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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 8, 2025
Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-42897 99-0444708
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
221 Shepard Street
Ripon, Wisconsin
54971
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (920) 748-3121
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ALH New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this Chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐



Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 8, 2025, Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), priced its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), at an offering price of $22.00 per share. On October 8, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company and BDT Badger Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Selling Stockholder”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters specified therein.
The Company and the Selling Stockholder made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants and agreed to indemnify the underwriters against (or contribute to the payment of) certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
In connection with the IPO, the Company also entered into the following agreements:
•a Stockholders Agreement, dated October 8, 2025, by and between the Company and the Selling Stockholder (the “Stockholders Agreement”), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein;
•a Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 8, 2025, by and between the Company and the Selling Stockholder (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated by reference herein; and
•an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated October 9, 2025, by and between the Company and Michael D. Schoeb, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
The terms of these agreements are substantially the same as the terms set forth in the forms of such agreements previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-290217) (the “Registration Statement”).
On October 10, 2025, the Company closed its IPO. The Company sold 24,390,243 shares of Common Stock, and the Selling Stockholder sold 13,170,731 shares of Common Stock. In addition, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholder granted the Underwriters an option to purchase 5,634,146 shares of Common Stock at the same price for a period of 30 days following October 8, 2025, which option was exercised in full by the Underwriters on October 9, 2025. The Company will use the net proceeds, approximately $495.7 million, from the IPO to repay outstanding indebtedness under its credit agreement.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth under Item 5.03 below is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 8, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers. These agreements require the Company to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Company, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. The terms of these agreements are substantially the same as the terms set forth in the form of such agreement previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
These indemnification rights are not exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”), provision of the Company’s Third Amended and Restated By-laws (the “By-laws”), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.



The foregoing is only a summary of the material terms of the indemnification agreements, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of indemnification agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
On October 9, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Michael D. Schoeb as Chief Executive Officer. The terms of this agreement, as set forth in Exhibit 10.3 hereto, are substantially the same as the terms described in the Registration Statement, as noted in Item 1.01 above.
On September 25, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted the Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. 2025 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2025 Plan”) and the Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2025 ESPP”), copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.5 and 10.6 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein. The terms of the 2025 Plan and 2025 ESPP are substantially the same as the terms described in, and set forth in each of the forms of the 2025 Plan and the 2025 ESPP previously filed as exhibits to, the Registration Statement; however, following the determination of the offering price on October 8, 2025, the initial share pool of the 2025 Plan and the 2025 ESPP was determined to be 9,864,490 and 2,959,347 shares of the Common Stock, respectively.
On October 10, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company granted a one-time equity award of restricted stock units to Michael D. Schoeb pursuant to the 2025 Plan. The terms of this grant are substantially the same as the terms described in the Registration Statement.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On October 8, 2025, the Charter, in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement, and the By-laws, in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement, became effective. A description of the Company’s capital stock, after giving effect to the adoption of the Charter and By-laws, has previously been reported by the Company in the Registration Statement. The Charter and By-laws are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 10, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of its IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.



Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)    Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
1.1
3.1
3.2
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
99.1



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
Date: October 10, 2025
By: /s/ Michael D. Schoeb
Name: Michael D. Schoeb
Title: Chief Executive Officer

EX-1.1 2 exhibit11-8xk.htm EX-1.1 Document
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
37,560,974 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: October 8, 2025



ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
37,560,974 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
October 8, 2025
BofA Securities, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o     BofA Securities, Inc.
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
c/o     J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and BDT Badger Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Selling Shareholder”), confirm their respective agreements with BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“J.P. Morgan”), and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom BofA and J.P. Morgan are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, acting severally and not jointly, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedules A and B hereto and (ii) the grant by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 5,634,146 additional shares of Common Stock. The aforesaid 37,560,974 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 5,634,146 shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are herein called, collectively, the “Securities.”
The Company and the Selling Shareholder understand that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-290217), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the sale of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
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Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A (“Rule 430A”) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) is herein called the “Rule 430A Information.” Such registration statement, including the amendments thereto, the exhibits thereto and any schedules thereto, at the time it became effective, and including the Rule 430A Information, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” Any registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” and, after such filing, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Each prospectus used prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and each prospectus that omitted the Rule 430A Information that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a “preliminary prospectus.” The final prospectus, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, is herein called the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system (“EDGAR”).
As used in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means 4:20 P.M., New York City time, on October 8, 2025 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.
“General Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the most recent preliminary prospectus that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule C-1 hereto, all considered together.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 (the “Bona Fide Electronic Road Show”)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule C-2 hereto.
“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
“Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Rule 163B under the 1933 Act.
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“Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
SECTION 1.    Representations and Warranties.
(a)    Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i)    Registration Statement and Prospectuses. Each of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been declared effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.
Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time and any Date of Delivery complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, and, in each case, at the Applicable Time, the Closing Time and any Date of Delivery complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(ii)    Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, when considered together with the Registration Statement, at its effective time, on the date hereof, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the Applicable Time and any Date of Delivery, none of (A) the General Disclosure Package, (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package and (C) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, when considered together with the Prospectus, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
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For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the first paragraph under the heading “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)–Commissions and Discounts,” the information in the second, third and fourth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)–Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids” and the information under the heading “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)–Electronic Distribution” in each case contained in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).
(iii)    Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The Company has made available a Bona Fide Electronic Road Show in compliance with Rule 433(d)(8)(ii) such that no filing of any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h)) is required in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(iv)    Testing-the-Waters Materials. The Company (A) has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the 1933 Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the 1933 Act and (B) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Schedule C-3 hereto.
(v)    Company Not Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
(vi)    Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(vii) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable.
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(viii)    No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(ix)    Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(x)    Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement.
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(xi) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling Shareholder, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling Shareholder, were issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(xii)    Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xiii)    Authorization and Description of Securities. The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.
(xiv)    Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or have been validly waived.
(xv) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar organizational document, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except, in the case of clause (ii), for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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(xvi)    Absence of Labor Dispute. (A) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and (B) the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), would, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvii)    Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, that, singly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii)    Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.
(xix)    Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), state securities laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
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(xx) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses held by the Company and its subsidiaries are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi)    Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease, which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable determination would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxii) Intellectual Property. (A) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate rights to use, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights and copyrightable works, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), software, source code, domain names, social media identifiers and accounts and all other source indicators, trademarks, service marks, trade names and all other worldwide intellectual property and similar rights (including all registrations and applications for registration of, and all goodwill associated with, any of the foregoing) (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) used in, held for use in or necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and proposed to be conducted in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (B) the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and its subsidiaries are valid and, to the Company’s knowledge, subsisting and enforceable, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in writing action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of, or any rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in, any material Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company, (C) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of, misappropriation of, conflict with or other violation of any third-party Intellectual Property Rights or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property Rights invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement, misappropriation, conflict or other violation (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (D) to the Company’s knowledge, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated and which infringement, misappropriation or violation, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, any Intellectual Property Rights owned or controlled by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (E) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor the conduct of their respective businesses (including as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus), infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, any third-party Intellectual Property Rights, which infringement, misappropriation or violation, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (F) except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all employees and contractors engaged in the development of Intellectual Property Rights on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company have executed an invention assignment agreement whereby such employees and contractors presently assign all of their right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or the applicable subsidiary, and all employees to whom trade secrets of the Company or any subsidiary have been disclosed have executed a confidentiality agreement, (G) the Company and its subsidiaries use, and have used, commercially reasonable efforts to appropriately maintain the confidentiality of all trade secrets included in the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and its subsidiaries.
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(xxiii)    Open Source Software. Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and its subsidiaries use and have used any and all software and other materials distributed under a “free,” “open source,” or similar licensing model (including but not limited to the MIT License, Apache License, GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License and GNU Affero General Public License) (collectively, “Open Source Software”) in compliance with all license terms applicable to such Open Source Software; and (B) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries uses or distributes or has used or distributed any Open Source Software in any manner that requires or has required (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries to permit reverse engineering of any software code or other technology owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) any software code or other technology owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to be (a) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (b) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works or (c) redistributed at no charge.
(xxiv) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and its subsidiaries are, and have been, in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local or foreign statutes, laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes, policies and rules of common law and any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including all judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees and judgments, relating to pollution or protection of human health or safety (as such relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials (as defined below)), the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), natural resources or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances or hazardous substances, including, without limitation, petroleum or petroleum products, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws (“Environmental Permits”) and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, liability or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits against the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (D) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, any liability, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits and (E) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no other costs, obligations or liabilities associated with Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits of or relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there is no proceeding that is pending, or that is known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceeding regarding which the Company reasonably believes no monetary sanctions of $300,000 or more will be imposed; (ii) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning Hazardous Materials, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earning or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries and (iii) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
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(xxv)    Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13-a15 and 15d-15 under the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”)) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (it being understood that this subsection shall not require the Company to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to comply under applicable law);
(xxvi)    Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will be in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are then in effect and with which the Company is required to comply as of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act not currently in effect, upon the effectiveness of such provisions, or which will become applicable to the Company at all times after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
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(xxvii) Payment of Taxes. All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The United States federal income tax returns of the Company through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 have been settled and no assessment in connection therewith has been made against the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other tax law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company, or except insofar as the failure to pay such taxes would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxviii)    Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes is adequate to conduct its business and the business of its subsidiaries as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all such insurance is in full force and effect to the knowledge of the Company. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.
(xxix)    Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
(xxx)    Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.
(xxxi) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law (collectively, the “Anti-Corruption Laws”); or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.
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(xxxii)    Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity, including applicable provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 and the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no investigation, inquiry, action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Corruption Laws or Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxiii)    OFAC. None of the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any directors, officers or employees, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions. Since April 24, 2019, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of the dealing or transaction, is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions.
(xxxiv)    Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(xxxv)    Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
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(xxxvi)    Privacy. Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations, in each case, relating to the collection, use, transfer, storage, protection, disposal, disclosure and other processing by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of personal or personally identifiable information (“Data Security Obligations”, and such data and information, “Personal Data”). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received any notification of or complaint regarding and are otherwise unaware of any other facts that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably indicate non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries alleging non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xxxvii)     Cybersecurity. (A) Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, there has been no security breach or incident, destruction, loss, outage, disruption, unauthorized use, access, disclosure, misappropriation or modification, or other compromise of or relating to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, assets, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, data and databases (including the Personal Data and the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”, and such breach, “Breach”); (B) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have been notified of, and each of them have no knowledge of, any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material Breach; and (C) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards reasonably likely to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards. Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the IT Systems and Data (i) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all respects as required in connection with the operation of the respective businesses of the Company and each of its subsidiaries as currently conducted, (ii) have not malfunctioned or failed in a manner that has not been fully remediated and (iii) are free and clear of all bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, back doors, drop dead devices, malware and other corruptants, including software or hardware components that could reasonably be expected to result in a Breach. The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or have a valid right to access and use all IT Systems and Data used in, held for use in or reasonably necessary to the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted by them, except where such failure to have such ownership or right would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxviii)    Covered Foreign Person. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a “covered foreign person,” as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. § 850.209. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the establishment of a covered foreign person or the engagement by a “person of a country of concern,” as defined in 31 C.F.R. § 850.221, in a covered activity, as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. § 850.208. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries currently engage, or have plans to engage, directly or indirectly, in a covered activity.
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(b)    Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Time and, if the Selling Shareholder is selling Option Securities on a Date of Delivery, as of each such Date of Delivery, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i)    Accurate Disclosure. Neither the General Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided that such representations and warranties set forth in this subsection (b)(i) apply only to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Selling Shareholder furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (the “Selling Shareholder Information”); the Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder by any information concerning the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which is not set forth in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
(ii)    Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder.
(iii)    Noncontravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by the Selling Shareholder with its obligations hereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder or any property or assets of the Selling Shareholder pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or by which the Selling Shareholder may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Shareholder is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or other organizational instrument of the Selling Shareholder, if applicable, or any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder or any of its properties.
(iv)    Valid Title. The Selling Shareholder has, and at the Closing Time will have, valid title to the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder.
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(v) Delivery of Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Securities, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Securities in the name of Cede or such other nominee, and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to securities accounts (within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code then in effect in the State of New York (“UCC”)) of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC, to such Securities), (A) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid “security entitlement” in respect of such Securities and (B) no action (whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory) based on any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement. For purposes of this representation, the Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery (if necessary) and crediting occur, (1) such Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, by-laws and applicable law, (2) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, (3) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC, (4) to the extent DTC, or any other securities intermediary which acts as “clearing corporation” with respect to the Securities, maintains any “financial asset” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) in a clearing corporation pursuant to Section 8-111 of the UCC, the rules of such clearing corporation may affect the rights of DTC or such securities intermediaries and the ownership interest of the Underwriters, (5) claims of creditors of DTC or any other securities intermediary or clearing corporation may be given priority to the extent set forth in Section 8-511(b) and 8-511(c) of the UCC and (6) if at any time DTC or such other securities intermediary does not have sufficient Securities to satisfy claims of all of its entitlement holders with respect thereto, then all holders will share pro rata in the Securities then held by DTC or such securities intermediary.
(vi)    Absence of Manipulation. The Selling Shareholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which constituted or would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(vii)    Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder, or in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (A) such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the NYSE, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA.
(viii)    No Registration or Other Similar Rights. The Selling Shareholder does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(ix)    No Free Writing Prospectuses. The Selling Shareholder has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405), and has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
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(x) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Selling Shareholder nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee of the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the FCPA, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, its affiliates have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(xi)    Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Money Laundering Laws; and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, threatened.
(xii)    OFAC. None of the Selling Shareholder, nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any directors, officers or employees, or, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries is a Person currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, nor is the Selling Shareholder located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Selling Shareholder will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. Since April 24, 2019, the Selling Shareholder and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of the dealing or transaction, is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions.
(c)    Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder as such and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2.    Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company and the Selling Shareholder, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, that number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule B opposite the name of the Company or the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
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(b)    Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Selling Shareholder hereby grants an option to the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional 5,634,146 shares of Common Stock, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time from time to time within the 30 day period upon notice by the Representatives to the Selling Shareholder setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be earlier than one full business day nor later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities from the Selling Shareholder, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(c)    Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholder, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second (third, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholder (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).
In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Selling Shareholder, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Selling Shareholder.
Payment shall be made to the Company and the Selling Shareholder by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank accounts designated by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Each of the Representatives, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
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SECTION 3.    Covenants of the Company and the Selling Shareholder. The Company and the Selling Shareholder covenant with each Underwriter as follows:
(a)    Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and confirm the notice in writing (which may be electronic mail), (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representatives notice of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
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(c)    Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge and upon request, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge and upon request, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d)    Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e)    Blue Sky Qualifications. If required by applicable law, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may reasonably request and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(f)    Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(g)    Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(h)    Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Stock (including the Securities) on the NYSE.
(i)    Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-up Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file or confidentially submit any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction
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that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (D) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (E) any shares of Common Stock or other securities (including securities convertible into shares of Common Stock) in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, businesses, properties or other assets of another person or entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition or (F) any shares of Common Stock or other securities (including securities convertible into shares of Common Stock) in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of clauses (E) and (F), the aggregate amounts of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (on an as-converted, as-exercised, or as-exchanged basis) that the Company may sell or issue or agree to sell or issue shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately following the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and provided, further, that any recipients of such shares of Common Stock shall deliver a “lock-up” agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
In addition, during the Lock-Up Period, the Company agrees to (i) enforce the Lock-Up Equity Plan Provisions (as defined below) and any similar transfer restrictions in the Company’s employee stock option plans existing as of the date of this Agreement, except that this provision shall not prevent the Company from effecting a waiver or amendment to permit a transfer of securities that would be permissible under the terms of the lock-up agreement described in Section 5(j) hereof, and (ii) not amend or waive any such transfer restriction with respect to any such holder without the prior written consent of the Representatives. Each such Lock-Up Equity Plan Provision is in full force and effect as of the date hereof and shall remain in full force and effect during the Lock-Up Period, except as described in (i) above. For the purposes of this provision, “Lock-Up Equity Plan Provisions” shall refer to the lock-up provisions set forth in the Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. 2012 Stock Option Plan, the Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. 2015 Stock Option Plan and the Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. 2015 Stock Purchase Plan (each, as amended and together, the “Existing Plans”) and any ancillary materials executed pursuant to the Existing Plans, pursuant to which such plan participants have agreed not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of, such holder’s securities during the Lock-Up Period without the consent of the Company.
(j)    Release or Waiver of Lock-up Restrictions. If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up agreement described in Section 5(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(k) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Securities as may be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.
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(l)    Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule C-2 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representatives. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(m)    Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners. The Company and the Selling Shareholder will deliver to the Representatives, on or prior the date of the execution of this Agreement, a properly completed and executed Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers, together with copies of identifying documentation, and the Company and the Selling Shareholder undertake to provide such additional supporting documentation as the Representatives may reasonably request in connection with the verification of the foregoing certification.
(n)    Testing-the-Waters Materials. If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.
(o)    Tax Forms. The Selling Shareholder (or if the Selling Shareholder is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Selling Shareholder’s regarded owner) will deliver to each Underwriter, prior to or at the Closing Time, a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 together with all required attachments to such form.
SECTION 4.    Payment of Expenses.
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(a) Expenses. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(e) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged by the Company or with the prior consent of the Company in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, (provided that the travel and lodging expenses of the Underwriters shall be paid for by the Underwriters), and 50% of the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show (the remaining 50% of the cost of such aircraft and other chartered transportation to be paid for by the Underwriters), (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (provided that the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters to be reimbursed by the Company pursuant to clauses (viii) hereof shall not exceed $50,000 in the aggregate), (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the NYSE, and (x) the costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third sentence of Section 1(a)(ii).
(b)    Expenses of the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, including (i) any stamp and other duties and stock and other transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the sale of the Securities to the Underwriters and their transfer between the Underwriters pursuant to an agreement between such Underwriters, and (ii) the fees and disbursements of its counsel and other advisors.
(c)    Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or (iii), or Section 10 hereof, the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters; provided that, if this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall have no obligation to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter.
(d)    Allocation of Expenses. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Shareholder may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses.
SECTION 5.    Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholder contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
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(a)    Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430A Information. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and, at the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. A prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.
(b)    Opinion of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Time, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the counsel to the Underwriters.
(c)    Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholder. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Selling Shareholder, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the counsel to the Underwriters.
(d)    Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Time, of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters in form and substance satisfactory to the counsel to the Underwriters. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(e)    Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of either the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or chief accounting officer, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, threatened.
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(f)    Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate. At the time of the execution of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the counsel to the Underwriters.
(g)    Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h)    Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
(i)    Approval of Listing. At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(j)    No Objection. FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.
(k)    Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule D hereto.
(l)    Maintenance of Rating. Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(m)    Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Selling Shareholder contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Selling Shareholder hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:
(i)    Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii)    Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the certificate furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof.
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(iii)     Opinion of Counsel for Company. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iv)    Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholder. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Selling Shareholder, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.
(v)    Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.
(vi)    Bring-down Comfort Letter. If requested by the Representatives, a letter from Ernst & Young LLP, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(n)    Additional Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Selling Shareholder in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
(o)    Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholder at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6.    Indemnification.
(a)    Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “Affiliate”)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
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(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included (A) in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (“Marketing Materials”), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission in any preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii)    against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(e) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;
(iii)    against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(b)    Indemnification of Underwriters by Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner set forth in clauses (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) above; provided that the Selling Shareholder shall be liable only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Shareholder Information; provided, further, that the liability under this subsection of the Selling Shareholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Shareholder from the sale of Securities sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder.
(c) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers and Selling Shareholder. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and the Selling Shareholder and each person, if any, who controls the Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
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(d)    Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) and 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Selling Shareholder. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e)    Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(f)    Other Agreements with Respect to Indemnification. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholder with respect to indemnification.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
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The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholder or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholder with respect to contribution.
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SECTION 8.    Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholder submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company or any person controlling the Selling Shareholder and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 9.    Termination of Agreement.
(a)    Termination. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholder, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representatives, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NYSE, or (iv) if trading generally on the NYSE or Nasdaq has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
(b)    Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10.    Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(i)    if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii)    if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Selling Shareholder
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to sell, the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Selling Shareholder to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
SECTION 11.    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed (including by electronic mail) or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to BofA at One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, attention of Syndicate Department (email: dg.ecm_execution_services@bofa.com), with a copy to ECM Legal (email: dg.ecm_legal@bofa.com) and to J.P. Morgan at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, attention of Equity Syndicate Desk (fax: (212) 622-8358); notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc., 221 Shepard Street, Ripon, WI 54971, attention of Samantha Hannan, email: Samantha.Hannan@alliancels.com, with a copy to Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Two Manhattan West, 375 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001, Attention: Nicholas A. Dorsey, email: ndorsey@cravath.com, and Kelly M. Smercina, email: ksmercina@cravath.com; and notices to the Selling Shareholder shall be directed to BDT & MSD Partners, LLC, attention of the Chief Legal Officer, email: legal@bdtmsd.com, with a copy to Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Two Manhattan West, 375 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001, Attention: Adam M. Sanchez, email: asanchez@cravath.com.
SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholder, or its respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholder on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or the Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory, investment or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate, and (f) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person.
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SECTION 13.    Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a)    In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b)    In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Section 13, a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 14.    Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 15.    Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), the Selling Shareholder and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 16.    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
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SECTION 17.    Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION 18.    TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 19.    Counterparts and Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. Electronic signatures complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law will be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Agreement. Transmission by telecopy, electronic mail or other transmission method of an executed counterpart of this Agreement will constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart.
SECTION 20.    Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Selling Shareholder a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
By /s/ Mike Schoeb
Name: Michael Schoeb
Title : Chief Executive Officer and Director
BDT BADGER HOLDINGS, LLC
By: BDTCP GP II-A, LLC, its managing member
By: BDTCP GP II, CO., its general partner
By /s/ Mary Ann Todd
Name: Mary Ann Todd
Title : Secretary & General Counsel
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By: BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By /s/ FABRIZIO WITTENBURG
Authorized Signatory
FABRIZIO WITTENBURG
By: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By /s/ Arun Kumarathas
Authorized Signatory: Arun Kumarathas, Vice President
For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
The initial public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $22.00.
The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $20.735, being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $1.265 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2(b) for dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.
Name of Underwriter
Number of
Initial Securities
BofA Securities, Inc.
10,206,787
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
10,206,787
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
3,426,480
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
2,057,688
BDT & MSD Partners, LLC
2,057,688
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
2,057,688
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
2,057,688
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
2,057,688
UBS Securities LLC
2,057,688
CIBC World Markets Corp.
457,264
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
457,264
PNC Capital Markets LLC
457,264
Total
37,560,974
Sch A-1


SCHEDULE B
Number of Initial
Securities to be Sold
Maximum Number of Option
Securities to Be Sold
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC. 24,390,243 24,390,243
BDT BADGER HOLDINGS, LLC 13,170,731 18,804,877
Total
37,560,974 43,195,120
Sch B - 1


SCHEDULE C-1
Pricing Terms
1.    The Company is selling 24,390,974 shares of Common Stock, and the Selling Shareholder is selling 13,170,731 shares of Common Stock.
2.    The Selling Shareholder has granted an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 5,634,146 shares of Common Stock.
3.    The initial public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $22.00.
Sch C - 1


SCHEDULE C-2
Free Writing Prospectuses
None.



