of a Domestic Specified Subsidiary, MD is at the time of such disability or infirmity serving as a director or the Chief Executive Officer of such Domestic Specified Subsidiary) for a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.

Disabling Event” means either the death, or the continuation of any Disability, of MD.

Disposition” means the sale, transfer, exchange, assignment or other disposition (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or contribution of assets or stock or otherwise) of assets. The term “Disposition” does not include a pledge of assets not foreclosed, or, notwithstanding the foregoing, the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other Person or Persons or any other business combination involving the Corporation as a whole or any internal restructuring or reorganization.

Domestic Specified Subsidiary” means each of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Denali Finance, (iii) Dell, (iv) EMC, (v) Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree), and (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Denali Finance, Dell, EMC and Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree) that are Subsidiaries of the Corporation and are organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Effective Date” means the date on which this Certificate of Incorporation is filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

EMC” means EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Excluded Transaction” means, with respect to the Class V Group:

(i) the Disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and the distribution of assets to stockholders as referred to in Section 5.2(f);

(ii) the Disposition of the businesses, assets, properties, liabilities and preferred stock of such Group as contemplated by Section 5.2(m)(1) or (2) or otherwise to all holders of shares of the series of common stock related to such Group, divided among such holders on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of shares of common stock of such class or series outstanding;

 

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(iii) the Disposition to any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Corporation; or

(iv) a Disposition conditioned upon the approval of the holders of Class V Common Stock (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates), voting as a separate voting group.

Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, (i) with respect to cash, the value of such cash on such date, (ii) with respect to Marketable Securities and any other securities that are immediately and freely tradeable on stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets, the average of the closing price of such securities on its principal exchange or over-the-counter market for the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding such date and (iii) with respect to any other securities or other assets, the fair value per security of the applicable securities or assets as of such date on the basis of the sale of such securities or assets in an arm’s-length private sale between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither acting under compulsion, determined in good faith by MD (or, during the existence of a Disabling Event, the MD Stockholders) and the SLP Stockholders.

Fair Value” means, as of any date:

(i) in the case of any equity security or debt security that is Publicly Traded, the Market Value thereof, as of such date;

(ii) in the case of any equity security or debt security that is not Publicly Traded, the fair value per share of stock or per other unit of such security, on a fully distributed basis (excluding any illiquidity discount), as determined by an independent investment banking firm experienced in the valuation of securities selected in good faith by the Board of Directors, or, if no such investment banking firm is selected, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors;

(iii) in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof and in the case of cash denominated in other than U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof converted into U.S. dollars at the rate published in The Wall Street Journal on such date or, if not so published, at such rate as shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors based upon such information as the Board of Directors shall in good faith determine to be appropriate; and

(iv) in the case of assets or property other than securities or cash, the “Fair Value” thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors based upon such information (including, if deemed desirable by the Board of Directors, appraisals, valuation reports or opinions of experts) as the Board of Directors shall in good faith determine to be appropriate.

Group” means the DHI Group or the Class V Group.

Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any natural person (including MD), (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouse’s siblings and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

Initial SLP Stockholders” means the SLP Stockholders who purchased Series B Stock on October 29, 2013, together with any of their Permitted Transferees to whom they transferred or transfer Series B Stock and/or DHI Common Stock.

Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment” means the Initial SLP Stockholders’ initial investment in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on October 29, 2013.

Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group” means, as of any date, the proportionate undivided interest, if any, that the DHI Group may be deemed to hold as of such date in the assets, liabilities, properties and businesses of the Class V Group in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation. An Inter-Group Interest in the Class V Group held by the DHI Group is expressed in terms of the Number of Retained Interest Shares.

 

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Intermediate” means Denali Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

IPO” means the consummation of an initial underwritten public offering that is registered under the Securities Act of DHI Common Stock.

IRR” means, as of any date of determination, the discount rate at which the net present value of all of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investments in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on and after October 29, 2013 (including, without limitation, the Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment and in connection with the Merger) to the date of determination and the Return to the Initial SLP Stockholders through such time equals zero, calculated for each such date that an investment was made in the Corporation or its Subsidiaries from the actual date such investment was made and for any Return, from the date such Return was received by the Initial SLP Stockholders.

Market Value” of a share of any Publicly Traded stock on any Trading Day means the volume weighted average price of reported sales prices regular way of a share of such stock on such Trading Day, or in case no such reported sale takes place on such Trading Day the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way of a share of such stock on such Trading Day, in either case on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the shares of such stock are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange on such Trading Day, on any tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market, provided that, for purposes of determining the Average Market Value for any period, (i) the “Market Value” of a share of stock on any day during such period prior to the “ex” date or any similar date for any dividend paid or to be paid with respect to such stock shall be reduced by the fair market value of the per share amount of such dividend as determined by the Board of Directors and (ii) the “Market Value” of a share of stock on any day during such period prior to (A) the effective date of any subdivision (by stock split or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split or otherwise) of outstanding shares of such stock or (B) the “ex” date or any similar date for any dividend with respect to any such stock in shares of such stock shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such subdivision, combination, dividend or distribution.

Marketable Securities” means securities that (i) are traded on an Approved Exchange or any successor thereto, (ii) are, at the time of consummation of the applicable transfer, registered, pursuant to an effective registration statement and will remain registered until such time as such securities can be sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time, without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, (iii) are not subject to restrictions on transfer as a result of any applicable contractual provisions or by law (including the Securities Act) and (iv) the aggregate amount of which securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders (other than the MD Stockholders), collectively, with those received by its Affiliates, in any Qualified Sale Transaction do not constitute 10% or more of the issued and outstanding securities of such class on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction. For the purpose of this definition, Marketable Securities are deemed to have been received on the trading day immediately prior to the Applicable Date.

MD” means Michael S. Dell.

MD Charitable Entity” means the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and any other private foundation or supporting organization (as defined in Section 509(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time) established and principally funded directly or indirectly by MD and/or his spouse.

MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Related Parties” means any or all of MD, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Permitted Transferee of the MD Stockholders or the MSD Partners Stockholders, any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing and/or any business, entity or Person which any of the foregoing controls, is controlled by or is under common control with; provided, that neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries (including for this purpose VMware and its subsidiaries) shall be considered an “MD Related Party” regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the MD Stockholders.

 

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MD Stockholders” means, collectively, MD and the SLD Trust, together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock.

Merger” means the merger of Merger Sub, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, with and into EMC, with EMC surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 12, 2015, among the Corporation, Dell, Merger Sub and EMC, as amended through the date of this Certificate of Incorporation.

Merger Sub” means Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Minimum Return Requirement” means, with respect to the Initial SLP Stockholders, a Return with respect to their aggregate equity investment on and after October 29, 2013 in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries through the Anticipated Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment and in connection with the Merger) equal to or greater than both (i) two (2.0) multiplied by the SLP Invested Amount and (ii) the amount necessary to provide the Initial SLP Stockholders with an IRR of 20.0% on the SLP Invested Amount. Whether a proposed Qualified Sale Transaction satisfies the Minimum Return Requirement will be determined as of the Applicable Date, and, for purposes of determining whether the Minimum Return Requirement has been satisfied, the Fair Market Value of any Marketable Securities (A) received prior to the Applicable Date shall be determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders and (B) to be received in the proposed Qualified Sale Transaction shall be determined as of the Applicable Date. For purposes of determining the Minimum Return Requirement, for the avoidance of doubt, other payments received by the Initial SLP Stockholders, or in respect of which the Initial SLP Stockholders have been reimbursed or indemnified shall be disregarded and shall not be considered payments received in respect of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investment in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

MSDC” means MSD Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates (other than MD for so long as MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation).

MSD Partners Stockholders” means, collectively, (a) MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with (b)(i) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock and (ii)(x) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the MSD Partners Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the MSD Partners Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) and (y) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (x).

Number of Retained Interest Shares” means the proportionate undivided interest, if any, that the DHI Group may be deemed to hold in the assets, liabilities and businesses of the Class V Group in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation, which shall be represented by a number of unissued shares of Class V Common Stock, which will initially be equal to the number of shares of common stock of VMware owned by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on the Effective Date minus the number of shares of Class V Common Stock to be issued on the Effective Date, and will from time to time thereafter be (without duplication):

(i) adjusted, if before such adjustment such number is greater than zero, as determined by the Board of Directors to be appropriate to reflect subdivisions (by stock split or otherwise) and combinations (by reverse stock split or otherwise) of the Class V Common Stock and dividends of shares of Class V Common Stock to holders of Class V Common Stock and other reclassifications of Class V Common Stock;

 

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(ii) decreased (but not below zero), if before such adjustment such number is greater than zero, by action of the Board of Directors (without duplication): (A) by a number equal to the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock issued or sold by the Corporation, the proceeds of which are attributed to the DHI Group, or issued as a dividend on DHI Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(e)(2)(B); (B) in the event of a Retained Interest Partial Redemption, by a number equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying the Retained Interest Redemption Amount by the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by dividing the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock redeemed pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(B) or (D), as applicable, by the applicable Class V Group Redemption Amount or the applicable portion of the Class V Group Allocable Net Proceeds applied to such redemption; (C) by the number of shares of Class V Common Stock issued upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities that, immediately prior to the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities, were included in the Number of Retained Interest Shares and (D) by a number equal to the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Fair Value, as of a date within 90 days of the determination to be made pursuant to this clause (D), of assets attributed to the Class V Group that are transferred or allocated from the Class V Group to the DHI Group in consideration of a reduction in the Number of Retained Interest Shares, by (y) the Fair Value of a share of Class V Common Stock as of the date of such transfer or allocation;

(iii) increased, by action of the Board of Directors, (A) by a number equal to the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock that are retired, redeemed or otherwise cease to be outstanding (x) following their purchase or redemption with funds or other assets attributed to the DHI Group, (y) following their retirement or redemption for no consideration if immediately prior thereto, they were owned by an asset or business attributed to the DHI Group, or (z) following their conversion into shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2(m)(3)(C) or (D); (B) in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 5.2(e)(1)(B)(II); (C) by the number of shares of Class V Common Stock into or for which Convertible Securities attributed as a liability to, or equity interest in, the Class V Group are deemed converted, exchanged or exercised by the DHI Group pursuant to Section 5.2(o), and (D) by a number equal to, as applicable, the amount (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) obtained by dividing (I) the Fair Value, as of a date within 90 days of the determination to be made pursuant to this clause (D), of assets theretofore attributed to the DHI Group that are contributed to the Class V Group in consideration of an increase in the Number of Retained Interest Shares, by (II) the Fair Value of a share of Class V common Stock as of the date of such contribution; and

(iv) increased or decreased under such other circumstances as the Board of Directors determines to be appropriate or required by the other terms of Section 5.2 to reflect the economic substance of any other event or circumstance; provided, that in each case, the adjustment will be made in a manner intended to reflect the relative economic interest of the DHI Group in the Class V Group.

Whenever a change in the Number of Retained Interest Shares occurs, the Corporation will promptly thereafter prepare and file a statement of such change and the amount to be allocated to the DHI Group with the Secretary of the Corporation. Neither the failure to prepare nor the failure to file any such statement will affect the validity of such change.

outstanding,” when used with respect to the shares of any class of common stock, will include, without limitation, the shares of such class, if any, held by any subsidiary of the applicable corporation, except as otherwise provided by applicable law with respect to the exercise of voting rights. No shares of any class of common stock (or Convertible Securities that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock) held by a corporation in its treasury will be deemed outstanding, nor will any shares be deemed outstanding, with respect to the Corporation, which are attributable to the Number of Retained Interest Shares.

Outstanding Interest Fraction” as of any date, means a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such date and the denominator of which is the amount obtained by adding (i) such aggregate number of shares of Class V Common Stock outstanding on such date, plus (ii) the Number of Retained Interest Shares as of such date, provided, that such fraction will in no event be greater than one.

 

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Permitted Transferee” means:

 

  1. In the case of the MD Stockholders:

 

  a. MD, SLD Trust or any Immediate Family Member of MD;

 

  b. any MD Charitable Entity;

 

  c. one or more trusts whose current beneficiaries are and will remain for so long as such trust holds Securities, any of (or any combination of) MD, one or more Immediate Family Members of MD or MD Charitable Entities;

 

  d. any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity wholly-owned by any one or more Persons or entities described in clause (1)(a), (1)(b) or (1)(c) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee”; or

 

  e. from and after MD’s death, any recipient under MD’s will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MD’s death, or by the laws of descent and distribution;

provided, that:

 

  a. in the case of any Transfer of Securities to a Permitted Transferee of MD during MD’s life, MD would have, after such Transfer, voting control in any capacity over a majority of the aggregate number of Securities owned by the MD Stockholders and owned by the Persons or entities described in clause (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c) or (1)(d) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” as a result of Transfers hereunder;

 

  b. any such transferee enters into a joinder agreement as may be required under one or more binding contracts, commitments or agreements or in such other form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the SLP Stockholders;

 

  c. in the case of any Transfer of Securities to a Permitted Transferee of MD that is a Person described in clause (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c) or (1)(d) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” during MD’s life, such Transfer is gratuitous; and

 

  d. MD shall have a validly executed power-of-attorney designating an attorney-in-fact or agent, or with respect to any Securities Transferred to a trust revocable by MD, a MD Fiduciary, that is authorized to act on MD’s behalf with respect to all rights held by MD relating to Securities in the event that MD has become incapacitated.

For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clauses (1)(a) through (1)(e) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” are applicable only to Transfers of Securities by MD to his Permitted Transferees, do not apply to any other Transfers of Securities, and shall not be applicable after the consummation of an IPO.

 

  2. In the case of the MSD Partners Stockholders, (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of the MSD Partners Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such MSD Partners Stockholder; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Sponsor Stockholders, the MD Stockholders and Permitted Transferees of the MD Stockholders shall not be Permitted Transferees of any MSD Partners Stockholder.

 

  3. In the case of any other stockholder (other than the MD Stockholders or the MSD Partners Stockholders) that is a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such stockholder that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such stockholder.

For the avoidance of doubt, (x) each MD Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MD Stockholder, (y) each MSD Partners Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MSD Partners Stockholder and (z) each SLP Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other SLP Stockholder.

 

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Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Publicly Traded” means, with respect to shares of capital stock or other securities, that such shares or other securities are traded on a U.S. securities exchange.

Qualified Sale Transaction” means any Sale Transaction (i) pursuant to which more than 50% of the DHI Common Stock and other debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into DHI Common Stock, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any DHI Common Stock or such debt securities of the Corporation will be acquired by a Person that is not an MD Related Party, nor the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation, (ii) in respect of which each Sponsor Stockholder other than the MD Stockholders has the right to participate in such Sale Transaction on the same terms as the MD Stockholders, (iii) unless otherwise agreed by prior written consent of the SLP Stockholders, in which the SLP Stockholders will receive consideration for their DHI Common Stock and any other securities acquired pursuant to the exercise of any participation rights to which such SLP Stockholders are contractually entitled, if any, that consists entirely of cash and/or Marketable Securities and (iv) unless otherwise agreed by prior written consent of the SLP Stockholders, in which the net proceeds of cash and Marketable Securities to be received by the Initial SLP Stockholders will, as of the Applicable Date, result in the Minimum Return Requirement being satisfied.

Reference Number” means ninety-eight million, one-hundred eighty-one thousand, eight hundred eighteen (98,181,818) shares of DHI Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the Merger).

Retained Interest Dividendand “Retained Interest Dividend Amount” have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Section 5.2(e)(1)(B)(I).

Retained Interest Redemption Amount” and “Retained Interest Partial Redemption” have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Section 5.2(m)(3).

Return” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) all cash, (ii) the Fair Market Value of all Marketable Securities (determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders if not received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, or if received in a Qualified Sale Transaction, the Applicable Date) and (iii) the Fair Market Value of all other securities or assets (determined as of the trading date immediately preceding the date on which they are received by the Initial SLP Stockholders), in each such case, paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders prior to such date pursuant to (A) any dividends or distributions of cash and/or Marketable Securities by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to the Initial SLP Stockholders in respect of their DHI Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries, (B) a transfer of equity securities of the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries by the Initial SLP Stockholders to any Person and/or (C) a Qualified Sale Transaction; provided, that in the case of a Qualified Sale Transaction, if the Initial SLP Stockholders retain any portion of their DHI Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries following such Qualified Sale Transaction, the Fair Market Value of such portion immediately following such Qualified Sale Transaction (x) shall be deemed consideration paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders for purposes of calculating the “Return,” and (y) shall be based on the per security price of such DHI Common Stock and/or equity securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries to be transferred or sold in such Qualified Sale Transaction, assuming (1) full payment of all fees and expenses payable by or on behalf of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to any Person in connection therewith, including to any financial advisors, consultants, accountants, legal counsel and/or other advisors or representatives and/or otherwise payable, and (2) no earn-out payments, contingent payments (other than, in the case of a Qualified Sale Transaction, payments contingent upon the satisfaction or waiver of customary conditions to closing of such Qualified Sale Transaction), and/or deferred consideration, holdbacks and/or escrowed proceeds will be received by the Initial SLP Stockholders; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) all payments received by the Initial SLP Stockholders, or reimbursed or indemnified pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any stockholder agreement or any similar contractual arrangement, in each case, on account of the SLP Stockholders holding Securities, shall be disregarded and shall not be considered consideration paid to or received by the Initial SLP Stockholders for purposes of calculating the “Return” and (ii) in no event shall the reclassification of the Original Stock contemplated by Section 5.2(c) be deemed to have resulted in any “Return.”

 

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Sale Transaction” means (i) any merger, consolidation, business combination or amalgamation of the Corporation or any Specified Subsidiary with or into any Person, (ii) the sale of DHI Common Stock and/or other voting equity securities of the Corporation that represent (A) a majority of the DHI Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis and/or (B) a majority of the aggregate voting power of the DHI Common Stock and/or (iii) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries’ assets (determined on a consolidated basis based on value) (including by means of merger, consolidation, other business combination, exclusive license, share exchange or other reorganization); provided, that in calculating the aggregate voting power of the DHI Common Stock for the purpose of clause (ii) of this definition of “Sale Transaction,” the voting power attaching to any shares of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock that will convert into Class C Common Stock in connection with such transaction shall be determined as if such conversion had already taken place; provided, further, that in each case, any transaction solely between and among the Corporation and/or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall not be considered a Sale Transaction hereunder.

Securities” means any equity securities of the Corporation, including any Preferred Stock, Common Stock, debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities of the Corporation, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such equity securities or debt securities of the Corporation.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

SLD Trust” means the Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP III” means Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

SLP Invested Amount” means an amount equal to the aggregate investment by the Initial SLP Stockholders (without duplication) on and after October 29, 2013 (including, without limitation, the Initial SLP Stockholders’ Investment and in connection with the Merger) in the equity securities of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries. For purposes of determining the SLP Invested Amount all payments made by the SLP Stockholders for which they are subsequently reimbursed or indemnified and for which they do not or did not purchase or acquire equity securities of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries shall be disregarded and shall not be considered payments made or investments in respect of the Initial SLP Stockholders’ investment in the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or their respective equity securities.

SLP Stockholders” means, collectively, (a) SLP III, SLTI III, Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, together with (b)(i) their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Common Stock and (ii)(x) any Person or group of Affiliated Persons to whom the SLP Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees have transferred, at substantially the same time, an aggregate number of shares of DHI Common Stock greater than 50% of the outstanding shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the SLP Stockholders immediately following the closing of the Merger (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event occurring after the closing of the Merger) and (y) any Permitted Transferees of such Persons specified in clause (x).

SLTI III” means Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Specified Subsidiaries” means any of (i) Intermediate, (ii) Dell, (iii) Denali Finance, (iv) Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree), (v) EMC, (vi) any successors and assigns of any of Intermediate, Dell, Denali Finance, Dell International (until such time as the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders otherwise agree) and EMC, (vii) any other borrowers under the senior secured indebtedness

 

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and/or issuer of the debt securities, in each case, incurred or issued to finance the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and by the related transactions entered into in connection therewith and (viii) each intermediate entity or Subsidiary between the Corporation and any of the foregoing.

Sponsor Stockholders” means, collectively, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders.

Stock Plan” means each of (i) the Dell 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Dell 1998 Broad-Based Stock Option Plan, Dell 1994 Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, Quest Software, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, V-Kernel Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, and Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and (ii) such other equity incentive plans adopted, approved or entered into by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Corporation or its Subsidiaries have granted or issued Awards, including the Dell Technologies Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.

Tax Event” means receipt by the Corporation of an opinion in writing of its tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of (i) (a) any amendment or change to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any other federal income tax statute, (b) any amendment or change to the Treasury Regulations (including the issuance or promulgation of temporary regulations), (c) any administrative pronouncement or other ruling or guidance (including guidance from the Internal Revenue Service or the U.S. Department of Treasury) published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin that applies, advances or articulates a new or different interpretation or analysis of federal income tax law or (d) any decision in regards to U.S. federal tax law of a U.S. federal court that has not been reversed by a higher federal court that applies, advances or articulates a new or different interpretation or analysis of federal income tax law, or (ii) a proposed amendment, modification, addition or change in or to the provisions of, or in the interpretation of, U.S. federal income tax law or regulations contained in legislation proposed by Congress or administrative notice or pronouncement published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin, it is more likely than not that (A) the Class V Common Stock is not, or at any time in the future will not be, treated solely as common stock of the Corporation and such treatment would subject the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to the imposition of material tax or other material adverse tax consequences or (B) the issuance or existence of any Class V Common Stock would subject the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to the imposition of material tax or other material adverse tax consequences.

For purposes of rendering such opinion, tax counsel shall assume that any legislative or administrative proposals will be adopted or enacted as proposed.

Trading Day” means each day on which the relevant share or security is traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Transfer” or “transfer” means, with respect to any Security, the direct or indirect offer, sale, exchange, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage, gift, transfer or other disposition or distribution of such Security by the holder thereof or by its representative, and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law including by merger or otherwise (or the entry into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing); provided, however, that no (i) conversion of

 

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Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock into Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) conversion of Class D Common Stock into Class C Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.2 nor (iii) redemption of any share of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, constitute a Transfer.

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

VMware Notes” means each of (A) the $680,000,000 Promissory Note due May 1, 2018, issued by VMware in favor of EMC, (B) the $550,000,000 Promissory Note, due May 1, 2020, issued by VMware in favor of EMC and (C) the $270,000,000 Promissory Note due December 1, 2022, issued by VMware in favor of EMC.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has executed this Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on this 6th day of September, 2016.

 

By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc.]

EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Effective September 7, 2016)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below). The Corporation may also have offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere (and may change the Corporation’s registered agent) as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may, from time to time, determine or as the business of the Corporation may require as determined by any officer of the Corporation.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 2.01 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as described in Section 2.11 of these Bylaws in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by directors representing a majority of the voting power of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) upon the written request of stockholders, stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting, signed by the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting. Special meetings may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously called by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 2.03 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) as provided in the Amended and Restated Sponsor Stockholders Agreement dated as of September 7, 2016 between the Corporation and the stockholders party thereto (the “Sponsor Stockholders Agreement”) and the Corporation’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), (b) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.04 of these Bylaws, (c) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof, or (d) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who, subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, complied with the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record both at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the meeting.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (d) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.03, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Class V Common Stock (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on July 15, 2016); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than seventy (70) days, from the anniversary date of the previous year’s meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Secretary not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

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(3) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) in the case where a stockholder proposes to nominate an individual for election or re-election as a member of the Board of Directors, (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, and (ii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record at the time of the giving of the notice and will be entitled to vote at such meeting (A) the requisite shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock (each as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) if the nominee is nominated to be a Group I Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), (B) the requisite shares of Class A Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group II Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), and/or (C) the requisite shares of Class B Common Stock if the nominee is nominated to be a Group III Director (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation); (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the stock of the Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice, will be entitled to vote at such meeting and will appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, will be or is part of a group that will (A) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (B) otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (v) a certification regarding whether such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and/or the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation and (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation between or among the stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the

 

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nomination or proposal is made, any of their respective affiliates or associates and/or any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing (collectively, “proponent persons”); and (e) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any contract to purchase or sell, the acquisition or grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase or sell or any swap or other instrument) to which any proponent person is a party, the intent or effect of which may be (i) to transfer to or from any proponent person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security of the Corporation, (ii) to increase or decrease the voting power of any proponent person with respect to shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation and/or (iii) to provide any proponent person, directly or indirectly, with the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to otherwise benefit economically from, any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Corporation. A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting (whether given pursuant to this paragraph (A)(3) or paragraph (B) of this Section 2.03) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct (x) as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and (y) as of the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information shall be supplemented and updated as of such later date. Any such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), not later than ten (10) days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update or supplement required to be made as of fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or adjournment or postponement thereof) and not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, but no later than the date prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of a date less than fifteen (15) days prior the date of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.03 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination of a person for election to the Board of Directors if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of the stockholder’s intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation and to determine the independence of such director under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder and applicable stock exchange rules.

(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected

 

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pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) as provided in the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (3) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who (subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record both at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting if the stockholder’s notice as required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.03 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C) General. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 or the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall, in addition to making any other determination that may be appropriate for the conduct of the meeting, have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or

 

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comments by participants and on stockholder approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.03, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

(2) Whenever used in these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure (a) in a press release released by the Corporation, provided that such press release is released by the Corporation following its customary procedures, is reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service, or is generally available on internet news sites, or (b) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to these Bylaws (including paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the penultimate sentence of paragraph (C)(3) of this Section 2.03, business other than nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock of the Corporation as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, for as long as the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement remains in effect with respect to any Sponsor Stockholder (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), such Sponsor Stockholder shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraph (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

 

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SECTION 2.04 Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic transmission, in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL, of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be mailed to or transmitted electronically by the Secretary to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2.05 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on that matter. Once a quorum is present to organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

SECTION 2.06 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner provided by applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Unless required by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such a proxy. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of applicable law, of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, of any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence and subject to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, all elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

 

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SECTION 2.07 Chairman of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or, in his or her absence or upon his or her disability, a person designated by the Board of Directors shall be the chairman of the meeting and, as such, preside at all meetings of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.08 Secretary of Meetings. The Secretary shall act as secretary at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as secretary at such meetings.

SECTION 2.09 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote only to the extent permitted by and in the manner provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the DGCL.

SECTION 2.10 Adjournment. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a quorum be present, the chairman of the meeting or stockholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat on the matters in question, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present. Any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

SECTION 2.11 Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

(a) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

(b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication,

 

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provided that

(i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder;

(ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and

(iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

SECTION 2.12 Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by applicable law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (a) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (b) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by applicable law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 3.01 Powers. Except as otherwise provided by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by the DGCL or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

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SECTION 3.02 Number and Term; Chairman. The number of directors shall be fixed in the manner provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The term of each director shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board of Directors, who shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in these Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present. If the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, directors representing a majority of the voting power of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one (1) of their members to preside.

SECTION 3.03 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or the Secretary. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time is specified, at the time of its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise expressly provided in the resignation.

SECTION 3.04 Removal. Directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL.

SECTION 3.05 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, vacancies occurring in any directorship (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

SECTION 3.06 Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary if directed by directors representing a majority of the voting power of the Board of Directors, and any such meeting shall be at such place, date and time as may be fixed by the person or persons at whose direction the meeting is called. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Group II Directors and/or the Group III Directors (each as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are permitted or required to approve any matter or take any action without the participation of any other members of the Board of Directors, a special meeting may be called by members representing a majority of the voting power of all Group II Directors and/or Group III Directors, as the case may be. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. At least forty-eight (48) hours before each special meeting of the Board of Directors, either written notice, notice by electronic transmission or oral notice (either in person or by telephone) of the time, date and place of the meeting shall be given to each director entitled to attend such meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

 

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SECTION 3.07 Quorum, Voting and Adjournment. Unless otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the attendance as contemplated in any manner permitted by the DGCL, of (A) members of the Board of Directors who are entitled to vote a majority of the aggregate number of votes of the total number of directors of the Board of Directors, (B) at least one of the Group II Directors for so long as the MD Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are entitled to nominate at least one such director and (C) at least one of the Group III Directors for so long as the SLP Stockholders (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) are entitled to nominate at least one such director shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the Board of Directors, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the aggregate number of votes of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, but subject to this Section 3.07, if a quorum does not exist at any meeting of a Board of Directors due solely to the lack of attendance of at least one Group II Director and/or one Group III Director at a properly called meeting of the Board of Directors, (x) such meeting shall be adjourned and, following notice to all members of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 3.06 as if such adjournment were a newly called special meeting, recalled for the same purpose on a date not less than four (4) calendar days (or two (2) calendar days solely in the event that a bona fide emergency would result in a material adverse effect on the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), taken as a whole) and not more than ten (10) calendar days from the date of adjournment, and (y) the attendance of at least one Group II Director and one Group III Director shall not be required to establish a quorum for such recalled meeting (so long as the purpose and agenda of such recalled meeting are identical to those of the adjourned meeting and no matters not set forth on such agenda are considered at such meeting, and so long as a quorum is otherwise present at such recalled meeting); provided that in no event may such adjourned meeting be convened unless there are present directors entitled to cast at least one-third of the aggregate number of votes of the total number of directors of the Board of Directors. Each director shall be entitled to a number of votes as determined pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 3.08 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed in the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form or shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

SECTION 3.09 Remote Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment in which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

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SECTION 3.10 Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall reimburse the Sponsor Stockholders in connection with meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees as provided in the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement.

SECTION 3.11 Reliance on Books and Records. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

SECTION 4.01 Committees; Committee Rules. Subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, the Board of Directors may designate from time to time one or more committees, including, without limitation, an Audit Committee, a Capital Stock Committee and such other committees as may be required by the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, in each case subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, in each case subject to the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee and consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. All committees of the Board of Directors shall keep minutes of their meetings and shall report their proceedings to the Board of Directors when requested or required by the Board of Directors. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee and in each case consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of directors representing a majority of the voting power of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, provided that (i) if a committee has

 

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one or more Group II Directors (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) as its members, the presence of at least one Group II Director shall be necessary to constitute a quorum and (ii) if a committee has one or more Group III Directors (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) as its members, the presence of at least one Group III Director shall be necessary to constitute a quorum; and, unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws or the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, all matters shall be determined by a vote of members representing a majority of the voting power of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement.

SECTION 4.02 Capital Stock Committee. For so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, the Board of Directors shall maintain a Capital Stock Committee, which committee shall consist of at least three members, and shall at all times be composed of directors a majority of whom the Board of Directors has determined satisfy the independence requirements required to serve on the audit committee of a company listed on the principal securities exchange on which the Class V Common Stock is listed or, if the Class V Common Stock is not so listed, then of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Each member of the Capital Stock Committee shall have one vote on all matters to come before the committee.

The Capital Stock Committee shall have and may exercise such powers, authority and responsibilities as may be granted by the Board of Directors in connection with the adoption of general policies governing the relationship between business groups or otherwise, including such powers, authority and responsibilities as are granted by the Board of Directors with respect to, among other things: (a) the business and financial relationships between the DHI Group (or any business or subsidiary allocated thereto) and the Class V Group (or any business or subsidiary allocated thereto) and (b) any matters arising in connection therewith. In addition, the Board of Directors shall not approve any (i) investment made by or attributed to the Class V Group, including any investment of any dividends received on the VMware, Inc. shares attributed to the Class V Group, other than (A) investments made by VMware, Inc. or (B) any reallocation related to the Retained Interest Dividend Amount or Retained Interest Redemption Amount, (ii) allocation of any acquired assets, businesses or liabilities to the Class V Group, (iii) allocation or reallocation of any assets, businesses or liabilities from one Group to the other (other than a pledge of any assets of one Group to secure obligations of the other, or any foreclosure on the assets subject to such a pledge), or (iv) resolution, or the submission to the shareholders of the Company of any resolution, setting forth an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Class V Common Stock or any series thereof at any time the common stock of VMware, Inc. is publicly traded on a U.S. securities exchange and VMware, Inc. is required to file reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of each of clause (i)-(iv), without the consent of the Capital Stock Committee. Any Board of Directors determination to amend, modify or rescind such general policies shall be effective only with the approval of the Capital Stock Committee.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for so long as any shares of Class V Common Stock remain outstanding, this Section 4.02 shall not be amended or repealed (A) by the stockholders of the Corporation unless such action has received the affirmative vote of the holders of record (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), as of the record date for the meeting at which such vote is taken, of (i) Class V Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power (other than shares held by the Corporation’s Affiliates) of Class V Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon voting together as a separate class and (ii) Common Stock representing a majority of the aggregate voting power of Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, at such meeting and entitled to vote thereon or (B) by any action of the Board of Directors.

For purposes of this Section 4.02, all capitalized terms used in this Section 4.02 but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 5.01 Number. The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer (who shall also be President for the purpose of the DGCL, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors), a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect one or more Vice Presidents, including one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 5.02 Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more officers called a Vice Chairman, each of whom does not need to be a member of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.03 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general executive charge, management and control of the properties and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers with respect to such properties and operations as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities. The selection of the Chief Executive Officer shall be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5.04 President/Vice Presidents. The President and each Vice President, if any are elected (of whom one or more may be designated an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.05 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.06 Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel. The Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.07 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. He or she shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

In addition, the Treasurer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties incident to the office of Treasurer as from time to time are assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.08 Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) cause minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and directors to be recorded and kept properly; (b) cause all notices required by these Bylaws or otherwise to be given properly; (c) see that the minute books, stock books and other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation are kept properly; and (d) cause all reports, statements, returns, certificates and other documents to be prepared and filed when and as required. The Secretary shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as prescribed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.09 Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Treasurer and each Assistant Secretary, if any are elected, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer and Secretary, respectively, in the absence or disability of such officer, unless or until the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine. In addition, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 5.10 Corporate Funds and Checks. The funds of the Corporation shall be kept in such depositories as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. All checks or other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or such other person or agent as may from time to time be authorized and with such countersignature, if any, as may be required by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5.11 Contracts and Other Documents. The Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary and such other officer or officers as may from time to time be authorized by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors or any other committee given specific authority by the Board of Directors during the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors to authorize such action, shall each have the power to sign and execute on behalf of the Corporation deeds, conveyances, contracts and any and all other documents requiring execution by the Corporation.

SECTION 5.12 Ownership of Securities of Another Entity. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary, or such other officer or agent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend and to vote at any meeting of securityholders of any entity in which the Corporation holds securities or equity interests and may exercise, on behalf of the Corporation, any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or equity interests at any such meeting, including the authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of the Corporation, in each case consistent with the provisions of the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement.

SECTION 5.13 Delegation of Duties. In the absence or upon the disability or refusal of any officer to exercise and perform his or her duties, the Board of Directors may delegate to another officer such powers or duties.

SECTION 5.14 Resignation and Removal. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time in the same manner prescribed under Section 3.03.

SECTION 5.15 Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring in any office.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

SECTION 6.01 Shares With Certificates. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (a) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and (b) the Treasurer,

 

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an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number and class of shares of stock of the Corporation owned by such holder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of certificates of stock of any class and may require stock certificates to be countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars.

SECTION 6.02 Shares Without Certificates. If the Board of Directors chooses to issue shares of stock without certificates, the Corporation, if required by the DGCL, shall, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, send the stockholder a written statement of the information required by the DGCL. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided that the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

SECTION 6.03 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives in the manner prescribed by law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement, upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof (to the extent evidenced by a physical stock certificate) to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with applicable law. A record shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented for transfer or uncertificated shares are requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation.

SECTION 6.04 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as the Corporation may direct, in order to indemnify the Corporation against any claims that may be made against it in connection therewith. A new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation that has become mutilated upon the surrender by such owner of such mutilated certificate and, if required by the Corporation, the posting of a bond by such owner in an amount sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it in connection therewith.

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(10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network; provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then, in addition to the foregoing requirements, a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then, in addition to the foregoing requirements, the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 5.05 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 6.06 Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

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not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(c) Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

SECTION 6.07 Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock or notification to the Corporation of the transfer of uncertificated shares with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation may treat the registered owner of such share or shares as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such share or shares. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.

ARTICLE VII

NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE

SECTION 7.01 Notice. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.

SECTION 7.02 Waiver of Notice. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting (in person or by remote communication) shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 8.01 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is a party, is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Corporation or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including any and all appeals (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director or an officer of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (each, a “Person”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by such person in any such capacity or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the DGCL permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses), judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of an indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such indemnitee to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be obligated under this Section 8.01: (a) to indemnify an indemnitee under these Bylaws for any amounts paid in settlement of an action, suit or proceeding unless the Corporation consents to such settlement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, or (b) to indemnify an indemnitee for any disgorgement of profits made from the purchase or sale by indemnitee of securities of the Corporation under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

In addition, subject to Section 8.04, the Corporation shall not be liable under this Article VIII to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, without limitation, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) if and to the extent that the indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Article VIII or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 8.02 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.01, an indemnitee shall also have the right, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees, costs and expenses) incurred by the indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending, or otherwise arising out of or related to, any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII pursuant to Section 8.03 (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that,

(a) if the DGCL requires or in the case of an advance made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made solely upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay any amounts so advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under Sections 8.01 and 8.02 or otherwise;

(b) with respect to any action suit or proceeding of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation shall be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to indemnitee, upon the delivery to indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so.

