(a)
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New Director Appointments.
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(i)
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Effective as of the signing of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall take such actions as are necessary to (i) appoint Lauren Taylor Wolfe as a Class III member of the Board (the “Direct Designee”) with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”); and (ii) appoint Wendy E. Lane as a Class I member of the Board (the “Independent Designee” and, together with the Direct Designee, the “Impactive
Designees” and each, an “Impactive Designee”) with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of
stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”);
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(ii)
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In addition, (a) Impactive acknowledges that the Board (x) has appointed Barbara Turner as a Class III
member of the Board with an initial term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting and (y) will move Gayle Crowell to be a Class II member of the Board with a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”) at which time she will stand for re-election and (b) both Impactive and the Company acknowledge that Ross
Chapin, an existing Class II member of the Board, will not stand for re-election at the 2023 Annual Meeting;
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(iii)
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If, at any time prior to the 2024 Annual Meeting, the Independent Designee (or any Replacement Director) is
unable to serve as a director for any reason and ceases to be a director, Impactive shall have the right to propose to the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee a replacement director (a “Replacement Director”), who qualifies as “independent” pursuant to the New York Stock Exchange’s listing standards and the SEC rules and regulations, provided that any
candidate for Replacement Director (i) will not be a principal, employee or Affiliate of Impactive and (ii) signs and delivers to the Company a resignation offer letter in the same form delivered by the Independent Designee, a copy of which
is attached as Exhibit A. Any candidate for Replacement Director shall be subject to the reasonable approval of the Board upon
recommendation by the Nominating and Governance Committee, taking into account the needs of the Board relative to the backgrounds, experiences and skills of the directors remaining on the Board, which recommendation and approval process
shall occur as soon as reasonably practicable following Impactive proposing a Replacement Director and shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and such Replacement Director shall be appointed to the Board reasonably
promptly after the Board has approved such candidate. Any Replacement Director appointed to the Board in accordance with this Section 1(a)(iii)
may be appointed to one or more committees of the Board as determined by the Nominating and Governance Committee. Following such appointment, the Replacement Director would be an Impactive Designee for all purposes of this Agreement.
Until the 2024 Annual Meeting, in the event the Nominating and Governance Committee determines in good faith not to recommend or the Board determines in good faith not to approve any Replacement Director proposed by Impactive who meets the
above requirements, Impactive shall have the right to propose additional Replacement Directors in accordance with this Section 1(a)(iii)
until a Replacement Director is appointed to the Board.
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(b)
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Impactive Designee Agreements, Arrangements and Understandings. Impactive agrees that neither it nor any of its Affiliates (as such term is defined below) (a) will pay any compensation to any Impactive Designee (or other member
of, or nominee for election to, the Board or any officer) for such person’s service to the Company, including on the Board or any committee thereof or (b) will have any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written or oral, with any
Impactive Designee (or other member of, or nominee for election to, the Board or any officer) regarding such person’s service to the Company, including on the Board or any committee thereof (including pursuant to which such person will be
compensated for his or her service to the Company, including as a director on, or nominee for election to, the Board or any committee thereof). The Company acknowledges that nothing in this Agreement or in any Company Policy (as defined
below) shall be violated by an Impactive Designee receiving indemnification and/or reimbursement of expenses or (in the case of the Direct Designee only) any incentive allocation based on the performance of Impactive’s portfolio, which
includes securities of the Company or any performance-related fees based on any increase in the value of any securities of the Company, from Impactive; provided, that the Impactive Designee neither accepts nor receives compensation from Impactive (or its Affiliates) with respect to the Impactive Designee’s service or action as a director of the Company.
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(c)
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Committee Appointments. Promptly following the appointment of the Impactive Designees to the Board, the Board shall appoint (i) the Direct Designee as a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and (ii) the Independent Designee as a
member of the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee. Following the 2024 Annual Meeting, all Impactive Designees serving on the Board will be considered for appointment to a second committee of the Board in accordance with the
Company’s ordinary course review process through its Nominating and Governance Committee. The Company acknowledges that the Impactive Designees will have the same rights as other members of the Board to attend committee meetings as
observers.
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(d)
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Other Items. The Board shall put forth for a stockholder vote a customary proposal to declassify the Board commencing at the 2024 Annual Meeting (i.e., a proposal that would not shorten any then pending term of any director but
would result in successive one year terms for those directors elected after declassification) (the “Declassification Proposal”).