SCHEDULE C-3
Written Testing-the-Waters Communications
Investor Presentations dated June 2025, July 2025 and September 2025.
Sch C - 3


SCHEDULE D
List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up
Officers
•Joseph Hainline
•Samantha Hannan
•Amanda Kopetsky
•Mick Mancuso
•Dean Nolden
•Michael D. Schoeb
•Jan Vleugels
Directors
•Clyde Anderson
•Timothy FitzGerald
•Phyllis Knight
•Narasimha Nayak
•Robert L. Verigan
•Amanda Hodges
Shareholders
•BDT Badger Holdings, LLC
Other
•Robert Calver
•Tara Hudson
•Travis Lindgren
•San Orr
•Brian Sikora
•James A. Winnefeld Jr.
•Cody Masluk
•Phillip Rigole
•Yuanyong Huo
Sch D - 1


•John Balman
•Brian Burk
•Daryl Johnson
•Craig Madson
Sch D - 2


Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(j)
[●], 2025
BofA Securities, Inc.,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
as Representatives of the several
Underwriters to be named in the
within-mentioned Underwriting Agreement
c/o     BofA Securities, Inc.
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
c/o     J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Re:    Proposed Initial Public Offering of Common Stock by Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc.
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, a securityholder, an officer and/or a director, as applicable, of Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (collectively, the “Representatives”) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company and the Selling Shareholder listed on Schedule B to the Underwriting Agreement providing for the initial public offering (the “Public Offering”) of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). In recognition of the benefit that the Public Offering will confer upon the undersigned as a securityholder, an officer and/or a director, as applicable, of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement that, during the period beginning on the date of this agreement (this “Lock-Up Agreement”) and ending at the close of business on the date that is 180 days from the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (such period, the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (including, without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-Up Securities, or file, cause to be filed or cause to be confidentially submitted any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (ii) enter into any hedging, swap, loan or any other agreement or any transaction (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such hedging, swap, loan or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing described in clauses (i) and (ii) above.



If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company (whether as of the date hereof or at the time of receiving any shares of the Common Stock), the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any Company-directed shares of Common Stock the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company (whether as of the date hereof or at the time of receiving any shares of Common Stock), (1) the Representatives agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of the Common Stock, the Representatives will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (2) the Company has agreed, or will agree, in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Representatives hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (i) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (ii) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Lock-Up Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Representatives, [(i) to the underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement]1 and (ii) as described below, provided that (1) the Representatives receive a signed lock-up agreement in the form of this Lock-Up Agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, devisee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2) in the case of clauses (i) through (ix) below, any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) such transfers are not required to be reported during the Lock-Up Period with the Commission in accordance with Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or, in the case of clause (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below, any such required filing shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to circumstances described in such a clause, and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:
(i)    as a bona fide gift or gifts, including, without limitation, to a charitable organization or educational institution, or for bona fide estate planning purposes;
(ii)    by will, testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” of the undersigned shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin of the undersigned);
(iii)    by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order, divorce settlement, divorce decree or separation agreement;
1 Note to Draft: To include in the lockup for any selling shareholder.
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(iv)    pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the undersigned;
(v)    to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding equity securities or similar interests;
(vi)    to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (v) above;
(vii)    to any immediate family member or any trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or one or more immediate family members of the undersigned, or if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust;
(viii)    if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity controlling, controlled by, managing or managed by or under common control with the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the undersigned is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership), or (B) as part of a distribution to limited partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the undersigned or holders of similar equity interests in the undersigned;
(ix)    to the Company upon the undersigned’s death, disability or termination of employment or other service relationship with the Company; provided that such shares of Common Stock were issued to the undersigned pursuant to an agreement or equity award granted pursuant to an employee benefit plan, option, warrant or other right disclosed in the prospectus for the Public Offering;
(x)    exercise or settlement of stock options, restricted stock units or other equity awards pursuant to any plan or agreement granting such an award to an employee or other service provider of the Company or its affiliates, which plan or agreement is described in the registration statement relating to the Public Offering or the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (and any related transfer to the Company of Lock-Up Securities necessary to generate such amount of cash needed for the payment of taxes, including estimated taxes, due as a result of such settlement or exercise whether by means of a “net settlement” or “cashless basis”), provided that any remaining Common Stock received upon such exercise or settlement will be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement, provided further if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in any such report to the effect that (i) such transfer is in connection with the vesting or settlement of restricted stock units or incentive units, or the “net” or “cashless” exercise of options or other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock, as applicable, and (ii) the transaction was only with the Company;
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(xi) dispositions to the Company upon exercise of the Company’s right to repurchase or reacquire the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities in the event the undersigned ceases to provide services to the Company pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s equity incentive plans, which plan or agreement is described in the registration statement relating to the Public Offering or the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering, that permit the Company to repurchase or reacquire, at cost, such securities upon termination of the undersigned’s services to the Company, provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act relating to such disposition shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the shares were repurchased or reacquired by the Company;
(xii)    transfers of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Common Stock involving a “change of control” of the Company, made to all holders of Common Stock involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company which occurs after the consummation of the Offering, is open to all holders of the Company’s capital stock and has been approved by the board of directors of the Company, provided that if such change of control is not consummated, such shares shall remain subject to all of the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement (for the purposes of this paragraph, a “change of control” being defined as any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes or would become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of 50% of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company) (or the surviving entity); and
(xiii)    if permitted by the Company, the establishment of a trading plan on behalf of a shareholder, officer or director of the Company pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required or voluntarily made by the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Common Stock may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the underwriters have neither provided any recommendation or investment advice nor solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Public Offering of the Common Stock and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the underwriters may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to you in connection with the Public Offering, the underwriters are not making a recommendation to you to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that any underwriter is making such a recommendation.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power, capacity and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Company and the underwriters are relying upon the Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward the consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
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In the event that a Representative withdraws or is terminated from, or declines to participate in, the Public Offering, all references in this Lock-Up Agreement to the Representatives shall refer to the remaining Representatives. If all Representatives withdraw, are terminated from or decline to participate in the Public Offering, all references in this Lock-Up Agreement to the Representatives shall refer to the lead left book runner in the Public Offering (“Replacement Entity”), and in such event, any written consent, waiver or notice given or delivered in connection with this Lock-Up Agreement by or to such Replacement Entity shall be deemed to be sufficient and effective for all purposes under this Lock-Up Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Lock-Up Agreement will automatically terminate and the undersigned will be released from all of their or its obligations hereunder upon the earliest to occur, if any, of the following: (i) prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company advises the Representatives in writing that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (ii) the Company files an application with the Commission to withdraw the registration statement relating to the Public Offering, (iii) the Underwriting Agreement is executed but is terminated (other than with respect to the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder or (iv) December 31, 2025 in the event that the Public Offering shall not have occurred on or before such date.
This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This Lock-Up Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Lock-Up Agreement. Electronic signatures complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law will be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement. Transmission by telecopy, electronic mail or other transmission method of an executed counterpart of this Lock-Up Agreement will constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart.
[Signature page follows]
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Very truly yours,
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER / OFFICER /
DIRECTOR / OTHER]
By:
Name:
Title:
If not signing in an individual capacity:
Name of Authorized Signatory (Print)
Title of Authorized Signatory (Print)
(Indicate capacity of person signing if
signing as custodian, trustee, or on behalf of
an entity.)
[Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement]


Exhibit B
FORM OF PRESS RELEASE
TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(j)
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
[Date]
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC. (the “Company”) announced today that BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (collectively, the “Representatives”), the Representatives in the Company’s recent public sale of 37,560,974 shares of common stock, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to          shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on      ,           20    , and the shares may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
B-1
EX-10.1 3 exhibit101-8xk.htm EX-10.1 Document
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
This STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of October 8, 2025 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) among the parties listed on the signature pages hereto (each, together with his, her or its Permitted Transferees as defined below, a “Holder” and together, the “Holders”) and Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. (the “Corporation”).
WHEREAS, the Corporation intends to consummate an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”); and
WHEREAS, the Holders desire to effect an agreement pursuant to which the Holders will have certain designation rights with respect to nominees to the Board (as defined below) and its committees, certain information rights with respect to the Corporation and certain other rights with respect to the Corporation, in each case as specified herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Stockholder Rights and Restrictions
SECTION 1.01.    Composition of the Board.
(a)    For so long as the Principal Stockholder (as defined below) beneficially owns (as defined below):
(i)    at least 40.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Principal Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of Directors (as defined below) (rounded up to the nearest whole number) equal to the authorized number of Directors of the Board at such time multiplied by 50.1%; and
(ii)    at least 10.0%, but less than 40.0%, of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Principal Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of Directors (rounded up to the nearest whole number) equal to the authorized number of Directors of the Board at such time multiplied by such percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Principal Stockholder.


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(b) The Corporation agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the listing standards of the stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed (the “Applicable Exchange Listing Standards”), to take all necessary and desirable actions to (i) include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing Directors the individuals designated pursuant to Section 1.01(a) (to the extent that Directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified), (ii) nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a Director as provided herein, (iii) solicit proxies or consents, as the case may be, in favor thereof and (iv) make, or cause to be made, with applicable government, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result. The Corporation shall be entitled, solely for the purposes set forth in Section 1.01(a), to identify each such individual as a BDT Director pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that the Principal Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees the Principal Stockholder is entitled to nominate pursuant to Section 1.01(a), the Principal Stockholder shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional designees to which the Principal Stockholder is entitled, in which case the Corporation and the Directors shall take all necessary corporate action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to (1) enable the Principal Stockholder to nominate and effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals and (2) to effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals nominated by the Principal Stockholder to fill such newly-created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors or to fill any other existing vacancies. Any Director(s) nominated pursuant to Section 1.01(a) shall be referred to as the “BDT Director” or “BDT Directors” hereunder, as applicable.
(c)    In the absence of any designation from the Principal Stockholder as specified in Section 1.01(a) above, the Director or Directors previously designated by the Principal Stockholder and then-serving shall be nominated if still eligible to serve as provided herein.
SECTION 1.02.    Vacancies of Directors. Unless the Board otherwise requests, in the event of a reduction in the number of BDT Directors to be nominated in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.01, the Principal Stockholder shall use its best efforts to obtain the resignations of the number of BDT Directors corresponding with such reduction. If a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause of any BDT Director nominated pursuant to Section 1.01, other than the removal or resignation of a BDT Director due to a reduction in the number of BDT Directors to be nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.02, if requested by the Principal Stockholder, the remaining Directors shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, cause the vacancy created thereby to be filled by a new nominee, designee or appointee of the Principal Stockholder as soon as possible, and the Corporation agrees to take, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law at any time and from time to time, all actions necessary to accomplish the same.
SECTION 1.03.    Chair of the Board. As of the date hereof and for so long as the Principal Stockholder beneficially owns at least 25.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Principal Stockholder shall, and the Corporation shall take all action necessary to ensure that the Principal Stockholder shall, have the right to appoint (including by filling any vacancy in the position of Chair of the Board) a then-serving Director as the Chair of the Board (as defined in the Corporation’s corporate governance guidelines, as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Corporate Governance Guidelines”) and to remove any person serving as Chair of the Board from such position. For so long as the Principal Stockholder beneficially owns at least 25.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall not amend, supplement or otherwise modify, and shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Corporate Governance Guidelines are not amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, with respect to the role, responsibilities or duties of the Chair of the Board without the consent of the Principal Stockholder, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.