SECTION 8.03 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. In the event that (i) following a final adjudication, the Corporation determines in accordance with this Article VIII that the indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, (ii) following a final adjudication, the Corporation denies a request for indemnification, in whole or in part, or fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within thirty (30) days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of a claim under Section 8.01 or 8.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (a) ninety (90) days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation following a final adjudication or (b) fifteen (15) days after a written claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation or (iv) any other person takes or threatens to take any action designed to deny, or to recover from, the indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the indemnitee under this Article VIII, the indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder

 

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following a final adjudication (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Corporation’s stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Corporation’s stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

SECTION 8.04 Indemnification Not Exclusive. (a) The provisions for indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this Article VIII, or the entitlement of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article VIII, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by applicable law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, other agreements or arrangements, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.

(b) Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims (as defined below) may arise due to the service of the indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Corporation at the request of the indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity, the Corporation shall be fully and primarily responsible for payments to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claims, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of (i) the DGCL, (ii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (iii) this Article VIII, (iv) any other agreement between the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates (as defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) and the indemnitee pursuant to which the indemnitee is indemnified, (v) the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and/or (vi) the certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other organizational or governing documents of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates irrespective of any right of recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related

 

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entities. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation or any of its Affiliates be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates hereunder. In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation, and the indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 8.04(b) and entitled to enforce this Section 8.04(b).

For purposes of this Section 8.04(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) The term “indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described herein) from whom an indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).

(2) The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the Corporation and any indemnity-related entity pursuant to the DGCL, any agreement with and/or any certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

SECTION 8.05 Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VIII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit, eliminate, or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

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SECTION 8.06 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. Subject to Section 8.04, in the event of any payment by the Corporation under this Article VIII, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy or any other indemnity agreement covering the indemnitee. The indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Corporation to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Corporation shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

SECTION 8.07 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation, individually or as a group, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

SECTION 8.08 Savings Clause. If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01 Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

SECTION 9.02 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

SECTION 9.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall consist of the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday nearest January 31.

 

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SECTION 9.04 Construction; Section Headings. For purposes of these Bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, (i) references to “Articles” and “Sections” refer to articles and sections of these Bylaws and (ii) the term “include” or “includes” means includes, without limitation, and “including” means including, without limitation. Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

SECTION 9.05 Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL or any other applicable law, such provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 10.01 Amendments. Subject to any approvals required by the Sponsor Stockholders Agreement or Section 4.02 herein, the Board of Directors is authorized to make, alter, amend, repeal and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

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EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

2013 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2016)

1. Purpose of the Plan.

The purpose of this Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as it may be amended and restated from time to time, the “Plan”), is to aid Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Denali Holding Inc. (the “Company”), and its Affiliates in recruiting and retaining employees, directors and other service providers of outstanding ability and to motivate such persons to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and its Affiliates by providing incentives through the granting or selling of Stock Awards. The Company expects that it will benefit from aligning the interests of such persons with those of the Company and its Affiliates by providing them with equity-based awards with respect to shares of Class C Common Stock and/or Class V Common Stock, as applicable.

2. Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following capitalized terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:

(a) “Affiliate” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(b) “Applicable Law” shall mean the legal requirements relating to the administration of an equity compensation plan under applicable U.S. federal and state corporate and securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange rules or regulations, and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction, as such laws, rules, regulations and requirements shall be in place from time to time.

(c) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(d) “Cause” with respect to a Participant shall mean “Cause” as defined in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or, if “Cause” is not defined therein, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a violation of the Participant’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or a violation of any other restrictive covenant by which the Participant is bound; (ii) an act or omission by the Participant resulting in the Participant being charged with a criminal offense which constitutes a felony or involves moral turpitude or dishonesty; (iii) conduct by the Participant which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a breach of any Code of Conduct of the Subsidiary that employs the Participant or a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Affiliates or the stockholders of the Company; or (iv) a determination by the Company’s senior management that the Participant violated state or federal law relating to the workplace environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to sexual harassment or age, sex, race or other prohibited discrimination.

(e) “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

 

  (i)

the sale or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, to any Person or group (as such term is used for purposes of Section 14(d)(2) of the


  Exchange Act), other than to the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or to any Person or group in which any of the foregoing is a member of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the DHI Group;

 

  (ii) any Person or group (as such term is used for purposes of Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or any Person or group in which any of the foregoing is a member, is or becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the Company, excluding as a result of any merger or consolidation that does not constitute a Change in Control pursuant to clause (iii);

 

  (iii) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other Person, unless the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to such merger or consolidation beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) a majority of the outstanding shares of the common stock (or equivalent voting securities) of the surviving or successor entity (or the parent entity thereof); or

 

  (iv) prior to an IPO, the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates cease to have the ability to cause the election of that number of members of the Board who would collectively have the right to vote a majority of the aggregate number of votes represented by all of the members of the Board, and any Person or group (as such term is used for purposes of Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates or any Person or group in which any of the foregoing is a member, beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) outstanding voting stock representing a greater percentage of voting power with respect to the general election of members of the Board than the shares of outstanding voting stock of the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates collectively beneficially own.

(f) “Class C Common Stock” shall mean the Class C common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and any class or series of Common Stock into which the Class C Common Stock may be converted or exchanged.

(g) “Class V Common Stock” shall mean the Class V common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and any class or series of Common Stock into which the Class V Common Stock may be converted or exchanged.

(h) “Class V Group” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Dell Certificate of Incorporation.

(i) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

 

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(j) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board (or a subcommittee thereof), or such other committee of the Board to which the Board has delegated power to act pursuant to the provisions of the Plan; provided, that in the absence of any such committee, the term “Committee” shall mean the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board shall at all times be authorized to act as the Committee under or pursuant to any provisions of the Plan.

(k) “Common Stock” shall mean the Class V Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock, any other class of DHI Common Stock and any other class or series of common stock of the Company that may be issued and outstanding from time to time.

(l) “Consultant” shall mean any person engaged by the Company or any of its Affiliates as a consultant or independent contractor to render consulting, advisory or other services and who is compensated for such services and who may be offered securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, or offered under any available exemption from Securities Act registration, as applicable.

(m) “Dell Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc., as it may be amended and restated from time to time.

(n) “Designated Foreign Subsidiaries” shall mean the Company or any of its Affiliates that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction or country other than the United States of America that may be designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time.

(o) “DHI Common Stock” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(p) “DHI Group” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Dell Certificate of Incorporation.

(q) “Disability” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(r) “Effective Date” shall mean October 29, 2013.

(s) “Employment” shall mean (i) a Participant’s employment if the Participant is an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a Participant’s services as a Consultant, if the Participant is a Consultant, and (iii) a Participant’s services as a non-employee member of the Board or the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of any Affiliate of the Company.

(t) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

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(u) “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date, the value of a share of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, determined as follows: (i) if there should be a public market for the Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, on such date, the closing price of such share as reported on such date on the composite tape of the principal national securities exchange on which such share is listed or admitted to trading, or if such share is not listed or admitted on any national securities exchange, the arithmetic mean of the per share closing bid price and per share closing asked price on such date as quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (or such market in which such prices are regularly quoted) (“NASDAQ”), or, if no sale of such share shall have been reported on the composite tape of any national securities exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ on such date, then the immediately preceding date on which sales of such share has been so reported or quoted shall be used; and (ii) if there should not be a public market for a share of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, on such date, then Fair Market Value shall be the price determined in good faith by the Board (or a committee thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the per share value of each class of DHI Common Stock shall be deemed to be the same.

(v) “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles.

(w) “Good Reason” with respect to a Participant shall mean “Good Reason” as defined in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or if “Good Reason” is not defined therein and the Participant is an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a material reduction in the Participant’s base salary; or (ii) a change in the Participant’s principal place of work to a location of more than fifty (50) miles from the Participant’s principal place of work immediately prior to such change; provided, that the Participant provides written notice to the Company or any Affiliate employing such Participant of the existence of any such condition within ninety (90) days of the Participant having actual knowledge of the initial existence of such condition and the Company or any Affiliate employing such Participant fails to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice (the “Cure Period”). If the Good Reason condition remains uncured following the Cure Period, in order to resign for Good Reason a Participant must actually terminate Employment no later than thirty (30) days following the end of such Cure Period. If a Participant is not an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, Good Reason shall be inapplicable to such Participant, unless such Participant’s Stock Award Agreement contains a definition of Good Reason.

(x) “Initial Director Grant” shall mean the Stock Award granted to a Participant who is a non-employee member of the Board upon commencement of such Participant’s initial service on the Board.

(y) “IPO” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(z) “ISO” shall mean a stock option to acquire shares of Class C Common Stock that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.

(aa) “LTIP” or “2012 LTIP” shall mean the Dell Technologies Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

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(bb) “Management Stockholders Agreement” shall mean the Dell Technologies Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement by and among the Company and the other parties thereto, as may be amended from time to time, including, without limitation, any such amendment that may be made in a Stock Award Agreement.

(cc) “Negative Discretion” shall mean the discretion authorized by the Plan to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of a Performance Compensation Award consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code.

(dd) “Option” shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

(ee) “Option Price” shall mean the purchase price per share of an Option, as determined pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Plan.

(ff) “Other Stock-Based Awards” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 8 of the Plan.

(gg) “Participant” shall mean a person eligible to receive a Stock Award pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan and who actually receives a Stock Award or, if applicable, such other Person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.

(hh) “Performance Compensation Award” shall mean any Stock Award or cash bonus (including a cash bonus under the 2012 LTIP) designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award subject to achievement of Performance Goals over a Performance Period specified by the Committee, pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.

(ii) “Performance Criteria” shall mean the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under the Plan.

(jj) “Performance Formula” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

(kk) “Performance Goals” shall mean the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period of Performance Compensation Awards, based upon the Performance Criteria.

(ll) “Performance Period” shall mean the one or more periods of time of not less than twelve (12) months, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.

(mm) “Person” shall mean an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

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(nn) “Qualifying Director” shall mean a person who is (i) with respect to actions intended to obtain an exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act; and (ii) with respect to actions intended to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

(oo) “Section 162(m) Effective Date” shall mean the date on which the Plan is first approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner that complies with Section 162(m) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

(pp) “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

(qq) “Sponsor Stockholders” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(rr) “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean a stock appreciation right granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan.

(ss) “Stock Award” shall mean (i) an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Other Stock-Based Award granted (or sold) pursuant to the Plan or (ii) a cash-denominated award, or portion thereof, under the 2012 LTIP that the Committee determines to settle in shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock.

(tt) “Stock Award Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award, executed by the Company, evidencing the terms and conditions of the Stock Award.

(uu) “Subsidiary” shall mean with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other similar business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or such other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or such other business entity.

 

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(vv) “Sub-Plans” shall mean any sub-plan to the Plan that has been adopted by the Board or the Committee for the purpose of permitting the offering of Stock Awards to employees of certain Designated Foreign Subsidiaries or otherwise outside the United States of America, with each such sub-plan designed to comply with local laws applicable to offerings in such foreign jurisdictions. Although any Sub-Plan may be designated a separate and independent plan from the Plan in order to comply with applicable local laws, the Absolute Share Limit and the other limits specified in Section 4(a) and Section 5 of the Plan shall apply in the aggregate to the Plan and any Sub-Plan adopted hereunder.

3. Administration by Committee.

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which may delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part to any subcommittee thereof, and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, the Committee shall be composed exclusively of members who are independent directors in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s stock is listed. To the extent the Company deems it necessary to (i) comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan) or (ii) obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time such member takes any action with respect to a Stock Award under the Plan that is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, be a Qualifying Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a Qualifying Director shall not invalidate any Stock Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.

(b) Stock Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be made under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by any entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines. The number of shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, underlying such substitute awards shall be counted against the aggregate number of such shares available for Stock Awards under the Plan.

(c) Subject to the terms of the Plan and each Stock Award Agreement, the Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, without limitation, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors). The Committee shall have the full power and authority to establish the terms and conditions of any Stock Award consistent with the provisions of the Plan and to waive any such terms and conditions at any time (including, without limitation, accelerating or waiving any vesting conditions).

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Board from time to time; and, provided, further, that the Committee may not delegate authority hereunder to (i) make awards to directors of the Company, (ii) make awards to employees who are officers of the Company or who are delegated authority to make awards under this Section 3(d), or (iii) interpret the Plan, any award or any Stock Award Agreement.

4. Shares Subject to the Plan and Participation.

(a) Available Shares. Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, (i) the total number of shares of Class C Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan is 75,000,000, which number is also the maximum number of shares for which ISOs may be granted, and (ii) the total number of shares of Class V Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is 500,000 (such total number of shares under clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Absolute Share Limit”). The shares of Class C Common Stock and/or Class V Common Stock may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase or a combination of the foregoing. The issuance of shares or the payment of cash upon the exercise of a Stock Award or in consideration of the cancellation or termination of a Stock Award shall reduce the total number of shares available under the Plan, as applicable. Shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, which are subject to Stock Awards which terminate or lapse without the payment of consideration may be granted again under the Plan, unless prohibited by Applicable Law.

(b) Participation. Employees, Consultants, non-employee directors and other service providers of the Company and its Affiliates shall be eligible to be selected to receive Stock Awards under the Plan; provided, that ISOs may only be granted to employees of the Company or any subsidiary corporation, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, of the Company.

5. General Limitations.

(a) Tenth Anniversary. No Stock Award may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, but Stock Awards theretofore granted may extend beyond such date.

(b) Stock Award Limitations for Participants who are not Non-Employee Members of the Board.

 

  (i) Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, grants of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan in respect of no more than (A) 10,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock, and (B) 500,000 shares of Class V Common Stock, in each case, may be made to any individual Participant who is not a non-employee member of the Board during any single fiscal year of the Company (for this purpose, if a Stock Appreciation Right is granted in tandem with an Option (such that the Stock Appreciation Right expires with respect to the number of shares for which the Option is exercised), only the shares of the same class of stock underlying the Option shall count against each limitation);

 

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Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, no more than (A) 3,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock, and (B) 500,000 shares of Class V Common Stock, in each case, may be issued in respect of Performance Compensation

 

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  Awards denominated in such shares granted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan to any individual Participant who is not a non-employee member of the Board for a single fiscal year of the Company during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year), or in the event such share-denominated Performance Compensation Award is paid in cash, other securities, other Stock Awards or other property, no more than the Fair Market Value of such shares on the last day of the Performance Period to which such Stock Award relates;

 

  (iii) The maximum amount that may be paid to any individual Participant who is not a non-employee member of the Board for a single fiscal year of the Company during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year) pursuant to a Performance Compensation Award denominated in cash (described in Section 9(a) of the Plan) shall not exceed 0.5% of the Company’s aggregate consolidated operating income in the fiscal year immediately preceding the date such Performance Compensation Award is granted.

(c) Stock Award Limitations for Participants who are Non-Employee Members of the Board. Except for the Initial Director Grant, subject to Section 10 of the Plan, the maximum number of shares of Class C Common Stock and Class V Common Stock subject to Stock Awards granted during a single fiscal year of the Company to any non-employee member of the Board, taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee member of the Board during the fiscal year, shall not, in each case, exceed $1,000,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such Stock Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Stock Awards for financial reporting purposes and excluding, for this purpose, the value of any dividend equivalent payments paid pursuant to any Stock Award granted in a previous fiscal year).

6. Terms and Conditions of Options.

Options granted under the Plan shall be, as determined by the Committee, non-qualified or ISOs for federal income tax purposes, as evidenced by the related Stock Award Agreements, and shall be subject to the foregoing and the following terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent therewith, as the Committee shall determine.

(a) Option Price. The Option Price per share shall be determined by the Committee, but, in the case of an Option over Class C Common Stock, shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Class C Common Stock or, in the case of an Option over Class V Common Stock, shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Class V Common Stock, in each case on the date an Option is granted (other than in the case of Options granted in substitution of previously granted awards, as described in Section 3 of the Plan).

(b) Exercisability. Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such time and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee, but in no event shall an Option be exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date it is granted.

 

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(c) Exercise of Options. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, an Option may be exercised for all, or from time to time any part, of the shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, for which it is then exercisable. For purposes of this Section 6, the exercise date of an Option shall be the latest of (i) the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company, (ii) the date payment is received by the Company pursuant to clause (A) or (B) of the following sentence, and (iii) the date on which any condition imposed by the Committee that is consistent with the terms of the Plan and the applicable Stock Award Agreement is satisfied. The purchase price for the shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, as to which an Option is exercised shall be paid to the Company as designated by the Committee or as specified in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, pursuant to one or more of the following methods: (A) in cash or its equivalent (e.g., by personal check or wire transfer); or (B) in each case to the extent explicitly permitted by the Committee in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or otherwise: (1) in shares of the applicable class of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price for the shares being purchased and satisfying such other reasonable requirements as may be imposed by the Committee; provided, that such shares of such class of Common Stock have been held by the Participant for no less than six (6) months (or such other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment applying GAAP), (2) partly in cash and partly in such shares, (3) if the class of shares of Common Stock for which an Option is exercised is registered under the Exchange Act and traded on a national securities exchange, through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell such shares obtained upon the exercise of such Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount out of the proceeds of such sale equal to the aggregate Option Price for the shares being purchased, (4) by delivering (on a form prescribed by the Company) a full-recourse promissory note, or (5) through net settlement in shares of the class of Common Stock for which the Option is being exercised. No Participant shall have any rights to dividends or other rights of a stockholder with respect to shares subject to an Option until the Participant has given written notice of exercise of the Option, paid in full for such shares and, if applicable, has satisfied any other reasonable conditions imposed by the Committee pursuant to the Plan. No fractional shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, will be issued upon exercise of an Option, but instead cash will be paid for a fraction or, if the Committee should so determine, the number of shares will be rounded downward to the next whole share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect at any time to pay cash or part cash and part shares of the applicable class of Common Stock for which an Option is being exercised in lieu of issuing only shares in respect of such exercise. If a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing any shares in respect of the exercise of an Option, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the product of the number of shares for which a cash payment is being made multiplied by excess of the Fair Market Value per share of the class of Common Stock for which the Option was exercised as of the date of exercise over the Option Price.

(d) ISOs. The Committee may grant Options exercisable for Class C Common Stock under the Plan that are intended to be ISOs. Such ISOs shall comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code (or any successor section thereto). No ISO may be granted to any Participant who, at the time of such grant, owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary, unless (i) the Option Price for such ISO is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the applicable share on the date the ISO is granted and (ii) the date on which such ISO terminates is a date not later than the day preceding the fifth anniversary of the date on which the ISO is granted. Any Participant who disposes of

 

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shares acquired upon the exercise of an ISO either (i) within two (2) years after the date of grant of such ISO or (ii) within one (1) year after the transfer of such shares to the Participant, shall notify the Company of such disposition and of the amount realized upon such disposition. All Options granted under the Plan are intended to be nonqualified stock options, unless the applicable Stock Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an ISO. If an Option is intended to be an ISO, and if for any reason such Option (or portion thereof) shall not qualify as an ISO, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option (or portion thereof) shall be regarded as a nonqualified stock option granted under the Plan; provided, that such Option (or portion thereof) otherwise complies with the Plan’s requirements relating to nonqualified stock options. In no event shall any member of the Committee, the Company or any of its Affiliates (or their respective employees, officers or directors) have any liability to any Participant (or any other Person) due to the failure of an Option to qualify for any reason as an ISO.

(e) Attestation. Wherever in the Plan or any Stock Award Agreement a Participant is permitted to pay the exercise price of an Option or taxes relating to the exercise of an Option by delivering shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, the Participant may, subject to procedures satisfactory to the Committee, satisfy such delivery requirement by presenting proof of beneficial ownership of such shares, in which case the Company shall treat the Option as exercised without further payment and/or shall withhold such number of shares from the shares acquired by the exercise of the Option, as appropriate.

(f) Compliance With Laws, Etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner in which the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other Applicable Law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.

7. Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights.

(a) Grants. The Committee may grant (i) a Stock Appreciation Right independent of an Option or (ii) a Stock Appreciation Right in connection with an Option or a portion thereof. A Stock Appreciation Right granted pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence (A) may be granted at the time the related Option is granted or at any time prior to the exercise or cancellation of the related Option, (B) shall cover the same class of shares as is covered by the related Option and the same number of shares of the class of Common Stock covered by such Option (or such lesser number of shares as the Committee may determine), and (C) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as such Option except for such additional limitations as are contemplated by this Section 7 (or such additional limitations as may be included in the applicable Stock Award Agreement).

(b) Terms. The exercise price per share of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be an amount determined by the Committee but in no event shall such amount be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the class of Common Stock covered by the Stock Appreciation Right on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is granted (other than in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights granted in substitution of previously granted awards, as described in Section 3 of the Plan); provided, that in the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with an Option, or a portion thereof, the exercise price may not be less than the Option Price of the

 

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related Option. Each Stock Appreciation Right granted independent of an Option shall entitle a Participant upon exercise to an amount equal to (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one share of the applicable class of Common Stock on which the Stock Appreciation Right is granted over (B) the exercise price per share, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of the applicable class of Common Stock covered by the Stock Appreciation Right. Each Stock Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with an Option, or a portion thereof, shall entitle a Participant to surrender to the Company the unexercised Option, or any portion thereof, and to receive from the Company in exchange therefor an amount equal to (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one share of the applicable class of Common Stock over (B) the Option Price per share, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of the applicable class of Common Stock covered by the Option, or portion thereof, which is surrendered. In addition, each Stock Appreciation Right that is granted in conjunction with an Option or a portion thereof shall automatically terminate upon the exercise of such Option or portion thereof, as applicable. Payment shall be made in shares or in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash (any such shares valued at such Fair Market Value), all as shall be determined by the Committee. Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised from time to time upon actual receipt by the Company of written notice of exercise stating the number of shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised. The date a notice of exercise is received by the Company shall be the exercise date. No fractional shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable, will be issued in payment for Stock Appreciation Rights, but instead cash will be paid for a fraction or, if the Committee should so determine, the number of shares will be rounded downward to the next whole share.

(c) Limitations. The Committee may impose, in its discretion, such conditions upon the exercisability of Stock Appreciation Rights as it may deem fit, but in no event shall a Stock Appreciation Right be exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date it is granted.

8. Other Stock-Based Awards.

The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant or sell Stock Awards of shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, Stock Awards of restricted shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock and Stock Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value of, shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock (“Other Stock-Based Awards”). Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive, or vest with respect to, one or more shares of Class C Common Stock or Class V Common Stock, as applicable (or the equivalent cash value of such shares), upon the completion of a specified period of service, the occurrence of an event and/or the attainment of performance objectives. Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted alone or in addition to any other Stock Awards granted under the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine to whom and when Other Stock-Based Awards will be made; the number and class of shares to be awarded under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards; whether such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, shares or a combination of cash and shares; and all other terms and conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards (including, without limitation, the vesting provisions thereof and provisions ensuring that all shares so awarded and issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable). The Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect at any time to pay cash or part cash and part shares in lieu of issuing any shares in respect of such Other-Stock Based Awards; provided, that,

 

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if a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing any shares in respect of an Other Stock-Based Award, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the product of the number of shares for which a cash payment is being made multiplied by the Fair Market Value per share of the class of Common Stock covered by the Other Stock-Based Award.

9. Performance Compensation Awards.

(a) General. In addition to Stock Awards, the Committee shall have the authority to make an award of a cash bonus (including a cash bonus under the 2012 LTIP) to any Participant and designate such award as a Performance Compensation Award. Any Stock Award or cash bonus award (including a cash bonus under the 2012 LTIP) designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award shall be subject to achievement of Performance Goals over a Performance Period, as established by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9. The Committee shall have the authority, at or before the time of grant of any Stock Award or cash bonus award, to designate such Stock Award or cash bonus award as a Performance Compensation Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if the Company determines that a Participant who has been granted an award designated as a Performance Compensation Award is not (or is no longer) a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code), the terms and conditions of such award may be modified without regard to any restrictions or limitations set forth in this Section 9 (but subject otherwise to the provisions of Section 15 of the Plan).

(b) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards. For Performance Compensation Awards, the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of Performance Periods, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goal(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula(e). Within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence and record the same in writing.

(c) Performance Criteria. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) for Performance Compensation Awards may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or the DHI Group, the Class V Group, one or more of the Company or any of its Affiliates, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments or any combination of the foregoing) and shall be limited to the following, which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis: (i) net earnings, net income (before or after taxes) or consolidated net income; (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross revenue or gross revenue growth, gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) net operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, without limitation, return on investment, assets, capital, employed capital, invested capital, equity or sales); (vii) cash flow measures (including, without limitation, operating cash flow, free cash flow or cash flow return on capital), which may but are not required to be measured on a per share basis; (viii) actual or adjusted earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization (including

 

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EBIT and EBITDA); (ix) gross or net operating margins; (x) productivity ratios; (xi) share price (including, without limitation, growth measures and total stockholder return); (xii) expense targets or cost reduction goals, general and administrative expense savings; (xiii) operating efficiency; (xiv) objective measures of customer/client satisfaction; (xv) working capital targets; (xvi) measures of economic value added or other ‘value creation’ metrics; (xvii) enterprise value; (xviii) sales; (xix) stockholder return; (xx) customer/client retention; (xxi) competitive market metrics; (xxii) employee retention; (xxiii) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects (including, without limitation, succession and hiring projects, completion of specific acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations or other corporate transactions or capital-raising transactions, expansions of specific business operations and meeting divisional or project budgets); (xxiv) comparisons of continuing operations to other operations; (xxv) market share; (xxvi) cost of capital, debt leverage year-end cash position or book value; (xxvii) strategic objectives; or (xxviii) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be stated as a percentage of another Performance Criteria, or used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or the DHI Group, the Class V Group, one or more of the Company and/or any of its Affiliates, or any divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments or administrative departments of the Company and/or any of its Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Stock Award or cash bonus award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph. To the extent required under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall, within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period.

(d) Modification of Performance Goal(s). In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining stockholder approval of such alterations, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such alterations without obtaining stockholder approval. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time a Performance Compensation Award is granted, the Committee shall, during the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), or at any time thereafter to the extent the exercise of such authority at such time would not cause the Performance Compensation Awards granted to any Participant for such Performance Period to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, specify adjustments or modifications to be made to the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) acquisitions or divestitures; (vi) any other specific, unusual or nonrecurring events or objectively determinable category thereof; (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses; (viii) discontinued operations and nonrecurring charges; and (ix) a change in the Company’s fiscal year.

 

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(e) Payment of Performance Compensation Awards.

 

  (i) Condition to Receipt of Payment. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period.

 

  (ii) Limitation. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, a Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that (A) the Performance Goals for such Performance Period are achieved, and (B) all or some portion of such Participant’s Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals.

 

  (iii) Certification. Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participant’s Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may apply Negative Discretion.

 

  (iv) Use of Negative Discretion. In determining the actual amount of an individual Participant’s Performance Compensation Award for a Performance Period, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned under the Performance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of Negative Discretion. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, the Committee shall not have the discretion to (A) grant or provide payment in respect of Performance Compensation Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Goals for such Performance Period have not been attained, or (B) increase a Performance Compensation Award above the applicable limitations set forth in Section 4 of the Plan.

(f) Timing of Performance Compensation Award Payments. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following completion of the certifications required by this Section 9 of the Plan.

10. Adjustments upon Certain Events.

Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Stock Awards granted hereunder:

(a) Generally. In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of the Class C Common Stock or the Class V Common Stock, as applicable, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, share combination, extraordinary cash dividend, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, stock rights offering, spin-off, combination, transaction

 

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or exchange of such shares or other corporate exchange, or any transaction similar to the foregoing, the Committee shall make such substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems to be equitable in order to prevent the enlargement or diminution of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan (subject to Section 19 of the Plan), as to (i) the number or kind of shares or other securities issued or reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan or pursuant to outstanding Stock Awards, (ii) the Option Price or exercise price of any Stock Appreciation Right and/or (iii) any other affected terms of such Stock Awards; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events that is an “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) Section 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation (FASB ASC 718)), the Committee shall make an equitable adjustment to outstanding Stock Awards to reflect such event.

(b) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control after the Effective Date, the Committee may (subject to Section 19 of the Plan and any Participant’s rights under a Stock Award Agreement), but shall not be obligated to, (i) accelerate, vest or cause the restrictions to lapse with respect to all or any portion of a Stock Award, (ii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, cancel such Stock Awards for fair value (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion in good faith) which, in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, may, if so determined by the Committee, equal the excess, if any, of value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction, directly or indirectly, to holders of the same number and class of shares of Common Stock subject to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights (or, if no consideration is paid in any such transaction, the Fair Market Value of the applicable class of shares of Common Stock subject to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) over the aggregate Option Price of such Options or exercise price of such Stock Appreciation Rights (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right having a per share Option Price or exercise price equal to, or in excess of, such Fair Market Value may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor), (iii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, provide for the issuance of substitute Stock Awards that will preserve the rights under, and the otherwise applicable terms of, any affected Stock Awards previously granted hereunder as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion in good faith, and/or (iv) provide that for a period of at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Change in Control, Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable as to all shares subject thereto (whether or not vested) and that upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, such Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.

11. No Right to Employment or Stock Awards.

The granting of a Stock Award under the Plan shall impose no obligation on the Company or any of its Affiliate to continue the Employment of a Participant and shall not lessen or affect the Company’s right or any of its Affiliates’ rights to terminate the Employment of such Participant. No Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Stock Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of Stock Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant (whether or not such Participants are similarly situated).

 

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12. Successors and Assigns.

The Plan shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the Company and each Participant, including without limitation, the estate of each such Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of any such estate and, if applicable, any receiver or trustee in bankruptcy or representative of the creditors of any such Participant.

13. Nontransferability of Stock Awards.

Unless expressly permitted by the Committee in a Stock Award Agreement or otherwise in writing, and, in each case, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, a Stock Award shall not be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or by operation of law, by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, that this Section 13 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. A Stock Award exercisable after the death of a Participant may be exercised by the legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the Participant, subject to any conditions or qualifications imposed by the Board.

14. Tax Withholding.

(a) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or one or more of its Affiliates, as applicable, an amount in cash (by check or wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld in respect of a Stock Award. Alternatively, the Company or any of its Affiliates may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.

(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 14(a) of the Plan, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, in a Stock Award Agreement or otherwise, permit or require a Participant to satisfy, all or any portion of the minimum income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld with respect to a Stock Award by (i) the delivery of shares of the applicable class of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) that have been both held by the Participant and vested for at least six (6) months (or such other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment under applicable accounting standards) having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof); or (ii) having the Company withhold from the shares of the applicable class of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Stock Award, as applicable, a number of shares of the applicable class of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to an amount, subject to Section 14(c) of the Plan below, not in excess of such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof).

 

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(c) The Committee, subject to its having considered the applicable accounting impact of any such determination, has full discretion to allow Participants to satisfy, in whole or in part, any additional income, employment and/or other applicable taxes payable by them with respect to a Stock Award by electing to have the Company withhold from the shares of the applicable class of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, a Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Stock Award, as applicable, shares of the applicable class of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding liability (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participant’s relevant tax jurisdictions).

15. Amendments or Termination.

The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made, (a) without the approval of the requisite stockholders of the Company, if such action would (except as is provided in Section 10 of the Plan) increase the total number of shares reserved for the purposes of the Plan or, if applicable, change the maximum number of shares for which Stock Awards may be granted to any Participant, materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan or otherwise require stockholder approval under Applicable Law, or (b) without the consent of a Participant, if such action would diminish the rights of such individual Participant under any Stock Award theretofore granted to such Participant under the Plan; provided, that anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Committee may amend the Plan in such manner as it deems necessary to cause a Stock Award to comply with the requirements of the Code or other Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, to avoid adverse tax consequences) or for changes in GAAP or new accounting standards; provided, further, that such amendment shall not adversely affect the rights or potential benefits of the Participant under the Stock Award, unless the Participant consents thereto in writing.

16. Choice of Law.

The Plan and the Stock Awards granted hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

17. Effective Date; Section 162(m) Approval.

(a) The Plan was first effective as of the Effective Date, and amended and restated effective as of September 7, 2016.

(b) If so determined by the Committee, (i) the Plan shall be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for approval in a manner that complies with Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder at such time as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion, and (ii) after the Section 162(m) Effective Date, the provisions of the Plan regarding Performance Compensation Awards shall be disclosed and reapproved by stockholders no later than the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which stockholders previously approved such provisions, in each case in order for certain awards granted after such time to be exempt from the deduction limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code. Nothing in this clause, however, shall affect the validity of awards granted after such time if such stockholder approval has not been obtained or require the Company to submit the Plan for such stockholder approval.

 

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18. Foreign Law.

The Committee may grant Stock Awards to eligible individuals who are foreign nationals, who are located outside the United States or who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to (or could cause the Company to be subject to) legal or regulatory provisions of countries or jurisdictions outside the United States and who are not (and who are not expected to be) “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan, and, in furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures or Sub-Plans as may be necessary or advisable to comply with such legal or regulatory provisions.

19. Section 409A.

The Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or an exemption or exclusion therefrom and, with respect to amounts that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, it is intended that the Plan be administered in all respects in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment under any Stock Award shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. A Participant may not, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under any Stock Award that is considered “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Stock Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company), amounts that constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code that would otherwise be payable on account of a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and during the six-month period immediately following a Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (“Separation from Service”) shall instead be paid or provided on the first business day after the date that is six months following the Participant’s Separation from Service. If the Participant dies following the Separation from Service and prior to the payment of any amounts delayed on account of Section 409A of the Code, such amounts shall be paid to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate within thirty (30) days after the date of the Participant’s death. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to implement the provisions of this Section 19 in good faith; provided, that neither the Company, the Committee nor any of the Company’s employees, directors or representatives shall have any liability to any Participant with respect to this Section 19.

20. Clawback / Repayment

All Stock Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any clawback, forfeiture or other similar policy adopted by the Board or the Committee and as in effect from time to time, and (ii) Applicable Law. Further, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Stock Award for any reason

 

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(including, without limitation, by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company.

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As originally adopted by the Board of Directors of Denali Holding Inc. on October 29, 2013.

Amended and restated by the Board of Directors of Dell Technologies Inc. on September 2, 2016, approved by the stockholders of Dell Technologies Inc. on September 5, 2016 and effective as of September 7, 2016.

 

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EX-4.4

Exhibit 4.4

 

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of September 7, 2016


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

  

  

Section 1.1.   Definitions      2   
Section 1.2.   General Interpretive Principles      17   

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  

  

Section 2.1.   Representations and Warranties of the Management Stockholders      18   

ARTICLE III

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS; REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS; POST-RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

  

  

Section 3.1.

  General Restrictions on Transfers      19   

Section 3.2.

  Specified Restrictions on Transfers      22   

Section 3.3.

  Permitted Transfers      23   

Section 3.4.

  Tag-Along Rights      23   

Section 3.5.

  Drag-Along Rights      26   

Section 3.6.

  Black-Out Periods      30   

Section 3.7.

  Repayment Obligations      31   

Section 3.8.

  Post-Retirement Services Obligations      33   

ARTICLE IV

CALL RIGHTS; PUT RIGHTS; LIQUIDITY PROGRAM

  

  

Section 4.1.

  Certain Definitions      36   

Section 4.2.

  Call Right of the Company      38   

Section 4.3.

  Call Right of the Sponsor Stockholders      39   

Section 4.4.

  Put Right of the Management Stockholders      40   

Section 4.5.

  Liquidity Program      41   

Section 4.6.

  Limitations on Repurchases      43   

Section 4.7.

  Further Assurances      44   

Section 4.8.

  Termination of Article IV      45   

Section 4.9.

  MD Priority Repurchase Right      45   

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

  

  

Section 5.1.

  Further Assurances      46   

Section 5.2.

  Confidentiality      46   

Section 5.3.

  Cooperation with Reorganizations      47   

 

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ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS

  

  

Section 6.1.

  Additional Management Stockholders      49   

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

  

  

Section 7.1.

  Entire Agreement      49   

Section 7.2.

  Specific Performance      49   

Section 7.3.

  Governing Law      49   

Section 7.4.

  Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      50   

Section 7.5.

  Obligations      51   

Section 7.6.

  Consents, Approvals and Actions      51   

Section 7.7.

  Amendment; Waiver      52   

Section 7.8.

  Assignment of Rights By Management Stockholders      53   

Section 7.9.

  Binding Effect      53   

Section 7.10.

  Third Party Beneficiaries      53   

Section 7.11.