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(e)
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Company Policies. The parties acknowledge that each of the Impactive Designees, upon appointment to the Board, will be governed by the same protections and obligations regarding confidentiality, conflicts of interest, related
person transactions, fiduciary duties, codes of conduct, stock trading and disclosure policies, director resignation policy, and other governance guidelines and policies of the Company as other directors of the Company (collectively, “Company Policies”), and shall have the same rights and benefits, including with respect to insurance, indemnification, compensation
and fees, as are applicable to all independent directors of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, Impactive acknowledges that such Company Policies require all directors (including the Impactive Designees) to keep confidential, and not
use for any purpose other than service as a director, any Company confidential information, and not disclose to third parties (including Impactive) any discussions, matters or materials considered in meetings of the Board and its
committees. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company agrees that the Direct Designee may provide confidential information of the Company (“Confidential Information”) to Impactive and its employees subject to, and in accordance with the terms of, the confidentiality agreement entered into among Impactive, the Direct Designee
and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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(f)
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Withdrawal of Nomination Notice. Impactive agrees that upon the appointment of the Impactive Designees to the Board pursuant to Section 1(a)(i), the nomination notice dated January 4, 2023 and delivered to the Company stating the Impactive Parties’ intention to nominate director
candidates to be elected to the Board at the 2023 Annual Meeting (the “Nomination Notice”) shall be deemed automatically withdrawn and
shall be null and void without the need for any further action.
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(g)
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Limitation of Appointment Right. The Company’s
obligations under this Section 1 shall terminate, and Impactive shall have no designation or nomination or other rights under this Section 1, upon such time as Impactive or any other Restricted Person (as defined below) breaches in any material respect any of the terms of this
Agreement (including Section 2) as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(h)
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Resignation Letter. Impactive acknowledges that the Independent Nominee has delivered to the Company an irrevocable resignation offer letter in the form attached as Exhibit A.
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(a)
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Non-Disparagement. Impactive and the Company each agree that, from the date of this Agreement until the later of (A) the 2024 Annual Meeting and (B) the date that is sixty (60) calendar days after the date on which the Direct
Designee is not a member of the Board (such period, the “Cooperation Period”), each of the Company and Impactive shall refrain
from making, and shall cause their respective Affiliates and its respective principals, directors, members, general partners, officers and, in the case of Impactive, its employees, not to make or cause to be made any statement or
announcement (including any statement or announcement that can reasonably be expected to become public) that constitutes an ad hominem attack on, or that otherwise disparages, defames, slanders or impugns the reputation of, (A) in the case
of any such statements or announcements by Impactive or its Affiliates or their respective principals, directors, members, general partners, officers or employees: the Company and its Affiliates or any of its or their current or former
officers, directors or employees, and (B) in the case of any such statements or announcements by the Company or its Affiliates or their respective principals, directors, members, general partners or officers: Impactive and its Affiliates
and its and their current or former principals, directors, members, general partners, officers or employees, in each case including (x) in any statement (oral or written), document or report filed with, furnished or otherwise provided to
the SEC (as defined below) or any other governmental agency, (y) in any press release or other publicly available format or (z) to or through any journalist or member of the media (including in a television, radio, newspaper or magazine
interview or Internet or social media communication), shareholder, sell-side or buy-side analyst or other person (such statements, “Disparaging
Statements”). The foregoing shall not restrict the ability of any person to comply with any subpoena or other mandatory legal process initiated by unaffiliated third party or respond to a request for information from any
governmental authority with jurisdiction over the party from whom information is sought or to enforce such person’s rights pursuant to this Agreement.
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(b)
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Voting of Impactive’s Shares. During the Cooperation Period, Impactive will cause all of the outstanding common stock of the Company (“Company Common Shares”) that Impactive or any of its Affiliates have the right to vote as of the applicable record date, to be present in
person or by proxy for quorum purposes and to be voted at any meeting of shareholders or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, and to consent in connection with any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting, (x) in favor of
each director nominated and recommended by the Board for election at any such meeting or through any such written consent, and (y) against any shareholder nominations for director that are not approved and recommended by the Board for
election at any such meeting or through any such written consent.