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SECTION 1.04.    Lead Director. As of the date hereof, and for so long as the Principal Stockholder beneficially owns at least 25.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Principal Stockholder shall, and the Corporation shall take all action necessary to ensure that the Principal Stockholder shall, have the right to appoint (including by filling any vacancy in the position of Lead Director) a then-serving Director as the Lead Director (if any, as defined in the Corporate Governance Guidelines) and to remove any person serving as Lead Director from such position. For so long as the Principal Stockholder beneficially owns at least 25.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall not amend, supplement or otherwise modify, and shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Corporate Governance Guidelines are not amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, with respect to the role, responsibilities or duties of the Lead Director without the consent of the Principal Stockholder, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 1.05.    Committee Membership. For so long as the Principal Stockholder is entitled to nominate at least one BDT Director to the Board in accordance with Section 1.01, the Principal Stockholder shall also be entitled to designate at least one BDT Director to each committee of the Board, including those formed after the date hereof; provided, however, that any such BDT Director designee must at all times remain eligible to serve on the applicable committee under applicable law and the Applicable Exchange Listing Standards, including any applicable general and heightened independence requirements (subject in each case to any applicable exceptions, including those for newly public companies and for “controlled companies”, and any applicable phase-in periods). If, at any time, the continued service of a committee member designated by the Principal Stockholder would cause the Corporation to violate any applicable law or Applicable Exchange Listing Standard, including any applicable general and heightened independence requirements and subject to any such exceptions referred to in the immediately prior sentence, the Principal Stockholder shall use its best efforts to obtain the resignation of such nominee from the applicable committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no BDT Director shall be required to be designated by the Principal Stockholder on any committee and any failure by the Principal Stockholder to exercise such right provided for herein at any time shall not constitute any waiver of such right at any time.
SECTION 1.06.    No Liability for Election of Recommended Directors. None of the Corporation, the Principal Stockholder, nor any officer, director, stockholder, partner, member, manager, equity holder, employee, agent or other representative of any such person, makes or shall be deemed to have made any representation or warranty as to the fitness or competence of the nominee of any person hereunder to serve on the Board by virtue of such person’s execution of this Agreement or by the act of such person in voting for such nominee pursuant to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.07.    Information Rights. (a) Until such time as the Principal Stockholder shall cease to own at least 3.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, upon the request of the Principal Stockholder, the Corporation shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries to, provide the Principal Stockholder:
(i) promptly after the end of each month, the monthly operating report of the Corporation and, to the extent prepared by the Corporation in the ordinary course, a consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as of the end of such month and consolidated statements of comprehensive income and cash flows of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, for each month and for the current fiscal year of the Corporation to date, prepared in accordance with GAAP (as defined below) (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes thereto), together with a comparison of such statements to the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year and to the Corporation’s business plan then in effect and approved by the Board;


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(ii)    an annual budget, a business plan and financial forecasts for the Corporation for the fiscal year of the Corporation (the “Annual Budget”), no later than three business days after the approval thereof by the Board, in such manner and form as approved by the Board, which shall include at least a projection of income and a projected cash flow statement for each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year and a projected balance sheet as of the end of each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year, in each case, prepared in reasonable detail, with appropriate presentation and discussion of the principal assumptions upon which such budgets and projections are based, which shall be accompanied by the statement of the chief executive officer or chief financial officer or equivalent officer of the Corporation to the effect that such budget and projections are based on reasonable and good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of the Corporation for the respective periods covered thereby, it being recognized by such holders that such budgets and projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by them may differ from the projected results, as well as any material changes in such Annual Budget which shall be delivered to the Principal Stockholder as promptly as practicable after such changes have been approved by the Board;
(iii)    as soon as available after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation, and in any event within 90 days thereafter, (A) the annual financial statements required to be filed by the Corporation pursuant to the Exchange Act (as defined below) or (B) a consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, and consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity of the Corporation and its subsidiaries for such year, prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied by the opinion of independent public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Corporation, and a Corporation-prepared comparison to the Corporation’s Annual Budget for such year as approved by the Board; and
(iv)    as soon as available after the end of the first, second and third quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Corporation, and in any event within 45 days thereafter, (A) the quarterly financial statements required to be filed by the Corporation pursuant to the Exchange Act or (B) a consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as of the end of each such quarterly period, and consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity of the Corporation and its subsidiaries for such period and for the current fiscal year to date, prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to


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normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes thereto) and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year and to the Corporation’s Annual Budget then in effect as approved by the Board, all of the information to be provided pursuant to this Section 1.07(a)(iv) in reasonable detail and certified by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Corporation.
In addition to the foregoing, the Corporation shall provide periodic updates to the Principal Stockholder during the course of the preparation of the Annual Budget and keep the Principal Stockholder reasonably informed as to the Corporation’s progress, status and the budgeted items set forth therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.07(a), the Corporation’s obligations hereunder shall be deemed satisfied to the extent that such information is provided by (A) providing the financial statements of any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation to the extent such financial statements reflect the entirety of the operations of the business or (B) in the case of Section 1.07(a)(iii) and Section 1.07(a)(iv), filing such financial statements of the Corporation or any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation whose financial statements satisfy the requirements of clause (A), as applicable, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR or in such other manner as makes them publicly available.
(b)    Other Information. Until such time as the Principal Stockholder shall cease to own any Common Stock, upon the request of the Principal Stockholder, the Corporation shall deliver to the Principal Stockholder, with reasonable promptness, such other information and data (including such information and reports made available to any lender of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries under any credit agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Corporation and each of its subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Principal Stockholder. Until such time as the Principal Stockholder shall cease to own any Common Stock, the Principal Stockholder shall have access to such other information concerning the Corporation’s business or financial condition and the Corporation’s management as may be reasonably requested, including such information as may be necessary to comply with regulatory, tax or other governmental filings; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to disclose any privileged information of the Corporation so long as the Corporation has used commercially reasonable efforts to enter into an arrangement pursuant to which it may provide such information to the Principal Stockholder without the loss of any such privilege.
(c)    Access. Until such time as the Principal Stockholder shall cease to own any Common Stock, the Corporation shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, auditors and other agents to (i) afford the Principal Stockholder and its officers, employees, auditors and other agents, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, at reasonable times, access to the Corporation’s and its subsidiaries’ officers, employees, auditors, legal counsel, properties, offices, plants and other facilities and to all books and records, and (ii) afford the Principal Stockholder and its officers, employees, auditors and other agents the opportunity to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Corporation and its subsidiaries with their respective officers from time to time as the Principal Stockholder may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to disclose any privileged information of the Corporation so long as the Corporation has used commercially reasonable efforts to enter into an arrangement pursuant to which it may provide such information to the Principal Stockholder without the loss of any such privilege.


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SECTION 1.08.    Confidentiality. Each Holder, individually and not jointly, hereby agrees with the Corporation (and only with the Corporation) that it will keep confidential any confidential information obtained from the Corporation pursuant to Section 1.07, unless such confidential information (a) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of any confidentiality obligation by such Holder or its Affiliates (as defined below)), (b) is or has been independently developed or conceived by such Holder without use of the Corporation’s confidential information or (c) is or has been made known or disclosed to such Holder by a third party (other than an Affiliate of such Holder) without a breach of any confidentiality obligations such third party may have to the Corporation that is known to such Holder; provided that a Holder may disclose confidential information (i) to its attorneys, accountants, consultants and other professional advisors to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Corporation, (ii) to any Affiliate, partner, member, manager, equity holder, investor, prospective partner or related investment fund of such Holder or its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, employees, consultants and representatives, in each case, in the ordinary course of business (provided that the recipients of such confidential information are subject to a customary confidentiality obligation), (iii) as may be reasonably determined by such Holder to be necessary in connection with such Holder’s enforcement of its rights in connection with this Agreement or its investment in the Corporation and its subsidiaries or (iv) as may otherwise be required or requested by law or legal, judicial or regulatory process.
SECTION 1.09.    Dual Purpose. Individuals associated with the Principal Stockholder may from time to time serve on the Board. The Corporation, on its behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries, recognizes that such individuals (i) will from time to time receive non-public information concerning the Corporation and its subsidiaries and (ii) may (subject to the obligation to maintain the confidentiality in accordance with Section 1.08) share such information with other individuals associated with the Principal Stockholder. Such sharing will be for the dual purpose of facilitating support to such individuals in their capacity as members of the Board and enabling the Principal Stockholder, as equity holder, to better evaluate the Corporation’s performance and prospects. The Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, hereby irrevocably consents to such sharing.
SECTION 1.10.    Expenses. In accordance with the Corporation’s organizational documents and other applicable Corporation policies and practices, the Corporation shall reimburse each BDT Director for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each member of the Board in the course of his or her service as such, including in connection with attending regular and special meetings of the Board, any committee thereof or any board or committee of any subsidiary of the Corporation, including reasonable travel, lodging and meal expenses.
ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties of the Holders
SECTION 2.01. Corporation Authorization.


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Each Holder that is not a natural person represents and warrants to each of the other Holders and the Corporation that such Holder is validly organized and existing under the laws of its state of organization and has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform fully its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and that this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of such Holder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.
SECTION 2.02.    Non-Contravention. Each Holder represents and warrants to each of the other Holders and the Corporation that the execution, delivery and performance by such Holder of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) if such Holder is not a natural person, contravene or conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any articles or certificate of incorporation or formation, bylaws, operating agreement or comparable organizational documents of such Holder or (ii) contravene or conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any material applicable law or any material agreement or order binding on such Holder.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation
The Corporation represents and warrants to each Holder that:
SECTION 3.01.    Corporation Authorization. The Corporation is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform fully its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other action by the Corporation and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation and agreement of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.
SECTION 3.02.    Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Corporation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) contravene or conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any provision of the organizational documents of the Corporation, (ii) contravene or conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any material applicable law or any material agreement or order binding on the Corporation or (iii) result in the imposition of any liens, charges, security interests, options, claims, mortgages, pledges, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, obligations, understandings or arrangements or other restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever on any asset of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
Miscellaneous
SECTION 4.01. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. Unless specified otherwise, in this Agreement the obligations of any party consisting of more than one person are joint and several.


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The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Person (as defined below) include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.
SECTION 4.02.    Additional Definitions.
(a)    “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person; provided, that (i) neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries will be deemed an Affiliate of any stockholder of the Corporation (including any Holder) or any of such stockholders’ Affiliates and (ii) no stockholder of the Corporation (including any Holder) will be deemed an Affiliate of any other stockholder of the Corporation, in each case, solely by reason of any investment in the Corporation or any rights conferred on such stockholder pursuant to this Agreement (including any representatives of such stockholder serving on the Board).
(b)    “beneficial owner”, including the terms “beneficially own” and “beneficial ownership”, when used with respect to any stock, shall have the meaning set forth in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act.
(c)    “Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
(d)    “Directors” means the directors of the Corporation at the applicable time.
(e)     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(f)    “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect in the United States of America from time to time.
(g) “Permitted Transferee” means (i) in the case of any transferor that is not a natural person, any Person that is an Affiliate of such transferor and (ii) in the case of any transferor that is a natural person, (A) any Person to whom Common Stock is transferred from such transferor (1) by will or the laws of descent and distribution or (2) by gift without consideration of any kind; provided that, in the case of clause (2), such transferee is the spouse, the lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiary of such transferor, (B) a trust that is for the exclusive benefit of such transferor or its Permitted Transferees under (A) above or (C) any institution qualified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.


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(h)    “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
(i)    “Principal Stockholder” means BDT Badger Holdings, LLC and its Affiliates that are not natural Persons and its and their respective successors and Permitted Transferees that are not natural Persons.
SECTION 4.03.    Further Assurances. Each party to this Agreement, at any time and from time to time upon the reasonable request of another party to this Agreement, shall promptly execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such further instruments and take all such further actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to confirm or carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.04.    Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.
SECTION 4.05.    Assignment. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other parties hereto; provided, however, that a Holder shall be entitled to assign, delegate or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, any of its rights and obligations hereunder to a Permitted Transferee of such Holder without such prior consent (and such Permitted Transferee shall thereafter be a “Holder” hereunder with the applicable rights hereunder without any further action by or on behalf of any Holder (including the Permitted Transferee) or the Corporation).
SECTION 4.06.    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state.
SECTION 4.07. Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom located in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court sitting in Wilmington, Delaware) (together, the “Specified Courts”), and that any cause of action arising out of this Agreement shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the State of Delaware, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in the Specified Courts or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in the Specified Courts has been brought in an inconvenient forum.