  Termination      53   

Section 7.12.

  Notices      53   

Section 7.13.

  No Third Party Liability      56   

Section 7.14.

  No Partnership      56   

Section 7.15.

  Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership      56   

Section 7.16.

  Severability      57   

Section 7.17.

  Management Stockholder Group Representative      57   

Section 7.18.

  Counterparts      58   

Section 7.19.

  Effectiveness      58   

 

ANNEXES   

ANNEX A

            –               FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT   

ANNEX B

            –               FORM OF SPOUSAL CONSENT   

ANNEX C

            –               FORM OF PUT NOTICE   

 

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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED

MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT is made as of September 7, 2016, by and among Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and each of the following (hereinafter severally referred to as a “Stockholder” and collectively referred to as the “Stockholders”):

 

  (a) Michael S. Dell (“MD”) and Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust (the “SLD Trust” and together with MD and their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein) that acquire DTI Common Stock (as defined herein), the “MD Stockholders”);

 

  (b) MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, and together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire DTI Common Stock, the “MSD Partners Stockholders”);

 

  (c) Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, and together with their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire DTI Common Stock, the “SLP Stockholders,” and together with the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, the “Sponsor Stockholders”); and

 

  (d) the Management Stockholders (as defined herein).

WHEREAS, certain of the parties are party to that certain Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013 and amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of July 14, 2014, Amendment No. 2 thereto dated as of July 21, 2014, and Amendment No. 3 thereto dated as of August 28, 2015 (the “Original Agreement”), and the parties desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement as set forth herein pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Original Agreement in order to incorporate the amendments to the Original Agreement and to reflect the occurrence of certain events that have transpired since the date of the Original Agreement, including the Merger (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 12, 2015 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Dell”), Universal Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Dell (“Merger Sub”) and EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “EMC”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into EMC (the “Merger”), with EMC surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company;


WHEREAS, upon the filing and effectiveness of the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (i) each issued and outstanding share of Series A Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, will be automatically reclassified as and become one validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of Class A DTI Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, (ii) each issued and outstanding share of Series B Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, will be automatically reclassified as and become one validly issued fully-paid and non-assessable share of Class B DTI Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, and (iii) each issued and outstanding share of Series C Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, will be automatically reclassified as and become one validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable share of Class C DTI Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, in each case without any action by any holder thereof.

WHEREAS, the Company, the MD Stockholders, the MSD Partners Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and the Management Stockholders desire to provide for certain rights and obligations of the Management Stockholders with respect to the ownership of DTI Securities (as defined herein) by the Management Stockholders; and

WHEREAS, the Board has, by written resolution, approved this Agreement and consented for purposes of the certificate of incorporation of the Company to transfers of DTI Securities by Management Stockholders solely pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of Article III and Article IV herein, which, for the avoidance of doubt, may require the prior written consent of the Board or the compensation committee of the Board as contemplated herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree that the Original Agreement is, as of the Closing Date and subject to Section 7.19, amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

90% Owner” means, as of any measurement date, the beneficial owners of at least ninety percent (90%) of all issued and outstanding shares of DTI Common Stock as of such date.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries (including VMware and its subsidiaries) and its other controlled Affiliates shall not be considered Affiliates of any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of such party’s Affiliates (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates), (ii) none of the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders, on the one hand, and/or the SLP Stockholders, on the other hand, shall be considered Affiliates of each other, and (iii) except with respect to Section 7.13, none of the Sponsor Stockholders shall be considered Affiliates of (x) any portfolio company in which any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (y) any limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors in any of the Sponsor Stockholders or their affiliated investment funds.

Aggregate Cap” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6(b).

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement (including the schedules, annexes and exhibits attached hereto) as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Applicable Employee” means (i) with respect to any Management Stockholder that is or was an employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant and (ii) with respect to any Management Stockholder that is not and was not an employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the current or former employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to whom such Management Stockholder is an Affiliate or a Permitted Transferee on or after the date of this Agreement. For purposes of this definition of “Applicable Employee”, the term “Subsidiary” shall include VMware and its subsidiaries.

beneficial ownership” and “beneficially own” and similar terms have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (i) subject to Section 7.15, no party hereto shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities held by any other party hereto solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition) or other similar agreement with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) with respect to any securities held by a party hereto that are exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for shares of DTI Common Stock upon delivery of consideration to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such shares of DTI Common Stock shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such party unless, until and to the extent such securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged and such consideration has been delivered by such party to the Company or such Subsidiary.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Austin, Texas or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

Call Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).

 

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Call Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

Call Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(b).

Call Price” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

Call Right” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

Call Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).

Call Termination Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(d).

Cause” shall, with respect to the Applicable Employee of any Management Stockholder, have the meaning ascribed to such term in an agreement reflecting a Company Award with such Applicable Employee, or if no such Company Award exists or if “Cause” is not defined therein, then Cause means, with respect to such Applicable Employee: (i) a violation of (x) the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder is bound; (ii) an act or omission by the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder resulting in the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder being charged with a criminal offense which constitutes a felony or involves moral turpitude or dishonesty; (iii) conduct by the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a breach of the Code of Conduct or a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) or the stockholders of the Company; or (iv) a determination by the senior management of the Company that the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder violated state or federal law relating to the workplace environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to sexual harassment or age, sex, race, or other prohibited discrimination.

Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (i) the sale or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or to any “group” in which any of the foregoing is a member of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the DTI Group (as defined in the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation); (ii) any “person” or “group” other than the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or any “group” in which any of the foregoing is a member, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of DTI Common Stock, excluding as a result of any merger or consolidation that does not constitute a Change in Control pursuant to clause (iii); (iii) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other person unless the holders of the DTI Common Stock immediately prior to such merger or consolidation beneficially own a majority of the outstanding shares of the common stock (or equivalent voting securities) of the surviving or successor entity (or the parent entity thereof); or (iv) prior to an IPO, the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates cease to have the ability to cause the election of that

 

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number of members of the Board who would collectively have the right to vote a majority of the aggregate number of votes represented by all of the members of the Board and any “person” or “group”, other than the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates or any “group” in which any of the foregoing is a member, beneficially owns outstanding voting stock representing a greater percentage of voting power with respect to the general election of members of the Board than the shares of outstanding voting stock of the Sponsor Stockholders and their respective Affiliates collectively beneficially own.

Class A DTI Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class B DTI Common Stock” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C DTI Common Stock” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Claw Back Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7(a).

Closing” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Reference herein to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretive guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

Code of Conduct” means Dell’s Code of Conduct, as amended or updated from time to time.

Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Company Award” means an agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Management Stockholder (or the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder), on the other hand, under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries issues Shares, Company Stock Options, stock appreciation rights or restricted stock units (including performance-based restricted stock units) that correspond to DTI Common Stock and/or Company Stock Options or other DTI Securities to such Management Stockholder; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, no Share Rollover Agreement, RSU Rollover Agreement or Shares issued in respect thereof shall be deemed to be a Company Award hereunder. For purposes of this definition of “Company Award”, the term “Subsidiary” shall include VMware and its subsidiaries

Company Stock Option” means an option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of DTI Common Stock.

Confidential Information” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2.

 

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Cost” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(e).

Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of September 7, 2016, by and among Intermediate, Dell, Dell International L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower, Merger Sub, the banks and other financial institutions party thereto as lenders from time to time, and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as Term Loan B Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Term Loan A Administrative Agent.

Cure Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of Good Reason.

Dell” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Demand Registration” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Denali Acquiror” means Denali Acquiror Inc.

DTI Common Stock” means the Class A DTI Common Stock, the Class B DTI Common Stock, the Class C DTI Common Stock, and any other series or class of common stock of the Company which is established to track the performance of the DTI Group.

DTI Securities” means the DTI Common Stock, any equity or debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into DTI Common Stock, and any option, warrant or other right to acquire any DTI Common Stock or such equity or debt securities of the Company.

Direct Competitor” means (i) any Person or other business concern that offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered, marketed, or are actively developed by the Company or any of its Affiliates as of the date the employment or service of an Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates shall be terminated or end for any reason and (ii) any Affiliate of any Person or other business concern specified in the foregoing clause (i). By way of illustration, and not by limitation, as of the date hereof, the Management Stockholders acknowledge and agree that the following companies meet the definition of Direct Competitor: Accenture LLP, Acer Inc., Apple Inc., AsusTek, CDW Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Computer Sciences Corporation, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Infosys Limited, Lenovo Group Limited, Oracle Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Tata Group and Wipro Limited.

Disability” means either (i) the inability of a Management Stockholder to perform his or her duties and obligations for any ninety (90) days during a period of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days due to mental or physical incapacity, as determined by a physician

 

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selected by the Board or (ii) being qualified to receive payments pursuant to any applicable employer-sponsored group long-term disability insurance benefit program in which the Management Stockholder participates.

Disabling Event” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Amended and Restated Sponsors Stockholders Agreement of the Company dated as of the date hereof, as it may be amended from time to time.

Drag-Along Sale” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.5(a).

Drag-Along Sale Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.5(a).

Drag-Along Sale Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.5(a).

Drag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.5(a).

Dragged-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.5(a).

Electing Tag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(b).

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

Eligible Tag-Along Seller” means the Management Stockholders and any of their respective Permitted Transferees that acquire Transferable Shares.

EMC” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Encumbrance” means any lien (statutory or other), pledge, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, option to purchase, mortgage, easement, lease, license, right of first refusal, preemptive right, transfer restriction, interest or claim, covenant, title defect or limitation, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement or other encumbrance of any kind.

ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and any successor thereto. Reference herein to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretive guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

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Fair Market Value” with respect to the Applicable Employee of any Management Stockholder (i) shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in a Company Award with such Applicable Employee, and (ii) if no such Company Award exists or if “Fair Market Value” is not defined therein, then as of any date of determination, shall mean the fair market value of a Share as determined in good faith by the Board, based upon the most recent valuation of the shares of DTI Common Stock performed by the Company’s independent valuation firm, as adjusted by the Board for changes to Fair Market Value from the date of such valuation to such date of determination. The valuations described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be performed by the Company’s independent valuation firm from time to time as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, but in any case (1) for the Company’s 2016 fiscal year, the Company shall obtain at least (a) one such independent valuation as of the end of the second fiscal quarter of such fiscal year, which shall be completed no later than 60 days following the end of such fiscal quarter, and (b) one such independent valuation as of the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of such fiscal year, which shall be completed no later than 60 days following the end of such fiscal quarter, and (2) for each fiscal year of the Company thereafter, the Company shall obtain at least one such independent valuation as of the end of each fiscal quarter, which in each case shall be completed no later than 60 days following the end of the applicable fiscal quarter. If the last day of any such 60-day period is not a Business Day, such valuation shall be completed no later than the first Business Day following such 60-day period. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the per share value of Class A DTI Common Stock, Class B DTI Common Stock and Class C DTI Common Stock shall be deemed to be the same, and (b) Fair Market Value shall be determined without any discounts for illiquidity and minority interests.

Good Reason” shall, with respect to the Applicable Employee of any Management Stockholder, have the meaning ascribed to such term in a Company Award with such Applicable Employee, or if no such Company Award exists or if “Good Reason” is not defined therein, then Good Reason means, with respect to such Applicable Employee, (i) a material reduction in such Applicable Employee’s base salary or (ii) a change in such Applicable Employee’s principal place of work to a location of more than fifty (50) miles from his or her principal place of work immediately prior to such change; provided, that such Applicable Employee provides written notice to the Company of the existence of any such condition within ninety (90) days of such Applicable Employee having actual knowledge of the initial existence of such condition and the Company fails to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice (the “Cure Period”). In order to resign for Good Reason, an Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder must actually terminate employment no later than thirty (30) days following the end of such Cure Period, if the Good Reason condition remains uncured.

good standing” means, solely for purposes of Section 4.5, with respect to any Applicable Employee, that such Applicable Employee is as and at such time an employee of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) in good standing.

Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any natural person (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

 

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Individual Cap” means, with respect to any Management Stockholder or Management Stockholder Group, (i) the “Individual Cap” as defined in the Company Award entered into by the Management Stockholder (or the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder or Management Stockholder Group), or (ii) in the event that “Individual Cap” is not defined in such Company Award, (A) $2,000,000 or (B) beginning in the immediately succeeding fiscal year after the time MD and his Permitted Transferees have become a 90% Owner, $3,000,000.

Initiating Drag-Along Seller” means any of (x) the MD Stockholders (only for so long as the MD Stockholders beneficially own at least a majority of the outstanding DTI Common Stock) or (y) the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders acting jointly.

Initiating Tag-Along Seller” means, collectively, any one or more Stockholders, acting jointly.

Intermediate” means Denali Intermediate Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

IPO” means the consummation of an initial underwritten public offering that is registered under the Securities Act of Class C DTI Common Stock (or the equity securities of the IPO Entity as contemplated by Section 5.3).

IPO Entity” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(b)(i).

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto.

Legacy Shares” means Shares issued (i) prior to the Closing or (ii) upon the exercise of Company Stock Options that were granted prior to the Closing.

Liquidity Program Repurchase Acceptance Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5(b).

Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5(a).

Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5(a).

Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Window Period” means the period commencing on the date that a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice is sent to the Management Stockholders and ending at 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the thirtieth (30th) day thereafter.

Management Stockholders” means (i) all Stockholders other than the Sponsor Stockholders and (ii) any other Person (other than the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders) who becomes a party hereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, Article VI hereof whether or not such Person is an employee, Non-Sponsor Director or consultant of the Company and/or its

 

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Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, each Management Stockholder shall continue to be a Management Stockholder notwithstanding the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder no longer being employed with or providing services to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

Management Stockholder Group” means a Management Stockholder for so long as he, she or it holds DTI Securities and any of his, her or its Permitted Transferees for so long as they hold DTI Securities and have become parties to this Agreement as required pursuant to, and in accordance with, Article VI hereof.

Management Stockholder Group Representative” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.17.

Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

MD” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

MD Charitable Entity” means the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and any other private foundation or supporting organization (as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code) established and principally funded directly or indirectly by MD and/or his spouse.

MD Fiduciary” means any trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust appointed by MD.

MD Immediate Family Member” means, with respect to any MD Stockholder that is a natural person, (i) such natural person’s spouse, children (whether natural or adopted as minors), grandchildren or more remote descendants, siblings, spouse’s siblings and (ii) the lineal descendants of each of the persons described in the immediately preceding clause (i).

MD Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Merger” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

MSD Partners Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Non-Sponsor Director” means any director who is not an Affiliate of the Sponsor Stockholders.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and/or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.

 

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Original Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

Original Closing” means the closing of the Original Merger pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Closing Date” means October 29, 2013.

Original Merger” means the merger of Denali Acquiror and Dell pursuant to the Original Merger Agreement.

Original Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013, between the Company, Intermediate, Denali Acquiror and Dell, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on August 2, 2013 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time).

Participating Sponsor Pro Rata Portion” means, with respect to any Sponsor Stockholder relative to any specified group of Sponsor Stockholders, as of any date of determination, the fraction determined by dividing (i) the total number of shares of DTI Common Stock (including shares of DTI Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and upon exercise, vesting or delivery of Company Awards) owned by such Sponsor Stockholder as of such date, by (ii) the total number of shares of DTI Common Stock (including shares of DTI Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and upon exercise, vesting or delivery of Company Awards) owned by all members of such specified group of Sponsor Stockholders as of such date.

Permitted Transferee” means:

(i) In the case of any Management Stockholder, the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder, any family trusts and other estate-planning vehicles controlled solely by the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder and with respect to which the sole beneficiaries are the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder and/or such Applicable Employee’s Immediate Family Members; provided, that any such transferee enters into a Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex A.

(ii) In the case of the MD Stockholders:

(A) MD, SLD Trust or any MD Immediate Family Member;

(B) any MD Charitable Entity;

(C) one or more trusts whose current beneficiaries are and will remain for so long as such trust holds DTI Securities, any of (or any combination of) MD, one or more MD Immediate Family Members or MD Charitable Entities;

 

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(D) any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity wholly-owned by any one or more persons or entities described in clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) or (ii)(C) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee”; or

(E) from and after MD’s death, any recipient under MD’s will, any revocable trust established by MD that becomes irrevocable upon MD’s death, or by the laws of descent and distribution;

provided, that:

(1) in the case of any transfer of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of MD during MD’s life, MD would have, after such transfer, voting control in any capacity over a majority of the aggregate number of DTI Securities owned by the MD Stockholders and owned by the persons or entities described in clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B), (ii)(C) or (ii)(D) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” as a result of transfers hereunder;

(2) any such transferee enters into a joinder agreement in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the SLP Stockholders;

(3) in the case of any transfer of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of MD that is a Person described in clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B), (ii)(C) or (ii)(D) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” during MD’s life, such transfer is gratuitous; and

(4) MD shall have a validly executed power-of-attorney designating an attorney-in-fact or agent, or with respect to any DTI Securities transferred to a trust revocable by MD, a MD Fiduciary, that is authorized to act on MD’s behalf with respect to all rights held by MD relating to DTI Securities in the event that MD has become incapacitated.

For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clauses (ii)(A) through (ii)(E) of this definition of “Permitted Transferee” are applicable only to transfers of DTI Securities by MD to his Permitted Transferees, do not apply to any other transfers of DTI Securities, and shall not be applicable after the consummation of an IPO.

(iii) In the case of the MSD Partners Stockholders, (A) any of its controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of the MSD Partners Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such MSD Partners Stockholders; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Sponsor Stockholders, the MD Stockholders and Permitted Transferees of the MD Stockholders shall not be Permitted Transferees of any MSD Partners Stockholder.

(iv) In the case of the SLP Stockholders, (A) any of their respective controlled Affiliates (other than portfolio companies) or (B) an affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders that remains such an Affiliate or affiliated private equity fund of such SLP Stockholders.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, (x) each MD Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MD Stockholder, (y) each MSD Partners Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other MSD Partners Stockholder and (z) each SLP Stockholder will be a Permitted Transferee of each other SLP Stockholder.

Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Piggyback Registration” means an offering by the Company, pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

Plan Assets Regulations” means the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations as the same may be amended from time to time.

Post-IPO High Vote Common Stock” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(b)(ii).

Post-IPO Regular Vote Common Stock” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(b)(ii).

Post-Retirement Amount” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.8(a)(iii).

Post-Retirement Services” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.8(a).

Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares” means, with respect to any Applicable Employee, or such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder or Management Stockholder Group, the meaning ascribed to such term in any Company Award entered into by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group.

Priority Sell-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Put/Call Blackout Period” means the period during which the Company is prohibited under applicable securities laws, including Rule 14e-5 of the Exchange Act, from purchasing Put Shares, Call Shares or other DTI Securities, including during a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Window Period.

Put Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(f).

Put Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

 

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Put Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(g).

Put Price” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(h).

Put Right” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Put Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4(a).

Put Termination Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(i).

Registrable Securities” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor Stockholders and the other signatories party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Repayment Amount” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7(a)(iii).

Repayment Behavior” shall, with respect to an Applicable Employee, have the meaning ascribed to such term in an agreement reflecting a Company Award with such Applicable Employee, or if no such Company Award exists or if “Repayment Behavior” is not defined therein, then Repayment Behavior means, with respect to such Applicable Employee, such Applicable Employee’s (i) commencement of employment or service with a Direct Competitor in a role that is similar to any role such Applicable Employee held at the Company or any of its Affiliates during the twenty four (24) months prior to such Applicable Employee’s termination of employment or service to the Company or any of its Affiliates or in a role that could result in such Applicable Employee using the Company’s and/or any of its Affiliates’ confidential information or trade secrets, (ii) disclosure of any of the Company’s and/or any of its Affiliates’ confidential information or trade secrets and/or (iii) soliciting any employee to leave the Company’s and/or any of its Affiliates’ employ or service.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, members, stockholders, controlling persons, investment committee, financial advisors, attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents and other representatives.

Repurchase Caps” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6(b).

Repurchase Limitations” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6(a).

Repurchase Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.9.

Repurchase Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6(a).

 

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Restricted Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(a).

Retirement” means the voluntary termination of employment with the Company and all of its Affiliates by an Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder without Good Reason at or above the age of sixty (60) and after having completed at least five (5) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates (or any other combination of such Applicable Employee’s age plus years of service completed (not less than five (5)) that is at least equal to sixty-five (65)).

Rollover Shares” means any Shares acquired by a Management Stockholder in connection with his, her or its investment in the Company pursuant to such Management Stockholder’s Share Rollover Agreement and/or RSU Rollover Agreement.

RSU Rollover Agreement” means, with respect to any Management Stockholder, the Letter Agreement, dated as of the date of the Original Closing, between the Company and such Management Stockholder, pursuant to which such Management Stockholder rolled over a portion of his or her Dell restricted stock units into Company restricted stock units, which resulted in the issuance of Shares upon their vesting.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time.

Seasoned Shares” means Shares (including any Shares that have been issued upon the exercise of any vested Company Stock Options or in settlement of any vested Company Awards) that (i) are held by a Management Stockholder Group whose Applicable Employee is in good standing and (ii) have been held by the applicable Management Stockholder Group and vested for at least six (6) months prior to the date of determination. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares issuable upon exercise or vesting of Company Stock Options or in settlement of any vested Company Awards will not be deemed to be held by the applicable Management Stockholder Group unless and until such Shares are actually issued.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and any successor thereto. Reference herein to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretive guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

Services Commencement Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.8(a).

Share Rollover Agreement” means, with respect to any Management Stockholder, the Letter Agreement, dated as of the date of the Original Closing, between the Company and such Management Stockholder, pursuant to which such Management Stockholder rolled over a portion of his or her Dell common equity into Shares.

 

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Shares” means shares of Class A DTI Common Stock and/or Class C DTI Common Stock.

Shelf Take-Down Initiating Sponsor Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

SLD Trust” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

SLP” means Silver Lake Management Company III, L.L.C., Silver Lake Management Company IV, L.L.C. and their respective affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

SLP Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Sponsor Call Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(a).

Sponsor Call Period” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(a).

Sponsor Call Right” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(a) .

Sponsor Call Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(a).

Sponsor Holders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Sponsor Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Spousal Consent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(g).

Stockholders” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Subject Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.9.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which (i) a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if no such governing body exists at such entity, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests of the entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing member or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, VMware and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Subsidiaries of the Company and its Subsidiaries for so long as VMware is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

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Tag-Along Buyer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Participation Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(b).

Tag-Along Sale” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Notice” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Sale Percentage” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

Tag-Along Sellers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(b).

Tag-Along Shares” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.4(a).

transfer” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).

Transferable Shares” means (i) vested Shares and (ii) solely with respect to Section 3.4, Section 3.5 and Article IV, the number of shares of Class C DTI Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Company Stock Options that are fully vested and exercisable as of the relevant date of determination; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, Company Stock Options are not Transferable Shares.

Trigger Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7(a).

Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

VMware” means VMware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors by merger or consolidation.

wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which all of the shares of stock or equivalent ownership interests (other than, with respect to non-U.S. subsidiaries, only to the extent legally required, de minimis ownership thereof by residents, natural persons or non-Affiliates) are owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole, and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the words, “include,” “includes” and “including,” when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “dollars” and “$” shall

 

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mean United States dollars. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application to the parties hereto and is expressly waived.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties of the Management Stockholders. Each of the Management Stockholders hereby represents and warrants severally and not jointly to the Sponsor Stockholders and to the Company as of the date of the Original Agreement (and in respect of Persons who became or become a party to this Agreement after the date of the Original Agreement, such Management Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to the Sponsor Stockholders and the Company on the date of its execution of a Joinder Agreement) and as follows:

(a) Such Management Stockholder, to the extent applicable, is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

(b) Such Management Stockholder has the full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, of such Management Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Management Stockholder and constitutes its, his or her legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, him or her in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Management Stockholder of this Agreement, the performance by such Management Stockholder of its, his or her obligations hereunder by such Management Stockholder does not and will not violate (i) in the case of Management Stockholders who are not individuals, any provision of its Organizational Documents, (ii) any provision of any material agreement to which it, he or she is a party or by which it, he or she is bound or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree to which it, he or she is subject.

(d) No notice, consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such Management Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement.

(e) Such Management Stockholder is not currently in violation of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree, which violation could reasonably be expected at any time to have a material adverse effect upon such Management Stockholder’s ability to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

 

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(f) There is no pending legal action, suit or proceeding that would materially and adversely affect the ability of such Management Stockholder to enter into this Agreement or to perform its, his or her obligations hereunder.

(g) If such Management Stockholder is an individual and married, he or she has delivered to the other Stockholders and the Company a duly executed copy of a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B (a “Spousal Consent”).

ARTICLE III

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS; REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS; POST-RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Section 3.1. General Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Generally.

(i) No Management Stockholder may directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, gift or otherwise transfer, dispose of or encumber, in each case, whether in its own right or by its representative and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (any of the foregoing, whether effected directly or indirectly (including by a direct or indirect transfer of equity, ownership or economic interests, or options, warrants or other contractual rights to acquire an equity, ownership or economic interest, in any Management Stockholder), shall be deemed included in the term “transfer” as used in this Agreement) any DTI Securities, or any legal, economic or beneficial interest in any DTI Securities; provided, that a Management Stockholder may transfer (x) Transferable Shares or (y) solely with the prior written consent of the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, other DTI Securities, in each case, if and only if (i) such transfer is made on the books and records of the Company and is in compliance with the provisions of this Article III (including Section 3.2) and any other agreement applicable to the transfer of such Transferable Shares), (ii) the transferee (if other than (A) the Company or another Stockholder, (B) a transferee pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act or, solely following an IPO, (so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder) a transferee pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (C) solely following an IPO, pursuant to a sale exempt from registration so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder and such transferee enters into a written agreement for the benefit of the IPO Entity confirming its agreement to comply with Section 3.1(c)) agrees to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Article VI hereof and executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and (iii) in the case of a transfers to a natural person (if other than (A) another Stockholder, (B) a transferee pursuant to an offer and sale registered under the Securities Act or, solely following an IPO, (so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder) a transferee pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or

 

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(C) solely following an IPO, pursuant to a sale exempt from registration so long as the transferee is not an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder and such transferee enters into a written agreement for the benefit of the IPO Entity confirming its agreement to comply with Section 3.1(c)), such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and a Spousal Consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B.

(ii) Any purported transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in any DTI Securities by any Management Stockholder that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its register of stockholders or otherwise any change in record ownership of DTI Securities pursuant to any such transfer.

(b) Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between a Management Stockholder (or any of its Affiliates) and the Company, any Management Stockholder that proposes to transfer Transferable Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be responsible for any fees and expenses (including any stamp, transfer, recording or similar taxes) incurred by the Company in connection with such transfer.

(c) Securities Law Acknowledgement. Each Management Stockholder acknowledges that the DTI Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be transferred, except as otherwise provided herein, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Each Management Stockholder agrees that it will not transfer any DTI Common Stock at any time if such action would (i) constitute a violation of any securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a breach of the conditions to any exemption from registration of DTI Common Stock under any such laws or a breach of any undertaking or agreement of such Management Stockholder entered into pursuant to such laws or in connection with obtaining an exemption thereunder, (ii) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or (iii) be a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” for purposes of fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Each Management Stockholder agrees it shall not be entitled to any certificate for any or all of the DTI Common Stock, unless the Board shall otherwise determine.

(d) Legend.

(i) Each certificate (or book-entry share) evidencing Shares shall bear the following restrictive legend, either as an endorsement or on the face thereof:

THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2016, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR

 

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SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE. NO SUCH SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH IN FULL.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

(ii) In the event that either or both of the paragraphs in the restrictive legend set forth in Section 3.1(d)(i) has ceased to be applicable, the Company shall provide any Management Stockholder, at his, her or its request, without any expense to such Management Stockholder (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any), with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry shares) for such DTI Securities of like tenor not bearing such paragraph(s) of the legend with respect to which the restriction has ceased and terminated (it being understood that the restriction referred to in the first paragraph of the legend in Section 3.1(d)(i) shall cease and terminate only upon the termination of this Article III with respect to the Management Stockholder holding such DTI Securities).

(e) No Other Proxies or Voting Agreements. No Management Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any DTI Securities or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any Person with respect to any DTI Securities, including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities, nor shall any Management Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other Persons in connection with the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any DTI Securities.

(f) Acknowledgement. Each Management Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this Article III may adversely affect the proceeds received by such Management Stockholder in any sale, transfer or liquidation of any such DTI Securities, and as a result of such restrictions on transfer, it may not be possible for such Management Stockholder to liquidate all or any part of such Management Stockholder’s interest in DTI Securities at the time of such Management Stockholder’s choosing. Each Management Stockholder further acknowledges and agrees that none of the Company and/or the Sponsor Stockholders shall have any liability to such Management Stockholder arising from, relating to or in connection with the restrictions on transfer of DTI Securities or any interest in DTI Securities as set forth in this Article III, except to the extent the Company or such Sponsor Stockholder fails to comply with its obligations to such Management Stockholder pursuant to this Article III.

 

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Section 3.2. Specified Restrictions on Transfers.

(a) Restrictions on Transfers During Restricted Period. Until the consummation of an IPO (and subject to any applicable lock-up or no transfer period in connection with such IPO) (the “Restricted Period”), no Management Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferees of a Management Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities without the prior written consent of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, except transfers of:

(i) Transferable Shares to the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4 or Section 4.9;

(ii) Transferable Shares that, at the commencement of a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer are Seasoned Shares, by any Applicable Employee who is in good standing and any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group pursuant to such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer;

(iii) Transferable Shares pursuant to the “tag-along” rights of the Management Stockholders under Section 3.4 in respect of any Tag-Along Sale transaction (in each case, subject to the “tag-along” rights of the other Management Stockholders under Section 3.4);

(iv) Transferable Shares pursuant to the “drag-along” rights pursuant to Section 3.5 in connection with a Drag-Along Sale transaction;

(v) Transferable Shares to a Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder in compliance with Section 3.3; and

(vi) solely with the prior written consent of the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, transfers of other DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of a Management Stockholder in compliance with Section 3.3.

(b) In addition, during the Restricted Period, without the prior written consent of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, no Management Stockholder Group may transfer any DTI Securities pursuant to any Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer and/or the exercise of Put Rights or similar contractual rights in any fiscal year period in an aggregate amount in excess of such Management Stockholder Group’s Individual Cap (after taking into account any reduction to such Individual Cap for net share withholding to pay the minimum required tax withholding due in connection with the issuance or vesting of such DTI Securities).

(c) Restrictions on Transfers After Restricted Period. From and after the expiration of the Restricted Period, no Management Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferees of a Management Stockholder) may transfer any DTI Securities, except transfers of DTI Securities in compliance with Section 3.1 and Section 3.6.

 

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Section 3.3. Permitted Transfers. Each Management Stockholder may transfer (x) Transferable Shares or (y) solely with the prior written consent of the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, other DTI Securities, in each case that are held by him, her or it to a Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder without complying with the provisions of this Article III, other than Section 3.1; provided, that (i) such Permitted Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a Joinder Agreement as contemplated in Section 3.1(a) and Article VI, or otherwise agreed with the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, in a written instrument reasonably satisfactory to the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, that he, she or it will immediately convey record and beneficial ownership of all such Transferable Shares or other DTI Securities (solely if permitted), as the case may be, and all rights and obligations hereunder to such Management Stockholder or another Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder if, and immediately prior to such time that, he, she or it ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of such Management Stockholder and (ii) in the case of a transfer of Transferable Shares or other DTI Securities (solely if permitted), as the case may be, to a natural person, such natural person’s spouse executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder Agreement and a Spousal Consent as contemplated in Section 3.1(a).

Section 3.4. Tag-Along Rights.

(a) Subject to Section 3.4(g), if any Initiating Tag-Along Seller enters into one or a series of related transactions (including any merger or consolidation) involving the sale, transfer, exchange or conversion of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of DTI Common Stock to any Person (other than one or more Affiliates or Permitted Transferees of such Initiating Tag-Along Seller) (a “Tag-Along Sale”), then the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall give, or direct the Company to give and the Company shall so promptly give, written notice (a “Tag-Along Sale Notice”) of such proposed transfer to all Eligible Tag-Along Sellers with respect to such Tag-Along Sale at least fifteen (15) days prior to each of the consummation of such proposed transfer and the delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice setting forth (i) the number and type of each class of DTI Securities proposed to be transferred, (ii) the consideration to be received for such DTI Securities by such Initiating Tag-Along Seller, (iii) the identity of the purchaser (the “Tag-Along Buyer”), (iv) a detailed summary of all material terms and conditions of the proposed transfer, (v) the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing the number of DTI Securities to be purchased from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees by the total number of DTI Securities held by such Initiating Tag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees (the “Tag-Along Sale Percentage”) and (vi) an invitation to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller to irrevocably agree to include in the Tag-Along Sale up to a number of Transferable Shares held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller equal to the product of the total number of Transferable Shares held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller multiplied by the Tag-Along Sale Percentage (such amount of DTI Securities with respect to each Eligible Tag-Along Seller, such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s “Tag-Along Shares”). In the event that more than one Stockholder proposes to execute a Tag-Along Sale as an Initiating Tag-Along Seller, then all such transferring Stockholders shall be treated as the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and the DTI Securities held and to be transferred by such Stockholders shall be aggregated as set forth in Section 7.15, including for purposes of calculating the applicable Tag-Along Sale Percentage. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller is transferring DTI Common Stock or vested in-the-money Company Stock Options in such Tag-Along Sale, each of the Eligible Tag-Along Sellers shall be entitled to transfer the same

 

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proportion of Transferable Shares held by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller as the proportion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s DTI Common Stock and vested in-the-money Company Stock Options (relative to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller’s total number of such DTI Securities) that are being sold by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale (with each vested in the money Company Stock Option counting as a share of DTI Common Stock for purposes of the foregoing calculation). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, no DTI Securities that are subject to any vesting or similar condition may be transferred prior to such time as such DTI Securities have fully vested and become Transferable Shares; provided, that it is understood that if such DTI Securities vest in connection with such Tag-Along Sale and would become Transferable Shares, such Transferable Shares may be transferred in connection therewith in accordance with this Section 3.4.

(b) Upon delivery of a Tag-Along Sale Notice, each Eligible Tag-Along Seller may elect to include all or a portion of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares in such Tag-Along Sale (Eligible Tag-Along Sellers who make such an election being an “Electing Tag-Along Seller” and, together with the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and all other Persons (other than any Affiliates of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller) who otherwise are transferring, or have exercised a contractual or other right to transfer, Transferable Shares in connection with such Tag-Along Sale, the “Tag-Along Sellers”), at the same price per Share (it being understood that all classes or series of DTI Common Stock shall be at the same price per share) and pursuant to the same terms and conditions as agreed to by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and otherwise in accordance with this Section 3.4, by sending an irrevocable written notice (a “Tag-Along Participation Notice”) to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within fifteen (15) days of the date the Tag-Along Sale Notice is received by such Eligible Tag-Along Seller, indicating such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s irrevocable election, subject to Section 3.4(c), to include its Tag-Along Shares in the Tag-Along Sale and setting forth the number of Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include. Following such fifteen (15) day period, each Electing Tag-Along Seller that has delivered a Tag-Along Participation Notice shall be entitled to sell to such proposed transferee on the same terms and conditions as and, concurrently with, the other Electing Tag-Along Sellers and the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, such Electing Tag-Along Seller’s Tag-Along Shares it elects to include, which terms and conditions have been set forth in the Tag-Along Sale Notice. Each Eligible Tag-Along Seller who does not deliver a Tag-Along Participation Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall have waived and be deemed to have waived all of such Eligible Tag-Along Seller’s rights with respect to such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that in order to be entitled to exercise its right to include Tag-Along Shares in a Tag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.4, each Electing Tag-Along Seller must agree to make the same representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements to the Tag-Along Buyer as made by the Initiating Tag-Along Seller and any Electing Tag-Along Seller in connection with the Tag-Along Sale (and shall be subject to the same escrow or other holdback arrangements as such Persons so long as such escrows or other holdbacks are proportionately based on the amount of consideration received for the sale of DTI Securities in such Tag-Along Sale transaction); provided, that:

(i) each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be entitled to receive its pro rata portion (based on the relative amount and type of Transferable Shares sold in such Tag-Along Sale transaction) of any deferred consideration or indemnification payments relating to such Tag-Along Sale (provided, however, that, with respect to any unexercised

 

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Company Stock Options proposed to be transferred in such Tag-Along Sale by any Tag-Along Seller, the per share consideration in respect thereof shall be reduced by the exercise price of such options or, if required pursuant to the terms of such options or such Tag-Along Sale, such Tag-Along Seller must exercise the relevant option and transfer the relevant Transferable Shares (rather than the option) (in each case, net of any amounts required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such exercise));

(ii) the aggregate amount of liability of each Electing Tag-Along Seller shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Electing Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale;

(iii) all indemnification obligations (other than with respect to the matters referenced in Section 3.4(b)(iv)) shall be on a several and not joint basis to the Tag-Along Sellers pro rata (based on the amount of consideration received by each Tag-Along Seller in the Tag-Along Sale transaction); and

(iv) no Electing Tag-Along Seller shall be responsible for any indemnification obligations and/or liabilities (including through escrow or hold back arrangements) for (A) breaches or inaccuracies of representations and warranties made with respect to any other Tag-Along Seller’s (1) ownership of and title to DTI Securities, (2) organization and authority or (3) conflicts and consents and any other matter concerning such other Person and/or (B) breaches of any covenant specifically relating to any other Tag-Along Seller.