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(c)
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Standstill. During the Cooperation Period, Impactive will not, and will cause its Affiliates and its and their respective principals, directors, general partners, officers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively with
Impactive, the “Restricted Persons”) to not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Board:
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(i)
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acquire, or offer, seek or agree to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, or direct any third party in the
acquisition of beneficial ownership of any securities of the Company or assets of the Company, or rights or options to acquire any securities of the Company or assets of the Company, or engage in any swap or hedging transactions or other
derivative agreements of any nature with respect to securities of the Company, in each case if such acquisition, offer, agreement or transaction would result in Impactive (together with its Affiliates) having beneficial ownership of, or
aggregate economic exposure to, more than 9.9% of the Company Common Shares outstanding at such time;
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(ii)
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(A) request or call for (publicly or otherwise) (or for the avoidance of doubt support another person’s
request or call for) a special meeting of the Company’s shareholders or action by written consent (or the setting of a record date therefor), (B) seek, alone or in concert with others, election or appointment to, or representation on, the
Board or nominate or propose the nomination of, or recommend the nomination of, any candidate to the Board, except as expressly set forth in Section 1,
(C) make or be the proponent of any shareholder proposal to the Company, (D) seek, alone or in concert with others (including through any “withhold” or similar campaign), the removal of any member of the Board or officer or (E) conduct a
referendum of shareholders;
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(iii)
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make any request for stock list materials or other books and records of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or other statutory or regulatory provisions providing for shareholder access to books and records;
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(iv)
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engage in any “solicitation” (as such term is used in the proxy rules of the SEC excluding for the avoidance
of doubt carve-outs relating to solicitations of ten or fewer shareholders) of proxies or consents, or knowingly advise, encourage or influence any person with respect to the voting of any securities of the Company or any securities
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such securities, with respect to the election or removal of directors or any other matter or proposal or become a “participant” (as such term is used in the proxy rules of the SEC) in
any such solicitation of proxies or consents;
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(v)
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submit (publicly or otherwise) a proposal for, or offer of (with or without conditions), either alone or in concert with others, any
tender offer, exchange offer, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition, business combination, sale of all or substantially all assets, issuance of greater than 20% of the Company's outstanding stock in any transaction or series of
transactions, financing, recapitalization, consolidation, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or similar extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or joint ventures or any of their respective securities
or assets (an “Extraordinary Transaction”) or make any public announcement or statement regarding an Extraordinary Transaction (it being
understood that the foregoing shall not restrict Impactive from tendering shares, receiving payment for shares or otherwise participating in any such transaction on the same basis as other shareholders of the Company); provided, that the
foregoing shall not prevent the Restricted Persons from (A) commenting on the merits of, (B) if applicable, advising, encouraging, influencing or soliciting any person with respect to the voting of any securities of the Company or any
securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such securities in connection with, or (C) speaking freely without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 2(c)(v) of this Agreement with respect to, any publicly proposed Extraordinary Transaction for the Company by a person other than Impactive or its Restricted Persons that was not encouraged,
facilitated, solicited or disclosed by any Restricted Person; it being understood that any action permitted pursuant to (A) or (B) or (C) of this Section
2(c)(v) shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 2;
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(vi)
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make any public proposal or statement regarding any intent to make such a proposal with respect to (A) any
change in the number of directors or the filling of any vacancies on the Board, (B) any change in the capitalization, capital allocation policy or dividend policy of the Company, (C) any other change in the Company’s management, business,
strategy, operations or corporate structure, (D) any waiver, amendment or modification to the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the
Company by any person, (E) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from, or to cease to be authorized to be quoted on, any securities exchange or (F) causing a class of securities of the Company to become eligible for
termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act (as defined below);
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(vii)
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knowingly encourage or advise or influence any other person or assist any person in so encouraging,
advising or influencing any person with respect to the giving or withholding of any proxy, consent or other authority to vote or act or in conducting any type of referendum (other than such encouragement, advice or influence that is
consistent with the Board’s recommendation in connection with such matter, if applicable), or otherwise form, join, knowingly encourage or participate in any “group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, with respect to any securities of the Company (other than a “group” solely including other Restricted Persons with respect to
any securities of the Company now or hereafter owned by them);
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(viii)
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enter into a voting trust, arrangement or agreement or subject any securities of the Company to any voting
trust, arrangement or agreement (excluding customary brokerage accounts, margin accounts, prime brokerage accounts and the like), other than granting proxies in solicitations approved by the Board;
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(ix)
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engage in any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right or other
similar right (including any put or call option or “swap” transaction) with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from a decline in
the market price or value of the securities of the Company and would, in the aggregate or individually, result in Impactive ceasing to have a “net long position” in the Company;