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Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts.
SECTION 4.08.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 4.09.    Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or entity or any circumstance, is found to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other persons, entities or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 4.10.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission or other electronic signature of this Agreement signed by such party (via PDF, TIFF, JPEG or the like)) with counterpart pages or in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall, taken together, be considered one and the same agreement, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.
SECTION 4.11.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understanding, both oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
SECTION 4.12.    Amendments; Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
SECTION 4.13.    Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement is not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Accordingly, it also is agreed that each of the Corporation and the Holders shall be entitled to, in addition to any other legal and equitable remedies available, an injunction to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to specific enforcement of this Agreement and its terms and provisions in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state having subject matter jurisdiction.
SECTION 4.14. IPO Closing; Termination. This Agreement will automatically terminate and be of no force and effect if the closing of the IPO does not occur within twelve months from the date of this Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the written election of the Principal Stockholder or (ii) such date as the Principal Stockholder ceases to beneficially own any shares of Common Stock.


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Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party for the breach of any obligations under this Agreement prior to such termination.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
By:
/s/ Michael Schoeb
Name: Michael Schoeb
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
BDT BADGER HOLDINGS, LLC
By: BDTCP GP II-A, L.P., its managing member
By: BDTCP GP II, CO., its general partner
By:
/s/ Mary Ann Todd
Name: Mary Ann Todd
Title: Secretary & General Counsel
[Signature Page to the Stockholders Agreement]
EX-10.2 4 exhibit102-8xk.htm EX-10.2 Document
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and among
the Persons listed on Schedule A hereto
and
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
Dated as of October 8, 2025



This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of October 8, 2025 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is made among Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the stockholders listed on Schedule A hereto and any transferee of Registrable Securities to whom any Person who is a party to this Agreement shall Assign any rights hereunder in accordance with Section 4.6 (each such Person, a “Holder”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition have the meaning set forth in Article I.
Article I
Certain Definitions
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Additional Piggyback Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c).
“Additional Piggyback Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iv).
“Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such Person.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Assign” means to directly or indirectly sell, transfer, assign, distribute, exchange, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, grant a security interest in, encumber or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, including by way of a merger. “Assignee”, “Assigning” and “Assignment” have meanings corresponding to the foregoing.
“automatic shelf registration statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Carryover Amount” for any Holder means, with respect to any registered offering in which such Holder elected not to participate after receipt of a notice under Section 2.2(a), a number of Registrable Securities equal to the number of Registrable Securities then held by such Holder, multiplied by a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is equal to the number of Registrable Securities sold by the Holder that sold the most Registrable Securities in such offering and the denominator of which is the number of Registrable Securities held by such selling Holder immediately prior to such offering.
“Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Company Shares” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any and all securities of any kind whatsoever of the Company that may be issued by the Company after the date hereof in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of, such common stock, pursuant to any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, reclassifications, recapitalizations, reorganizations and the like occurring after the date hereof.