(c) Notwithstanding the delivery of any Tag-Along Sale Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Tag-Along Sale and as to the timing, manner, price and, subject to Section 3.4(b)(i) through (iv), other terms and conditions of any such Tag-Along Sale shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, and none of the Initiating Tag-Along Seller, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives shall have any liability to any Electing Tag-Along Seller arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any proposed Tag-Along Sale except to the extent such Initiating Tag-Along Seller failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.4 ; provided, that (i) if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller agrees to amend, restate, modify or supplement the terms and/or conditions of the Tag-Along Sale after such time that any Stockholder has elected to be an Electing Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller shall promptly notify the Company and each Electing Tag-Along Seller of such amendment, restatement, modification and/or supplement and (ii) each such Electing Tag-Along Seller shall have the right to withdraw its Tag-Along Participation Notice by delivering written notice of such withdrawal to the Initiating Tag-Along Seller within five (5) Business Days of the date of receipt of such notice from the Initiating Tag-Along Seller.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary, this Section 3.4 shall not apply to (i) any transfers of DTI Securities to a Permitted Transferee of the transferring Stockholder, (ii) any transfers of DTI Securities by the Sponsor Stockholders and/or their Permitted Transferees pursuant to Section 3.5 and/or (iii) any transfer of shares of Class C DTI Common Stock in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration,

 

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Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise), it being understood that Management Stockholders’ participation rights in connection with transfers of Transferable Shares in a registered public offering (whether in a Demand Registration, Piggyback Registration, Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or otherwise) shall be governed by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

(e) All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries, the Sponsor Stockholders and/or one (1) outside legal counsel acting jointly for the Management Stockholders (which legal counsel shall have been approved in advance by the Sponsor Stockholders), in each case, in connection with such Tag-Along Sale shall be allocated and borne on a pro rata basis by each Tag-Along Seller in accordance with the amount of consideration otherwise received by each Tag-Along Seller in such Tag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that this Section 3.4(e) shall not prevent any Tag-Along Sale to be structured in a manner such that some or all of the such costs and expenses result in a pro rata reduction in the consideration received by the Tag-Along Sellers in such Tag-Along Sale.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Initiating Tag-Along Seller has not completed the proposed Tag-Along Sale within one hundred twenty (120) days following delivery of the Tag-Along Sale Notice in accordance with this Section 3.4, the Initiating Tag-Along Seller may not then effect such proposed Tag-Along Sale without again complying with the provisions of this Section 3.4; provided, that if such proposed Tag-Along Sale is subject to, and conditioned on, one or more prior regulatory approvals, then such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary until no later than the expiration of ten (10) days after all such approvals shall have been received.

(g) This Section 3.4 automatically terminates without any further action upon an IPO.

Section 3.5. Drag-Along Rights.

(a) Subject to Section 3.5(g), an Initiating Drag-Along Seller shall be entitled to give, or direct the Company to give and if so directed by the Initiating Drag-Along Seller the Company shall so promptly give, written notice (a “Drag-Along Sale Notice”) to the Management Stockholders that such Initiating Drag-Along Seller or the Company has entered into one or a series of related transactions (including any merger or consolidation) involving the sale, transfer, exchange or conversion of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of DTI Common Stock and other debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into DTI Common Stock, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any DTI Common Stock or such debt securities of the Company to any Person (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries, one or more Affiliates or Permitted Transferees of such Initiating Drag-Along Seller) (a “Drag-Along Sale”), and that such Initiating Drag-Along Seller is requiring the Management Stockholders (all Management Stockholders participating in a Drag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.5, the “Dragged-Along Sellers”, together with the Initiating Drag-Along Seller and all other Persons (other than any Affiliates of the Initiating Drag-Along Seller) who otherwise are transferring, have a contractual obligation to transfer, or have exercised a contractual or other right to transfer, DTI Securities in connection with such Drag-Along Sale, the “Drag-Along Sellers”) to

 

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participate, agree and take such actions reasonably necessary to sell in such Drag-Along Sale, on the same price, consideration, terms and conditions as the Initiating Drag-Along Seller and in the manner set forth in this Section 3.5, a number of Transferable Shares held by such Dragged-Along Seller determined by multiplying (A) the number of Transferable Shares held by such Dragged-Along Sellers at the time of the consummation of such Drag-Along Sale, by (B) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the number of DTI Securities to be transferred by the Initiating Drag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees in such Drag-Along Sale and the denominator of which is the total number of DTI Securities held at such time by the Initiating Drag-Along Seller and its Permitted Transferees (such fraction, the “Drag-Along Sale Percentage”). The Drag-Along Sale Notice shall be delivered to all Dragged-Along Sellers at least fifteen (15) days prior to each of the consummation of such Drag-Along Sale and the delivery of a Drag-Along Sale Notice setting forth (i) the number and type of each class of DTI Securities proposed to be transferred, (ii) the consideration to be received for such DTI Securities, (iii) the identity of the other Person(s) party to the Drag-Along Sale, (iv) a detailed summary of all material terms and conditions of the proposed transfer, (v) the Drag-Along Sale Percentage, (vi) the date of the anticipated completion of the proposed Drag-Along Sale (which date shall not be less than fifteen (15) days after the delivery of such notice) and (vii) any action or actions required of the Dragged-Along Sellers in connection with the Drag-Along Sale. In the event that more than one MD Stockholder and/or more than one SLP Stockholder is the Initiating Drag-Along Seller, then all such transferring MD Stockholders and/or SLP Stockholders, as the case may be, shall be treated as the Initiating Drag-Along Seller, and the DTI Securities held and to be transferred by such MD Stockholders and/or SLP Stockholders, as the case may be, shall be aggregated as set forth in Section 7.15, including for purposes of calculating the applicable Drag-Along Sale Percentage. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.5 to the contrary, if the MD Stockholders and MSD Partners Stockholders are transferring some, but not all of their DTI Common Stock or vested in-the-money Company Stock Options in any Drag-Along Sale, each of the Management Stockholders shall be entitled to transfer the same proportion of Transferable Shares held by it as the proportion, in the aggregate, of the MD Stockholders’ and the MSD Partners Stockholders’ DTI Common Stock and vested in-the-money Company Stock Options (relative to the MD Stockholders’ and the MSD Partners Stockholders’ total number of such DTI Securities) that are being sold by the MD Stockholders and the MSD Partners Stockholders in such Drag-Along Sale (with each vested in the money Company Stock Option counting as a share of DTI Common Stock for purposes of the foregoing calculation). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, no DTI Securities that are subject to any vesting or similar condition may be transferred prior to such time as such DTI Securities have fully vested and become Transferable Shares; provided, that it is understood that if such DTI Securities vest in connection with such Drag-Along Sale and would become Transferable Shares, such Transferable Shares shall be required to be transferred in connection therewith in accordance with this Section 3.5.

(b) Upon delivery of a Drag-Along Sale Notice, all Dragged-Along Sellers participating in a Drag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be required to agree to make the same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements as the applicable Initiating Drag-Along Seller and all other Drag-Along Sellers in such Drag-Along Sale (and shall be subject to the same escrow or other holdback arrangements as such Persons so long as such escrows or other holdbacks are proportionately based on the amount of consideration received for the sale of DTI Securities in such Drag-Along Sale transaction); provided, that:

 

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(i) each Dragged-Along Seller shall be entitled to receive its pro rata portion (based on the relative amount and type of Transferable Shares sold in such Drag-Along Sale transaction) of any deferred consideration or indemnification payments relating to such Drag-Along Sale transaction (provided, however, that, with respect to any unexercised Company Stock Options proposed to be transferred in such Drag-Along Sale by any Drag-Along Seller, the per share consideration in respect thereof shall be reduced by the exercise price of such options or, if required pursuant to the terms of such options or such Drag-Along Sale, such Drag-Along Seller must exercise the relevant option and transfer the relevant shares of DTI Common Stock (rather than the option) (in each case, net of any amounts required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such exercise));

(ii) the aggregate amount of liability of each Dragged-Along Seller shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Dragged-Along Seller in such Drag-Along Sale;

(iii) all indemnification obligations (other than with respect to the matters referenced in Section 3.5(b)(iv)) shall be on a several and not joint basis to the Drag-Along Sellers pro rata (based on the amount of consideration received by each Drag-Along Seller in the Drag-Along Sale transaction); and

(iv) no Dragged-Along Seller shall be responsible for any indemnification obligations and/or liabilities (including through escrow or hold back arrangements) for (A) breaches or inaccuracies of representations and warranties made with respect to any other Drag-Along Seller’s (1) ownership of and title to equity securities, (2) organization and authority or (3) conflicts and consents and any other matter concerning such other Drag Along Seller and/or (B) breaches of any covenant specifically relating to any other Drag-Along Sellers.

(c) In connection with a Drag-Along Sale, at the request of the Initiating Drag-Along Seller or the Company (at the direction of the Initiating Drag-Along Seller), each Drag-Along Seller shall, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.5(b):

(i) (A) sign a written resolution voting all of such Dragged-Along Seller’s voting DTI Securities in favor of such Drag-Along Sale (if such a vote is required) or (B) at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders or at any other meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, in each case to the extent that such Dragged-Along Seller’s DTI Securities are entitled to vote thereon, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the stockholders of the Company is sought, (x) appear at each meeting of stockholders or otherwise cause all of the voting DTI Securities beneficially owned by such Dragged-Along Seller as of the applicable record date to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (y) vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, all of such Dragged-Along Seller’s voting DTI Securities as of the applicable record date in favor of such Drag-Along Sale (if such a vote is required); and

 

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(ii) take or cause to be taken all such actions as are reasonably required or necessary in order to facilitate and consummate expeditiously such Drag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.5, including (A) executing, acknowledging and delivering consents, assignments, waivers and other documents or instruments and (B) filing applications, reports, returns, filings and other documents or instruments with governmental authorities.

(d) Notwithstanding the delivery of any Drag-Along Sale Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Drag-Along Sale and as to the timing, manner, price and, subject to Section 3.5(b)(i) through (iv), other terms and conditions of any such Drag-Along Sale shall be at the sole discretion of the Initiating Drag-Along Seller, and none of the Initiating Drag-Along Seller, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives shall have any liability to any Dragged-Along Seller arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any proposed Drag-Along Sale except to the extent such Initiating Drag-Along Seller failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.5; provided, that (i) if the Initiating Drag-Along Seller agrees to amend, restate, modify or supplement the terms and/or conditions of the Drag-Along Sale after such time that the Drag-Along Sale Notice has been delivered to the Dragged-Along Sellers in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.5, the Initiating Drag-Along Seller shall promptly notify the Company and cause to be delivered to each Dragged-Along Seller a revised Drag-Along Sale Notice containing all of the items required of a Drag-Along Sale Notice as set forth in Section 3.5(a) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the consummation of such Drag-Along Sale.

(e) All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of the Sponsor Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees and/or one (1) outside legal counsel acting jointly for the Management Stockholders (which legal counsel shall have been approved in advance by the Sponsor Stockholders), in each case, in connection with a Drag-Along Sale shall either be (i) borne in full by the Company or (ii) if the Company determines not to bear in full such costs and expenses, allocated and borne on a pro rata basis by each Drag-Along Seller in accordance with the amount of consideration otherwise received by each Drag-Along Seller in such Drag-Along Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that this Section 3.5(e) shall not prevent any Drag-Along Sale to be structured in a manner such that some or all of the such costs and expenses result in a pro rata reduction in the consideration received by the Drag-Along Sellers in such Drag-Along Sale.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Initiating Drag-Along Seller has not completed the proposed Drag-Along Sale within one hundred eighty (180) days following delivery of the Drag-Along Sale Notice in accordance with this Section 3.5, then such Drag-Along Sale Notice shall be null and void, each Dragged-Along Seller shall be released from its obligations under such Drag-Along Sale Notice and it shall be necessary for a separate Drag-Along Sale Notice to be furnished by the Initiating Drag-Along Seller, and the other terms and provisions of this Section 3.5 separately complied with, in order to consummate such Drag-Along Sale pursuant to this Section 3.5; provided, that if such proposed Drag-Along Sale is subject to, and conditioned on, one or more prior regulatory approvals, then such one hundred eighty (180) day period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary until no later than the expiration of ten (10) days after all such approvals shall have been received.

 

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(g) This Section 3.5 automatically terminates without any further action upon an IPO.

Section 3.6. Black-Out Periods.

(a) In the event of an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (whether a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Registration Rights Agreement or an underwritten offering of Shares pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 2.5 of the Registration Rights Agreement, each of the Management Stockholders agrees if requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwritten offering (or if requested by (A) the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Sponsor Holders in the case of an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (whether a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Registration Rights Agreement or (B) the Demand Initiating Sponsor Holders in the case of an underwritten Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Registration Rights Agreement), not to (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, hypothecate, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option or right to purchase of or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and DTI Securities that may be issued upon exercise of any Company Stock Options or warrants or settlement of any Company Awards) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, (2) enter into any swap, hedging arrangement or other derivatives transaction with respect to any DTI Securities (including DTI Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and DTI Securities that may be issued upon exercise of any Company Stock Options or warrants or settlement of any Company Awards) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for DTI Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of DTI Securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1) through (3), during each of the following time periods: (X) in the case of an IPO, during the period beginning seven (7) days before, and ending one hundred eighty (180) days (subject to any customary “booster shot” extensions) thereafter, (Y) in the case of any other underwritten offering but subject to clause (Z), during the period beginning seven (7) days before, and ending ninety (90) days (subject to any customary “booster shot” extensions) thereafter and (Z) in the case of any other offering or shelf take-down, such other period as may be requested by the Company that is no less favorable to the Management Stockholders than that applicable to the Sponsor Holders, the managing underwriter or underwriters, or the Person initiating such offering or shelf take-down; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Management Stockholder from exercising its rights, if any, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

(b) If requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters of any such underwritten offering, each Management Stockholder shall execute a customary agreement reflecting its agreement set forth in this Section 3.6.

 

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Section 3.7. Repayment Obligations. Anything in this Article III to the contrary notwithstanding:

(a) If an Applicable Employee (other than an Applicable Employee who is or was serving solely as a Non-Sponsor Director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries)) engages in Repayment Behavior while employed by or providing services to the Company and/or any of its Affiliates or at any time during the one (1) year period following such Applicable Employee’s date of termination of employment or service with the Company and all of its Affiliates, then upon the date on which the Applicable Employee first engages in such Repayment Behavior (such date, the “Trigger Date”):

(i) all of such Applicable Employee’s and any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group’s unvested Company Awards and any Company Stock Options then held by such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, if any, that first vested and became exercisable during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the earlier of (A) the Trigger Date and (B) such Applicable Employee’s date of termination of employment or service to the Company and all of its Affiliates shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration (such two-year period, the “Claw Back Period”);

(ii) any Shares then held by such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group that were acquired upon the exercise of any Company Stock Options or in connection with the grant or settlement of any other Company Awards that first vested during the Claw Back Period will immediately cease to be transferable by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (other than to such Applicable Employee’s Permitted Transferees pursuant to Section 3.3, to the Company pursuant to this clause (ii) or transfers pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 and Section 3.5) and, subject to any applicable Repurchase Limitations, may, at the Company’s election, be repurchased by the Company for a payment equal to the aggregate price, if any, paid by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group to acquire such Shares (and, if no such price was paid, for $0.00), which election shall be made within the three (3) month period following the later of (A) the Trigger Date and (B) the date on which such Shares were acquired by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (provided, that for purposes of this clause (ii), if the Company has made the election described above in this clause (ii), it shall repurchase all such Shares which the Company failed to purchase due to Repurchase Limitations as soon as practicable, in compliance with, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement); and

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any other Company Awards that first vested during the Claw Back Period, then such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group shall be required to promptly (and in any event, no later than ten (10) days following receipt of notice thereof from the Company or one of its Affiliates) pay to the Company in immediately available funds by wire transfer an amount (such amount, the “Repayment Amount”) in cash in U.S. dollars equal to (x) the amount paid by the acquiror(s) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, could include the Company and/or its Affiliates, or any Sponsor Stockholder, pursuant to the provisions of Article IV) to such Applicable Employee and/or the members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group in such sale(s) of Shares, minus (y) the aggregate price, if any, paid by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group to acquire the Shares sold in such sale(s) of Shares; provided, that the Repayment Amount shall not be less than zero.

For purposes of this Section 3.7(a), if such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group sell any Shares during the Claw Back Period and, at the time of any such sale, such Applicable Employee and the other members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group collectively own (after giving effect to this sentence) both (x) Shares that were acquired upon exercise of a Company Stock Option or in connection with the grant or settlement of any other Company Awards that first vested during the Claw Back Period and (y) Shares that were not acquired upon exercise of a Company Stock Option or in connection with the grant or settlement of any other Company Award that first vested during the Claw Back Period, then the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed to not have been acquired upon exercise of the Company Stock Option or in connection with the grant or settlement of any other Company Award that first vested during the Claw Back Period unless and until, after giving effect to this sentence, all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold in such sale and are no longer owned by such Applicable Employee or any other member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if on a date of sale of Shares, an Applicable Employee and such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and the Applicable Employee and/or other members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Shares that were acquired upon exercise of the Company Stock Option or in connection with the grant or settlement of any other Company Award, as applicable, that first vested during the Claw Back Period). Each Applicable Employee agrees to promptly provide the Company all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 3.7(a) to the Company by the Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group.

(b) In the event that the Company is entitled to reacquire any Shares of an Applicable Employee and the members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group as contemplated in Section 3.7(a)(ii), such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, if applicable, shall promptly (and in any event, no later than five (5) business days following written notification of such transfer obligation by the Company) transfer all Shares, and all stock certificates representing such Shares if such Shares are certificated (or affidavits and other evidence reasonably requested with respect to lost, damaged or destroyed stock certificates), to the

 

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Company free and clear of all Encumbrances (with any applicable stock transfer tax stamps properly affixed), and deliver all such releases, letters of transmittal and/or instruments of transfer properly completed and duly executed, as shall be reasonably requested by the Company.

(c) In the event that an Applicable Employee and the members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group sold Shares and are obligated to pay the Company the Repayment Amount as contemplated in Section 3.7(a)(iii), such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, if applicable, shall promptly (and in any event, no later than five (5) business days following written notification of such repayment obligation by the Company) pay such Repayment Amount to such bank account as instructed, and deliver all such releases and/or instruments or documents properly completed and duly executed, as shall be reasonably requested by the Company.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the obligations of any Management Stockholder and/or any Applicable Employee may not be assigned or transferred (whether by operation of law or otherwise) by such Management Stockholder or Applicable Employee to any Person, any assignee or transferee of Shares, or otherwise.

Section 3.8. Post-Retirement Services Obligations. Anything in this Article III to the contrary notwithstanding:

(a) If an Applicable Employee (other than an Applicable Employee who was serving solely as a Non-Sponsor Director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) immediately prior to the termination of such services with the Company and/or such Subsidiary (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries)) becomes employed by or commences providing consulting services on a substantially full-time basis for remuneration to any Person or entity other than the Company or its Affiliates at any time during the three (3) year period following the Applicable Employee’s Retirement (“Post-Retirement Services”; provided, that service solely as a director on any board of directors shall not be considered “Post-Retirement Services” for purposes of this Section 3.8), then, upon the date on which such Applicable Employee first engages in such Post-Retirement Services (such date, the “Services Commencement Date”):

(i) all of such Applicable Employee’s and any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group’s Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares then held by such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, if any, that remain subject to a Company Stock Option or other Company Award on the Services Commencement Date, whether or not vested, shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration;

(ii) any Shares then held by such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group that were acquired upon the exercise of any Company Stock Option or in connection with the grant or settlement of any other Company Award and that were Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares immediately prior to the later of the date on which such Shares were acquired by or issued to such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable

 

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Employee’s Management Stockholder Group in the case of Company Stock Options or restricted stock units or the date on which such Shares vested in the case of restricted stock will immediately cease to be transferable by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (other than to such Applicable Employee’s Permitted Transferees pursuant to Section 3.3, to the Company pursuant to this clause (ii) or transfers pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 and Section 3.5 of this Agreement) and, subject to any applicable Repurchase Limitations, may, at the Company’s election, be repurchased by the Company for a payment equal to the aggregate price, if any, paid by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group to acquire such Shares (and, if no such price was paid, for $0.00), which election shall be made within the three (3) month period following the later of (A) the Services Commencement Date and (B) the later of the date on which such Shares were acquired by or issued to such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group in the case of Company Stock Options or restricted stock units or the date on which such Shares vested in the case of restricted stock (provided, that for purposes of this clause (ii), if the Company has made the election described above in this clause (ii), it shall repurchase all such Shares which the Company failed to purchase due to Repurchase Limitations as soon as practicable, in compliance with, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement); and

(iii) if such Applicable Employee or any of the members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group have sold, in one or more sales, any Shares that were acquired upon the exercise of any Company Stock Option or in connection with the grant or settlement of any other Company Awards and that were Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares immediately prior to the later of the date on which such Shares were acquired by or issued to such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group in the case of Company Stock Options or restricted stock units or the date on which such Shares vested in the case of restricted stock, such Applicable Employee shall be required to promptly (and in any event, no later than five (5) business days following written notification of such repayment obligation by the Company) pay to the Company in immediately available funds by wire transfer an amount (such amount, the “Post-Retirement Amount”) in cash in U.S. dollars equal to (x) the aggregate amount realized by such Applicable Employee and any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group with respect to the sale of such Shares in all such sales, minus (y) the aggregate price, if any, paid by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group to acquire such Shares; provided, the Post-Retirement Amount shall not be less than zero.

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Option (e.g. if following termination of an Applicable Employee’s employment a Company Stock Option is exercisable for an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (v) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (w) and such Applicable Employee exercises the Company Stock Option for 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares acquired upon such exercise will be deemed to be Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares) and (B) such Applicable Employee and the other members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholders Group collectively own (after giving effect to clause (A) above) both (x) Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares that have been acquired upon exercise of any Company Stock Option and (y) Shares that do not constitute Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares, then in the event that such Applicable Employee and/or any other member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group sells any Shares, the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed to not be Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares unless and until, after giving effect to this clause (B), all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold and are no longer owned by such Applicable Employee or any other member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if following termination of such Applicable Employee’s employment or service such Applicable Employee and such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and such Applicable Employee and/or other members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares). Each Applicable Employee agrees to notify the Company in writing within seven (7) days of commencing any Post-Retirement Services, and to promptly provide the Company all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 3.8(a) to the Company by such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group.

(b) In the event that the Company is entitled to reacquire any Shares of an Applicable Employee and the members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group as contemplated in Section 3.8(a)(ii), such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, if applicable, shall promptly (and in any event, no later than five (5) business days following written notification of such transfer obligation by the Company) transfer all Shares, and all stock certificates representing such Shares if such Shares are certificated (or affidavits and other evidence reasonably requested with respect to lost, damaged or destroyed stock certificates), to the Company free and clear of all Encumbrances (with any applicable stock transfer tax stamps properly affixed), and deliver all such releases, letters of transmittal and/or instruments of transfer properly completed and duly executed, as shall be reasonably requested by the Company.

(c) In the event that an Applicable Employee and the members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group sold Shares and are obligated to pay the Company the Post-Retirement Amount as contemplated in Section 3.8(a)(iii), such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, if applicable, shall promptly (and in any event, no later than five (5) business days following written notification of such repayment obligation by the Company) pay such Post-Retirement Amount to such bank account as instructed, and deliver all such releases and/or instruments or documents properly completed and duly executed, as shall be reasonably requested by the Company.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the obligations of any Management Stockholder and/or any Applicable Employee may not be assigned or transferred (whether by operation of law or otherwise) by such Management Stockholder or Applicable Employee to any Person, any assignee or transferee of Shares, or otherwise.

ARTICLE IV

CALL RIGHTS; PUT RIGHTS; LIQUIDITY PROGRAM

Section 4.1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Article IV and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(a) “Call Date” means the date on which the Company delivers a Call Notice to an Applicable Employee with respect to all or a portion of the Call Shares of such Applicable Employee and/or such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group.

(b) “Call Period” means, (i) with respect to any Legacy Shares held by the Management Stockholder Group of an Applicable Employee, unless set forth in an agreement reflecting a Company Award with such Applicable Employee in which case such meaning shall govern, the period commencing on the date that the employment or service of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates shall be terminated or end for any reason whatsoever at any time, and ending on the Call Termination Date and (ii) with respect to any other Shares held by the Management Stockholder Group of such Applicable Employee, unless set forth in an agreement reflecting a Company Award with such Applicable Employee in which case such meaning shall govern, the period (x) commencing (A) if such termination of employment or service is for any reason other than by the Company for Cause, upon the six (6) month anniversary of the date that the employment or service of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates shall be terminated or end at any time and (B) if such termination of employment or service is terminated by the Company for Cause, the date that the employment or service of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates shall be terminated or end at any time, and (y) ending, in the case of each of (A) and (B), on the Call Termination Date.

(c) “Call Price” means, for any Call Share, if the employment or services of the Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates is terminated:

(i) by the Company or its Affiliates for Cause, the lower of (x) the Fair Market Value of such Call Share as of the Call Date and (y) the Cost of such Call Share; or

(ii) by the Company or its Affiliates for any reason other than for Cause (including, for the avoidance of doubt, due to a Disability of such Applicable Employee), by the Applicable Employee for any reason or due to the Applicable Employee’s death, the Fair Market Value of such Call Share as of the Call Date.

 

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(d) “Call Termination Date” means, (i) with respect to any Legacy Shares held by the Management Stockholder Group of an Applicable Employee, the nine (9) month anniversary of the later of (A) the date of termination of the employment or service of the Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates and (B) to the extent necessary to avoid adverse accounting consequences as determined by the Company, with respect to any Call Share, the later of the date on which such Call Share was acquired by or issued to such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group in the case of Company Stock Options or restricted stock units and the date on which such Call Share vested in the case of restricted stock, and (ii) with respect to any other Shares held by the Management Stockholder Group of such Applicable Employee, the nine (9) month anniversary of the later of (A) the six (6) month anniversary of the date of termination of the employment or service of an Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates and (B) to the extent necessary to avoid adverse accounting consequences as determined by the Company, with respect to any Call Share, the later of the date on which such Call Share was acquired by or issued to such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group in the case of Company Stock Options or restricted stock units and the date on which such Call Share vested in the case of restricted stock; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that at any time during the Call Period the Company is prohibited from purchasing DTI Securities under applicable securities laws, including Rule 14e-5 of the Exchange Act, the Call Termination Date shall be tolled until the Put/Call Blackout Period is no longer applicable, and the Call Period and the Call Termination Date shall each be extended by the number of days during which the Call Termination Date was tolled; provided, further, that if the Call Termination Date is not a Business Day, the Call Termination Date shall instead be the immediately succeeding Business Day after such nine (9) month anniversary date or such final day of such tolled period, as applicable.

(e) “Cost” means (i) with respect to any Call Share that is acquired upon exercise of any Company Stock Option or similar purchase right, the exercise price with respect to such Company Stock Option or similar purchase right, (ii) with respect to any other Call Share that is not a Rollover Share, the purchase price, if any, paid for such Call Share by the original holder thereof (and, if no such price was paid, $0.00), and (iii) with respect to any Call Share that is a Rollover Share, $13.75 per share, which amount in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall be proportionately adjusted as determined in good faith by the Board in the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification, of the DTI Common Stock after (x) the initial acquisition of such Call Share in the case of clause (i) or (ii) or (y) the Original Closing in the case of clause (iii).

(f) “Put Date” means the date on which the Company receives a Put Notice from an Applicable Employee with respect to all or a portion of the Put Shares of such Applicable Employee and/or such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group.

(g) “Put Period” means, with respect to any Applicable Employee, the period commencing on the thirtieth (30th) day following the later of (i) the termination of employment or service by the Company and all of its Affiliates of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates for any reason other than for Cause and (ii) the last date following such termination of employment or service on which such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group acquires any

 

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Shares upon the exercise of Company Stock Options or similar purchase right or in settlement of a Company Award (or, if later, the last date on which any such Shares became vested Shares), and ending on the Put Termination Date.

(h) “Put Price” means, for any Put Share, the Fair Market Value of such Put Share as of the Put Date; provided, that if the event triggering the Put Right is a termination of employment or service with the Company and all of its Affiliates by an Applicable Employee (excluding any Applicable Employee who was serving solely as a Non-Sponsor Director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries) immediately prior to the termination of such services with the Company and its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries)) without Good Reason (other than a Retirement or termination due to such Applicable Employee’s death or Disability) that occurs (i) with respect to any Put Share that is a Legacy Share, prior to the fourth (4th) anniversary of the later of (A) the commencement of such Applicable Employee’s employment or service with the Company and/or any of its Affiliates and (B) the Original Closing or (ii) with respect to any Put Share that is not a Legacy Share, prior to the third (3rd) anniversary of the later of (A) the commencement of such Applicable Employee’s employment or service with the Company and/or any of its Affiliates and (B) the Closing Date, the Put Price shall equal 80% of the Fair Market Value of such Put Share as of the Put Date.

(i) “Put Termination Date” means, with respect to the Management Stockholder Group of any Applicable Employee, the six (6) month anniversary of the thirtieth (30th) day following the later of (i) the termination of employment or service by the Company and all of its Affiliates of such Applicable Employee with the Company and all of its Affiliates for any reason other than for Cause and (ii) the last date following such termination of employment or service on which such Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group acquires any Shares upon the exercise of Company Stock Options or similar purchase right or in settlement of a Company Award (or, if later, the last date on which any such Shares became vested Shares); provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that at any time during the Put Period the Company is prohibited from purchasing DTI Securities under applicable securities laws, including Rule 14e-5 of the Exchange Act, the Put Termination Date shall be tolled until the Put/Call Blackout Period is no longer applicable, and the Put Period and the Put Termination Date shall each be extended by the number of days during which the Put Termination Date was tolled; provided, further, that if the Put Termination Date is not a Business Day, the Put Termination Date shall instead be the immediately succeeding Business Day after such six (6) month anniversary date.

Section 4.2. Call Right of the Company.

(a) Subject to Section 4.9, and 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 for any reason whatsoever at any time, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have the right, but not the obligation, by delivering one (1) or more written notices (each, a “Call Notice”) from time to time to such Applicable Employee at any time during the Call Period (but in no event later than the Call Termination Date), to purchase, from time to time, all or any specified portion of the DTI Securities that have been collectively owned

 

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by such Applicable Employee and/or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (including, as provided herein, following the exercise of any Company Stock Options or similar purchase right or settlement of any Company Award subsequent to such termination or ending of employment or service) for at least six (6) months prior to the delivery of such Call Notice to the Company (collectively, as applicable, the “Call Shares”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article IV (other than Section 4.5) (a “Call Right”); provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Call Right shall be subject to, and the Company shall not be required to purchase any Call Shares that would breach, violate or be inconsistent with, the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in Section 4.6. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company may assign its Call Right and/or right to purchase Call Shares to one or more of its Subsidiaries.

(b) Subject to Section 4.6 and Section 4.9, upon the exercise of a Call Right with respect to any Call Shares pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Company or a Subsidiary thereof shall purchase each of the Call Shares no later than 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of the Call Period from the Applicable Employee and/or one or more members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, then the Call Shares shall be purchased on the immediately succeeding Business Day), for the Call Price, in each case (x) payable in cash and (y) minus any applicable tax withholdings.

Section 4.3. Call Right of the Sponsor Stockholders.

(a) Subject to Section 4.9, if, at any time prior to the Call Termination Date, the Company shall have determined not to exercise its Call Right pursuant to this Article IV with respect to all or any portion of the Call Shares of an Applicable Employee and such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group or the Company fails to exercise its Call Right within the Call Period, then the Company shall promptly (and in any event, within one (1) day) notify the Sponsor Stockholders thereof and shall specify the number of Call Shares that the Company has elected not to purchase, or of the Company’s failure to exercise its Call Right prior to the expiration of the Call Period. In such event, the Sponsor Stockholders shall have the right, but not the obligation, by delivering a written notice to the Company (a “Sponsor Call Notice”) at any time following their receipt of such notice, to purchase its Participating Sponsor Pro Rata Portion of the Call Shares of the Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group not so purchased or elected to be purchased by the Company (“Sponsor Call Shares”) upon the terms and subject to the applicable conditions set forth in this Article IV (other than Section 4.5) (a “Sponsor Call Right”); provided, that a Sponsor Stockholder must deliver its Sponsor Call Notice to the Company prior to 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the thirtieth (30th) day following the applicable Call Termination Date (provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, then the immediately succeeding Business Day) (such period, the “Sponsor Call Period”). Each Sponsor Stockholder’s Sponsor Call Notice shall specify the number of Sponsor Call Shares such Sponsor Stockholder elects to purchase. If any Sponsor Stockholder fails to deliver a Sponsor Call Notice to the Company prior to the expiration of the Sponsor Call Period or does not elect to purchase its entire Participating Sponsor Pro Rata Portion of all Sponsor Call Shares that may be purchased by all Sponsor Stockholders, the Company shall promptly notify all other Sponsor Stockholders that have delivered a Sponsor Call Notice to the Company prior to the expiration of the Sponsor Call

 

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Period electing to acquire its entire Participating Sponsor Pro Rata Portion of the Sponsor Call Shares that such Sponsor Stockholders are entitled to purchase their Participating Sponsor Pro Rata Portion (relative to all Sponsor Stockholders being so notified) of such Sponsor Call Shares with respect to which Sponsor Stockholders shall not have exercised their Sponsor Call Right. Each such Sponsor Stockholder that receives such a notice from the Company shall have three (3) Business Days following its receipt of such notice to notify the Company in writing of its desire to purchase its Participating Sponsor Pro Rata Portion of such Sponsor Call Shares with respect to which Sponsor Stockholders shall not have exercised their Sponsor Call Right. The Company shall continue to send notices of the Sponsor Call Shares with respect to which Sponsor Stockholders shall not have exercised their Sponsor Call Right to the Sponsor Stockholders that have, in each prior instance, elected within the applicable time period to acquire its entire Participating Sponsor Pro Rata Portion of such Sponsor Call Shares pursuant to this Section 4.3(a) until the earliest of (i) all Sponsor Call Shares with respect to which Sponsor Stockholders are entitled to exercise their Sponsor Call Rights under this Section 4.3(a) have elected to be purchased by the Sponsor Stockholders, (ii) all Sponsor Stockholders have committed to purchase the maximum number of Sponsor Call Shares they desire to purchase and (iii) the fifth (5th) Business Day following the expiration of the Sponsor Call Period. Promptly thereafter, the Company shall deliver, on behalf of the Sponsor Stockholders that have exercised their Sponsor Call Right, a written notice to the Applicable Employee specifying the number of Sponsor Call Shares that the Sponsor Stockholders have elected to purchase, together with such other information, documents and/or instruments as the Sponsor Stockholders may request. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sponsor Stockholders may assign their Sponsor Call Right and/or right to purchase Sponsor Call Shares to any Permitted Transferee of such Sponsor Stockholders, subject to the same terms and conditions as the Sponsor Stockholder.

(b) Subject to Section 4.6 and Section 4.9, upon the exercise of a Sponsor Call Right with respect to any Sponsor Call Shares pursuant to this Section 4.3, the Sponsor Stockholders that have exercised a Sponsor Call Right shall purchase each of the applicable Sponsor Call Shares no later than 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of the Sponsor Call Period, in each such case, from the Applicable Employee and/or one or more members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group (provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, then the Sponsor Call Shares shall be purchased on the immediately succeeding Business Day), for the Call Price, in each case (x) payable in cash and (y) minus any applicable tax withholdings.

Section 4.4. Put Right of the Management Stockholders.

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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 (other than Section 4.5) (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 4.6. 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 4.4 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 4.6 and Section 4.9, upon the exercise of a Put Right with respect to any Put Shares pursuant to this Section 4.4, 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 the Put Price, in each case (x) payable in cash and (y) minus any applicable tax withholdings.

Section 4.5. Liquidity Program.