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(x)
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sell, offer or agree to sell, all or substantially all, directly or indirectly, through swap or hedging
transactions or otherwise, voting rights decoupled from the underlying Company Common Shares held by a Restricted Person to any third party;
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(xi)
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institute, solicit, assist or join, as a party, any litigation, arbitration or other proceeding against or
involving the Company, its Affiliates or any of their respective current or former directors or officers (including derivative actions); provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt the foregoing shall not prevent any Restricted
Person from (A) bringing litigation to enforce the provisions of this Agreement instituted in accordance with and subject to Section 10, (B)
making counterclaims with respect to any proceeding initiated by, or on behalf of, the Company or its Affiliates against a Restricted Person, or (C) exercising statutory appraisal rights if any; provided, further, that the foregoing shall
also not prevent the Restricted Persons from responding to or complying with a validly issued legal process;
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(xii)
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enter into any discussions, negotiations, agreements (whether written or oral), arrangements or
understandings with, or finance or knowingly advise, assist or encourage, any third party to take any action that the Restricted Persons are prohibited from taking pursuant to this Agreement;
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(xiii)
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make any request or submit any proposal to amend or waive the terms of this Agreement (including this
clause), in each case publicly or which would reasonably be expected to result in a public announcement or disclosure of such request or proposal; or
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(xiv)
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take any action that could reasonably be expected to cause or require the Company or Impactive (or its
Restricted Persons) to make a public disclosure with respect to any of the foregoing;
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(a)
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Not later than 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on March 28, 2023, the Company shall issue a press release in the
form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C (the “Press Release”). Neither of (i) the Company or any of its Affiliates or (ii) Impactive or its Affiliates shall make any public statement regarding the subject matter of this Agreement or the matters set forth
in the Press Release prior to the issuance of the Press Release.
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(b)
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Neither the Company nor Impactive, nor any of their respective Affiliates, will issue a press release in
connection with this Agreement, other than as mutually agreed by the Company and Impactive. The Company acknowledges that Impactive will need to file a Schedule 13D amendment describing this Agreement and filing it as an exhibit thereto,
which description shall be consistent with the Press Release.
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(a)
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the terms “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); and, for the avoidance of doubt, all funds and investment vehicles sponsored, managed or advised by Impactive or its Affiliates shall be “Affiliates” of Impactive for
purposes of this Agreement.
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(b)
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the terms “beneficial owner” and “beneficially own” have the same meanings as set forth in Rule 13d-3
promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act except that a person will also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all shares of the Company’s capital stock which such person has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to the exercise of any rights in connection with any securities or any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), regardless of when such rights may be
exercised and whether they are conditional, and all shares of the Company’s capital stock which such person or any of such person’s Affiliates or Associates has or shares the right to vote or dispose;
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(c)
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the term “Independent” means that such person qualifies as independent of the Company under all applicable listing standards, applicable rules of the SEC and publicly disclosed standards used by the Board in determining the
independence of the Company’s directors;
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(d)
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the terms “person” or “persons” mean any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited
partnership, limited liability or unlimited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization or other entity of any kind or nature; and
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(e)
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the term “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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(a)
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The Company and Impactive acknowledge and agree that irreparable injury to the other party hereto would occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that such injury would not be adequately compensable by the remedies available at law (including the payment of money damages). It is accordingly agreed that the Company and Impactive will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. FURTHERMORE, THE COMPANY AND IMPACTIVE AGREE (1) THE NON-BREACHING PARTY WILL BE ENTITLED TO INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF, WITHOUT PROOF OF ACTUAL DAMAGES; (2) THE BREACHING PARTY WILL NOT PLEAD IN DEFENSE THERETO THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ADEQUATE REMEDY AT LAW; AND (3) THE BREACHING PARTY AGREES TO WAIVE ANY BONDING REQUIREMENT UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW, IN THE CASE ANY OTHER PARTY SEEKS TO ENFORCE THE TERMS BY WAY OF EQUITABLE RELIEF. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND EFFECT, BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE. |
(b)
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The Company and Impactive each, on their own behalf and on behalf of their Affiliates, (a) irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, the federal or other state courts located in Wilmington, Delaware), (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such courts, (c) agrees that any actions or proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought, tried and determined only in such courts, (d) waives any claim of improper venue or any claim that those courts are an inconvenient forum and (e) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder in any court other than the aforesaid courts. The parties to this Agreement agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 8 or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable law as sufficient service of process, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. |