“Company Shares Equivalents” means, with respect to the Company, all options, warrants and other securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for (at any time or upon the occurrence of any event or contingency and without regard to any vesting or other conditions to which such securities may be subject) Company Shares or other equity securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any note or debt security convertible into or exchangeable for Company Shares or other equity securities of the Company).
“Demand Exercise Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Demand Registration Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
“Expenses” means any and all fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with Article II, including, without limitation: (i) SEC, stock exchange or FINRA, and all other registration and filing fees and all listing fees and fees with respect to the inclusion of securities on any national securities exchange or on any other securities market on which the Company Shares are listed or quoted, (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States or compliance with the securities laws of foreign jurisdictions and in connection with the preparation of a “blue sky” survey, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of outside “blue sky” counsel and securities counsel in foreign jurisdictions, (iii) word processing, printing and copying expenses, (iv) messenger and delivery expenses, (v) expenses incurred in connection with any road show, (vi) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (vii) with respect to each registration or underwritten offering, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holder(s) (selected by the Majority Participating Holders), (viii) fees and disbursements of all independent public accountants (including the expenses of any audit and/or comfort letter and updates thereof) and fees and expenses of other Persons, including special experts, retained by the Company, (ix) fees and expenses payable to any Qualified Independent Underwriter, (x) any other fees and disbursements of underwriter(s), if any, customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the underwriter(s) in connection with any filing with, or review by, FINRA (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any underwriting discount, commissions or spread), (xi) fees and expenses of any transfer agent or custodian and (xii) expenses for securities law liability insurance and any rating agency fees.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Holder” or “Holders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Initiating Holder(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
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“IPO” means the first underwritten public offering of the Company Shares to the general public pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC completed on or about the date of this Agreement.
“Lock-Up Agreement” means any agreement entered into by a Holder that provides for restrictions on the transfer of Registrable Securities held by such Holder.
“Majority Participating Holders” means the Participating Holders holding more than 50% of the Registrable Securities proposed to be included in offerings of Registrable Securities by such Participating Holders pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2.
“Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
“Participating Holders” means all Holders of Registrable Securities which are proposed to be included in any registration or offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2.
“Person” means any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, governmental entity or agency or other entity of any kind or nature.
“Qualified Independent Underwriter” means a “qualified independent underwriter” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121.
“Registrable Securities” means any Company Shares held by the Holders at any time (including those held as a result of the conversion, exchange or exercise of Company Shares Equivalents); provided that, as to any Registrable Securities held by a particular Holder, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement or (ii) such securities are eligible to be sold by such Holder in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144 without being subject to volume or manner of sale limits, as such Rule 144 may be amended (or any successor provision thereto).
“Rule 144” and “Rule 144A” have the meanings set forth in Section 4.2.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Section 2.3(a) Sale Number” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Section 2.3(b) Sale Number” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
“Section 2.3(c) Sale Number” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
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“Specified Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(c).
“Stockholders Agreement” means the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2025, by and among the Company and BDT Badger Holdings, LLC and the other Persons who may become parties thereto from time to time, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company on the date hereof and any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company organized or acquired after the date hereof.
“Transfer” means, with respect to any Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents, (i) when used as a verb, to sell, assign, dispose of, exchange, pledge, mortgage, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents, as applicable, whether directly or indirectly, or agree or commit to do any of the foregoing and (ii) when used as a noun, a direct or indirect sale, assignment, disposition, exchange, pledge, mortgage, encumbrance, hypothecation or other transfer, in whole or in part, of any of the economic consequences of ownership of such Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents, as applicable, whether directly or indirectly, or any agreement or commitment to do any of the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, a sale, assignment, disposition, exchange, pledge, mortgage, encumbrance, hypothecation or other transfer of an interest in any Holder, or direct or indirect parent thereof, all or substantially all of whose assets are, directly or indirectly, Company Shares shall constitute a “Transfer” of Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents, as applicable, for purposes of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, a sale, assignment, disposition, exchange, pledge, mortgage, encumbrance, hypothecation or other transfer of an interest in any Holder, or direct or indirect parent thereof, which has substantial assets in addition to Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents shall not constitute a “Transfer” of Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents, as applicable, for purposes of this Agreement. The term “Transferred” shall have the correlating meaning to Transfer.
“Valid Business Reason” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“WKSI” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
Article II
Registration Rights
Section 2.1. Demand Registrations. (a) If the Company shall receive from any Holder or group of Holders holding at least 10% of the Registrable Securities at any time beginning 180 days after the closing of the IPO (or such earlier time as permitted by the terms of the lockup agreements executed in connection with the IPO), a written request that the Company file a registration statement with respect to all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (a “Demand Registration Request”, and the registration statement so requested is referred to herein as a “Demand Registration”, and the sender(s) of such request pursuant to this Agreement shall be known as the “Initiating Holder(s)”), then the Company shall, within five Business Days of the receipt thereof, give written notice (the “Demand Exercise Notice”) of such request to all other Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.1, use its reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration (including, without limitation, by means of a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 thereunder if requested pursuant to the Demand Registration Request and if the Company is then eligible to use such a registration) of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered within five Business Days of receipt of such notice.
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There is no limitation on the number of Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 which the Company is obligated to effect. However, the Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any Demand Registration:
(i)    within four months after a Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 that has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii)    during the period starting with the date 15 days prior to its good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or to a Rule 145 transaction); provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii)    in the case of a demand for a non-shelf registered offering that will result in the imposition of a lockup on the Company, where the anticipated offering price, before any underwriting discounts or commissions and any offering-related Expenses, is equal to or less than $25,000,000.
In addition, if the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company, any registration of Registrable Securities should not be made or continued (or sales under a shelf registration statement should be suspended) because (i) such registration (or continued sales under an existing shelf registration statement) would materially and adversely interfere with any existing or potential material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or merger or other material transaction or event involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) the Company is in possession of material non-public information, the premature disclosure of which, in the determination of the Company, could materially and adversely affect the Company (in either case, a “Valid Business Reason”), then (x) the Company may postpone filing a registration statement relating to a Demand Registration Request (or suspend sales under an existing shelf registration statement) until five Business Days after such Valid Business Reason no longer exists, but in no event for more than 90 days after the date the Company determines a Valid Business Reason exists and (y) in case a registration statement has been filed relating to a Demand Registration Request, the Company may cause such registration statement to be withdrawn and its effectiveness terminated or may postpone amending or supplementing such registration statement until five Business Days after such Valid Business Reason no longer exists, but in no event for more than 90 days after the date the Company determines a Valid Business Reason exists, and the Company shall give written notice to the Participating Holders of its determination to postpone the filing of, or withdraw, a registration statement (or suspend sales under an existing shelf registration statement) and of the fact that the Valid Business Reason for such postponement, withdrawal or suspension no longer exists, in each case, promptly after the occurrence thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than twice or for more than 90 days in any 12 month period.
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Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company that the Company has determined to withdraw any registration statement pursuant to the immediately prior paragraph of this Section 2.1(a), such Holder will discontinue its Transfer of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement and, if so directed by the Company, will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies or copies retained for legal and compliance purposes, then in such Holder’s possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that was in effect at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall have withdrawn or prematurely terminated a registration statement filed pursuant to a Demand Registration (whether pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) or as a result of any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court), the Company shall not be considered to have effected an effective registration for the purposes of this Agreement until the Company shall have filed a new registration statement covering the Registrable Securities covered by such withdrawn or terminated registration statement and such new registration statement shall have been declared effective and shall not have been withdrawn or terminated. If the Company shall give any notice of withdrawal or postponement of a registration statement, the Company shall, not later than five Business Days after the Valid Business Reason that caused such withdrawal or postponement no longer exists (but in no event later than 90 days after the date of the postponement or withdrawal), use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by the withdrawn or postponed registration statement in accordance with Section 2.1 (unless the Initiating Holder(s) shall have withdrawn such request, in which case the Company shall not be considered to have effected an effective registration for the purposes of this Agreement), and such registration shall not be withdrawn or postponed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a).
(b)    (i)    The Company, subject to Sections 2.3 and 2.7, shall include in a Demand Registration (x) the Registrable Securities of the Initiating Holder(s) and (y) the Registrable Securities of any other Holder of Registrable Securities, which shall have made a written request to the Company for inclusion in such registration pursuant to Section 2.2 within five Business Days after the receipt of the Demand Exercise Notice.
(ii)    The Company shall, as expeditiously as possible, but subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 2.1, use its reasonable best efforts to (x) effect such registration (including, without limitation, by means of a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, if so requested and if the Company is then eligible to use such a registration) of the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register for distribution in accordance with the method of distribution intended by the Initiating Holder(s) and (y) if requested by the Initiating Holder(s), obtain acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement relating to such registration.
(c) In connection with any Demand Registration, the Initiating Holder(s) shall have the right to designate the lead managing underwriter (any lead managing underwriter for the purposes of this Agreement, the “Manager”) in connection with such registration and each other managing underwriter for such registration, in each case subject to consent of the Company, not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
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(d)    If so requested by the Initiating Holder(s), the Company (together with all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting) shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Initiating Holder(s) pursuant to Section 2.1(c).
Section 2.2.    Piggyback Registrations.
(a)    If, at any time or from time to time, the Company proposes or is required to register or commence an offering of any of its securities for its own account or otherwise (other than pursuant to registrations on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any similar successor forms thereto) (including but not limited to the registrations or offerings pursuant to Section 2.1), the Company will:
(i)    promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof (in any event within five Business Days) prior to the filing of any registration statement; and
(ii)    include in such registration, and in any underwriting involved therein (if any), all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests (which request(s) shall specify the maximum number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by any such Participating Holder), made within five Business Days after mailing or personal delivery of such written notice from the Company, by any of the Holders, except as set forth in Sections 2.2(b) and 2.2(f), with the securities which the Company at the time proposes to register or sell, to permit the Transfer by the Holders (in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof) of the Registrable Securities to be so registered or sold, including, if necessary, by filing with the SEC a post-effective amendment or a supplement to the registration statement filed by the Company or the prospectus related thereto. There is no limitation on the number of such piggyback registrations pursuant to the preceding sentence which the Company is obligated to effect. No registration of Registrable Securities effected under this Section 2.2(a) shall relieve the Company of its obligations to effect Demand Registrations under Section 2.1 hereof.
(b)    If the registration in this Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering, the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in a registration or offering pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in the underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to Transfer their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company or, in the case that such underwriting is in connection with a Demand Registration, by the Initiating Holder(s) pursuant to Section 2.1(c).
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(c) The Company, subject to Sections 2.3 and 2.7, may elect to include in any registration statement and offering pursuant to demand registration rights by any Person, (i) authorized but unissued shares of Company Shares or Company Shares held by the Company as treasury shares and (ii) any other Company Shares which are requested to be included in such registration pursuant to the exercise of piggyback registration rights granted by the Company after the date hereof and which are not inconsistent with the rights granted in, or otherwise in conflict with the terms of, this Agreement (“Additional Piggyback Rights”); provided, however, that such inclusion shall be permitted only to the extent that it is pursuant to, and subject to, the terms of the underwriting agreement or arrangements, if any, entered into by the Initiating Holder(s).
(d)    Other than in connection with a Demand Registration, if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register or sell any equity securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration or sale of such equity securities, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or sell or to delay registration or sale of such equity securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to all Holders of record of Registrable Securities and (i) in the case of a determination not to register or sell, shall be relieved of its obligation to register or sell any Registrable Securities in connection with such abandoned registration or sale, without prejudice, however, to the rights of Holders under Section 2.1 and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay such registration or sale of its equity securities, shall be permitted to delay the registration or sale of such Registrable Securities for the same period as the delay in registering or selling such other equity securities.
(e)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall, at the written request of any Holder, file any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment and otherwise take any action necessary to include therein all disclosure and language deemed necessary or advisable by such Holder if such disclosure or language was not included in the initial registration statement, or revise such disclosure or language if deemed necessary or advisable by such Holder, including by filing a prospectus supplement naming such Holder’s partners, members and shareholders to the extent required by law. Any Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.2, without prejudice to the rights of such Holders under this Agreement, by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw; provided, however, that such request must be made in writing prior to the earlier of the execution by such Holder of the underwriting agreement or the execution by such Holder of the custody agreement with respect to such registration or as otherwise required by the underwriter(s).
(f)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the rights of any Holder set forth in this Agreement shall be subject to any Lock-Up Agreement that such Holder has entered into.
Section 2.3.    Allocation of Securities Included in Registration Statement or Offering.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in connection with an underwritten offering initiated by a Demand Registration Request, if the Manager advises the Initiating Holder(s) in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten (such number, the “Section 2.3(a) Sale Number”) within a price range acceptable to the Initiating Holder(s), the Initiating Holder(s) shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to include in such registration or offering, as applicable, the number of shares of Registrable Securities in the registration and underwriting as follows:
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(i)    first, all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration or offering by the Holders thereof (including pursuant to the exercise of piggyback rights pursuant to Section 2.2); provided, however, that if such number of Registrable Securities exceeds the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number, the number of such Registrable Securities (not to exceed the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number) to be included in such registration shall be allocated among all such Holders requesting inclusion thereof in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities held by such Holders at the time of filing of the registration statement or the time of the offering, as applicable, as adjusted to give effect to any Carryover Amount(s) for any such Holder;
(ii)    second, if by the withdrawal of Registrable Securities by a Participating Holder, a greater number of Registrable Securities held by other Holders may be included in such registration or offering (up to the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number), then the Company shall offer to all Holders who have included Registrable Securities in the registration or offering the right to include additional Registrable Securities in the same proportions as set forth in Section 2.3(a)(i), up to the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number;
(iii)    third, to the extent that the number of Registrable Securities to be included pursuant to clause (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.3(a) is less than the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number, and if the underwriter(s) so agrees, any securities that the Company proposes to register or sell, up to the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number; and
(iv)    fourth, to the extent that the number of securities to be included pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 2.3(a) is less than the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number, the remaining securities to be included in such registration or offering shall be allocated on a pro rata basis among all Persons requesting that securities be included in such registration or offering pursuant to the exercise of Additional Piggyback Rights (“Additional Piggyback Shares”), based on the aggregate number of Additional Piggyback Shares then owned by each Person requesting inclusion in relation to the aggregate number of Additional Piggyback Shares owned by all Persons requesting inclusion, up to the Section 2.3(a) Sale Number.
(b)    In a registration or offering made pursuant to Section 2.2 involves an underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company, which was initiated by the Company, if the Manager determines that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten (such number, the “Section 2.3(b) Sale Number”) in order for the sale of the securities within a price range acceptable the Company, the Company shall so advise all Holders whose securities would otherwise be registered and underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated as follows:
(i)    first, all securities that the Company proposes to register for its own account;
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(ii)    second, to the extent that the number of securities to be included pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 2.3(b) is less than the Section 2.3(b) Sale Number, the remaining Registrable Securities (not to exceed the Section 2.3(b) Sale Number) to be included in the underwritten offering shall be allocated among all Holders requesting inclusion pursuant to exercise of rights under Section 2.2 in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities held by such Holders based on the number of Registrable Securities then owned by each such Holder requesting inclusion in relation to the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Holders requesting inclusion, as adjusted to give effect to any Carryover Amount(s) for any such Holder; and