(a) Each fiscal year on a recurring semi-annual basis, the Company shall make a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer. The Liquidity Program Repurchase Offers shall occur in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.5(a) that are applicable to each such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer. The Company shall make the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offers as follows: (1) a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer shall commence (A) after the last day of the second fiscal quarter of each fiscal year but (B) on or before the ninetieth (90th) day following the last day of such fiscal quarter, and (2) an additional Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer shall commence (A) after the last day of each fiscal year but (B) on or before the ninetieth (90th) day following the last day of such fiscal year; provided, that, for the purposes of this clause (2), if a material event that is outside of the Company’s reasonable control prevents the adoption of audited financial statements for such fiscal year prior to the end of such ninety (90) day period, then such additional Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer shall instead commence within thirty (30) days following the date on which the Company receives an audit opinion with respect to such financial statements from the Company’s independent accounting firm. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer” means a written offer delivered by the Company to purchase for cash any and all outstanding shares of Class C DTI Common Stock. Each written notice of a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer delivered by the Company to holders of Class C DTI Common Stock shall constitute a “Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) each Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer shall be subject to, and the Company shall not be required to make any Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer that would breach, violate or be inconsistent with, the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in Section 4.6 and (II) to the extent the Company is prohibited from repurchasing Shares pursuant to Section 4.6, the Company shall make the applicable Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer to purchase the maximum number of Shares that may be purchased without violating any provisions thereof.

 

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(b) In order to accept a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer, a Stockholder must deliver to the Company a properly completed and duly executed irrevocable notice accepting the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer in the form attached to the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice (which shall, among other things, identify the number shares of Class C DTI Common Stock elected to be sold to the Company), together with all other documents required to be delivered in connection therewith, properly completed and duly executed, including all such shares of Class C DTI Common Stock elected to be sold by such Stockholder and, if such Stockholder is an Applicable Employee, all members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, to the Company in such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer, and all stock certificates representing such shares of Class C DTI Common Stock if such shares of Class C DTI Common Stock are certificated (or affidavits and other evidence reasonably requested with respect to lost, damaged or destroyed stock certificates), free and clear of all Encumbrances (with any applicable stock transfer tax stamps properly affixed), and deliver all such letters of transmittal and/or instruments of transfer as shall be reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer, no later than the expiration of the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Window Period (collectively, the “Liquidity Program Repurchase Acceptance Notice”). If any Stockholder fails to deliver to the Company all items required in its Liquidity Program Repurchase Acceptance Notice prior to the expiration of the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Window Period, such Stockholder and, if such Stockholder is an Applicable Employee, all members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group, shall have waived and be deemed to have waived all of their rights with respect to such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer. The Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer shall remain open for the duration of the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Window Period. The Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice shall include a form of notice of acceptance to be completed by the applicable Stockholders who wish to accept such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer. The price for each share of Class C DTI Common Stock set forth in the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of each such share of Class C DTI Common Stock to be repurchased as of the date of the Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice. The Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to Stockholders to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company or on the signature pages hereto and/or Joinder Agreement (if applicable) of such Stockholders.

(c) If one or more Stockholders who receive a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Notice accepts such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer by delivering a Liquidity Program Repurchase Acceptance Notice to the Company prior to the expiration of the applicable Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Window Period, the Company shall, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in Section 4.6 and Section 3.2, consummate the purchase of the shares of Class C DTI Common Stock so elected in each such Liquidity Program Repurchase Acceptance Notice, and shall make any payment required by this Section 4.5 (less any applicable withholding taxes), no later than the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of the applicable Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer Window Period (provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, then the immediately succeeding Business Day).

 

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Section 4.6. Limitations on Repurchases.

(a) Repurchase Delays. If (i) the Company is prohibited from repurchasing shares of DTI Common Stock, including any Put Shares, Call Shares and/or Shares in a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer, as applicable, for which a Put Right, Call Right and/or right to participate in a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer, as the case may be, was or may be exercised (collectively, “Repurchase Shares”), pursuant to Delaware law or other applicable law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, non-U.S. law and/or foreign exchange or currency control laws and regulations), due to a Put/Call Blackout Period and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries or (ii) the Company’s Subsidiaries are prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to effect such repurchase of Repurchase Shares in accordance with Delaware law or other applicable law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangement or other indebtedness of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries) (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, “Repurchase Limitations”), the Company shall repurchase, as soon as, and to the maximum extent possible, such number of Repurchase Shares that can be purchased under, and in compliance with, the Repurchase Limitations, without violating any provisions, terms and/or conditions thereof, in each case, subject to Section 4.6(c). The Company will use its good faith efforts to cause any debt financing arrangements to permit at least $100,000,000 of repurchases of DTI Securities each fiscal year; provided, that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates be required to agree to any, or amend, supplement, waive or modify any, terms or conditions in a manner adverse to the Company or its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates. The Company shall repurchase all Repurchase Shares which the Company failed to purchase due to Repurchase Limitations as soon as practicable, in compliance with, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement.

(b) Repurchase Caps. In addition to the Repurchase Limitations set forth in Section 4.6(a) and subject to the repurchase priority set forth in Section 4.6(c), notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company’s obligation to repurchase shares of DTI Common Stock shall be subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 4.6(b). Repurchases of shares of DTI Common Stock pursuant to Liquidity Program Repurchase Offers and repurchases of shares of DTI Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Put Rights or similar contractual rights of stockholders of the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any net share withholding to pay the minimum required tax withholding due in connection with the issuance or vesting of such Shares) are collectively subject to, and the Company is not obligated to purchase any such Shares, in any fiscal year period in excess of the lesser of (i) $300,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) the amount available at the time of such repurchase under the restricted payment basket in section 6.08(a)(vi) of the Credit Agreement or the lowest amount pursuant to a comparable provision in any other instruments or agreements evidencing debt securities, term loan indebtedness and other debt financing arrangements of the Company and/or its Affiliates (the “Aggregate Cap”) and the Individual Cap (together with the Aggregate Cap, the “Repurchase Caps”); provided, that the Company (solely with the Board’s prior written consent) may waive the Aggregate Cap or (with the prior written consent of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders) any applicable Individual Cap as it may apply to the Management Stockholder Group of any Applicable Employee. The Company shall repurchase all shares of DTI Common Stock pursuant to Liquidity Program Repurchase Offers and repurchases of shares

 

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of DTI Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Put Rights or similar contractual rights of stockholders of the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any net share withholding in connection with the exercise of Company Stock Options to acquire such shares) which the Company failed to purchase due to the Repurchase Caps as soon as practicable, in compliance with, and subject to the terms of, this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.6, until such date as Repurchase Shares held by a Management Stockholder are repurchased in accordance with Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, or Section 4.5, as applicable, the Management Stockholder shall have all the rights and privileges as a holder of Shares with respect to such Repurchase Shares, including but not limited to the rights set forth in Section 3.4 (Tag-Along Rights) and Section 3.5 (Drag-Along Rights).

(c) Repurchase Priority. In the event that either the repurchase of Repurchase Shares of more than one Person has been delayed pursuant to Section 4.6(a) and/or a Management Stockholder Group’s shares of DTI Common Stock cannot be repurchased due to the Repurchase Caps, the Company shall repurchase any then pending Repurchase Shares that it is permitted under this Section 4.6 to repurchase but which the Company failed to purchase due to Repurchase Limitations in the priority set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) below. In addition, if, as of any given date, the Company is, as of such date, obligated to repurchase shares of DTI Common Stock from more than one Management Stockholder Group or Person, irrespective of whether such shares are Put Shares, Call Shares, Shares in a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer, or otherwise, the Company shall repurchase any shares of DTI Common Stock that it is required to purchase pursuant to this Agreement and/or any other contractual arrangement, in the priority set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) below.

(i) First, subject to the Repurchase Caps, all shares of DTI Common Stock for which a Put Right or similar contractual right of a Stockholder was exercised, on a pro rata basis among all holders of such shares.

(ii) Second, only if all shares of DTI Common Stock in clause (i) have been repurchased by the Company or a Subsidiary within the Repurchase Caps, all shares of DTI Common Stock for which a Call Right or similar contractual right of the Company with respect to a Stockholder was exercised, on a pro rata basis among all holders of such shares; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure of the Company to repurchase shares of DTI Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.4 due to a Repurchase Cap shall not delay, limit or impair the Company’s ability to repurchase shares of DTI Common Stock pursuant to this clause (ii).

(iii) Third, only if all shares of DTI Common Stock in clause (ii) have been repurchased by the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, subject to the Repurchase Caps, all shares of DTI Common Stock for which the Company has received a Liquidity Program Repurchase Acceptance Notice, on a pro rata basis among all holders of such shares.

Section 4.7. Further Assurances.

(a) Upon receipt of a Call Notice from the Company, each Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group shall take all action or actions reasonably requested of such Persons by the Company that are necessary or appropriate to complete or facilitate such Call Right pursuant to this Article IV.

 

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(b) Upon receipt of a written notice from the Company in respect of one or more Sponsor Call Notices, each Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group shall take all action or actions reasonably requested of such Persons by the Company that are necessary or appropriate to complete or facilitate such Sponsor Call Rights pursuant to this Article IV.

(c) Upon the delivery to the Company of a Put Notice by an Applicable Employee, such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group and the Company shall take all action or actions reasonably requested of such Persons by the Company that are necessary or appropriate to complete or facilitate such purchase of such Put Shares pursuant this Article IV.

(d) Upon the delivery to the Company of a Liquidity Program Repurchase Acceptance Notice by an Applicable Employee, the Company, such Applicable Employee and each member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group participating therein shall take all action or actions reasonably requested of such Persons that are necessary or appropriate to complete or facilitate such Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer pursuant to this Article IV.

Section 4.8. Termination of Article IV. The right of the Company (or, to the extent provided in Section 4.3, the Sponsor Stockholders) to effect a Call Right, the obligation of the Company to make a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer or purchase shares of Class C DTI Common Stock pursuant thereto, and the obligation of the Company to purchase any Put Shares, in each case, as set forth in this Article IV, automatically terminates without any further action upon an IPO. The right of the Company (or, to the extent provided in Section 4.3, the Sponsor Stockholders) to effect a Call Right and the obligation of the Company to purchase any Put Shares, in each case, as set forth in this Article IV, automatically terminates without any further action upon the consummation of a Change in Control in which the Shares held by Management Stockholders are exchanged for, or converted into, equity securities of a Person, which equity securities are listed on a securities exchange or automated quotation system. In addition, the obligation of the Company to make a Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer or purchase shares of Class C DTI Common Stock pursuant thereto automatically terminates without any further action upon the consummation of a Change in Control.

Section 4.9. MD Priority Repurchase Right. Notwithstanding anything in Section 4.2 or Section 4.4 to the contrary, at any time that the Company has the right or the obligation to repurchase Shares pursuant to Section 4.2 or Section 4.4, the Company shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days of the event giving rise to such right or obligation, provide written notice (the “Repurchase Notice”) to MD of the facts giving rise to such right or obligation and the number of Shares subject thereto (the “Subject Shares”) and MD shall have the right, exercisable by MD notifying the Company in writing within thirty (30) days following receipt by MD of the Repurchase Notice (provided that in no event shall this 30-day period extend the applicable time periods in which the Subject Shares must be repurchased under Section 4.2, Section 4.3 or Section 4.4, as applicable), to acquire all or any portion of the Subject

 

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Shares on the same terms and conditions as the Company would, in the absence of such election by MD, have the right to purchase such Subject Shares pursuant to Section 4.2 or Section 4.4. In the event that MD elects to purchase any Subject Shares pursuant to this Section 4.9, (i) MD shall have the rights, and be subject to all of the obligations, of the Company under Section 4.2 or Section 4.4, as applicable, including but not limited to the applicable time periods, deadlines, notice requirements, and payment obligations set forth with respect to the Company thereunder, (ii) the Company’s right or obligation to acquire Subject Shares pursuant to Section 4.2 or Section 4.4 shall apply only to such Subject Shares (if any) that MD has not acquired, and (iii) the right of the Sponsor Stockholders (other than MD’s right pursuant to this Section 4.9) to purchase such Subject Shares under Section 4.3 shall apply only to such Subject Shares that neither MD nor the Company has elected to acquire. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 4.9 above, if MD elects to repurchase the Subject Shares but fails to complete the repurchase transaction in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, then the Company shall have the obligation to promptly complete the repurchase transaction in accordance with Section 4.2 (to the extent the Company timely exercised its call right in accordance with the terms thereunder) or Section 4.4 (without regard to the expiration of any otherwise applicable period or deadline thereunder), as applicable, as if MD had never made a repurchase election under this Section 4.9.

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 5.1. Further Assurances. From time to time, at the reasonable request of the MD Stockholders or the SLP Stockholders and without further consideration, each Management Stockholder shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Confidentiality. The terms of this Agreement, any information relating to any exercise of rights hereunder, and any documents, notices or other communications provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including any Call Notice, Put Notice, Liquidity Program Repurchase Offer and/or any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, disseminated or otherwise made available in connection therewith (“Confidential Information”), shall be confidential and no Management Stockholder shall disclose to any Person not a party to this Agreement any Confidential Information, except (a) to such Management Stockholder’s advisors, agents, accountants and attorneys, in each case so long as such Persons agree to keep such information confidential and (b) to a Permitted Transferee pursuant to a transfer by such Management Stockholder in accordance with Article III. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, no Management Stockholder shall disclose or use in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, any Confidential Information, any information concerning the Company, any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or their respective employees, directors or consultants received on a confidential basis from the Company or any other Person under or pursuant to this Agreement including financial terms and financial and organizational information contained in any documents, statements, certificates, materials or information furnished, or to be furnished, by or on behalf of the Company or any other Person in connection with the purchase or ownership of any DTI Securities; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed, now or in the future, to apply to any information obtained from sources other than the Company, any of its direct or

 

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indirect Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or their employees, directors, consultants, agents or representatives (including attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, engineers and insurance brokers) or information that is or becomes in the public domain through no fault of such Management Stockholder or any of his, her or its Permitted Transferees, nor shall it be construed to prevent such Management Stockholder from making any disclosure of any information (A) if required to do so by any statute, law, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ, injunction or determination of any court or other governmental authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Management Stockholder or (B) pursuant to subpoena.

Section 5.3. Cooperation with Reorganizations.

(a) Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of any merger, amalgamation, statutory share exchange or other business combination or reorganization of the Company, on the one hand, with any of its Subsidiaries (which for this purpose includes VMware and its subsidiaries), on the other hand, the Management Stockholders shall, to the extent necessary, as determined by the approval of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, such terms of this Agreement.

(b) IPO Reorganization.

(i) In the event the Company proposes to undertake an IPO, the Company may (or the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, acting jointly, may cause the Company to) make changes, solely for the express purpose of a registered public offering of the securities of the IPO Entity pursuant to the Securities Act, to (A) the Organizational Documents of the Company or this Agreement to provide for a conversion of the Company to any other capital structure as the Company or the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders may determine and/or (B) the structure of the Company (including the conversion of the Company into a successor corporation or other entity and/or forming a new entity that will issue shares to the public and acquire, directly or indirectly, DTI Securities in the Company in order to give effect to such IPO. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “IPO Entity” means the Company or if the entity registering equity securities in connection with the IPO is (x) a Subsidiary of the Company that owns, directly or through its Subsidiaries, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (y) the resulting entity from (1) such conversion of the Company to any other capital structure, (2) such conversion of the Company into a successor corporation or other entity and/or (3) the formation of such new entity that will issue equity securities to the public and acquire, directly or indirectly, DTI Securities in the Company in order to give effect to such IPO, such Subsidiary or resulting entity.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with the consummation of any IPO, each of the Management Stockholders hereby acknowledges and agrees that to the extent required by the Company (or the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, acting jointly) (A) each share of Class A DTI Common Stock held by a Management Stockholder shall be exchanged upon request by the Company or any Sponsor Stockholder for a newly issued share of Class C DTI Common Stock prior to any actions set forth in the immediately succeeding clause (C),

 

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(B) each share of DTI Common Stock held by any of the Sponsor Stockholders or any of their respective Permitted Transferees will be converted into a share of a class of high-voting common stock of the IPO Entity that will entitle its holder to ten (10) votes per share on all matters upon which holders of common stock of the IPO Entity are entitled to vote (the “Post-IPO High Vote Common Stock”), (C) each share of Class C DTI Common Stock (including Class C DTI Common Stock which was issued in exchanged for Class A DTI Common Stock held by Management Stockholder in accordance with the preceding clause (A)) will be converted into a share of regular-voting common stock entitling its holder to one (1) vote on all matters upon which holders of common stock of the IPO Entity are entitled to vote (the “Post-IPO Regular Vote Common Stock”) and (D) each share of common stock of the IPO Entity that is issued or sold in an IPO shall be Post-IPO Regular Vote Common Stock.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, immediately prior to the consummation of an IPO, if (A) the IPO Entity is not the Company and (B) a transaction contemplated by Section 5.3(a) has not occurred, then the Company and the Stockholders shall (x) take such actions as may reasonably be necessary to exchange all DTI Securities for equity securities of such IPO Entity; provided, that all of the Management Stockholders shall, to the extent appropriate, as determined by the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent (to the extent practicable) to, mutatis mutandis, the terms of this Agreement (except with respect to any terms herein that do not apply after the consummation of an IPO) and (y) the Company shall assign all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and shall cause the IPO Entity to assume all rights, liabilities and obligations of the Company, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, that no such assignment shall relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder or under the Registration Rights Agreement.

(c) Further Assurances. In connection with any proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.3(a) or Section 5.3(b), each Management Stockholder shall take such actions as may be required and otherwise cooperate in good faith with the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders, including approving such reorganizations, mergers or other transactions and taking all actions requested by the Company or the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders, acting jointly, and executing and delivering all agreements, instruments and documents as may be required in order to consummate any such proposed transaction contemplated by Section 5.3(a) or Section 5.3(b). Without limiting the effect of any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Management Stockholders, by entering into this Agreement, and in consideration of the obligations hereunder agreed to by the other parties hereto, hereby (i) agrees to the provisions of this Section 5.3 (including, without limitation, the provisions under which each share of Class A DTI Common Stock held by such Management Stockholder shall be exchanged for a newly issued share of Class C DTI Common Stock), and (ii) knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally forever waives, surrenders, and agrees not to assert, whether directly or derivatively, in an action at law or in equity, any claim that such Management Stockholder may now or hereafter have in connection with any conversion of shares provided for in this Section 5.3 (including, without limitation, any claim that the shares held by such Management Stockholder as a result of any such exchange or conversion are not validly issued and outstanding shares); provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.3(c) shall preclude any action or claim by any Management Stockholder to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS

Section 6.1. Additional Management Stockholders.

(a) Additional Management Stockholders may be added as parties to, be bound by and receive the benefits afforded by, and be subject to the obligations provided by, this Agreement upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A by such additional Management Stockholder to the Company and the acceptance thereof by the Company. No later than one (1) Business Day following such execution, the Company shall deliver to each Sponsor Stockholder a notice thereof, together with a copy of such Joinder Agreement.

(b) To the extent permitted by Section 7.7, amendments may be effected to this Agreement reflecting such rights and obligations, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, of such additional Management Stockholder as the MD Stockholders, the SLP Stockholders and such additional Management Stockholder may agree.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Share Rollover Agreements, the RSU Rollover Agreements and any Company Award between the Company and an Applicable Employee for any Management Stockholder) constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any document executed or delivered to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the Organizational Documents of any Person, this Agreement shall govern as among the parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto shall exercise all voting and other rights and powers available to it so as to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement and, if necessary, to procure (so far as it is able to do so) any required amendment to the Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, in order to cure any such inconsistency.

Section 7.2. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. The parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

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or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section 7.4. Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.

(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided in Section 7.12 of this Agreement, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby, that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 7.4(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.

(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating

 

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to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.

(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.4(e).

Section 7.5. Obligations. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

Section 7.6. Consents, Approvals and Actions.

(a) MD Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MD Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, MD or his permitted assignee; provided, that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Disabling Event, such approval or consent shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MD Stockholders, and in each case, such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MD Stockholders.

(b) SLP Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the SLP Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the SLP Stockholders, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the SLP Stockholders.

 

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(c) MSD Partners Stockholders. All actions required to be taken by, or approvals or consents of, the MSD Partners Stockholders under this Agreement shall be taken by consent or approval by, or agreement of, the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by the MSD Partners Stockholders, and such consent, approval or agreement shall constitute the necessary action, approval or consent by the MSD Partners Stockholders.

Section 7.7. Amendment; Waiver.

(a) Except as set forth below, any amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall require the prior written approval of the Company, the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders; provided, that (i) if the express terms of any such amendment or modification disproportionately and materially adversely affects a Management Stockholder relative to the Sponsor Stockholders or any other Management Stockholder, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by such affected Management Stockholders in the aggregate and (ii) if the express terms of any such amendment or modification disproportionately and materially adversely affects the MSD Partners Stockholders relative to the other Sponsor Stockholders, it shall require the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Shares held by the MSD Partners Stockholders in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the foregoing proviso shall not apply with respect to (x) subject to compliance with Section 3.5, amendments or modifications in connection with, and subject to the consummation of, any Drag-Along Sale, (y) subject to compliance with Section 5.3, amendments or modifications in connection with any IPO Reorganization and (z) in the case of Management Stockholders, amendments or modifications that do not apply to Management Stockholders and, in the case of the MSD Partners Stockholders, amendments or modifications that do not apply to the MSD Partners Stockholders, (ii) neither the entry into any employment, severance, change of control, consulting, option grant or award or other similar agreement between the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and an Applicable Employee of a Management Stockholder, on the other hand, the amendment, supplement or modification thereof, nor the waiver or consent of any provision or term herein or therein with respect to any Management Stockholder, shall constitute an amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement, (iii) any addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of DTI Securities as a party hereto pursuant to Article VI shall not constitute an amendment or modification hereto and the applicable Joinder Agreement need be signed only by the Company and such transferee or recipient and (iv) the Company shall promptly amend the books and records of the Company appropriately as and to the extent necessary to reflect the removal or addition of a Management Stockholder, any changes in the amount and/or type of DTI Securities beneficially owned by each Management Stockholder and/or the addition of a transferee of DTI Securities or a recipient of any DTI Securities, in each case, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b) Any failure by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder at any time to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed a waiver of such provision or any other provisions hereof. The waiver by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or

 

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otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by the Company or a Sponsor Stockholder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

Section 7.8. Assignment of Rights By Management Stockholders. No Management Stockholder may assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement except with the prior consent of the MD Stockholders and the SLP Stockholders. Any purported assignment of rights or obligations under this Agreement in derogation of this Section 7.8 shall be null and void.

Section 7.9. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties’ successors and permitted assigns.

Section 7.10. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for Section 7.13 (which will be for the benefit of the Persons set forth therein, and any such Person will have the rights provided for therein), this Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party hereto, and it does not create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

Section 7.11. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of the MD Stockholders (for so long as the MD Stockholders own DTI Securities), the SLP Stockholders (for so long as the SLP Stockholders own DTI Securities) and the holders of a majority of the DTI Securities held by all of the Management Stockholders, (ii) upon the consummation of a Drag-Along Sale or (iii) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

Section 7.12. Notices. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed:

(a) in the case of the Company, to its principal office to the attention of its General Counsel;

(b) in the case of the Stockholders identified below, to the following respective addresses, e-mail addresses or facsimile numbers:

 

  If to any of the SLP Stockholders, to:
  c/o Silver Lake Partners
  2775 Sand Hill Road
  Suite 100
  Menlo Park, CA 94025
  Attention: Karen King
  Facsimile: (650) 233-8125
  E-mail: karen.king@silverlake.com

 

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  and
 

c/o Silver Lake Partners

 

9 West 57th Street

 

32nd Floor

 

New York, NY 10019

 

Attention: Andrew J. Schader

 

Facsimile: (212) 981-3535

 

E-mail: andy.schader@silverlake.com

 

  with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  2475 Hanover Street
  Palo Alto, CA 94304
  Attention:   Rich Capelouto
    Tristan M. Brown
    Dan N. Webb
  Facsimile: (650) 251-5002
  Email: rcapelouto@stblaw.com
  Email: tbrown@stblaw.com
  Email: dwebb@stblaw.com

 

  If to any of the MD Stockholders, to:
  Michael S. Dellc/o Dell Inc.
  One Dell Way
  Round Rock, TX 78682
  Facsimile: (512) 283-1469
  Email: michael@dell.com

 

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

 

51 West 52nd Street

 

New York, NY 10019

 

Attention:

 

Steven A. Rosenblum

   

Michael J. Segal

   

Andrew J. Nussbaum

   

Gordon S. Moodie

 

Facsimile:

 

(212) 403-2000

 

Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com

 

Email: msegal@wlrk.com

 

Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com

 

Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

 

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and

 

MSD Capital, L.P.

 

645 Fifth Avenue

 

21st Floor

 

New York, NY 10022-5910

 

Attention:

  Marc R. Lisker
    Marcello Liguori
 

Facsimile: (212) 303-1772

 

Email: mlisker@msdpartners.com

 

Email: mliguori@msdcapital.com

 

  If to any of the MSD Partners Stockholders, to:
  MSD Partners, L.P.
  645 Fifth Avenue
  21st Floor
  New York, NY 10022-5910
  Attention:   Marc R. Lisker
    Marcello Liguori
  Facsimile:   (212) 303-1772
  Email: mlisker@msdpartners.com
  Email: mliguori@msdcapital.com

 

  with a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  51 West 52nd Street
  New York, NY 10019
  Attention:   Steven A. Rosenblum
    Michael J. Segal
    Andrew J. Nussbaum
    Gordon S. Moodie
  Facsimile:   (212) 403-2000
  Email: sarosenblum@wlrk.com
  Email: msegal@wlrk.com
  Email: ajnussbaum@wlrk.com
  Email: gsmoodie@wlrk.com

(c) If to any Management Stockholder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the books and records of the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the signature pages hereto and/or Joinder Agreement (if applicable) of such Management Stockholder.

Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the

 

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Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next Business Day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.12, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Stockholders hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by Electronic Transmission addressed to the email address or facsimile number of such Stockholder as provided herein.

Section 7.13. No Third Party Liability. This Agreement may only be enforced against the named parties hereto. All claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), may be made only against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto; and no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, portfolio company in which any such party or any of its investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa), agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto (including any Person negotiating or executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto), unless party to this Agreement, shall have any liability or obligation with respect to this Agreement or with respect any claim or cause of action (whether in contract or tort) that may arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including a representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement).

Section 7.14. No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement and no actions taken by the parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between any of the parties or constitute any party the agent of any other party for any purpose.

Section 7.15. Aggregation; Beneficial Ownership.

(a) All Shares (including in each case Shares issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) held by an Applicable Employee or any member of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group shall be deemed as being owned by such Management Stockholder Group.

(b) All DTI Securities held or acquired by any Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates and Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under and application of any limitations under this Agreement, and such Sponsor Stockholder and its Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of the MD Stockholders, all of the MD Stockholders’ DTI Common Stock, the MSD Partners Stockholders’ DTI Common Stock, all of their respective Affiliates’ DTI Common Stock

 

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and all of their respective Permitted Transferees’ DTI Common Stock (including in each case DTI Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) shall be included as being owned by the MD Stockholders and as being outstanding; and

(ii) for the purposes of calculating the beneficial ownership of any other Stockholder, all of such Stockholder’s DTI Common Stock, all of its Affiliates’ DTI Common Stock and all of its Permitted Transferees’ DTI Common Stock (including in each case DTI Common Stock issuable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of Company Awards) shall be included as being owned by such Stockholder and as being outstanding.

Section 7.16. Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

Section 7.17. Management Stockholder Group Representative. With respect to each Management Stockholder Group, the Applicable Employee (in such capacity, the “Management Stockholder Group Representative”) for such Management Stockholder Group shall act as, and each member of such Management Stockholder Group hereby designates and appoints (and each Permitted Transferee of the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder Group is hereby deemed to have so designated and appointed) such Management Stockholder Group Representative, as the sole representative of such Management Stockholder Group under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, with sole power and authority to exercise all rights of the members of such Management Stockholder Group hereunder and thereunder and to perform all such acts as are required, authorized or contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by any member of such Management Stockholder Group under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, including delivering any notice or granting any waiver or consent hereunder or thereunder. The other parties hereto are and will be entitled to rely on any action so taken or any notice given by such Management Stockholder Group Representative on behalf of any member of such Management Stockholder Group and are and will be entitled and authorized to give notices only to such Management Stockholder Group Representative for any notice contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, to be given to any member of such Management Stockholder Group. Each member of a Management Stockholder Group hereby acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the members of such Management Stockholder Group under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, shall be exercised only by the Management Stockholder Group Representative with respect to such Management Stockholder Group on behalf of such members and no such members shall be separately entitled to exercise any such rights or to take any action required, authorized or contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, by any member of such Management Stockholder Group. Each member of a Management Stockholder Group further acknowledges that the foregoing appointment and designation shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest and shall survive the death or incapacity of such member. In the event of the death or Disability of the Applicable Employee for such Management Stockholder Group, a successor Management Stockholder Group Representative may be chosen by holders of a majority of the DTI Securities beneficially owned by the members of such Management Stockholder Group; provided, that

 

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notice thereof is given by such new Management Stockholder Group Representative to the Company and the Sponsor Stockholders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to each Management Stockholder Group, each member of such Management Stockholder Group hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints (and each Permitted Transferee of the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder Group is hereby deemed to have so made, constituted and appointed) the Applicable Employee of such Management Stockholder Group (and each successor to such Management Stockholder Group Representative) the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such member (or such Permitted Transferee), with full power and authority, for, on behalf of and in the name of such member (or such Permitted Transferee) to execute and deliver on behalf of such member (or such Permitted Transferee) any and all instruments, agreements, notices, consents and other documents that are necessary or advisable to exercise the rights and perform the acts contemplated by this Section 7.17.

Section 7.18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which delivery may be via facsimile transmission or e-mail if in .pdf format), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

Section 7.19. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective solely upon (i) execution of this Agreement by the Company and each of the Sponsor Stockholders and (ii) the consummation of the Closing. In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated for any reason without the Closing having occurred, this Agreement shall not become effective, shall be void ab initio and the Original Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without amendment or restatement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Management Stockholders Agreement or caused this Management Stockholders Agreement to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

By:  

     

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Management Stockholders Agreement]


MD STOCKHOLDER:
 

 

[Management Stockholders Agreement]


MD STOCKHOLDER:

 

SUSAN LIEBERMAN DELL SEPARATE

PROPERTY TRUST

By:  

     

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Management Stockholders Agreement]


MSD PARTNERS STOCKHOLDERS:

 

MSDC DENALI INVESTORS, L.P.

By:   MSDC Denali (GP), LLC, its General Partner
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

MSDC DENALI EIV, LLC
By:   MSDC Denali (GP), LLC, its Managing Member
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Management Stockholders Agreement]


SLP STOCKHOLDERS:

 

SILVER LAKE PARTNERS III, L.P.

By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

SILVER LAKE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS III, L.P.
By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Management Stockholders Agreement]


SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS IV, L.P.
By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner
By:   SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

SLP DENALI CO-INVEST, L.P.
By:   SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its managing member
By:   SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By:   Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Management Stockholders Agreement]


Annex A

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Management Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the Management Stockholders party thereto and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Management Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Management Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming the transferee of DTI Securities, to become a party as a Management Stockholder to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the Management Stockholders Agreement applicable to a Management Stockholder in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

[The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that, pursuant to this Joinder Agreement and the Management Stockholders Agreement, it is a Permitted Transferee of [●] and will be the lawful record owner of [●] shares of Class C DTI Common Stock of the Company as of the date hereof. The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees that it will take all such actions as required of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Management Stockholders Agreement, including but not limited to conveying its record and beneficial ownership of any DTI Securities and all rights, title and obligations thereunder back to the initial transferor Stockholder or to another Permitted Transferee of the original transferor Stockholder, as the case may be, immediately prior to such time that the undersigned no longer meets the qualifications of a Permitted Transferee as set forth in the Management Stockholders Agreement.]1

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Section 7.2 through Section 7.4 of the Management Stockholders Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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1  [To be included for transfers of Transferable Shares to Permitted Transferees]


Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder Agreement as of the      day of                     ,             .

 

 

Signature
 
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Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

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AGREED AND ACCEPTED

as of the          day of                     ,             .

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex B

FORM OF

SPOUSAL CONSENT

In consideration of the execution of that certain Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Management Stockholders Agreement”) by and among Dell Technologies Inc., Michael S. Dell, Susan Lieberman Dell Separate Property Trust, MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., the Management Stockholders party thereto and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the thereof, I,                                              , the spouse of                                              , who is a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Management Stockholders Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of the issuance, acquisition or receipt of DTI Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and DTI Securities subject thereto, whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

 

Dated as of                      ,             

 

    (Signature of Spouse)
   

 

    (Print Name of Spouse)


Annex C

FORM OF

PUT NOTICE

TO

DELL TECHNOLOGIES Inc.

Pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Amended and Restated Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2016, by and among Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), the Sponsor Stockholders party thereto, the Management Stockholders party thereto, the undersigned and the other signatories thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), the undersigned (the “Applicable Employee”) hereby delivers to the Company this Put Notice on behalf of itself and all members of such Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

This Put Notice is being delivered by the Applicable Employee to the Company on or prior to the expiration of the Put Termination Date. The Applicable Employee requests the Company purchase the number of Put Shares identified on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Requested Put Shares”), in each case, for a price per share equal to the Put Price. The Applicable Employee represents and warrants to the Company that the Applicable Employee has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Put Notice on behalf of the Applicable Employee and all members of the Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group and that the Requested Put Shares have been held by the Applicable Employee and/or a member of the Applicable Employee’s Management Stockholder Group for at least six (6) months prior to the delivery of this Put Notice to the Company.

The Applicable Employee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that (A) the Put Right shall be subject to, and the Company shall not be required to purchase any Requested Put Shares that would breach, violate or be inconsistent with, the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in Section 4.6 of the Agreement.

The Applicable Employee covenants and agrees to transfer to the Company all stock certificates representing such Requested Put Shares, if such Requested Put Shares are certificated (or if one or more of such stock certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed, such other evidence requested by the Board with respect to lost, damaged or destroyed stock certificates), to the Company, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and covenants and agrees to deliver to the Company all such releases, letters of transmittal and/or instruments of transfer properly completed and duly executed, as shall be requested by the Company.

The Company is requested to wire any cash amounts paid in satisfaction of the Put Price to the account of the Applicable Employee included in the instructions on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Wire Transfer Instructions”). By signing this Put Notice the Applicable Employee agrees that payment of any amounts to the account designated in this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions shall constitute payment to and, upon delivery to such account, payment received by the Management Stockholder Group. The Applicable Employee, on behalf of the Management Group, hereby waives and releases any and all claims relating to the payment to the account designated in this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions, that the


undersigned may have against any party relying on this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions, including, without limitation, the failure of the Management Stockholder Group to receive amounts due and owing to the undersigned which were transmitted according to this Put Notice and the Wire Transfer Instructions, and agrees to indemnify and hold the relying party harmless therefrom.

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Dated the      day of                     , 20        .

 

As attorney-in-fact and Management Stockholder Group Representative for the Management Stockholder Group of the following named Applicable Employee:

 

(print name of Applicable Employee)
By:  

 

  (signature)
 

 

  (print name legibly)


Schedule I

 

DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTED PUT SHARES

 

  

Name(s) and Address(es) of Registered Owner(s)

(Please Note Address Changes)

   Certificate Number      No. of Shares   
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
     Total No. of Shares g         

 

WIRE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS

 

 

Please insert your wire transfer instructions in the space provided below:

 

Bank Name:                                                                      

 

Bank Telephone Number:                                                 

 

Account Name:                                                                 

 

Account Number:                                                              

 

Routing Number:                                                               

 

EX-4.5

Exhibit 4.5

DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (the “Holder”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holder’s efforts during the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Holder the opportunity to earn a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (“Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Award” means the award of DTAs granted under this Agreement.

(b) “Cause” means: (i) the Holder’s willful, reckless or grossly negligent and material violation of (x) the Holder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, which results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Holder is bound that results in greater than de minimis harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business; (ii) the Holder’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime that involves moral turpitude; or (iii) conduct by the Holder which constitutes gross neglect, willful misconduct, or a material breach of the Code of Conduct of the Subsidiary of the Company employing the Holder or a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the shareholders of the Company that results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business and that the Holder has failed to cure within thirty (30) days following written notice from the Board. This definition shall also be the definition of “Cause” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(c) “Change in Control Period” means the period beginning three (3) months prior to a Change in Control and ending eighteen (18) months following such Change in Control.

 

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(d) “Dell Time Award” or “DTA” means an Other Stock-Based Award granted in the form of a restricted Share subject to the time-based vesting requirements described in Section 3.1 herein.

(e) “Direct Competitor” means any Person or other business concern that offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered, marketed, or are actively developed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Grant Date or the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment, whichever is later. By way of illustration, and not by limitation, as of the Grant Date, the Holder and the Company agree that the following companies currently meet the definition of Direct Competitor: Acer Inc., Apple Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Lenovo Group Limited, Oracle Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

(f) “Good Reason” means (i) a material reduction in the Holder’s base salary or total annual incentive bonus target, (ii) any material adverse change to substantive plans and benefits in the aggregate which does not apply equally to the other members of the Company’s Executive Leadership Team, (iii) a material adverse change to the Holder’s title or a material reduction in the Holder’s authority, duties or responsibilities, or the assignment to the Holder of any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent in any material adverse respect with the Holder’s position, or (iv) a change in the Holder’s principal place of work to a location of more than twenty-five (25) miles from the Holder’s principal place of work immediately prior to such change; provided, that the Holder provides written notice to the Subsidiary of the Company employing the Holder of the existence of any such condition within ninety (90) days of the Holder having actual knowledge of the initial existence of such condition and such employing Subsidiary fails to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice (the “Cure Period”). In order to resign for Good Reason, the Holder must actually terminate Employment no later than ninety (90) days following the end of such Cure Period, if the Good Reason condition remains uncured; provided, that, if such Good Reason condition is solely the result of a material reduction in the Holder’s authority, duties or responsibilities (including, for this purpose, the assignment to the Holder of any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent in any material adverse respect with the Holder’s position) that is directly related to the occurrence of a Change in Control and such Good Reason condition remains uncured following the end of the Cure Period, the Holder may only terminate the Holder’s Employment for Good Reason during the ninety (90) day period commencing on the first date that follows the six (6) month anniversary of such Change in Control. This definition shall also be the definition of “Good Reason” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(g) “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without Cause (and other than due to Disability), or (ii) by the Holder for Good Reason.

(h) “Repayment Behavior” means the Holder’s (i) commencement of employment or service with a Direct Competitor in a role that is similar to any role the Holder held at the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twenty four (24) months prior to the Holder’s termination of Employment or in a role that would likely result in the Holder using the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ confidential information or trade secrets, (ii) willful,

 

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reckless or grossly negligent and material violation of the Holder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, which results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) solicitation of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for employment, consulting or other services. This definition shall also be the definition of “Repayment Behavior” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(i) “Repurchase Limitations” has the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF DELL TIME AWARDS

Section 2.1. Grant of Dell Time Award.

For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Holder                      DTAs, subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Each DTA represents the right to receive a Share upon vesting.

Section 2.2. Adjustments to Dell Time Award.

The DTAs shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

VESTING

Section 3.1. Vesting.

(a) General. Subject to the Holder’s continued Employment on each applicable anniversary of the Grant Date, 331/3% of the DTAs shall vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant Date.

(b) Accelerated Vesting on Termination Due to Death or Disability. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to the Holder’s death or Disability, all then unvested DTAs shall vest upon the date of such termination.

(c) Accelerated Vesting on Qualifying Termination During the Change in Control Period. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to a Qualifying Termination during the Change in Control Period, all then unvested DTAs shall vest upon the later of (i) the date of such termination and (ii) the occurrence of the Change in Control.

(d) Partial Accelerated Vesting on Qualifying Termination Outside of the Change in Control Period. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to a Qualifying Termination that occurs outside of the Change in Control Period, that number of DTAs that would have vested if the Holder’s Employment had continued through the next applicable anniversary of the Grant Date shall vest on the date of such Qualifying Termination; provided, that if such Qualifying Termination occurs during the six-month period immediately following the most recent

 

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anniversary of the Grant Date and, in all events, after the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then one half (1/2) of the number of unvested DTAs that would have vested if the Holder’s Employment had continued through the next applicable anniversary of the Grant Date shall instead vest on the date of such Qualifying Termination.

(e) Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Sections 3.1(b), (c) or (d) above and subject to Section 3(f) below, no additional DTAs shall vest upon or following the termination of the Holder’s Employment. Each DTA that is unvested as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment shall (i) if such termination was not due to a Qualifying Termination that occurs prior to a Change in Control, immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor, and (ii) if such termination was due to a Qualifying Termination that occurs prior to a Change in Control, after giving effect to the partial acceleration of vesting set forth in Section 3.1(d) above, remain outstanding for a period of three months following such termination. If a Change in Control occurs prior to the expiration of such three month period, then each DTA that has not previously been forfeited pursuant to Section 3.1(f) below shall vest upon such Change in Control pursuant to Section 3.1(c) above. If a Change in Control does not occur prior to the expiration of such three month period and such DTA has not previously been forfeited pursuant to Section 3.1(f) below, each DTA shall immediately be forfeited upon the expiration of such three month period without consideration or payment therefor.

(f) Forfeiture of Unvested Portion of Dell Time Award upon Repayment Behavior. Each outstanding DTA shall automatically be forfeited without consideration or payment therefor upon the first date on which the Holder engages in any Repayment Behavior.

ARTICLE IV

ISSUANCE OF DELL TIME AWARDS

Section 4.1. Issuance.

Certificates evidencing the Shares shall be issued by the Company and shall be registered in the Holder’s name on the stock transfer books of the Company within four (4) business days following the Grant Date, but shall remain in the physical custody of the Company or its designee at all times prior to, in the case of any particular Share, the date on which such Share vests. As a condition to the receipt of this Award, the Holder shall deliver to the Company a stock power, duly endorsed in blank, relating to the Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may elect to recognize the Holder’s ownership through uncertificated book entry.

Section 4.2. Consideration for the Dell Time Award.

No cash payment is required for the issuance of the Shares hereunder, although the Holder may be required to tender payment in cash or other acceptable form of consideration for the amount of any withholding taxes due as a result of the vesting of the Shares in accordance with Section 5.8 below.

 

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Section 4.3. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Holder of the Shares issued under this Award prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(b) the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Holder to the extent the Holder is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.4. Rights as Stockholder; Dividends.

The Holder shall not be deemed for any purpose to be the owner of any Shares issued hereunder unless and until (a) the Company shall have issued the Shares in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof and (b) the Holder’s name shall have been entered as a stockholder of record with respect to the Shares on the books of the Company. Upon the fulfillment of the conditions in (a) and (b) of this Section 4.4, the Holder shall be the record owner of the Shares unless and until such Shares are forfeited pursuant to Section 3.1(e) or Section 3.1(f) hereof or sold or otherwise disposed of, and as record owner shall be entitled to all rights of a common stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, voting rights, if any, with respect to the Shares; provided, that (i) any cash or in-kind dividends paid with respect to unvested Shares shall be withheld by the Company and shall be paid to the Holder, without interest, only when, and if, such Shares become vested and (ii) the Shares shall be subject to the limitations on transfer and encumbrance set forth in this Agreement. Unless otherwise required under applicable laws, rules or regulations, as soon as practicable following the vesting of any Shares, certificates for such vested Shares shall be delivered to the Holder or to the Holder’s legal representative along with the stock powers relating thereto; provided, that, no certificate will be delivered if the Company elects to recognize the Holder’s ownership through uncertificated book entry, in which case such uncertificated Shares shall be credited to a book entry account maintained by the Company (or its designee) on behalf of the Holder.

Section 4.5. Restrictive Legend.

All certificates representing Shares shall have affixed thereto a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other legends that may be required under federal or state securities laws:

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2013 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT TO WHICH DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR HIS PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST) ARE PARTIES AND A CERTAIN DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND THE

 

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REGISTERED OWNER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR HIS PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST), WHICH PLAN AND AGREEMENTS ARE BINDING UPON ANY AND ALL OWNERS OF ANY INTEREST IN SAID SHARES. SAID PLAN AND AGREEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION WITHOUT CHARGE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND COPIES THEREOF WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANY OWNER OF SAID SHARES UPON REQUEST.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION OR RESALE, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, UNLESS DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, WHICH OPINION IS SATISFACTORY TO IT, TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH REGISTRATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. With respect to this Award, the following two sentences set forth in Section 3 of the Plan shall not apply: “The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors).” Further, with respect to this Award, in the event that this Award is not assumed or substituted by the successor entity upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10(b) of the Plan, this Award shall (i) vest with respect to all the DTAs subject thereto, or (ii) be cancelled for fair value pursuant to clause (ii) of such Section 10(b), in each such case, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.2. Award Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Award nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Forfeiture and Repayment Obligation for Engaging in Repayment Behavior.

(a) By accepting this Award, the Holder acknowledges and agrees that, if the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior at any time during the Holder’s Employment or the one-year period following the termination of the Holder’s Employment, then, in addition to the consequences described in Section 3.1(f) above, upon the date on which the Holder first engages in such Repayment Behavior (such date, the “Trigger Date”): (i) the Shares held by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) that were issued upon the grant of DTAs that vested during the two-year period immediately preceding the Trigger Date shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration (such two-year period, the “Claw Back Period” and such Shares, the “Claw Back Shares”) and (ii) if the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group have sold any Claw Back Shares (including any sales or repurchases pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) during the Claw Back Period, the Holder and each member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group shall be required to promptly (and in any event, no later than ten (10) days following receipt of notice thereof from the Company or one of its Affiliates) pay to the Company, in cash (in U.S. dollars) and on demand in immediately available funds by wire transfer an amount equal to the amount paid by the acquiror(s) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, could include the Company, its Subsidiaries or their designee, or any Sponsor Stockholder, pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) to the Holder and/or the members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group in such sale(s) of Claw Back Shares. The Holder understands that this Section 5.3 does not prohibit the Holder from competing with the Company and its Affiliates, but rather simply imposes the economic consequences described in this Section 5.3 if the Holder has engaged in Repayment Behavior.

(b) For purposes of this Section 5.3, if the Holder and/or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell any Shares during the Claw Back Period and, at the time of any such sale, the Holder and the other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group collectively own (after giving effect to this sentence) both (x) Claw Back Shares and (y) Shares that are not Claw Back Shares, then the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed to not be Claw Back Shares unless and until, after giving effect to this sentence, all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold in such sale and are no longer owned by the Holder or any other member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if on a date of sale of Shares, the Holder and the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and the Holder and/or

 

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other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Claw Back Shares). The Holder agrees to promptly provide the Company with all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Company by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group.

Section 5.4. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

This Award, and the Shares issued to the Holder hereunder, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to this Award and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement (including but not limited to the determination of whether the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior) shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.5. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.5, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Holder, shall, if the Holder is then deceased, be given to the Holder’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.5. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Holder hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Holder, as applicable, as provided herein.

 

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Section 5.6. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.7. No Right to Employment or Additional Dell Time Awards or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Holder any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Holder’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Holder nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Award granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Holder and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Holder and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.8. Withholding Obligations

(a) On the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Holder hereby authorizes the Company or the Subsidiary employing the Holder to satisfy its withholding obligations, if any, from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Holder, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or such employing Subsidiary, if any, which arise in connection with the grant of or vesting of the Award or the delivery of Shares under the Award; provided, that, at the Holder’s election, such withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Holder that number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation; provided, further, that, the Holder’s right to elect such Share withholding shall be subject to Section 4.6(b) of the Management Stockholders Agreement, and any limitations imposed under Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such limitations resulting from the Company’s Subsidiaries being prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to repurchase Class C Common Stock in accordance with Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of such arrangements).

 

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(b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such Shares or release such Shares.

Section 5.9. Securities Laws.

The Holder represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a) The Holder is acquiring the Shares for his or her own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act or in violation of any applicable state securities law;

(b) The Holder has had such opportunity as he or she has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and risks of his or her investment in the Company;

(c) The Holder has sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in acquiring the Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such investment;

(d) The Holder can afford the complete loss of the value of the Shares and is able to bear the economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period;

(e) The Holder understands that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is then available; and (iii) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Shares and there is no commitment on the part of the Company to make any such filing; and

(f) Upon the issuance of any Shares hereunder, the Holder will make or enter into such other written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Agreement.

Section 5.10. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Holder acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder is and remains the Holder’s responsibility, and the Holder shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder that are attributable to the vesting of, or any benefit derived by the Holder from, the Award and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant or vesting of this Award and the Shares issued hereunder, the subsequent sale of such Shares or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and

 

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(ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.11. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Holder
 
[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Dell Time Award Agreement]

EX-4.6

Exhibit 4.6

DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (the “Holder”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holder’s efforts during the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Holder the opportunity to earn a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (“Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Award” means the award of DTAs granted under this Agreement.

(b) “Dell Time Award” or “DTA” means an Other Stock-Based Award granted in the form of a “restricted stock unit” subject to the time-based vesting requirements described in Section 3.1 herein.

(c) “Direct Competitor” means any Person or other business concern that offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered, marketed, or are actively developed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment. By way of illustration, and not by limitation, as of the Grant Date, the following companies meet the definition of Direct Competitor: Accenture LLP, Acer Inc., Apple Inc., CDW Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Computer Sciences Corporation, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Infosys Limited, Lenovo Group Limited, Oracle Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Tata Group and Wipro Limited.

(d) “Repayment Behavior” means the Holder’s (i) commencement of employment or service with a Direct Competitor in a role that is similar to any role the Holder held at the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twenty four (24) months prior to the Holder’s

 

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termination of Employment or in a role that could result in the Holder using the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ confidential information or trade secrets, (ii) disclosure of any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ confidential information or trade secrets, or (iii) solicitation of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate employment with the Company or such Subsidiary.

(e) “Repurchase Limitations” has the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF DELL TIME AWARDS

Section 2.1. Grant of Dell Time Award.

For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Holder             DTAs, subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Each DTA represents the right to receive a Share upon vesting.

Section 2.2. Adjustments to Dell Time Award.

The DTAs shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

VESTING

Section 3.1. Vesting.

(a) General. Subject to the Holder’s continued Employment on each applicable anniversary of the Grant Date, 331/3% of the DTAs shall vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant Date.

(b) Accelerated Vesting on Termination Due to Death or Disability. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to the Holder’s death or Disability, all then unvested DTAs shall vest upon the date of such termination.

(c) Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(b) above, each DTA that is unvested as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment for any reason shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

(d) Forfeiture of Unvested Portion of Dell Time Award upon Repayment Behavior. Each outstanding DTA shall automatically be forfeited without consideration or payment therefor upon the first date on which the Holder engages in any Repayment Behavior (as determined by the Committee).

 

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ARTICLE IV

SETTLEMENT OF DELL TIME AWARDS

Section 4.1. Settlement.

Settlement of DTAs shall be made within four (4) business days following the applicable date of vesting under the vesting schedule set forth in Section 3.1. Settlement of DTAs shall be in Shares; provided, that, in lieu of issuing any fractional Share, the Company shall make a cash payment to the Holder equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional Share.

Section 4.2. Consideration for the Dell Time Award.

No cash payment is required for the DTAs or the Shares issuable in settlement thereof, although the Holder may be required to tender payment in cash or other acceptable form of consideration for the amount of any withholding taxes due as a result of delivery of the Shares in accordance with Section 5.8 below.

Section 4.3. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Holder of the Share issued upon the settlement of a DTA prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(b) the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Holder to the extent the Holder is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.4. Unsecured Obligation; Rights as Stockholder.

The Award is unfunded, and as a holder of DTAs, the Holder will be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement. The Holder shall not be, and shall not have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any vested Share underlying a DTA unless and until a book entry representing such Share has been made on the books and records of the Company.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the

 

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Holder and his or her beneficiaries or successors, the Company and all other interested persons (including, without limitation, any determination that the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior). No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Award Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Award nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Forfeiture and Repayment Obligation for Engaging in Repayment Behavior.

(a) By accepting this Award, the Holder acknowledges and agrees that, if the Committee determines that the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior at any time during the Holder’s Employment or the one-year period following the termination of the Holder’s Employment, then, in addition to the consequences described in Section 3.1(d) above, upon the date on which the Holder first engages in such Repayment Behavior (as determined by the Committee) (such date, the “Trigger Date”): (i) the Shares held by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) that were issued upon settlement of DTAs that vested during the two-year period immediately preceding the earlier of (x) the Trigger Date and (y) the date on which the Holder’s Employment terminated shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration (such two-year period, the “Claw Back Period” and such Shares, the “Claw Back Shares”) and (ii) if the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group have sold any Claw Back Shares (including any sales or repurchases pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) during the Claw Back Period, the Holder and each member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group shall be required to promptly (and in any event, no later than ten (10) days following receipt of notice thereof from the Company or one of its Affiliates) pay to the Company, in cash (in U.S. dollars) and on demand in immediately available funds by wire transfer an amount equal to the amount paid by the acquiror(s) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, could include the Company, its Subsidiaries or their designee, or any Sponsor Stockholder, pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) to the Holder and/or the members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group in such sale(s) of Claw Back Shares. The Holder understands that this Section 5.3 does not prohibit the Holder from competing with the Company and its Affiliates, but rather simply imposes the economic consequences described in this Section 5.3 if the Committee determines that the Holder has engaged in Repayment Behavior.

 

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(b) For purposes of this Section 5.3, if the Holder and/or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell any Shares during the Claw Back Period and, at the time of any such sale, the Holder and the other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group collectively own (after giving effect to this sentence) both (x) Claw Back Shares and (y) Shares that are not Claw Back Shares, then the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed to not be Claw Back Shares unless and until, after giving effect to this sentence, all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold in such sale and are no longer owned by the Holder or any other member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if on a date of sale of Shares, the Holder and the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and the Holder and/or other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Claw Back Shares). The Holder agrees to promptly provide the Company with all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Company by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group.

Section 5.4. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

This Award, and the Shares issued to the Holder upon settlement of DTAs, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to this Award and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement (including but not limited to the determination of whether the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior for purposes of the Management Stockholders Agreement (but not for purposes of this Agreement)) shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.5. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.5, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Holder, shall, if the Holder is then deceased, be given to the Holder’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.5. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which

 

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such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Holder hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Holder, as applicable, as provided herein.

Section 5.6. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.7. No Right to Employment or Additional Dell Time Awards or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Holder any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Holder’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Holder nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Award granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Holder and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Holder and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.8. Withholding Obligations

(a) On the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Holder hereby authorizes the Company or the Subsidiary employing the Holder to satisfy its withholding obligations, if any, from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Holder, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or such employing Subsidiary, if any, which arise in connection with the grant of or vesting of the Award or the delivery of Shares under the Award; provided, that, at the Holder’s election, such withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Holder that number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the

 

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withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation (but in no event more than the minimum required tax withholding); provided, further, that, the Holder’s right to elect such Share withholding shall be subject to Section 4.6(b) of the Management Stockholders Agreement and any limitations imposed under Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such limitations resulting from the Company’s Subsidiaries being prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to repurchase Class C Common Stock in accordance with Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of such arrangements).

(b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such Shares or release such Shares.

Section 5.9. Securities Laws.

The Holder represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a) The Holder is acquiring the Shares for his or her own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act or in violation of any applicable state securities law;

(b) The Holder has had such opportunity as he or she has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and risks of his or her investment in the Company;

(c) The Holder has sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in acquiring the Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such investment;

(d) The Holder can afford the complete loss of the value of the Shares and is able to bear the economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period;

(e) The Holder understands that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is then available; and (iii) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Shares and there is no commitment on the part of the Company to make any such filing; and

(f) Upon the issuance of any Shares hereunder, the Holder will make or enter into such other written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.10. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Holder acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder is and remains the Holder’s responsibility, and the Holder shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder that are attributable to the vesting of, or any benefit derived by the Holder from, the Award and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant, vesting or settlement of this Award, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such settlement or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.11. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Holder
 
[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Dell Time Award Agreement]

EX-4.7

Exhibit 4.7

DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (the “Holder”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holder’s efforts during the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Holder the opportunity to earn a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (the “Class C Shares”) and a number of shares of Class V Common Stock (the “Class V Shares” and, together with the Class C Shares, the “Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Award” means the award of DTAs granted under this Agreement.

(b) “Cause” means: (i) the Holder’s material violation of (x) the Holder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Holder is bound that in each case results in greater than de minimis harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business; (ii) the Holder’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime that involves moral turpitude; or (iii) conduct by the Holder which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a material breach of a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the shareholders of the Company that results in material harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business and that the Holder has failed to cure within thirty (30) days following written notice from the Board. This definition shall also be the definition of “Cause” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(c) “Dell Time Award” or “DTA” means an Other Stock-Based Award granted in the form of a “restricted stock unit” subject to the time-based vesting requirements described in Section 3.1 herein.

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF DELL TIME AWARDS

Section 2.1. Grant of Dell Time Award.

For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Holder                      DTAs settling in Class C Shares and                      DTAs settling in Class V Shares, in each case subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Each DTA represents the right to receive a Share upon vesting.

Section 2.2. Adjustments to Dell Time Award.

The DTAs shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

VESTING

Section 3.1. Vesting.

(a) General. Subject to the Holder’s continued Employment on such date, 100% of the DTAs shall vest on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the Grant Date or (ii) a Change in Control.

(b) Accelerated Vesting on Termination without Cause or Due to Death or Disability. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or due to the Holder’s death or Disability, all DTAs shall vest upon the date of such termination.

(c) Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(b) above, no additional DTAs shall vest upon or following the termination of the Holder’s Employment. Each DTA that is unvested as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

ARTICLE IV

SETTLEMENT OF DELL TIME AWARDS

Section 4.1. Settlement.

Settlement of DTAs shall be made within four (4) business days following the applicable date of vesting under the vesting schedule set forth in Section 3.1. Settlement of DTAs shall be in Shares; provided, that, in lieu of issuing any fractional Share, the Company shall make a cash payment to the Holder equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional Share.

Section 4.2. Consideration for the Dell Time Award.

No cash payment is required for the DTAs or the Shares issuable in settlement thereof, although the Holder may be required to tender payment in cash or other acceptable form of consideration for the amount of any withholding taxes due as a result of delivery of the Shares in accordance with Section 5.7 below.

 

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Section 4.3. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Holder of the Share issued upon the settlement of a DTA prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(b) with respect to Class C Shares only, the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Holder to the extent the Holder is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.4. Unsecured Obligation; Rights as Stockholder.

The Award is unfunded, and as a holder of DTAs, the Holder will be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement. No later than four (4) business days following the date on which a DTA vests, the Holder shall have all rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of the vested Share underlying such DTA and in no event shall the Holder have such rights and privileges (including, without limitation, voting rights or the right to receive dividends) until the earlier of the date such Share is issued or the date that is four (4) business days following the date on which the DTA vests.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Award Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Award nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition

 

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thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

This Award, and the Shares issued to the Holder upon settlement of DTAs, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to this Award and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.4. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Holder, shall, if the Holder is then deceased, be given to the Holder’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.4. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Holder hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Holder, as applicable, as provided herein.

Section 5.5. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require,

 

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any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.6. No Right to Employment or Additional Dell Time Awards or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Holder any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Holder’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Holder nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Award granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Holder and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Holder and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.7. Withholding Obligations

(a) On the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Holder hereby authorizes the Company or the Subsidiary employing the Holder to satisfy its withholding obligations, if any, from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Holder, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or such employing Subsidiary, if any, which arise in connection with the grant of or vesting of the Award or the delivery of Shares under the Award; provided, that, at the Holder’s election, such withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Holder that number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation (but in no event more than the minimum required tax withholding); provided, further, that, the Holder’s right to elect such Share withholding shall be subject to Section 4.6(b) of the Management Stockholders Agreement, and any limitations imposed under Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such limitations resulting from the Company’s Subsidiaries being prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to repurchase Common Stock in accordance with Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of such arrangements).

(b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such Shares or release such Shares.

 

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Section 5.8. Securities Laws.

The Holder represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a) The Holder is acquiring the Shares for his or her own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act or in violation of any applicable state securities law;

(b) The Holder has had such opportunity as he or she has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and risks of his or her investment in the Company;

(c) The Holder has sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in acquiring the Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such investment;

(d) The Holder can afford the complete loss of the value of the Shares and is able to bear the economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period;

(e) The Holder understands that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is then available; and (iii) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Shares and there is no commitment on the part of the Company to make any such filing; and

(f) Upon the issuance of any Shares hereunder, the Holder will make or enter into such other written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Agreement.

Section 5.9. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Holder acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder is and remains the Holder’s responsibility, and the Holder shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder that are attributable to the vesting of, or any benefit derived by the Holder from, the Award and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant, vesting or settlement of this Award, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such settlement or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

 

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Section 5.10. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Holder
 
[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Dell Time Award Agreement]

EX-4.8

Exhibit 4.8

DELL DEFERRED TIME AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS DELL DEFERRED TIME AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                     (the “Holder”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holder’s efforts during the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Holder the opportunity to earn a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (the “Class C Shares”) and a number of shares of Class V Common Stock (the “Class V Shares” and, together with the Class C Shares, the “Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Award” means the award of DDTAs granted under this Agreement.

(b) “Cause” means: (i) the Holder’s material violation of (x) the Holder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Holder is bound that in each case results in greater than de minimis harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business; (ii) the Holder’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime that involves moral turpitude; or (iii) conduct by the Holder which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a material breach of a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the shareholders of the Company that results in material harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business and that the Holder has failed to cure within thirty (30) days following written notice from the Board. This definition shall also be the definition of “Cause” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(c) “Dell Deferred Time Award” or “DDTA” means an Other Stock-Based Award granted in the form of a “deferred stock unit” subject to the time-based vesting requirements described in Section 3.1 herein.

 

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(d) “Settlement Date” means the earlier of (i) the date on which the Holder experiences a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) from the Company and (ii) a Change in Control that constitutes a “change in control event” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder).

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF DELL DEFERRED TIME AWARDS

Section 2.1. Grant of Dell Deferred Time Award.

For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Holder                     DDTAs settling in Class C Shares (a “Class C DDTA”) and                     DDTAs settling in Class V Shares (a “Class V DDTA”), in each case subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. The DDTAs shall be credited to a separate account maintained for the Holder on the books of the Company (the “Account”). On any given date, the value of a Class C DDTA and a Class V DDTA credited to the Account shall equal the Fair Market Value of one Class C Share and one Class V Share, respectively. The DDTAs shall vest and settle in accordance with Section 3.1 and Section 4.1, respectively, hereof. Each DDTA represents the right to receive a Share upon the Settlement Date following the vesting of such DDTA.

Section 2.2. Adjustments to Dell Deferred Time Award.

The DDTAs shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

VESTING

Section 3.1. Vesting.

(a) General. Subject to the Holder’s continued Employment on such date, 100% of the DDTAs shall vest on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the Grant Date or (ii) a Change in Control.

(b) Accelerated Vesting on Termination without Cause or Due to Death or Disability. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or due to the Holder’s death or Disability, all DDTAs shall vest upon the date of such termination.

(c) Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(b) above, no additional DDTAs shall vest upon or following the termination of the Holder’s Employment. Each DDTA that is unvested as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

 

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ARTICLE IV

SETTLEMENT OF DELL DEFERRED TIME AWARDS

Section 4.1. Settlement.

Settlement of DDTAs credited to the Account shall be made within four (4) business days following the Settlement Date, and, upon such settlement, such DDTAs shall cease to be credited to the Account. Settlement of each Class C DDTA shall be in a Class C Share and settlement of each Class V DDTA shall be in a Class V Share; provided, that, in lieu of issuing any fractional Share, the Company shall make a cash payment to the Holder equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional Share.

Section 4.2. Consideration for the Dell Deferred Time Award.

No cash payment is required for the DDTAs or the Shares issuable in settlement thereof, although the Holder may be required to tender payment in cash or other acceptable form of consideration for the amount of any withholding taxes due as a result of delivery of the Shares in accordance with Section 5.7 below.

Section 4.3. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Holder of the Share issued upon the settlement of a DDTA prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(b) with respect to Class C Shares only, the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Holder to the extent the Holder is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.4. Unsecured Obligation; Rights as Stockholder.

The Award is unfunded, and as a holder of DDTAs, the Holder will be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement. The Holder shall have all rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of Shares issued in settlement of the DDTAs on and after the Settlement Date (including, without limitation, voting rights or the right to receive dividends).

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Award Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Award nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

This Award, and the Shares issued to the Holder upon settlement of DDTAs, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to this Award and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.4. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Holder, shall, if the Holder is then deceased, be given to the Holder’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.4. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which

 

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such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Holder hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Holder, as applicable, as provided herein.

Section 5.5. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.6. No Right to Employment or Additional Dell Deferred Time Awards or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Holder any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Holder’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Holder nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Award granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Holder and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Holder and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.7. Withholding Obligations

(a) On the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Holder hereby authorizes the Company or the Subsidiary employing the Holder to satisfy its withholding obligations, if any, from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Holder, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or such employing Subsidiary, if any, which arise in connection with the grant of or vesting of the Award or the delivery of Shares under the Award; provided, that, at the Holder’s election, such withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Holder that

 

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number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation (but in no event more than the minimum required tax withholding); provided, further, that, the Holder’s right to elect such Share withholding shall be subject to Section 4.6(b) of the Management Stockholders Agreement, and any limitations imposed under Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such limitations resulting from the Company’s Subsidiaries being prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to repurchase Common Stock in accordance with Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of such arrangements).

(b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such Shares or release such Shares.

Section 5.8. Securities Laws.

The Holder represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a) The Holder is acquiring the Shares for his or her own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act or in violation of any applicable state securities law;

(b) The Holder has had such opportunity as he or she has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and risks of his or her investment in the Company;

(c) The Holder has sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in acquiring the Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such investment;

(d) The Holder can afford the complete loss of the value of the Shares and is able to bear the economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period;

(e) The Holder understands that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is then available; and (iii) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Shares and there is no commitment on the part of the Company to make any such filing; and

(f) Upon the issuance of any Shares hereunder, the Holder will make or enter into such other written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.9. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Holder acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder is and remains the Holder’s responsibility, and the Holder shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder that are attributable to the vesting of, or any benefit derived by the Holder from, the Award and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant, vesting or settlement of this Award, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such settlement or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.10. Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid taxation under Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code and shall at all times be interpreted, operated and administered in a manner consistent with this intent. Notwithstanding the forgoing or any other term or provision of this Agreement or the Plan, neither the Company nor any Affiliate nor any of its or their officers, directors, employees, agents or other service providers shall have any liability to any person for any taxes, penalties or interest due on any amounts paid or payable hereunder, including any taxes, penalties or interest imposed under Section 409A of the Code.

Section 5.11. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Holder
 

 

[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Dell Deferred Time Award Agreement]

EX-4.9

Exhibit 4.9

DELL PERFORMANCE AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS DELL PERFORMANCE AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                     (the “Holder”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holder’s efforts during the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Holder the opportunity to earn a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (“Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Award” means the award of DPAs granted under this Agreement.

(b) “Cause” means: (i) the Holder’s willful, reckless or grossly negligent and material violation of (x) the Holder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, which results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Holder is bound that results in greater than de minimis harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business; (ii) the Holder’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime that involves moral turpitude; or (iii) conduct by the Holder which constitutes gross neglect, willful misconduct, or a material breach of the Code of Conduct of the Subsidiary of the Company employing the Holder or a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the shareholders of the Company that results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business and that the Holder has failed to cure within thirty (30) days following written notice from the Board. This definition shall also be the definition of “Cause” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(c) “Change in Control Period” means the period beginning three (3) months prior to a Change in Control and ending eighteen (18) months following such Change in Control.

 

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(d) “Closing” means the consummation of the transactions pursuant to which EMC Corporation became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

(e) “Dell Performance Award” or “DPA” means an Other Stock-Based Award granted in the form of a restricted Share subject to the performance-based vesting requirements described in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 herein.

(f) “Direct Competitor” means any Person or other business concern that offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered, marketed, or are actively developed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Grant Date or the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment, whichever is later. By way of illustration, and not by limitation, as of the Grant Date, the Holder and the Company agree that the following companies currently meet the definition of Direct Competitor: Acer Inc., Apple Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Lenovo Group Limited, Oracle Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co.

(g) “Final Vesting Event” means the first to occur of (i) the fifth anniversary of the Closing, (ii) if so elected by the Board, a Change in Control, and (iii) the first date on which Michael S. Dell and his Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) have become a 90% Owner (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement).

(h) “Good Reason” means (i) a material reduction in the Holder’s base salary or total annual incentive bonus target, (ii) any material adverse change to substantive plans and benefits in the aggregate which does not apply equally to the other members of the Company’s Executive Leadership Team, (iii) a material adverse change to the Holder’s title or a material reduction in the Holder’s authority, duties or responsibilities, or the assignment to the Holder of any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent in any material adverse respect with the Holder’s position, or (iv) a change in the Holder’s principal place of work to a location of more than twenty-five (25) miles from the Holder’s principal place of work immediately prior to such change; provided, that the Holder provides written notice to the Subsidiary of the Company employing the Holder of the existence of any such condition within ninety (90) days of the Holder having actual knowledge of the initial existence of such condition and such employing Subsidiary fails to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice (the “Cure Period”). In order to resign for Good Reason, the Holder must actually terminate Employment no later than ninety (90) days following the end of such Cure Period, if the Good Reason condition remains uncured; provided, that, if such Good Reason condition is solely the result of a material reduction in the Holder’s authority, duties or responsibilities (including, for this purpose, the assignment to the Holder of any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent in any material adverse respect with the Holder’s position) that is directly related to the occurrence of a Change in Control and such Good Reason condition remains uncured following the end of the Cure Period, the Holder may only terminate the Holder’s Employment for Good Reason during the ninety (90) day period commencing on the first date that follows the six (6) month anniversary of such Change in Control. This definition shall also be the definition of “Good Reason” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

 

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(i) “Illiquid Proceeds” means any proceeds (including, but not limited to, dividends, distributions and/or sales proceeds) received in respect of Initial Shares other than proceeds consisting of cash, cash equivalents and/or Marketable Securities.

(j) “Initial Shares” means the shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the Sponsor Stockholders immediately following the Closing.

(k) “Initial Share Value” means (i) at any time prior to an IPO, the fair market value of an Initial Share as determined by a third party valuation expert (who shall be a nationally recognized firm of valuation experts selected by the Board in its discretion), (ii) at the time of an IPO, the offering price per share of DHI Common Stock to the public in the IPO (the “IPO Price”) and (iii) at any time after an IPO, the average of the closing price of a share of DHI Common Stock on the principal stock exchange on which it is listed during the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the relevant date for which Initial Share Value is being determined (or all of the trading days following the IPO plus the IPO Price if the IPO occurred within less than twenty (20) trading days prior to the determination of Initial Share Value) ; provided, that if the Holder disagrees with the determination of Initial Share Value pursuant to clause (i) in connection with the measurement of ROE on an ROE Measurement Date solely for purposes of Section 3.3(d) following the termination of the Holder’s employment due to a Qualifying Termination or Retirement, the Holder may require that the Company engage a different third party valuation expert (who shall also be a nationally recognized firm of valuation experts selected by the Board in its discretion) to conduct an appraisal of the Initial Shares and the ROE for such ROE Measurement Date shall be based upon the Initial Share Value as determined by such appraisal (the “Appraised Initial Share Value”); provided, further, that if the Holder requires an additional appraisal pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso: (A) if the Appraised Initial Share Value is equal to or less than 110% of the Initial Share Value as determined by the initial third party valuation expert, the Holder shall bear all of the costs and expenses associated with such appraisal, and (B) if the Appraised Initial Share Value is greater than 110% of the Initial Share Value as determined by the initial third party valuation expert, the Company shall bear all of the costs and expenses associated with such appraisal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an appraisal has been delivered by a second third party valuation expert at the request of another former member of the Company’s Executive Leadership Team within the 90-day period preceding the ROE Measurement Date, the Initial Share Value as determined by such appraisal shall be the Initial Share Value for purposes of determining ROE on the ROE Measurement Date and the Holder may not request the appraisal described in the first proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, unless, in each case, the Board determines there has been a significant change in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries since the date of such appraisal. In all cases, (x) the determination of Initial Share Value under clause (i) above will exclude any discounts for illiquidity and minority interests and (y) the fair market value per share of each class of DHI Common Stock shall be deemed to be the same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Closing Date, the Initial Share Value is $    .

(l) “Liquidity Event” means any transfer after the Closing Date by a Sponsor Stockholder of Initial Shares for cash, cash equivalents and/or Marketable Securities that occurs prior to the earlier of the Third Anniversary Vesting Event or the Final Vesting Event, other than any transfer by a Sponsor Stockholder to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) of such Sponsor Stockholder.

 

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(m) “Liquidity Percentage” means, with respect to a Liquidity Event, the percentage of the Initial Shares owned by all of the Sponsor Stockholders (regardless of whether such Sponsor Stockholders are participating in such Liquidity Event) immediately prior to the closing of such Liquidity Event that are being sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event.

(n) “Marketable Securities” means securities that (i) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto), the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor thereto) or any other stock exchange or stock market of similar stature to the foregoing, (ii) are, at the time of consummation of the applicable transfer, registered, pursuant to an effective registration statement and will remain registered until such time as such securities can be sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time, without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, and (iii) are not subject to restrictions on transfer as a result of any applicable contractual provisions or by law (including the Securities Act). For the purpose of this definition but other than with respect to Section 1.1(t)(i)(A)(y) and Section 1.1(t)(ii)(A)(y), Marketable Securities are deemed to have been received on the trading day immediately prior to the date that such Marketable Securities are received by the Sponsor Stockholders.

(o) “Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares” means any DPAs that remain eligible to vest pursuant to Section 3.3(b) or 3.3(c), as applicable, following termination of the Holder’s Employment.