(iii)    third, to the extent that the number of securities to be included pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.3(b) is less than the Section 2.3(b) Sale Number, the remaining securities to be included in such underwritten offering shall be allocated on a pro rata basis among all Persons requesting that securities be included in such registration pursuant to the exercise of Additional Piggyback Rights, based on the aggregate number of Additional Piggyback Shares then owned by each Person requesting inclusion in relation to the aggregate number of Additional Piggyback Shares owned by all Persons requesting inclusion, up to the Section 2.3(b) Sale Number.
(c)    If any registration pursuant to Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering by any Person(s) other than a Holder to whom the Company has granted registration rights which are not inconsistent with the rights granted in, or otherwise in conflict with the terms of, this Agreement, the Manager (as selected by the Company or such other Person) shall advise the Company that, in its view, the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number (the “Section 2.3(c) Sale Number”) that can be sold in an orderly manner in such registration within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall include shares in such registration as follows:
(i)    first, the shares requested to be included in such underwritten offering shall be allocated on a pro rata basis among such Person(s) requesting the registration and all Holders requesting that Registrable Securities be included in such registration pursuant to the exercise of piggyback rights pursuant to Section 2.2, based on the aggregate number of securities or Registrable Securities, as applicable, then owned by each of the foregoing requesting inclusion in relation to the aggregate number of securities or Registrable Securities, as applicable, owned by all such Holders and Persons requesting inclusion, up to the Section 2.3(c) Sale Number, as adjusted to give effect to any Carryover Amount(s) for any such Holder;
(ii) second, to the extent that the number of securities to be included pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 2.3(c) is less than the Section 2.3(c) Sale Number, the remaining shares to be included in such underwritten offering shall be allocated on a pro rata basis among all Persons requesting that securities be included in such registration pursuant to the exercise of Additional Piggyback Rights, based on the aggregate number of Additional Piggyback Shares then owned by each Person requesting inclusion in relation to the aggregate number of Additional Piggyback Shares owned by all Persons requesting inclusion, up to the Section 2.3(c) Sale Number; and
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(iii)    third, to the extent that the number of securities to be included pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.3(c) is less than the Section 2.3(c) Sale Number, the remaining shares to be included in such registration shall be allocated to shares the Company proposes to register for its own account, up to the Section 2.3(c) Sale Number.
(d)    If any Holder of Registrable Securities disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, or if, as a result of the proration provisions set forth in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 2.3, any Holder shall not be entitled to include all Registrable Securities in a registration or offering that such Holder has requested be included, such Holder may elect to withdraw such Holder’s request to include Registrable Securities in such registration or offering or may reduce the number requested to be included; provided, however, that (x) such request must be made in writing, to the Company, the Manager and, if applicable, the Initiating Holder(s), prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement with respect to such registration and (y) such withdrawal or reduction shall be irrevocable and, after making such withdrawal or reduction, such Holder shall no longer have any right to include such withdrawn Registrable Securities in the registration as to which such withdrawal or reduction was made to the extent of the Registrable Securities so withdrawn or reduced.
Section 2.4.    Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required by the provisions of this Agreement to use its reasonable best efforts to effect or cause the registration of any Registrable Securities as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible (but, in any event, within 75 days after a Demand Registration Request in the case of Section 2.4(a) below), in connection with the Demand Registration of the Registrable Securities and, where applicable, a takedown off of a shelf registration statement:
(a) prepare and file all filings with the SEC and FINRA required for the consummation of the offering, including preparing and filing with the SEC a registration statement on an appropriate registration form of the SEC for the Transfer of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of Transfer thereof, which registration form (i) shall be selected by the Company and (ii) shall, in the case of a shelf registration, be available for the Transfer of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof and such registration statement shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable registration form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and remain continuously effective from the date such registration statement is declared effective until the earliest to occur of: (A) the first date as of which all of the Registrable Securities included in the registration statement have been Transferred or (B) a period of 90 days in the case of an underwritten offering effected pursuant to a registration statement other than a shelf registration statement; provided, however, that as far in advance as reasonably practicable before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, or comparable statements under securities or state “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction, or any free writing prospectus related thereto, the Company will furnish to one counsel for the Participating Holders in the planned offering (selected by the Initiating Holder(s)) and to one counsel for the Manager, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed (including all exhibits thereto), which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and reasonable comment of such counsel (provided that the Company shall be under no obligation to make any changes suggested by the Holders), and the Company shall not file any registration statement or amendment thereto, any prospectus or supplement thereto or any free writing prospectus related thereto to which the Initiating Holder(s) or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object;
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(b)    prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith and such free writing prospectuses and Exchange Act reports as may be necessary to keep such registration statement continuously effective for the period set forth in Section 2.4(a) and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the Transfer of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement in accordance with the intended methods of Transfer by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement (and, in connection with any shelf registration statement, file one or more prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act covering Registrable Securities upon the request of one or more Holders wishing to offer or sell Registrable Securities whether in an underwritten offering or otherwise);
(c)    in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in customary form, with the Manager of such offering;
(d)    furnish, without charge, to each Participating Holder and each underwriter, if any, of the securities covered by such registration statement such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act and each free writing prospectus utilized in connection therewith, in each case, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and other documents, as such Participating Holder and underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public Transfer of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder (the Company hereby consenting to the use in accordance with all applicable law of each such registration statement (or amendment or post-effective amendment thereto) and each such prospectus (or preliminary prospectus or supplement thereto) or free writing prospectus by each such Participating Holder and the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and Transfer of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement or prospectus);
(e)    use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or state “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any sellers of Registrable Securities or any managing underwriter, if any, shall reasonably request in writing, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such sellers or underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the Transfer of the Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions (including keeping such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such registration statement remains in effect);
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(f)    promptly notify each Participating Holder and each managing underwriter, if any, in writing: (i) when the registration statement, any pre-effective amendment, the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto, any post-effective amendment to the registration statement or any free writing prospectus has been filed and, with respect to the registration statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or state securities authority for amendments or supplements to the registration statement or the prospectus related thereto or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or state “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the existence of any fact of which the Company becomes aware which results in the registration statement or any amendment thereto, the prospectus related thereto or any supplement thereto, any document incorporated therein by reference, any free writing prospectus or the information conveyed to any purchaser at the time of sale to such purchaser containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statement therein not misleading and (vi) if at any time the representations and warranties contemplated by any underwriting agreement, securities sale agreement, or other similar agreement, relating to the offering shall cease to be true and correct in all material respects, and, if the notification relates to an event described in clause (v), the Company shall promptly prepare and furnish to each such seller and each underwriter, if any, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading;
(g)    comply (and continue to comply) with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (including, without limitation, maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) in accordance with the Exchange Act), and make generally available to its stockholders, as soon as reasonably practicable after the effective date of the registration statement (and in any event within 45 days, or 90 days if it is a fiscal year, after the end of such 12 month period described hereafter), an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering the period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first fiscal quarter after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(h) (i) (A) cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on the principal securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed (if any), if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (B) if no similar securities are then so listed, to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on a national securities exchange and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, take all actions that may be required by the Company as the issuer of such Registrable Securities in order to facilitate the managing underwriter’s arranging for the registration of at least two market makers as such with respect to such shares with FINRA and (ii) comply (and continue to comply) with the requirements of any self-regulatory organization applicable to the Company, including without limitation all corporate governance requirements;
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(i)    in connection with an underwritten offering, cause its senior management, officers, employees and personnel to participate in, and to otherwise facilitate and cooperate with (i) the preparation of the registration statement and prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including participating in meetings, drafting sessions, due diligence sessions and rating agency presentations) taking into account the Company’s reasonable business needs and (ii) “road shows” and other marketing efforts and otherwise provide reasonable assistance to the underwriter(s) (taking into account the Company’s reasonable business needs and the requirements of the marketing process) in marketing the Registrable Securities in any underwritten offering;
(j)    provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;
(k)    in connection with an underwritten offering, enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement) and take such other actions as the Initiating Holder(s) or the underwriter(s) shall reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the Transfer of such Registrable Securities (it being understood that the Holders of the Registrable Securities which are to be Transferred by any underwriter(s) shall be parties to any such underwriting agreement and may, at their option, require that the Company make to and for the benefit of such Holders the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company which are being made to and for the benefit of such underwriter(s));
(l)    in connection with an underwritten offering, use its reasonable best efforts to (i) obtain an opinion from the Company’s counsel, including local and/or regulatory counsel, and a comfort letter and updates thereof from the Company’s independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference in such registration statement, in each case, in customary form and covering such matters as are customarily covered by such opinions and comfort letters (including, in the case of such comfort letter, events subsequent to the date of such financial statements) delivered to underwriter(s) in underwritten public offerings, which opinion and letter shall be dated the dates such opinions and comfort letters are customarily dated and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the underwriter(s) and to the Majority Participating Holders and (ii) furnish to each Holder participating in the offering and to each underwriter a copy of such opinion and comfort letter addressed to such underwriter;
(m) deliver promptly to counsel for each Participating Holder and to each managing underwriter, if any, copies of all correspondence between the SEC and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the SEC or its staff with respect to the registration statement and, upon receipt of such confidentiality agreements as the Company may reasonably request, make reasonably available for inspection by counsel for each Participating Holder, by counsel for any underwriter participating in any Transfer to be effected pursuant to such registration statement and by any accountant or other agent retained by any Participating Holder or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such counsel for a Participating Holder, counsel for an underwriter, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement;
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(n)    use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement, or the prompt lifting of any suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for Transfer in any jurisdiction, in each case, as promptly as reasonably practicable;
(o)    provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities, not later than the effective date of the registration statement;
(p)    promptly prior to the filing of any document which is to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement or the prospectus (after the initial filing of such registration statement), and prior to the filing of any free writing prospectus, provide copies of such document to counsel for each Participating Holder and to each managing underwriter, if any, and make the Company’s representatives reasonably available for discussion of such document and make such changes in such document concerning the Participating Holders prior to the filing thereof as counsel for the Participating Holders or underwriter(s) may reasonably request;
(q)    furnish to counsel for each Participating Holder and to each managing underwriter, without charge, at least one signed copy of the registration statement and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act and all exhibits (including those incorporated by reference) and any free writing prospectus utilized in connection therewith;
(r)    cooperate with the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates not bearing any restrictive legends representing the Registrable Securities to be Transferred, and cause such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names in accordance with the underwriting agreement at least two Business Days prior to any Transfer of Registrable Securities to the underwriter(s) or, if not an underwritten offering, in accordance with the instructions of the Participating Holders at least two Business Days prior to any Transfer of Registrable Securities and instruct any transfer agent and registrar of Registrable Securities to release any stop transfer orders in respect thereof;
(s)    in connection with an underwritten offering, cooperate with any due diligence investigation by any Manager, underwriter or Participating Holder and make available such documents and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries that they reasonably request (which, in the case of the Participating Holder, may be subject to the execution by the Participating Holder of a customary confidentiality agreement in a form which is reasonably satisfactory to the Company);
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(t)    take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act;
(u)    take all such other commercially reasonable actions as are necessary or advisable in order to expedite or facilitate the Transfer of such Registrable Securities;
(v)    take all reasonable actions to ensure that any free writing prospectus utilized in connection with any registration covered by Section 2.1 or 2.2 complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related prospectus, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(w)    in connection with any underwritten offering, if at any time the information conveyed to a purchaser at the time of sale includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, promptly file with the SEC such amendments or supplements to such information as may be necessary so that the statements as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances, be misleading.
It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4 that each Participating Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them, and the intended method of Transfer of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request so long as such information is necessary for the Company to consummate such registration and shall be used only in connection with such registration.
If any such registration statement or comparable statement under state “blue sky” laws refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the Holder of any securities of the Company, then such Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the Company’s securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company, or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not in the judgment of the Company, as advised by counsel, required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute or any state “blue sky” or securities law then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder.
Section 2.5. Shelf Offerings. To the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (a “WKSI”) at the time, any Initiating Holder may request that the Company file an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (an “automatic shelf registration statement”) on Form S-3, in which case the Company shall file an automatic shelf registration statement which covers those Registrable Securities which are requested to be registered. If the Company does not pay the filing fee covering the Registrable Securities at the time the automatic shelf registration statement is filed, the Company agrees to pay such fee at such time or times as the Registrable Securities are to be sold.
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If the automatic shelf registration statement has been outstanding for three years, at or around the end of the third year the Company shall file a new automatic shelf registration statement covering the Registrable Securities, it being understood that the Company may elect to file such a new automatic shelf registration statement in advance of such three-year anniversary. If at any time when the Company is required to re-evaluate its WKSI status the Company determines that it is not a WKSI, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to refile the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and, if such form is not available, Form S-1 and keep such registration statement effective during the period during which such registration statement is required to be kept effective hereunder.
The Holders may use such Form S-3 to Transfer their Registrable Securities on a non-underwritten basis and may utilize such Form S-3 on an underwritten basis if requested by the Initiating Holder(s) (with any such request being deemed to be a Demand Registration Request pursuant to Section 2.1 and subject to the limits and rules set forth therein, mutatis mutandis). For so long as such Form S-3 is effective and available for use, Initiating Holder(s) may only request usage of such Form S-3 for an underwritten offering and not any other Demand Registration under Section 2.1.
Section 2.6.    Registration Expenses. All Expenses incurred in connection with any registration, filing, qualification or compliance pursuant to Article II shall be borne by the Company, whether or not a registration statement becomes effective. All underwriting discounts and all selling commissions relating to securities registered by the Holders shall be borne by the holders of such securities pro rata in accordance with the number of shares Transferred in the offering by such Participating Holder.
Section 2.7.    Certain Limitations on Registration Rights. In the case of any registration under Section 2.1 pursuant to an underwritten offering, or, in the case of a registration under Section 2.2, if the Company has determined to enter into a customary underwriting agreement in connection therewith, all securities to be included in such registration shall be subject to the underwriting agreement and no Person may participate in such registration or offering unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided therein and completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires and other documents (including custody agreements and powers of attorney) that must be executed in connection therewith (provided, however, that all such documents shall be consistent with the provisions hereof) and (ii) provides such other information to the Company or the underwriter(s) as may be necessary to register such Person’s securities.
Section 2.8.    Limitations on Sale or Distribution of Other Securities.
(a) Each Holder agrees, (i) to the extent requested in writing by a managing underwriter, if any, of any registration effected pursuant to Section 2.1, not to Transfer, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, any Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents (other than as part of such underwritten public offering) during the time period reasonably requested by the managing underwriter, not to exceed 90 days and (ii) to the extent requested in writing by a managing underwriter of any underwritten public offering effected by the Company for its own account, not to sell any Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents (other than as part of such underwritten public offering) during the time period reasonably requested by the managing underwriter, which period shall not exceed 90 days subject to the same exceptions as provided in the lock-up provisions contained in the underwriting agreement for the IPO; and, if so requested, each Holder agrees to enter into a customary lock-up agreement with such managing underwriter.