(p) “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without Cause (and other than due to Disability), or (ii) by the Holder for Good Reason.

(q) “Repayment Behavior” means the Holder’s (i) commencement of employment or service with a Direct Competitor in a role that is similar to any role the Holder held at the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twenty four (24) months prior to the Holder’s termination of Employment or in a role that would likely result in the Holder using the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ confidential information or trade secrets, (ii) willful, reckless or grossly negligent and material violation of the Holder’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, which results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) solicitation of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for employment, consulting or other services. This definition shall also be the definition of “Repayment Behavior” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(r) “Repurchase Limitations” has the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(s) “Retirement” means the Holder’s voluntary termination of Employment with the Company and its Affiliates without Good Reason at or above the age of 60 and after having completed at least five (5) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates (or any other combination of the Holder’s age plus years of service completed (not less than five (5)) that is at least equal to 65). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the definition of “Retirement” herein and in the Management Stockholders Agreement, “service” includes service with EMC Corporation and its affiliates prior to the Closing.

 

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(t) “ROE” means, with respect to any ROE Measurement Date, the return on the Initial Shares as determined pursuant to the following formula:

(i) In the case of a ROE Measurement Date arising from a Liquidity Event, the ROE with respect to such Liquidity Event will be deemed to be (A) the sum of (w) the aggregate of all cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received in such Liquidity Event by the Sponsor Stockholders in consideration of all the Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event, plus (x) the aggregate of all cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders as dividends or distributions by the Company during the period from the Closing to such Liquidity Event in respect of the Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event, plus, (y) the aggregate cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received during the period from the Closing to such Liquidity Event (whether as dividends, distributions or sales proceeds) by the Sponsor Stockholders in respect of any Illiquid Proceeds from the Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event, plus, (z) the aggregate fair market value (as determined by the Board in good faith) at the time of such Liquidity Event of all Illiquid Proceeds that the Sponsor Stockholders own on the date of such Liquidity Event that were received in respect of the Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event, divided by (B) the product of (1) $    (as equitably adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, combinations, or recapitalizations occurring after the Closing Date) multiplied by (2) the aggregate number of Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event. For the avoidance of doubt, for purpose of clause (y) in this subsection (i), if and when Illiquid Proceeds become Marketable Securities, fair market value will be determined as of the first date that the Illiquid Proceeds first became Marketable Securities; and

(ii) In the case of a ROE Measurement Date arising from any date or event that is not a Liquidity Event, the ROE with respect to such date or event will be deemed to be : (A) the sum of (w) the Initial Share Value as of the applicable ROE Measurement Date of all Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, plus (x) the aggregate of all cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders as dividends or distributions by the Company during the period from the Closing to the applicable ROE Measurement Date in respect of the Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, plus (y) the aggregate cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders during the period from the Closing to such ROE Measurement Date (whether as dividends, distributions or sale

 

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proceeds) in respect of any Illiquid Proceeds from all Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, plus (z) the aggregate fair market value at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Illiquid Proceeds that the Sponsor Stockholders own on the applicable ROE Measurement Date that were received in respect of the Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, divided by (B) the product of (1) $    (as equitably adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, combinations, or recapitalizations occurring after the Closing Date) multiplied by (2) the aggregate number of Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date. For the avoidance of doubt, for purpose of clause (y) in this subsection (ii), if and when Illiquid Proceeds become Marketable Securities, fair market value will be determined as of the first date that the Illiquid Proceeds first became Marketable Securities.

(u) “ROE Measurement Date” means for purposes of (i) Section 3.1, the date of the applicable Liquidity Event, (ii) Section 3.2(a), the third anniversary of the Closing, (iii) Section 3.2(b), the fourth anniversary of the Closing, (iv) Section 3.2(c), the date of the Final Vesting Event and (v) and Section 3.3(d), the applicable date established as the ROE Measurement Date in such Section.

(v) “ROE Percentage” means, with respect to any ROE Measurement Date, the following, as applicable: (i) if the ROE on such ROE Measurement Date is less than 2.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be 0%; provided, that, solely if the ROE Percentage is being determined in connection with a Liquidity Event, then (x) if the ROE on such ROE Measurement Date is equal to or less than 1.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be 0% and (y) if the ROE on such ROE Measurement Date is greater than 1.0 but less than 2.0, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be determined by straight line interpolation between 1.0 and 2.0, and (ii) if ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals at least 2.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be 25%. For every additional 0.5 of ROE on such ROE Measurement Date in excess of 2.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will increase by an additional 25% (provided, that the ROE Percentage shall never exceed 100%) and the additional ROE Percentage between any such increments of 0.5 of ROE on such ROE Measurement Date will be determined by straight line interpolation. By way of example and for illustration purposes only: (A) if the ROE Measurement Date is a Liquidity Event and ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals 1.5, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will equal 0.25 multiplied by 50%, or 12.5%; (B) if ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals 2.0, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will equal 25%; and (C) if ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals 3.0, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will equal 25% plus 2 multiplied by 25% or 75%.

(w) “Vesting Event” means a Liquidity Event, the Third Anniversary Vesting Event, the Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event, the Final Vesting Event, and, if so elected by the Board, the ROE Measurement Date determined pursuant to Section 3.3(d), as applicable.

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF DELL PERFORMANCE AWARDS

Section 2.1. Grant of Dell Performance Award.

For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Holder                     DPAs, subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Each DPA represents the right to receive a Share upon vesting.

Section 2.2. Adjustments to Dell Performance Award.

The DPAs shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

VESTING

Section 3.1. ROE Measurement Dates Upon a Liquidity Event (Which Can Only Occur Prior to the Earlier of the Third Anniversary Vesting Event or the Final Vesting Event).

Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, if a Liquidity Event occurs, a number of DPAs will be tested for vesting upon the closing of any Liquidity Event equal to the product of (a) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested or been forfeited, multiplied by (b) the Liquidity Percentage applicable to such Liquidity Event (such DPAs, “Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs”). The number of Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs that will vest upon the closing of any such Liquidity Event will be the product of (x) the number of Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Liquidity Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. For purposes of clarification, any Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest in accordance with the terms hereof.

Section 3.2. ROE Measurement Dates Upon the Third and Fourth Anniversaries of the Closing and the Final Vesting Event.

(a) Third Anniversary Vesting Event. If the Final Vesting Event has not been completed prior to the third anniversary of the Closing (the “Third Anniversary Vesting Event”), then that number of DPAs will vest equal to the product of (x) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested or been forfeited, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Third Anniversary Vesting Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. For purposes of clarification, the number of DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) shall remain outstanding in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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(b) Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event. If the Final Vesting Event has not been completed prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing (the “Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event”), then that number of DPAs will vest equal to the product of (x) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested or been forfeited, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. For purposes of clarification, the number of DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.2(b) shall remain outstanding in accordance with the terms hereof.

(c) Final Vesting Event. Upon the Final Vesting Event, that number of DPAs will vest equal to the product of (x) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested or been forfeited, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Final Vesting Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. All DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) and that have not vested prior to the Final Vesting Event will be forfeited upon the Final Vesting Event without consideration or payment therefor.

(d) Notice of Vesting. No later than thirty (30) days following a Vesting Event, the Company shall provide written notice to the Holder setting forth the Initial Share Value, the ROE, the ROE Percentage, the number of DPAs that vested on the applicable Vesting Event, if any, and, if such Vesting Event is the Final Vesting Event or occurs pursuant to Section 3.3(d), the number of DPAs that were forfeited without consideration or payment on such Vesting Event.

Section 3.3. Treatment of DPAs Upon Termination of Employment.

(a) General. Except as set forth in Sections 3.3(b), (c) and (d) below, each DPA that is unvested as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment for any reason shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

(b) A Portion of the DPAs Remain Outstanding and Eligible to Vest if the Holder’s Employment Terminates Due to a Qualifying Termination Outside of the Change in Control Period or Retirement. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to (i) a Qualifying Termination that occurs outside of a Change in Control Period or (ii) Retirement, that number of DPAs equal to (A) the product of (x) the total number of DPAs multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of time-vesting awards (i.e., shares of restricted stock) that were granted to the Holder on the Grant Date (the “DTAs”) that have vested as of the date of such termination (after giving effect to any acceleration of vesting at the time of such termination provided for pursuant to the terms of the DTAs), and the denominator of which is the total number of DTAs, minus (B) the number of DPAs that have vested prior to the date of such Qualifying Termination or Retirement, shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of Sections 3.1 or 3.2, in each case subject to Sections 3.3(d), (e) and (f) below.

 

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(c) DPAs Remain Outstanding and Eligible to Vest if the Holder’s Employment Terminates Due to a Qualifying Termination During the Change in Control Period, or Due to Death or Disability. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to (i) a Qualifying Termination during a Change in Control Period or (ii) the Holder’s death or Disability, the total number of DPAs that have not previously vested shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of Sections 3.1 or 3.2, in each case subject to Sections 3.3(d), (e) and (f) below. In order to accomplish the intention of this Section 3.3(c), if the Holder’s Employment terminates due to a Qualifying Termination prior to a Change in Control, then (A) that number of DPAs that would otherwise have been forfeited upon such termination in accordance with Section 3.3(b) as a result of the Qualifying Termination having occurred outside the Change of Control Period (such number of DPAs, the “Conditional Shares”) shall not be subject to forfeiture pursuant to Sections 3.3(a) or 3.3(b) (but for the avoidance of doubt shall remain subject to forfeiture pursuant to Sections 3.3(e) and 3.3(f)) until the three month anniversary of the date of the Qualifying Termination (the three month period following the date of the Qualifying Termination is referred to as the “Conditional Period”), (B) anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, during the Conditional Period the Award shall not be capable of vesting with respect to any of the Conditional Shares except as set forth in clause (D) below, (C) if a Change in Control does not occur prior to the expiration of the Conditional Period then upon expiration of the Conditional Period the Conditional Shares shall immediately be forfeited without consideration or payment therefor and the Conditional Shares shall never vest and (D) if a Change in Control occurs prior to the expiration of the Conditional Period then all such Conditional Shares shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of Sections 3.1 and 3.2, in each case subject to Sections 3.3(d), (e) and (f) below, and any ROE Measurement Date that occurred after the Qualifying Termination and at or prior to the Change of Control shall be applied retroactively to the Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares.

(d) Acceleration of ROE Measurement Date for Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares. At the sole discretion of the Company, the Company may elect to cause the vesting and forfeiture (as applicable) of all Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares to be determined solely pursuant to this Section 3.3(d). In the event that the Company elects to cause the vesting and forfeiture of all Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares to be determined pursuant to this Section 3.3(d) it shall deliver written notice (a “Section 3.3(d) Election Notice”) to the Holder (or the Holder’s estate, as applicable) of such election no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the termination of the Holder’s Employment (or the occurrence of a Change in Control to the extent that the Shares are Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares as a result of the last sentence of Section 3.3(c)). The Section 3.3(d) Election Notice shall include the Initial Share Value, the ROE, the ROE Percentage, the number of Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares that will vest effective on the ROE Measurement Date and the number of Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares that will be forfeited, in each case assuming that the date of the termination of the Holder’s Employment is the ROE Measurement Date. In the event that the Company delivers a Section 3.3(d) Election Notice to the Holder, then effective as of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, the DPAs shall vest with respect to that number of Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares, multiplied by (ii) the ROE Percentage with respect to the applicable ROE Measurement Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (A) if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional

 

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DPAs shall vest and (B) all Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares that do not vest in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall cease to be outstanding and eligible to vest and be immediately forfeited without consideration or payment therefor. The ROE Measurement Date for purposes of this Section 3.3(d) shall be the date of the termination of the Holder’s Employment; provided that, solely if the Holder’s Employment terminated due to a Qualifying Termination or Retirement, the Holder may, by providing written notice to the Board no later than five (5) business days after receiving the Section 3.3(d) Election Notice (a “Postponement Notice”), cause the ROE Measurement Date to be any date selected by the Holder; provided, further, that the date selected by the Holder occurs on or prior to the earlier of (x) December 31st of the year in which the date of termination occurs and (y) the nine month anniversary of termination of the Holder’s Employment (such date, the “End Date” and such period the “Postponement Period”). If the Holder delivers a Postponement Notice then at any time during the portion of the Postponement Period that remains following the delivery of such Postponement Notice (the “Remaining Period”), the Holder can irrevocably designate any day during such Remaining Period to be the ROE Measurement Date for purposes of this Section 3.3(d) by delivering written notice to the Company of such designation; provided, that, if the Final Vesting Event occurs prior to the date chosen by the Holder, then such Final Vesting Event shall be the ROE Measurement Date for purposes of this Section 3.3(d). If the Holder delivers the Postponement Notice and the Company does not receive written notice from the Holder of the Holder’s chosen ROE Measurement Date or if the Holder fails to select a date or selects a date that is subsequent to the End Date, the ROE Measurement Date for purposes of this Section 3.3(d) shall be the End Date. For the avoidance of doubt, even if a Vesting Event occurs pursuant to the terms of Sections 3.1 or 3.2 of this Agreement following the Holder’s termination of Employment but prior to the ROE Measurement Date, once the Company has delivered the election notice contemplated by this Section 3.3(d), the vesting of the Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares shall only be determined solely pursuant to this Section 3.3(d).

(e) Forfeiture of DPAs upon Repayment Behavior. Each outstanding DPA shall automatically be forfeited without consideration or payment therefor upon the first date on which the Holder engages in any Repayment Behavior.

(f) Impact of Post-Retirement Services on Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares. If the Holder becomes employed by or commences providing consulting services on a substantially full-time basis for remuneration to any person or entity other than the Company or its Affiliates at any time during the three-year period following the Holder’s Retirement (“Post-Retirement Services”; provided, that service solely as a non-employee director on any board of directors shall not be considered “Post-Retirement Services” for purposes of this Section 3.3(f)), then, upon the date on which the Holder first engages in such Post-Retirement Services (such date, the “Services Commencement Date”): (i) all Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares that remain unvested on the Services Commencement Date shall automatically be forfeited, (ii) any Shares then held by the Holder or any members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) that were issued in settlement of any Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares shall automatically be forfeited on the Services Commencement Date and (iii) if the Holder or any of the members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group have sold, in one or more sales, any Shares that were issued in settlement of the Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares, the Holder shall be required to pay to the Company, in cash and within five (5) business days following written notification of such

 

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repayment obligation by the Company, an amount equal to the aggregate amount realized by the Holder and any members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group with respect to the sale of such Shares in all such sales.

For purposes of this Section 3.3(f), to the extent that following the termination of the Holder’s Employment, the Holder and members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group collectively own both (x) Shares that have been issued pursuant to the vesting of Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares and (y) Shares that do not constitute Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares, then in the event that the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sells any Shares the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed to not be Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares unless and until, after giving effect to this clause paragraph, all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold and are no longer owned by the Holder or any other member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if following termination of the Holder’s employment, the Holder and the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and the Holder and/or other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares.

The Holder agrees to notify the Company in writing within seven (7) days of commencing any Post-Retirement Services, and to promptly provide the Company with all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 3.3(f) to the Company by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group or to take any other action contemplated by this Section 3.3(f).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company elects to cause the vesting and forfeiture (as applicable) of all Post-Termination Vesting Eligible Shares pursuant to Section 3.3(d) following the Holder’s Retirement, this Section 3.3(f) of this Agreement and Section 3.8 of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall automatically cease to apply on the date on which the Company delivers the Section 3.3(d) Election Notice to the Holder.

ARTICLE IV

ISSUANCE OF DELL PERFORMANCE AWARDS

Section 4.1. Issuance.

Certificates evidencing the Shares shall be issued by the Company and shall be registered in the Holder’s name on the stock transfer books of the Company within four (4) business days following the Grant Date, but shall remain in the physical custody of the Company or its designee at all times prior to, in the case of any particular Share, the date on which such Share vests. As a condition to the receipt of this Award, the Holder shall deliver to the Company a stock power, duly endorsed in blank, relating to the Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may elect to recognize the Holder’s ownership through uncertificated book entry.

 

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Section 4.2. Consideration for the Dell Performance Award.

No cash payment is required for the issuance of the Shares hereunder, although the Holder may be required to tender payment in cash or other acceptable form of consideration for the amount of any withholding taxes due as a result of the vesting of the Shares in accordance with Section 5.8 below.

Section 4.3. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Holder of the Shares issued under this Award prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(b) the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Holder to the extent the Holder is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.4. Rights as Stockholder; Dividends.

The Holder shall not be deemed for any purpose to be the owner of any Shares issued hereunder unless and until (a) the Company shall have issued the Shares in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof and (b) the Holder’s name shall have been entered as a stockholder of record with respect to the Shares on the books of the Company. Upon the fulfillment of the conditions in (a) and (b) of this Section 4.4, the Holder shall be the record owner of the Shares unless and until such Shares are forfeited pursuant to Section 3.3(e) or Section 3.3(f) hereof or sold or otherwise disposed of, and as record owner shall be entitled to all rights of a common stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, voting rights, if any, with respect to the Shares; provided, that (i) any cash or in-kind dividends paid with respect to unvested Shares shall be withheld by the Company and shall be paid to the Holder, without interest, only when, and if, such Shares become vested and (ii) the Shares shall be subject to the limitations on transfer and encumbrance set forth in this Agreement. Unless otherwise required under applicable laws, rules or regulations, as soon as practicable following the vesting of any Shares, certificates for such vested Shares shall be delivered to the Holder or to the Holder’s legal representative along with the stock powers relating thereto; provided, that, no certificate will be delivered if the Company elects to recognize the Holder’s ownership through uncertificated book entry, in which case such uncertificated Shares shall be credited to a book entry account maintained by the Company (or its designee) on behalf of the Holder.

 

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Section 4.5. Restrictive Legend.

All certificates representing Shares shall have affixed thereto a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other legends that may be required under federal or state securities laws:

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2013 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT TO WHICH DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR HIS PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST) ARE PARTIES AND A CERTAIN DELL TIME AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR HIS PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST), WHICH PLAN AND AGREEMENTS ARE BINDING UPON ANY AND ALL OWNERS OF ANY INTEREST IN SAID SHARES. SAID PLAN AND AGREEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION WITHOUT CHARGE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND COPIES THEREOF WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANY OWNER OF SAID SHARES UPON REQUEST.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION OR RESALE, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, UNLESS DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, WHICH OPINION IS SATISFACTORY TO IT, TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH REGISTRATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. With respect to this Award, the following two sentences set forth in Section 3 of the Plan shall not apply: “The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors).” Further, with respect to this Award, in the event that this Award is not assumed or substituted by the successor entity upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10(b) of the Plan, this Award shall (i) vest with respect to all the DPAs subject thereto, or (ii) be cancelled for fair value pursuant to clause (ii) of such Section 10(b), in each such case, as determined by the

 

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Committee in its sole discretion. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Award Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Award nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Forfeiture and Repayment Obligation for Engaging in Repayment Behavior.

(a) By accepting this Award, the Holder acknowledges and agrees that, if the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior at any time during the Holder’s Employment or the one-year period following the termination of the Holder’s Employment, then, in addition to the consequences described in Section 3.3(e) above, upon the date on which the Holder first engages in such Repayment Behavior (such date, the “Trigger Date”): (i) the Shares held by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) that were issued upon the grant of DPAs that vested during the two-year period immediately preceding the Trigger Date shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration (such two-year period, the “Claw Back Period” and such Shares, the “Claw Back Shares”) and (ii) if the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group have sold any Claw Back Shares (including any sales or repurchases pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) during the Claw Back Period, the Holder and each member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group shall be required to promptly (and in any event, no later than ten (10) days following receipt of notice thereof from the Company or one of its Affiliates) pay to the Company, in cash (in U.S. dollars) and on demand in immediately available funds by wire transfer an amount equal to the amount paid by the acquiror(s) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, could include the Company, its Subsidiaries or their designee, or any Sponsor Stockholder, pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) to the Holder and/or the members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group in such sale(s) of Claw Back Shares. The Holder understands that this Section 5.3 does not prohibit the Holder from competing with the Company and its Affiliates, but rather simply imposes the economic consequences described in this Section 5.3 if the Holder has engaged in Repayment Behavior.

(b) For purposes of this Section 5.3, if the Holder and/or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell any Shares during the Claw Back Period and, at the time of any such sale, the Holder and the other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group collectively own (after giving effect to this sentence) both (x) Claw Back Shares and (y) Shares that are not Claw Back Shares, then the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed

 

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to not be Claw Back Shares unless and until, after giving effect to this sentence, all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold in such sale and are no longer owned by the Holder or any other member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if on a date of sale of Shares, the Holder and the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and the Holder and/or other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Claw Back Shares). The Holder agrees to promptly provide the Company with all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Company by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group.

Section 5.4. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

This Award, and the Shares issued to the Holder hereunder, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to this Award and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement (including but not limited to the determination of whether the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior) shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.5. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.5, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Holder, shall, if the Holder is then deceased, be given to the Holder’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.5. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Holder hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Holder, as applicable, as provided herein.

 

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Section 5.6. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.7. No Right to Employment or Additional Dell Performance Awards or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Holder any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Holder’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Holder nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Award granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Holder and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Holder and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.8. Withholding Obligations

(a) On the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Holder hereby authorizes the Company or the Subsidiary employing the Holder to satisfy its withholding obligations, if any, from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Holder, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or such employing Subsidiary, if any, which arise in connection with the grant of or vesting of the Award or the delivery of Shares under the Award; provided, that, at the Holder’s election, such withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Holder that number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation; provided, further, that, the Holder’s right to elect such Share withholding shall be subject to Section 4.6(b) of the Management Stockholders Agreement, and any limitations imposed under Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such limitations resulting from the Company’s Subsidiaries being prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to repurchase Class C Common Stock in accordance with Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of such arrangements).

 

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(b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such Shares or release such Shares.

Section 5.9. Securities Laws.

The Holder represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a) The Holder is acquiring the Shares for his or her own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act or in violation of any applicable state securities law;

(b) The Holder has had such opportunity as he or she has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and risks of his or her investment in the Company;

(c) The Holder has sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in acquiring the Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such investment;

(d) The Holder can afford the complete loss of the value of the Shares and is able to bear the economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period;

(e) The Holder understands that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is then available; and (iii) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Shares and there is no commitment on the part of the Company to make any such filing; and

(f) Upon the issuance of any Shares hereunder, the Holder will make or enter into such other written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Agreement.

Section 5.10. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Holder acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder is and remains the Holder’s responsibility, and the Holder shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder that are attributable to the vesting of, or any benefit derived by the Holder from, the Award and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings

 

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regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant or vesting of this Award and the Shares issued hereunder, the subsequent sale of such Shares or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.11. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Holder
 

 

[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Dell Performance Award Agreement]

EX-4.10

Exhibit 4.10

DELL PERFORMANCE AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS DELL PERFORMANCE AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                     (the “Holder”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Holder’s efforts during the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Holder the opportunity to earn a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (“Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Award” means the award of DPAs granted under this Agreement.

(b) “Closing” means the consummation of the transactions pursuant to which EMC Corporation became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

(c) “Dell Performance Award” or “DPA” means an Other Stock-Based Award granted in the form of a “restricted stock unit” subject to the performance-based vesting requirements described in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 herein.

(d) “Direct Competitor” means any Person or other business concern that offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered, marketed, or are actively developed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment. By way of illustration, and not by limitation, as of the Grant Date, the following companies meet the definition of Direct Competitor: Accenture LLP, Acer Inc., Apple Inc., CDW Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Computer Sciences Corporation, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Infosys Limited, Lenovo Group Limited, Oracle Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Tata Group and Wipro Limited.

 

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(e) “Final Vesting Event” means the first to occur of (i) the fifth anniversary of the Closing, (ii) if so elected by the Board, a Change in Control, and (iii) the first date on which Michael S. Dell and his Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) have become a 90% Owner (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement).

(f) “Illiquid Proceeds” means any proceeds (including, but not limited to, dividends, distributions and/or sales proceeds) received in respect of Initial Shares other than proceeds consisting of cash, cash equivalents and/or Marketable Securities.

(g) “Initial Shares” means the shares of DHI Common Stock owned by the Sponsor Stockholders immediately following the Closing.

(h) “Initial Share Value” means (i) at any time prior to an IPO, the fair market value of an Initial Share as determined by a third party valuation expert (who shall be a nationally recognized firm of valuation experts selected by the Board in its discretion), (ii) at the time of an IPO, the offering price per share of DHI Common Stock to the public in the IPO (the “IPO Price”) and (iii) at any time after an IPO, the average of the closing price of a share of DHI Common Stock on the principal stock exchange on which it is listed during the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the relevant date for which Initial Share Value is being determined (or all of the trading days following the IPO plus the IPO Price if the IPO occurred within less than twenty (20) trading days prior to the determination of Initial Share Value). In all cases, (x) the determination of Initial Share Value under clause (i) above will exclude any discounts for illiquidity and minority interests and (y) the fair market value per share of each class of DHI Common Stock shall be deemed to be the same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Closing Date, the Initial Share Value is $    .

(i) “Liquidity Event” means any transfer after the Closing Date by a Sponsor Stockholder of Initial Shares for cash, cash equivalents and/or Marketable Securities that occurs prior to the earlier of the Third Anniversary Vesting Event or the Final Vesting Event, other than any transfer by a Sponsor Stockholder to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) of such Sponsor Stockholder.

(j) “Liquidity Percentage” means, with respect to a Liquidity Event, the percentage of the Initial Shares owned by all of the Sponsor Stockholders (regardless of whether such Sponsor Stockholders are participating in such Liquidity Event) immediately prior to the closing of such Liquidity Event that are being sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event.

(k) “Marketable Securities” means securities that (i) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto), the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any successor thereto) or any other stock exchange or stock market of similar stature to the foregoing, (ii) are, at the time of consummation of the applicable transfer, registered, pursuant to an effective registration statement and will remain registered until such time as such securities can be sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act, as such provision is amended from time to time, without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, and (iii) are not subject to restrictions on transfer as a result of any applicable contractual provisions or by law (including the Securities Act). For the purpose of this definition, Marketable Securities are deemed to have been received on the trading day immediately prior to the date that such Marketable Securities are received by the Sponsor Stockholders.

 

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(l) “Repayment Behavior” means the Holder’s (i) commencement of employment or service with a Direct Competitor in a role that is similar to any role the Holder held at the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twenty four (24) months prior to the Holder’s termination of Employment or in a role that could result in the Holder using the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ confidential information or trade secrets, (ii) disclosure of any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ confidential information or trade secrets, or (iii) solicitation of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate employment with the Company or such Subsidiary.

(m) “Repurchase Limitations” has the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(n) “ROE” means, with respect to any ROE Measurement Date, the return on the Initial Shares as determined pursuant to the following formula:

(i) In the case of a ROE Measurement Date arising from a Liquidity Event, the ROE with respect to such Liquidity Event will be deemed to be (A) the sum of (x) the aggregate of all cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received in such Liquidity Event by the Sponsor Stockholders in consideration of all the Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event, plus (y) the aggregate of all cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders as dividends or distributions by the Company during the period from the Closing to such Liquidity Event in respect of the Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event, plus, (z) the aggregate cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received during the period from the Closing to such Liquidity Event (whether as dividends, distributions or sales proceeds) by the Sponsor Stockholders in respect of any Illiquid Proceeds from the Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event, divided by (B) the product of (1) $    (as equitably adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, combinations, or recapitalizations occurring after the Closing Date) multiplied by (2) the aggregate number of Initial Shares sold by the Sponsor Stockholders in such Liquidity Event; and

(ii) In the case of a ROE Measurement Date arising from any date or event that is not a Liquidity Event, the ROE with respect to such date or event will be deemed to be: (A) the sum of (x) the Initial Share Value as of the applicable ROE Measurement Date of all Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, plus (y) the aggregate of all cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders as dividends or distributions by the Company during the period from the Closing to the

 

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applicable ROE Measurement Date in respect of the Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, plus (z) the aggregate cash, cash equivalents and the fair market value at the time received (determined in accordance with the methodology in clause (i) of the definition of Fair Market Value as set forth in the Plan) of all Marketable Securities received by the Sponsor Stockholders during the period from the Closing to such ROE Measurement Date (whether as dividends, distributions or sale proceeds) in respect of any Illiquid Proceeds from all Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date, divided by (B) the product of (1) $    (as equitably adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, combinations, or recapitalizations occurring after the Closing Date) multiplied by (2) the aggregate number of Initial Shares that are owned by the Sponsor Stockholders at the time of the applicable ROE Measurement Date.

(o) “ROE Measurement Date” means for purposes of (i) Section 3.1, the date of the applicable Liquidity Event, (ii) Section 3.2(a), the third anniversary of the Closing, (iii) Section 3.2(b), the fourth anniversary of the Closing, (iv) Section 3.2(c), the date of the Final Vesting Event and (v) Section 3.3(b), the date of the termination of the Holder’s Employment.

(p) “ROE Percentage” means, with respect to any ROE Measurement Date, the following, as applicable: (i) if the ROE on such ROE Measurement Date is equal to or less than 2.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be 0%; provided, that, solely if the ROE Percentage is being determined in connection with a Liquidity Event, then (x) if the ROE on such ROE Measurement Date is equal to or less than 1.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be 0% and (y) if the ROE on such ROE Measurement Date is greater than 1.0 but less than 2.0, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be determined by straight line interpolation between 1.0 and 2.0, and (ii) if ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals at least 2.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will be 25%. For every additional 0.5 of ROE on such ROE Measurement Date in excess of 2.0, the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will increase by an additional 25% (provided, that the ROE Percentage shall never exceed 100%) and the additional ROE Percentage between any such increments of 0.5 of ROE on such ROE Measurement Date will be determined by straight line interpolation. By way of example and for illustration purposes only: (A) if the ROE Measurement Date is a Liquidity Event and ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals 1.5, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will equal 0.25 multiplied by 50%, or 12.5%; (B) if ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals 2.0, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will equal 25%; and (C) if ROE on such ROE Measurement Date equals 3.0, then the ROE Percentage for such ROE Measurement Date will equal 25% plus 2 multiplied by 25% or 75%.

(q) “Vesting Event” means a Liquidity Event, the Third Anniversary Vesting Event, the Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event, the Final Vesting Event, and, if so elected by the Board pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the date on which the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to death or Disability, as applicable.

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF DELL PERFORMANCE AWARDS

Section 2.1. Grant of Dell Performance Award.

For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date hereof, the Company irrevocably grants to the Holder                     DPAs, subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Each DPA represents the right to receive a Share upon vesting.

Section 2.2. Adjustments to Dell Performance Award.

The DPAs shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

VESTING

Section 3.1. ROE Measurement Dates Upon a Liquidity Event (Which Can Only Occur Prior to the Earlier of the Third Anniversary Vesting Event or the Final Vesting Event).

Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, if a Liquidity Event occurs, a number of DPAs will be tested for vesting upon the closing of such Liquidity Event equal to the product of (a) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested, multiplied by (b) the Liquidity Percentage applicable to such Liquidity Event (such DPAs, “Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs”). The number of Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs that will vest upon the closing of any such Liquidity Event will be the product of (x) the number of Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Liquidity Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. For purposes of clarification, any Liquidity Event Vesting DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest in accordance with the terms hereof.

Section 3.2. ROE Measurement Dates Upon the Third and Fourth Anniversaries of the Closing and the Final Vesting Event.

(a) Third Anniversary Vesting Event. If the Final Vesting Event has not been completed prior to the third anniversary of the Closing (the “Third Anniversary Vesting Event”), then that number of DPAs will vest equal to the product of (x) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Third Anniversary Vesting Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. For purposes of clarification, the number of DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) shall remain outstanding in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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(b) Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event. If the Final Vesting Event has not been completed prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing (the “Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event”), then that number of DPAs will vest equal to the product of (x) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Fourth Anniversary Vesting Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. For purposes of clarification, the number of DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.2(b) shall remain outstanding in accordance with the terms hereof.

(c) Final Vesting Event. Upon the Final Vesting Event, that number of DPAs will vest equal to the product of (x) the number of DPAs granted to the Holder that have not previously vested, multiplied by (y) the ROE Percentage with respect to such Final Vesting Event; provided, that, if such calculation produces a negative number, zero DPAs will vest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if ROE has not increased from the prior ROE Measurement Date, no additional DPAs shall vest. All DPAs that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) and that have not vested prior to the Final Vesting Event will be forfeited upon the Final Vesting Event without consideration or payment therefor.

(d) Notice of Vesting. No later than thirty (30) days following a Vesting Event, the Company shall provide written notice to the Holder setting forth the Initial Share Value, the ROE, the ROE Percentage, the number of DPAs that vested on the applicable Vesting Event, if any, and, if such Vesting Event is the Final Vesting Event or occurs pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the number of DPAs that were forfeited without consideration or payment on such Vesting Event.

Section 3.3. Treatment of DPAs Upon Termination of Employment.

(a) General. Except as set forth in Section 3.3(b) below, each DPA that is unvested as of the date of the Holder’s termination of Employment for any reason shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

(b) DPAs Tested for Vesting if the Holder’s Employment Terminates Due to Death or Disability. If the Holder’s Employment is terminated due to death or Disability, the Board shall measure ROE based on Fair Market Value on the date of such termination in order to determine the applicable number of DPAs that will vest on such date. All DPAs that do not vest in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) and that have not previously vested shall be immediately forfeited upon the Vesting Event resulting from the termination of the Holder’s Employment due to death or Disability.

(c) Forfeiture of DPAs upon Repayment Behavior. Each outstanding DPA shall automatically be forfeited without consideration or payment therefor upon the first date on which the Holder engages in any Repayment Behavior (as determined by the Committee).

 

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ARTICLE IV

SETTLEMENT OF DELL PERFORMANCE AWARDS

Section 4.1. Settlement.

Settlement of DPAs shall be made within four (4) business days following the applicable Vesting Event in accordance with Section 3.1, Section 3.2 and Section 3.3(b), as applicable. Settlement of DPAs shall be in Shares; provided, that, in lieu of issuing any fractional Share, the Company shall make a cash payment to the Holder equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional Share.

Section 4.2. Consideration for the Dell Performance Award.

No cash payment is required for the DPAs or the Shares issuable in settlement thereof, although the Holder may be required to tender payment in cash or other acceptable form of consideration for the amount of any withholding taxes due as a result of delivery of the Shares in accordance with Section 5.8 below.

Section 4.3. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Holder of the Share issued upon the settlement of a DPA prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(b) the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Holder to the extent the Holder is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.4. Unsecured Obligation; Rights as Stockholder.

The Award is unfunded, and as a holder of DPAs, the Holder will be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement. The Holder shall not be, and shall not have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any vested Share underlying a DPA unless and until a book entry representing such Share has been made on the books and records of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Holder and his or her beneficiaries or successors, the Company and all other interested persons (including, without limitation, any determination that the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior). No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Award Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Award nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Forfeiture and Repayment Obligation for Engaging in Repayment Behavior.

(a) By accepting this Award, the Holder acknowledges and agrees that, if the Committee determines that the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior at any time during the Holder’s Employment or the one-year period following the termination of the Holder’s Employment, then, in addition to the consequences described in Section 3.3(c) above, upon the date on which the Holder first engages in such Repayment Behavior (as determined by the Committee) (such date, the “Trigger Date”): (i) the Shares held by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) that were issued upon settlement of DPAs that vested during the two-year period immediately preceding the earlier of (x) the Trigger Date and (y) the date on which the Holder’s Employment terminated shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration (such two-year period, the “Claw Back Period” and such Shares, the “Claw Back Shares”) and (ii) if the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group have sold any Claw Back Shares (including any sales or repurchases pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) during the Claw Back Period, the Holder and each member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group shall be required to promptly (and in any event, no later than ten (10) days following receipt of notice thereof from the Company or one of its Affiliates) pay to the Company, in cash (in U.S. dollars) and on demand in immediately available funds by wire transfer an amount equal to the amount paid by the acquiror(s) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, could include the Company, its Subsidiaries or their designee, or any Sponsor Stockholder, pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) to the Holder and/or the members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group in such sale(s) of Claw Back Shares. The Holder understands that this Section 5.3 does not prohibit the Holder from competing with the Company and its Affiliates, but rather simply imposes the economic consequences described in this Section 5.3 if the Committee determines that the Holder has engaged in Repayment Behavior.

 

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(b) For purposes of this Section 5.3, if the Holder and/or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell any Shares during the Claw Back Period and, at the time of any such sale, the Holder and the other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group collectively own (after giving effect to this sentence) both (x) Claw Back Shares and (y) Shares that are not Claw Back Shares, then the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed to not be Claw Back Shares unless and until, after giving effect to this sentence, all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold in such sale and are no longer owned by the Holder or any other member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if on a date of sale of Shares, the Holder and the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and the Holder and/or other members of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Claw Back Shares). The Holder agrees to promptly provide the Company with all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Company by the Holder or any member of the Holder’s Management Stockholder Group.

Section 5.4. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

This Award, and the Shares issued to the Holder upon settlement of DPAs, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to this Award and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement (including but not limited to the determination of whether the Holder engaged in Repayment Behavior for purposes of the Management Stockholders Agreement (but not for purposes of this Agreement)) shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.5. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Holder, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.5, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Holder, shall, if the Holder is then deceased, be given to the Holder’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.5. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which

 

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such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Holder hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Holder, as applicable, as provided herein.

Section 5.6. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.7. No Right to Employment or Additional Dell Performance Awards or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Holder any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Holder’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Holder nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Award granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Holder and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Holder and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.8. Withholding Obligations

(a) On the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Holder hereby authorizes the Company or the Subsidiary employing the Holder to satisfy its withholding obligations, if any, from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Holder, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or such employing Subsidiary, if any, which arise in connection with the grant of or vesting of the Award or the delivery of Shares under the Award; provided, that, at the Holder’s election, such withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Holder that

 

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number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation (but in no event more than the minimum required tax withholding); provided, further, that, the Holder’s right to elect such Share withholding shall be subject to Section 4.6(b) of the Management Stockholders Agreement and any limitations imposed under Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such limitations resulting from the Company’s Subsidiaries being prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to repurchase Class C Common Stock in accordance with Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of such arrangements).

(b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such Shares or release such Shares.

Section 5.9. Securities Laws.

The Holder represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a) The Holder is acquiring the Shares for his or her own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act or in violation of any applicable state securities law;

(b) The Holder has had such opportunity as he or she has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and risks of his or her investment in the Company;

(c) The Holder has sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in acquiring the Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such investment;

(d) The Holder can afford the complete loss of the value of the Shares and is able to bear the economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period;

(e) The Holder understands that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is then available; and (iii) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Shares and there is no commitment on the part of the Company to make any such filing; and

(f) Upon the issuance of any Shares hereunder, the Holder will make or enter into such other written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.10. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Holder acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder is and remains the Holder’s responsibility, and the Holder shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Holder that are attributable to the vesting of, or any benefit derived by the Holder from, the Award and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant, vesting or settlement of this Award, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such settlement or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.11. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Holder
 

 

[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Dell Performance Award Agreement]

EX-4.11

Exhibit 4.11

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Non-Employee Director Option – Annual Grant

THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                     (the “Optionee”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Optionee’s efforts during the Optionee’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Optionee the opportunity to purchase a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (the “Class C Shares”) and a number of shares of Class V Common Stock (the “Class V Shares” and, together with the Class C Shares, the “Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Cause” means: (i) the Optionee’s material violation of (x) the Optionee’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Optionee is bound, that in each case results in greater than de minimis harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business; (ii) the Optionee’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime that involves moral turpitude; or (iii) conduct by the Optionee which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a material breach of a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the shareholders of the Company that results in material harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business and that the Optionee has failed to cure within thirty (30) days following written notice from the Board. This definition shall also be the definition of “Cause” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF OPTIONS

Section 2.1. Grant of Option. For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the Grant Date, the Company irrevocably grants to the Optionee an Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate number of                     Class C Shares and                     Class V Shares, subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.3 hereof (collectively, the “Option”).

Section 2.2. Exercise Price.

Subject to Section 2.3 hereof, the per share exercise price of the Class C Shares covered by the Option shall be $    (the “Class C Option Price”) and the per share exercise price of the Class V Shares covered by the Option shall be $    (the “Class V Option Price).

Section 2.3. Adjustments to Option.

The Option shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

Section 3.1. Vesting and Commencement of Exercisability.

(a) General. Subject to the Optionee’s continued Employment on such date, the Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Shares subject to the Option on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the Grant Date or (ii) a Change in Control.

(b) Accelerated Vesting on Termination without Cause or Due to Death or Disability. If the Optionee’s Employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or due to the Optionee’s death or Disability, the Option shall vest and become immediately exercisable with respect to all of the Shares subject thereto upon the date of such termination.

(c) Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(b) above, no portion of the Option shall vest and become exercisable as to any additional Shares upon or following the termination of the Optionee’s Employment. The portion of the Option that is unvested and unexercisable as of the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment for any reason shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

Section 3.2. Expiration of Option.

The Optionee may not exercise the exercisable portion of the Option to any extent after the first to occur of the following events:

(a) the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date;

 

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(b) immediately upon the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment, if the Optionee’s Employment is terminated by the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, for Cause; or

(c) the expiration of the nine (9) month period following the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment if the Optionee’s Employment terminates for any reason other than for Cause.

ARTICLE IV

EXERCISE OF OPTION

Section 4.1. Person Eligible to Exercise.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing or by the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Optionee is the only Person that may exercise the exercisable portion of the Option, unless and until the Optionee dies or suffers a Disability. After the Disability or death of the Optionee, the exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time when the Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2 hereof, be exercised by the Optionee’s personal representative, guardian or by any person empowered to do so under the Optionee’s will or under the then Applicable Laws of descent and distribution or, if applicable, under a trust or other estate planning vehicle to which the Option was transferred for the benefit of the Optionee’s immediate family.

Section 4.2. Exercisability of Option.

Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2; provided, however, that any partial exercise shall be for whole Shares only. For the avoidance of doubt, the Option shall not be exercisable with respect to any of the Shares subject thereto prior to the date (if any) the Option has vested with respect to such Shares in accordance with Section 3.1.

Section 4.3. Manner of Exercise.

Any exercisable portion of the Option may be exercised solely by delivering to the Office of the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal office all of the following prior to the time when the Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2:

(a) notice in writing signed by the Optionee or the other Person then entitled to exercise the Option or portion thereof, stating that the Option or portion thereof is thereby exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules established by the Committee; provided, that such rules do not impose any substantive requirements on the Optionee which are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Plan;

(b) full payment of the aggregate Class C Option Price for the Class C Shares and the aggregate Class V Option Price for the Class V Shares, in each case with respect to which such Option or portion thereof is exercised (i) in cash (by check or wire transfer or a combination of the foregoing), (ii) by a “net exercise” method whereby (A) the aggregate Class C Option Price

 

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for the Class C Shares being acquired upon exercise is satisfied by the Company withholding, from the Class C Shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee, that number of Class C Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the product of (x) the Class C Option Price and (y) the number of Class C Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and (B) the aggregate Class V Option Price for the Class V Shares being acquired upon exercise is satisfied by the Company withholding from the Class V Shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee, that number of Class V Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the product of (x) the Class V Option Price and (y) the number of Class V Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing methods, as elected by the Optionee;

(c) a bona fide written representation and agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Committee, signed by the Optionee or other Person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion thereof, stating that (i) unless the Shares are registered on a Form S-8 or the Company in its sole discretion determines that another exemption applies, the individual exercising the Option is an accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) and (ii) the Shares are being acquired for the Optionee’s own account, for investment and without any present intention of distributing or reselling said Shares or any of them except as may be permitted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its reasonable discretion, take whatever additional actions it deems reasonably necessary to ensure the observance and performance of such representation and agreement and to effect compliance with the Securities Act and any other federal or state securities laws or regulations;

(d) if such exercise is for any Class C Shares, unless already delivered, a written instrument (a “Joinder”) pursuant to which the Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Management Stockholders Agreement with respect to Class C Shares to the same extent as a Management Stockholder thereunder, as provided as Annex A to the Management Stockholders Agreement;

(e) full payment to the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, of all amounts which, under federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. law, such entity is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option; and

(f) in the event the Option or portion thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any Person or Persons other than the Optionee, appropriate proof of the right of such Person or Persons to exercise the Option.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any subsequent transfer of Class C Shares shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Management Stockholders Agreement and the Committee may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer of Class C Shares acquired on exercise of the Option does not violate the Securities Act, and may, in its reasonable discretion, issue stop-transfer orders covering such Class C Shares.

 

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Section 4.4. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Optionee of the Shares purchased upon the exercise of an Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable;

(b) the lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Option as the Committee may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience (which period shall not exceed four (4) business days if established for administrative convenience) or as may otherwise be required by Applicable Law; and

(c) with respect to Class C Shares only, the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Optionee to the extent the Optionee is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.5. Rights as Stockholder.

No later than four (4) business days following the date on which the Optionee exercises the Option (or portion thereof) in a manner satisfying Section 4.3, the Optionee shall have all rights and privileges of stockholders of the Company in respect of the Shares acquired upon such exercise and in no event shall the Optionee have such rights and privileges until the earlier of the date such Shares are issued or the date that is four (4) business days following the date on which the Optionee exercises the Option (or any portion thereof).

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Option. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Option Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or

 

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any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

The Option, and the Shares issued to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to the Option and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.4. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Optionee, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Optionee, shall, if the Optionee is then deceased, be given to the Optionee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.4. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Optionee hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Optionee, as applicable, as provided herein.

 

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Section 5.5. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.6. No Right to Employment or Additional Options or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Optionee’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Optionee nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Options or any other Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Options or other Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Option granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Optionee and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Optionee and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.7. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Optionee acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Optionee acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Optionee is and remains the Optionee’s responsibility, and the Optionee shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Optionee that are attributable to the exercise of, or any benefit derived by the Optionee from, the Option and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant, vesting or exercise of this Option, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such exercise or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Option to reduce or eliminate the Optionee’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.8. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Optionee
 

 

[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Non-Employee Director Option Agreement – Annual Grant]

EX-4.12

Exhibit 4.12

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Non-Employee Director Option – Sign-On Grant

THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                     (the “Optionee”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Optionee’s efforts during the Optionee’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Optionee the opportunity to purchase a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (the “Class C Shares”) and a number of shares of Class V Common Stock (the “Class V Shares” and, together with the Class C Shares, the “Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Cause” means: (i) the Optionee’s material violation of (x) the Optionee’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Optionee is bound, that in each case results in greater than de minimis harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business; (ii) the Optionee’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime that involves moral turpitude; or (iii) conduct by the Optionee which constitutes gross neglect, insubordination, willful misconduct, or a material breach of a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the shareholders of the Company that results in material harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business and that the Optionee has failed to cure within thirty (30) days following written notice from the Board. This definition shall also be the definition of “Cause” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF OPTIONS

Section 2.1. Grant of Option. For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the Grant Date, the Company irrevocably grants to the Optionee an Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate number of                     Class C Shares and                     Class V Shares, subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.3 hereof (collectively, the “Option”).

Section 2.2. Exercise Price.

Subject to Section 2.3 hereof, the per share exercise price of the Class C Shares covered by the Option shall be $    (the “Class C Option Price”) and the per share exercise price of the Class V Shares covered by the Option shall be $    (the “Class V Option Price).

Section 2.3. Adjustments to Option.

The Option shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

Section 3.1. Vesting and Commencement of Exercisability.

(a) General. Subject to the Optionee’s continued Employment on such date, the Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 25% of the Class C Shares subject to the Option and 25% of the Class V Shares subject to the Option on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date; provided, that, 100% of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest and become exercisable on a Change in Control.

(b) Accelerated Vesting on Termination without Cause or Due to Death or Disability. If the Optionee’s Employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or due to the Optionee’s death or Disability, the Option shall vest and become immediately exercisable with respect to all of the Shares subject thereto upon the date of such termination.

(c) Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(b) above, no portion of the Option shall vest and become exercisable as to any additional Shares upon or following the termination of the Optionee’s Employment. The portion of the Option that is unvested and unexercisable as of the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment for any reason shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

Section 3.2. Expiration of Option.

The Optionee may not exercise the exercisable portion of the Option to any extent after the first to occur of the following events:

(a) the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date;

 

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(b) immediately upon the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment, if the Optionee’s Employment is terminated by the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, for Cause; or

(c) the expiration of the nine (9) month period following the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment if the Optionee’s Employment terminates for any reason other than for Cause.

ARTICLE IV

EXERCISE OF OPTION

Section 4.1. Person Eligible to Exercise.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing or by the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Optionee is the only Person that may exercise the exercisable portion of the Option, unless and until the Optionee dies or suffers a Disability. After the Disability or death of the Optionee, the exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time when the Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2 hereof, be exercised by the Optionee’s personal representative, guardian or by any person empowered to do so under the Optionee’s will or under the then Applicable Laws of descent and distribution or, if applicable, under a trust or other estate planning vehicle to which the Option was transferred for the benefit of the Optionee’s immediate family.

Section 4.2. Exercisability of Option.

Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2; provided, however, that any partial exercise shall be for whole Shares only. For the avoidance of doubt, the Option shall not be exercisable with respect to any of the Shares subject thereto prior to the date (if any) the Option has vested with respect to such Shares in accordance with Section 3.1.

Section 4.3. Manner of Exercise.

Any exercisable portion of the Option may be exercised solely by delivering to the Office of the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal office all of the following prior to the time when the Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2:

(a) notice in writing signed by the Optionee or the other Person then entitled to exercise the Option or portion thereof, stating that the Option or portion thereof is thereby exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules established by the Committee; provided, that such rules do not impose any substantive requirements on the Optionee which are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Plan;

(b) full payment of the aggregate Class C Option Price for the Class C Shares and the aggregate Class V Option Price for the Class V Shares, in each case with respect to which such Option or portion thereof is exercised (i) in cash (by check or wire transfer or a combination of the foregoing), (ii) by a “net exercise” method whereby (A) the aggregate Class C Option Price

 

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for the Class C Shares being acquired upon exercise is satisfied by the Company withholding, from the Class C Shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee, that number of Class C Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the product of (x) the Class C Option Price and (y) the number of Class C Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and (B) the aggregate Class V Option Price for the Class V Shares being acquired upon exercise is satisfied by the Company withholding from the Class V Shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee, that number of Class V Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the product of (x) the Class V Option Price and (y) the number of Class V Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing methods, as elected by the Optionee;

(c) a bona fide written representation and agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Committee, signed by the Optionee or other Person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion thereof, stating that (i) unless the Shares are registered on a Form S-8 or the Company in its sole discretion determines that another exemption applies, the individual exercising the Option is an accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) and (ii) the Shares are being acquired for the Optionee’s own account, for investment and without any present intention of distributing or reselling said Shares or any of them except as may be permitted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its reasonable discretion, take whatever additional actions it deems reasonably necessary to ensure the observance and performance of such representation and agreement and to effect compliance with the Securities Act and any other federal or state securities laws or regulations;

(d) if such exercise is for any Class C Shares, unless already delivered, a written instrument (a “Joinder”) pursuant to which the Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Management Stockholders Agreement with respect to Class C Shares to the same extent as a Management Stockholder thereunder, as provided as Annex A to the Management Stockholders Agreement;

(e) full payment to the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, of all amounts which, under federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. law, such entity is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option; and

(f) in the event the Option or portion thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any Person or Persons other than the Optionee, appropriate proof of the right of such Person or Persons to exercise the Option.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any subsequent transfer of Class C Shares shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Management Stockholders Agreement and the Committee may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer of Class C Shares acquired on exercise of the Option does not violate the Securities Act, and may, in its reasonable discretion, issue stop-transfer orders covering such Class C Shares.

 

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Section 4.4. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Optionee of the Shares purchased upon the exercise of an Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable;

(b) the lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Option as the Committee may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience (which period shall not exceed four (4) business days if established for administrative convenience) or as may otherwise be required by Applicable Law; and

(c) with respect to Class C Shares only, the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Optionee to the extent the Optionee is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.5. Rights as Stockholder.

No later than four (4) business days following the date on which the Optionee exercises the Option (or portion thereof) in a manner satisfying Section 4.3, the Optionee shall have all rights and privileges of stockholders of the Company in respect of the Shares acquired upon such exercise and in no event shall the Optionee have such rights and privileges until the earlier of the date such Shares are issued or the date that is four (4) business days following the date on which the Optionee exercises the Option (or any portion thereof).

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Option. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Option Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or

 

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any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

The Option, and the Shares issued to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to the Option and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.4. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Optionee, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Optionee, shall, if the Optionee is then deceased, be given to the Optionee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.4. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Optionee hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Optionee, as applicable, as provided herein.

 

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Section 5.5. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.6. No Right to Employment or Additional Options or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Optionee’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Optionee nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Options or any other Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Options or other Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Option granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Optionee and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Optionee and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.7. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Optionee acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Optionee acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Optionee is and remains the Optionee’s responsibility, and the Optionee shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Optionee that are attributable to the exercise of, or any benefit derived by the Optionee from, the Option and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant, vesting or exercise of this Option, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such exercise or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Option to reduce or eliminate the Optionee’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.8. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Optionee
 

 

[Insert Name]

 

[Signature Page to Non-Employee Director Option Agreement – Sign-On Grant]

EX-4.13

Exhibit 4.13

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Rollover Option

THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the name set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (the “Optionee”), is effective as of                     , 2016 (the “Grant Date”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, the Plan allows for the grant of Options to purchase shares of Class C Common Stock (“Shares”);

WHEREAS, EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (“EMC”), previously granted to the Optionee one or more awards of units (the “EMC Units”) representing the right to receive shares of EMC’s common stock (the “EMC Shares”) under the EMC Corporation Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan, as amended (the “EMC Plan”). In addition, each award was subject to the terms and conditions described in the applicable Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (such award, the “RSU”) or Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (such award, the “PSU”) between the Optionee and EMC (together, the “Stock Unit Agreements”) and the EMC Plan. The applicable Stock Unit Agreement stated the number of EMC Units granted to the Optionee under the applicable RSU or PSU award;

WHEREAS, on October 12, 2015, Universal Acquisition Co. (“Merger Sub”), the Company, Dell, Inc. and EMC entered into the Agreement and Plan of Merger, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated May 16, 2016 (as further amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into EMC (the “Merger”), with EMC surviving the merger as an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger and pursuant to the Election Form Related to the Rollover Opportunity submitted to the Company by the Optionee, the Optionee elected to exchange a specified portion (not to exceed 50%) of the Optionee’s EMC Units for unvested deferred cash awards (“Deferred Cash Awards”) and unvested Options to purchase Shares (“Rollover Options” and, together with the Deferred Cash Awards, the “Rollover Awards”), whereby the Optionee agreed to the following:

(i) with respect to all of the Optionee’s EMC Units being exchanged (the “Exchanged EMC Units”), waive the acceleration of vesting that would otherwise occur at the Vesting Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) under the terms of the Merger Agreement, and

(ii) in respect of each Exchanged EMC Unit, receive the following:

(A) one Deferred Cash Award (the terms of which will be subject to a deferred cash award agreement to be entered between the Optionee and the Company, which will be provided to the Optionee separately and concurrently herewith); and

 

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(B) the Option granted hereunder, which gives the Optionee the right to purchase one Share for each Deferred Cash Award received by the Optionee, subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement and the Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

(a) “Cause” means (i) the Optionee’s willful, reckless or grossly negligent and material violation of (x) the Optionee’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, which results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Optionee is bound that results in greater than de minimis harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business; (ii) the Optionee’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime that involves moral turpitude; or (iii) conduct by the Optionee which constitutes gross neglect, willful misconduct, or a material breach of the Code of Conduct of the Subsidiary of the Company employing the Optionee or a fiduciary duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the shareholders of the Company that results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ reputation or business and that the Optionee has failed to cure within thirty (30) days following written notice from the Board. This definition shall also be the definition of “Cause” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(b) “Direct Competitor” means any Person or other business concern that offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered, marketed, or are actively being developed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Grant Date or the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment, whichever is later. By way of illustration, and not by limitation, as of the Grant Date, the Optionee and the Company agree that the following companies currently meet the definition of Direct Competitor: Acer Inc., Apple Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Lenovo Group Limited, Oracle Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

(c) “Good Reason” means (i) a material reduction in the Optionee’s base salary or total annual incentive bonus target, (iii) any material adverse change to substantive plans and benefits in the aggregate which does not apply equally to the other members of the Company’s Executive Leadership Team, (iii) a material adverse change to the Optionee’s title or a material reduction in the Optionee’s authority, duties or responsibilities, or the assignment to the Optionee of any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent in any material adverse respect with the Optionee’s position, or (iv) a change in the Optionee’s principal place of work to a location of more than twenty-five (25) miles from the Optionee’s principal place of work immediately prior to such change; provided, that the Optionee provides written notice to the

 

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Subsidiary of the Company employing the Optionee of the existence of any such condition within ninety (90) days of the Optionee having actual knowledge of the initial existence of such condition and such employing Subsidiary fails to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice (the “Cure Period”). In order to resign for Good Reason, the Optionee must actually terminate Employment no later than ninety (90) days following the end of such Cure Period, if the Good Reason condition remains uncured; provided, that, if such Good Reason condition is solely the result of a material reduction in the Optionee’s authority, duties or responsibilities (including, for this purpose, the assignment to the Optionee of any duties or responsibilities which are inconsistent in any material adverse respect with the Optionee’s position) that is directly related to the occurrence of a Change in Control and such Good Reason condition remains uncured following the end of the Cure Period, the Optionee may only terminate the Optionee’s Employment for Good Reason during the ninety (90) day period commencing on the first date that follows the six (6) month anniversary of such Change in Control. This definition shall also be the definition of “Good Reason” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(d) “Qualifying Termination” means any termination of the Optionee’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates other than (i) a termination due to the Optionee’s resignation without Good Reason (unless due to Retirement) or (ii) a termination for Cause.

(e) “Repayment Behavior” means the Optionee’s (i) commencement of employment or service with a Direct Competitor in a role that is similar to any role the Optionee held at the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twenty four (24) months prior to the Optionee’s termination of Employment or in a role that would likely result in the Optionee using the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ confidential information or trade secrets, (ii) willful, reckless or grossly negligent and material violation of the Optionee’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, which results in material harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) solicitation of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for employment, consulting or other services. This definition shall also be the definition of “Repayment Behavior” for all purposes under the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(f) “Repurchase Limitations” has the meaning given to such term in the Management Stockholders Agreement.

(g) “Retirement” means the Optionee’s voluntary termination of Employment with the Company and its Affiliates without Good Reason at or above the age of sixty (60) and after having completed at least five (5) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates (which includes past service with EMC) or any other combination of the Optionee’s age plus years of service completed (not less than five (5)) that is at least equal to 65; provided, that the Optionee may not be eligible for Retirement prior to August 1, 2017.

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF OPTIONS

Section 2.1. Grant of Option. For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the Grant Date, the Company irrevocably grants to the Optionee an Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate number of                     Shares, subject to the adjustment as set forth in Section 2.3 hereof (the “Option”).

Section 2.2. Exercise Price.

Subject to Section 2.3 hereof, the per Share exercise price of the Shares covered by the Option shall be $    (the “Option Price”).

Section 2.3. Adjustments to Option.

The Option shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.

ARTICLE III

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

Section 3.1. Vesting and Commencement of Exercisability.

(a) General. The Option will vest and thereby become exercisable as provided for on Schedule I hereto, subject to the Optionee’s continued Employment on each applicable vesting date.

(b) Accelerated Vesting on Qualifying Termination. If the Optionee’s Employment is terminated due to a Qualifying Termination, the Option shall vest and become immediately exercisable with respect to all of the Shares subject thereto upon the date of such termination.

(c) Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Section 3.1(b) above and subject to Section 3.1(d) below, no portion of the Option shall vest and become exercisable as to any additional Shares upon or following the termination of the Optionee’s Employment. The portion of the Option that is unvested and unexercisable as of the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment shall immediately expire on the date of such termination without consideration or payment therefor.

(d) Forfeiture of Vested Portion upon a Termination of Employment for Cause. If the Optionee’s Employment is terminated for Cause, the Option, whether vested or unvested, shall be forfeited without consideration or payment therefor.

(e) Forfeiture of Unvested Portion of Option upon Repayment Behavior. The unvested portion of the Option shall automatically be forfeited without consideration or payment therefor upon the first date on which the Optionee engages in any Repayment Behavior.

Section 3.2. Expiration of Option.

The Optionee may not exercise the exercisable portion of the Option to any extent after the first to occur of the following events:

(a) the third anniversary of the Grant Date;

 

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(b) immediately upon the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment, if the Optionee’s Employment is terminated by the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, for Cause; or

(c) the expiration of the nine (9) month period following the date of the Optionee’s termination of Employment if the Optionee’s Employment terminates for any reason other than for Cause.

ARTICLE IV

EXERCISE OF OPTION

Section 4.1. Person Eligible to Exercise.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing or by the Management Stockholders Agreement, the Optionee is the only Person that may exercise the exercisable portion of the Option, unless and until the Optionee dies or suffers a Disability. After the Disability or death of the Optionee, the exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time when the Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2 hereof, be exercised by the Optionee’s personal representative, guardian or by any person empowered to do so under the Optionee’s will or under the then Applicable Laws of descent and distribution or, if applicable, under a trust or other estate planning vehicle to which the Option was transferred for the benefit of the Optionee’s immediate family.

Section 4.2. Exercisability of Option.

Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2; provided, however, that any partial exercise shall be for whole Shares only. For the avoidance of doubt, the Option shall not be exercisable with respect to any of the Shares subject thereto prior to the date (if any) the Option has vested with respect to such Shares in accordance with Section 3.1.

Section 4.3. Manner of Exercise.

Any exercisable portion of the Option may be exercised solely by delivering to the Office of the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal office all of the following prior to the time when the Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2:

(a) notice in writing signed by the Optionee or the other Person then entitled to exercise the Option or portion thereof, stating that the Option or portion thereof is thereby exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules established by the Committee; provided, that such rules do not impose any substantive requirements on the Optionee which are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Plan;

(b) full payment of the aggregate Option Price for the Shares with respect to which such Option or portion thereof is exercised (i) in cash (by check or wire transfer or a combination of the foregoing), (ii) a “net exercise” method whereby the Option Price for the Shares being exercised is satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the

 

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Optionee, that number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the product of (x) the Option Price and (y) the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing methods, as elected by the Optionee;

(c) a bona fide written representation and agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Committee, signed by the Optionee or other Person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion thereof, stating that (i) unless the Shares are registered on a Form S-8 or the Company in its sole discretion determines that another exemption applies, the individual exercising the Option is an accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) and (ii) the Shares are being acquired for the Optionee’s own account, for investment and without any present intention of distributing or reselling said Shares or any of them except as may be permitted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its reasonable discretion, take whatever additional actions it deems reasonably necessary to ensure the observance and performance of such representation and agreement and to effect compliance with the Securities Act and any other federal or state securities laws or regulations;

(d) unless already delivered, a written instrument (a “Joinder”) pursuant to which the Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Management Stockholders Agreement to the same extent as a Management Stockholder thereunder, as provided as Annex A to the Management Stockholders Agreement;

(e) full payment to the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, of all amounts which, under federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. law, such entity is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option; provided, that, at the Optionee’s election, such withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee that number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation; provided, further, that, the Optionee’s right to elect such share withholding shall be subject to Section 4.6(b) of the Management Stockholders Agreement, and any limitations imposed under Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or under the terms of any preferred stock, debt financing arrangements or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any such limitations resulting from the Company’s Subsidiaries being prohibited or prevented from distributing to the Company sufficient proceeds or funds to enable the Company to repurchase Class C Common Stock in accordance with Delaware law or other Applicable Law and/or the then applicable terms and conditions of such arrangements); and

(f) in the event the Option or portion thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any Person or Persons other than the Optionee, appropriate proof of the right of such Person or Persons to exercise the Option.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any subsequent transfer of Shares shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Management Stockholders Agreement and the Committee may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer of Shares acquired on exercise of the Option does not violate the Securities Act, and may, in its reasonable discretion, issue stop-transfer orders covering such Shares. The written

 

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representation and agreement referred to in subsection (c) above shall, however, not be required if the subsequent transfer of the Shares to be issued pursuant to such exercise has been registered under the Securities Act, and such registration is then effective in respect of such Shares.

Section 4.4. Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

The Company shall not be required to record the ownership by the Optionee of Shares purchased upon the exercise of an Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any federal, state, local or non-U.S. governmental agency or stock exchange or over-the-counter market listing requirements which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable;

(b) the lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Option as the Committee may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience (which period shall not exceed four (4) business days if established for administrative convenience) or as may otherwise be required by Applicable Law; and

(c) the execution and delivery of the Joinder by the Optionee to the extent the Optionee is not already a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement.

Section 4.5. Rights as Stockholder.

No later than four (4) business days following the date on which the Optionee exercises the Option (or portion thereof) in a manner satisfying Section 4.3, the Optionee shall have all rights and privileges of stockholders of the Company in respect of the Shares acquired upon such exercise and in no event shall the Optionee have such rights and privileges until the earlier of the date such Shares are issued or the date that is four (4) business days following the date on which the Optionee exercises the Option (or any portion thereof).

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration.

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. With respect to this Option, the following two sentences set forth in Section 3(c) of the Plan shall not apply: “The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors).” Further, with respect to this Option, in the event that this Option is not assumed or substituted by the successor entity upon the occurrence of a Change in

 

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Control, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10(b) of the Plan, this Option shall vest with respect to all the Shares subject thereto and be (i) exercisable as to all such Shares for a period of at least ten (10) business days prior to the Change in Control, or (ii) cancelled for fair value pursuant to clause (ii) of such Section 10(b), in each such case, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Option. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Option Not Transferable.

Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Forfeiture and Repayment Obligation for Engaging in Repayment Behavior.

(a) By accepting the Option, the Optionee acknowledges and agrees that, if the Optionee engaged in Repayment Behavior at any time during the Optionee’s Employment or the one-year period following the termination of the Optionee’s Employment, then, in addition to the consequences described in Section 3.1(e) above, upon the date on which the Optionee first engages in such Repayment Behavior (such date, the “Trigger Date”): (i) if and to the extent then outstanding, the portion of the Option held by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group (as defined in the Management Stockholders Agreement) that first vested and became exercisable during the two-year period immediately preceding the Trigger Date shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration (such two-year period, the “Claw Back Period” and such portion of the Option, the “Claw Back Option”), (ii) any Shares then held by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group that were acquired upon the exercise of the Claw Back Option will immediately cease to be transferable by the Optionee or any members of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group (other than to the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the Company pursuant to this clause (ii), or transfers pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.4 and 3.5 of the Management Stockholders Agreement) and, subject to any applicable Repurchase Limitations, may, at the Company’s election, be repurchased by the Company for a payment equal to the aggregate Option Price paid by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group to acquire such Shares, which election shall be made within the three (3) month period following the later of (A) the Trigger Date and (B) the date on which such Shares were acquired by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group (provided, that for purposes of this clause (ii), if the Company has made the election described above in this clause (ii), it shall repurchase all such Shares which the Company failed to purchase due to Repurchase Limitations as soon as practicable, in compliance with, and subject to the terms of,

 

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the Management Stockholders Agreement), and (iii) if the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group have sold any Shares (including any sales or repurchases pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) that were acquired upon the exercise of the Claw Back Option during the Claw Back Period, the Optionee and each member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group shall be required to promptly (and in any event, no later than ten (10) days following receipt of notice thereof from the Company or one of its Affiliates) pay to the Company, in cash (in U.S. dollars) and on demand in immediately available funds by wire transfer an amount equal to (A) the amount paid by the acquiror(s) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, could include the Company, its Subsidiaries or their designee, or any Sponsor Stockholder, pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Management Stockholders Agreement) to the Optionee and/or the members of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group in such sale(s) of Shares, minus (B) the aggregate Option Price paid by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group to acquire such sold Shares; provided, that such amount shall not be less than zero. The Optionee understands that this Section 5.3 does not prohibit the Optionee from competing with the Company and its Affiliates, but rather simply imposes the economic consequences described in this Section 5.3 if the Optionee has engaged in Repayment Behavior.

(b) For purposes of this Section 5.3, if the Optionee and/or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group sell any Shares during the Claw Back Period and, at the time of any such sale, the Optionee and the other members of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group collectively own (after giving effect to this sentence) both (x) Shares that were acquired upon exercise of the Claw Back Option during the Claw Back Period and (y) Shares that were not acquired upon exercise of the Claw Back Option during the Claw Back Period, then the Shares that are sold shall be conclusively deemed to not have been acquired upon exercise of the Claw Back Option during the Claw Back Period unless and until, after giving effect to this sentence, all Shares described in clause (y) have been sold in such sale and are no longer owned by the Optionee or any other member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group (e.g., if on a date of sale of Shares, the Optionee and the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group own an aggregate of 1,000 Shares described in clause (x) and 1,000 Shares described in clause (y) and the Optionee and/or other members of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group sell an aggregate of 1,500 Shares, 500 of the Shares sold will be deemed to be Shares that were acquired upon exercise of the Claw Back Option during the Claw Back Period). The Optionee agrees to promptly provide the Company with all information that the Company reasonably requests in order to determine any amount payable pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Company by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group.

Section 5.4. Applicability of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement.

The Option, and the Shares issued to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the extent applicable to the Option and such Shares. Any disputes regarding the determination of matters contemplated in the Management Stockholders Agreement (including but not limited to the determination of whether the Optionee engaged in Repayment Behavior) shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.3 (Governing Law) and Section 7.4 (Submissions to Jurisdictions; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL) of the Management Stockholders

 

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Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Management Stockholders Agreement, the terms of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall control.

Section 5.5. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile (with written confirmation of transmission), e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission) or a nationally-recognized overnight courier, which shall be addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Office of the Secretary; and if to the Optionee, to the address, e-mail address or facsimile number appearing in the personnel records of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as applicable. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.5, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to the Optionee, shall, if the Optionee is then deceased, be given to the Optionee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of the representative’s status and address by written notice under this Section 5.5. Any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to have been given, delivered or received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the day of actual delivery thereof, (ii) in the case of facsimile or e-mail, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient, and on the business day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day, and (iii) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following the disposition with such nationally-recognized overnight courier. By notice complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5, each party shall have the right to change its mailing address, e-mail address or facsimile number for the notices and communications to such party. The Company and the Optionee hereby consent to the delivery of any and all notices, designations, offers, acceptances or other communications provided for herein by electronic transmission addressed to the e-mail address or facsimile number of the Company and the Optionee, as applicable, as provided herein.

Section 5.6. Titles; Interpretation.

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. Defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms thereof. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The term “hereunder” shall mean this entire Agreement as a whole unless reference to a specific section or provision of this Agreement is made. Any reference to a Section, subsection and provision is to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

Section 5.7. No Right to Employment or Additional Options or Stock Awards.

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in Employment, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Employment of the

 

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Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, subject to the applicable provisions, if any, of the Optionee’s Employment agreement (if any such agreement is in effect at the time of such termination). Neither the Optionee nor any other Person shall have any claim to be granted any additional Options or any other Stock Awards and there is no obligation under the Plan for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Options or other Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of the Option granted hereunder or any other Stock Award granted under the Plan or otherwise and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto and/or with respect to the Optionee and any other Participant need not be the same (whether or not the Optionee and any such Participant are similarly situated).

Section 5.8. Nature of Grant.

In accepting the grant, the Optionee acknowledges that, regardless of any action the Company or its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Optionee acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Optionee is and remains the Optionee’s responsibility, and the Optionee shall pay to, and indemnify and keep indemnified, the Company and its Affiliates from and against Tax-Related Items legally due by the Optionee that are attributable to the exercise of, or any benefit derived by the Optionee from, the Option and that the Company and its Affiliates (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Agreement, including the grant, vesting or exercise of this Option, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such exercise or the receipt of any dividends with respect to such Shares; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Option to reduce or eliminate the Optionee’s liability for Tax-Related Items.

Section 5.9. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

[Signature on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Rollover Stock Option Agreement]


Optionee
Signature:                                                                       
Print Name:                                                                    

 

[Signature Page to Rollover Stock Option Agreement]


Schedule I

 

Vesting Date

  

Number of Shares Subject to

Option Vesting on Vesting Date

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 HANOVER STREET

PALO ALTO, CA 94304

 

 

TELEPHONE: +1-650-251-5000

FACSIMILE: +1-650-251-5002

 

DIRECT DIAL NUMBER    E-MAIL ADDRESS

September 6, 2016

Dell Technologies Inc.

One Dell Way

Round Rock, Texas 78682

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed on the date hereof by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the issuance by the Company of an aggregate of (i) up to 500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, designated as Class V Common Stock and (ii) up to 75,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, designated as Class C Common Stock (collectively, the “Shares”), which may be issued by the Company pursuant to the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”).

We have examined the Registration Statement and the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Plan, each of which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinion hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company.

In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have assumed that, prior to the issuance of any of the Shares, the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company will become effective in the form filed by the Company as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable upon their issuance and delivery in accordance with the Plan.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the Delaware General Corporation Law.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Dell Technologies Inc. (formerly known as Denali Holding Inc.) (the “Company”) of our report dated December 14, 2015 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Dell Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Predecessor”), and our report dated March 10, 2016 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Denali Holding Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Successor”), which appear in the Company’s prospectus, dated June 6, 2016, forming part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-208524).

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Austin, Texas

September 6, 2016

EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Dell Technologies Inc. (formerly known as Denali Holding Inc.) (the “Company”) of our report dated February 25, 2016 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of EMC Corporation, which appears in EMC Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, which is incorporated by reference in the Company’s prospectus, dated June 6, 2016, forming part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-208524).

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

September 6, 2016