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(b)    The Company hereby agrees that, if it shall previously have received a request for registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2, and if such previous registration shall not have been withdrawn or abandoned, the Company shall not Transfer Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents (other than as part of such underwritten public offering, a registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor or similar form which is (x) then in effect or (y) shall become effective upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any then outstanding Company Shares Equivalent) until a period of 90 days shall have elapsed from the effective date of such previous registration.
Section 2.9.    No Required Sale. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create an independent obligation on the part of any Holder to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to any effective registration statement. A Holder is not required to include any of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement, is not required to sell any of its Registrable Securities which are included in any effective registration statement and may sell any of its Registrable Securities in any manner in compliance with applicable law (subject to the restrictions set forth in the Stockholders Agreement) even if such shares are already included in an effective registration statement.
Section 2.10.    Indemnification.
(a) In the event of any registration and/or offering of any securities of the Company pursuant to this Article II, the Company will, and hereby agrees to, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder, its directors, officers, fiduciaries, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, beneficiaries or general and limited partners (and the directors, officers, fiduciaries, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, beneficiaries or general and limited partners of any of the foregoing), any underwriter(s) (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, actions or proceedings (whether commenced or threatened) and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel and any amounts paid in any settlement effected with the Company’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to which each such indemnified party may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise in respect of such registration or offering (collectively, “Claims”), insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement under which such securities were registered or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Company will reimburse any such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any such indemnified party in any such case to the extent such Claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact made in such registration statement, preliminary or final prospectus, free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such indemnified party specifically for use therein. Such indemnity and reimbursement of expenses shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified party and shall survive the Transfer of such securities by such seller.
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(b)    Each Participating Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 2.10), to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its officers and directors, each Person controlling the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, each underwriter (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Company’s securities covered by such a registration statement, any Person who controls such underwriter and any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and each of its directors, officers, fiduciaries, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, beneficiaries or general and limited partners (and the directors, officers, fiduciaries, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, beneficiaries or general and limited partners of any of the foregoing) or any Person who controls such Holder with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact in, or omission or alleged omission of any material fact from, such registration statement, any preliminary or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any free writing prospectus utilized in connection therewith, if such statement or alleged statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or its representatives by or on behalf of such Participating Holder specifically for use therein, and reimburse such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the aggregate amount which any such Participating Holder shall be required to pay pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) and Sections 2.10(c) and 2.10(e) shall in no case be greater than the amount of the net proceeds actually received by such Participating Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to any such registration statement, preliminary or final prospectus, free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto giving rise to such Claim. The Company and each Participating Holder hereby acknowledge and agree that, unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by such Participating Holders to the contrary, for all purposes of this Agreement, the only information furnished or to be furnished to the Company for use in any such registration statement, preliminary or final prospectus, free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto are statements specifically relating to (i) the beneficial ownership of Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents by such Participating Holder and its Affiliates and (ii) the name and address of such Participating Holder. Such indemnity and reimbursement of expenses shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified party and shall survive the Transfer of such securities by such Holder.
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(c)    Indemnification similar to that specified in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 2.10 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each Participating Holder with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any applicable securities and state “blue sky” laws.
(d)    Any Person entitled to indemnification under this Agreement shall notify promptly the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which a claim for indemnification may be made pursuant to this Section 2.10, but the failure of any indemnified party to provide such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.10, except to the extent the indemnifying party is materially and actually prejudiced thereby, and shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Article II. In case any action or proceeding is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to (x) participate in such action or proceeding and (y) unless, in the reasonable opinion of outside counsel to the indemnified party, a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, assume the defense thereof jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. The indemnifying party shall promptly notify the indemnified party of its decision to assume the defense of such action or proceeding. If, and after, the indemnified party has received such notice from the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense of such action or proceeding other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that (i) if the indemnifying party fails to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently the action or proceeding within 20 days after receiving notice from such indemnified party that the indemnified party believes it has failed to do so, (ii) if such indemnified party who is a defendant in any action or proceeding which is also brought against the indemnifying party reasonably shall have concluded that there may be one or more legal or equitable defenses available to such indemnified party which are not available to the indemnifying party or which may conflict with those available to another indemnified party with respect to such Claim or (iii) if representation of both parties by the same counsel is otherwise inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct, then, in any such case, the indemnified party shall have the right to assume or continue its own defense as set forth above (but with no more than one firm of counsel for all indemnified parties in each jurisdiction, except to the extent any indemnified party or parties reasonably shall have made a conclusion described in clause (ii) or (iii) above) and the indemnifying party shall be liable for any expenses therefor. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim), unless such settlement or compromise (A) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action or claim and (B) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party. The indemnity obligations contained in Sections 2.10(a) and 2.10(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the indemnified party which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
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(e)    If for any reason the foregoing indemnity is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 2.10(a), (b) or (c), then each applicable indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to such indemnified party as a result of any Claim in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, with respect to such Claim as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. If, however, the allocation provided in the second preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative faults but also the relative benefits of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if any contribution pursuant to this Section 2.10(e) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the preceding sentences of this Section 2.10(e). The amount paid or payable in respect of any Claim shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.10(e) to the contrary, no indemnifying party (other than the Company) shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.10(e) to contribute any amount greater than the amount of the net proceeds actually received by such indemnifying party upon the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement giving rise to such Claim, less the amount of any indemnification payment made by such indemnifying party pursuant to Section 2.10(b) and (c).
(f)    The indemnity and contribution agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution which any indemnified party may have pursuant to law or contract (except as set forth in subsection (h) below) and shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made or omitted by or on behalf of any indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by any such party and the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement.
(g)    The indemnification and contribution required by this Section 2.10 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when (and in any event within the date that is 30 days after) bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred; provided, however, that the recipient thereof hereby undertakes to repay such payments if and to the extent it shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such recipient is not entitled to such payment hereunder.
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Article III
Underwritten Offerings
Section 3.1.    Requested Underwritten Offerings. If the Initiating Holder(s) request an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration under Section 2.1 (pursuant to a request for a registration statement to be filed in connection with a specific underwritten offering or a request for a shelf takedown in the form of an underwritten offering), the Company shall enter into a customary underwriting agreement with the underwriter(s). Each such Participating Holder shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriter(s) other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Participating Holder, its ownership of and title to the Registrable Securities and any written information specifically provided by such Participating Holder for inclusion in the registration statement and its intended method of Transfer. Any liability of such Participating Holder to any underwriter or other Person under such underwriting agreement for indemnity, contribution or otherwise shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement, preliminary or final prospectus, free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto and shall be limited to liability for written information specifically provided by such Participating Holder for use in any such registration statement, preliminary or final prospectus, free writing prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto .
Section 3.2.    Piggyback Underwritten Offerings. In the case of a registration pursuant to Section 2.2 that involves an underwritten offering, if the Company shall enter into a customary underwriting agreement in connection therewith, then all of the Participating Holders’ Registrable Securities to be included in such registration shall be subject to such underwriting agreement.
Article IV
General
Section 4.1.    Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply, to the full extent set forth herein with respect to the Registrable Securities, to any and all shares of capital stock of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company (whether by merger, share exchange, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of Registrable Securities and shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, recapitalizations and the like occurring after the date hereof so that the rights and privileges granted herein will continue.
Section 4.2. Rule 144 and Rule 144A.
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If the Company shall have filed a registration statement pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act or a registration statement pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act in respect of the Company Shares or Company Shares Equivalents, the Company covenants that (i) so long as it remains subject to the reporting provisions of the Exchange Act, it will timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (including, but not limited to, the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended (“Rule 144”)) or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales by such Holder under Rule 144, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended (“Rule 144A”), or any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC, and (ii) it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements) or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
Section 4.3.    Amendments and Waivers; Termination. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 4.3 shall be binding upon each Holder and the Company. Any waiver of any breach or default by any other party of any of the terms of this Agreement effected in accordance with this Section 4.3 shall not operate as a waiver of any other breach or default, whether similar to or different from the breach or default waived. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be implied from any course of dealing between the parties hereto or from any failure by any party to assert its or his or her rights hereunder on any occasion or series of occasions. This Agreement will terminate as to any Holder when it no longer holds any Registrable Securities.
Section 4.4.    Beneficial Ownership. If Registrable Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof, the beneficial owner thereof may, at its option, be treated as the Holder of such Registrable Securities for purposes of any request or other action by any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement (or any determination of any number or percentage of shares constituting Registrable Securities held by any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities contemplated by this Agreement); provided, however, that the Company shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of such beneficial ownership.
Section 4.5. Notices. Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, consents, approvals, reports, designations, requests, waivers, elections and other communications authorized or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given, made or delivered (and shall be deemed to have been duly given, made or delivered upon receipt) by personal hand-delivery, by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail, by mailing the same in a sealed envelope, registered first-class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery, in each case addressed to the Company at the address set forth below or to the applicable Holder at the address indicated on Schedule A hereto (or at such other address for a Holder as shall be specified by like notice):
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if to the Company, to it at:
Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc.
221 Shepard Street
Ripon, Wisconsin 54971
Attention:    Samantha Hannan
E-mail:    Samantha.Hannan@alliancels.com
with copies (which shall not constitute actual notice) to:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Two Manhattan West
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, New York 10001
Attention:    Nicholas A. Dorsey and Kelly M. Smercina
E-mail:    ndorsey@cravath.com; ksmercina@cravath.com
Section 4.6.    Successors and Assigns.
(a)    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
(b)    A Holder may Assign his, her or its rights under this Agreement without the Company’s consent to an Assignee of Registrable Securities which (i) is, with respect to any Holder, the spouse, parent, sibling, child, step-child or grandchild of such Holder, or the spouse thereof and any trust, limited liability company, limited partnership, private foundation or other estate planning vehicle for such Holder or for the benefit of any of the foregoing or other persons pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution or (ii) is a legatee, executor or other fiduciary pursuant to a last will and testament of the Holder or pursuant to the terms of any trust which take effect upon the death of the Holder. In addition, any Holder may Assign his, her or its rights under this Agreement without the Company’s prior written consent so long as such Assignment (A) occurs in connection with the Transfer of all, but not less than all, of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a single transaction in the case of such an Assignment by a Holder and (B) results in the Assignee holding not less than 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Shares at the time of such transfer. Subject to subsection (c) below, any Assignment shall be conditioned upon prior written notice to the Company identifying the name and address of such Assignee and any other material information as to the identity of such Assignee as may be reasonably requested, and Schedule A hereto shall be updated to reflect such Assignment.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.6, any Holder may elect to Transfer all or a portion of its Registrable Securities to any third party without Assigning its rights hereunder with respect thereto; provided that in any such event all rights under this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities so Transferred shall cease and terminate.
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Section 4.7.    Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general public, the Company may, without the prior written consent of the Holders, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that provides such holder or prospective holder of securities of the Company comparable, but not conflicting, registration rights granted to the Holders hereby.
Section 4.8.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior agreement or understanding among them with respect to the matters referred to herein.
Section 4.9.    Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction.
(a)    Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflict-of-laws rule or principle (whether of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that might refer the governance or the construction of this Agreement to the law of another jurisdiction.
(b)    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. The Company or any Holder may file an original counterpart or a copy of this Section 4.9(b) with any court as written evidence of the consent of any of the parties hereto to the waiver of their rights to trial by jury.
(c)    Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (i) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom located in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court sitting in Wilmington, Delaware) (together, the “Specified Courts”) in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from such court, (iii) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the Specified Courts and (iv) to the fullest extent permitted by law, consents to service being made through the notice procedures set forth in Section 4.5. Each party hereto hereby agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses set forth in Section 4.5 shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 4.10.    Interpretation; Construction.
(a)    The headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.
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Where a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.
(b)    The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 4.11.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission or other electronic signature of this Agreement signed by such party (via PDF, TIFF, JPEG or the like)) with counterpart pages or in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall, taken together, be considered one and the same agreement, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.
Section 4.12.    Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be construed by limiting it so as to be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent provided by law, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 4.13.    Specific Performance. It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be impossible to measure the money damages that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with any of the obligations imposed on them by this Agreement and that, in the event of any such failure, an aggrieved party will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Each party hereto shall, therefore, be entitled (in addition to any other remedy to which such party may be entitled at law or in equity) to injunctive relief, including specific performance, to enforce such obligations, without the posting of any bond, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.
Section 4.14.    Confidentiality. Each Holder agrees that any information obtained thereby pursuant to this Agreement (including any information about any proposed registration or offering pursuant to Articles II or III hereof) will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, be disclosed by such Holder or used by such Holder for any purpose other than the exercise of such Holder’s rights under this Agreement; provided that each Holder may disclose any such information on a confidential basis to its directors, officers, fiduciaries, trustees, employees and representatives.
Section 4.15.    Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall do and perform or cause to be done and performed all such further acts and things and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents as any other party hereto reasonably may request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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COMPANY
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
By:  /s/ Michael Schoeb
Name: Michael Schoeb
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


BDT BADGER HOLDINGS, LLC
By: BDTCP GP II-A, L.P., its managing member
By: BDTCP GP II, CO., its general partner
By  /s/ Mary Ann Todd
Name: Mary Ann Todd
Title: Secretary & General Counsel
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


SCHEDULE A
Party Address
BDT Badger Holdings, LLC
c/o BDT Capital Partners, LLC, 401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60611

EX-10.3 5 exhibit103-8xk.htm EX-10.3 Document
Exhibit 10.3
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement
This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of October 9, 2025 (“Effective Date”) by and between Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Michael D. Schoeb (“Executive”) and it amends and restates the Employment Agreement dated as of November 9, 2015 between Executive and Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company (along with all amendments thereto preceding this Agreement, the “Prior Employment Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive wish to enter into this Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual benefits to be derived herefrom and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Company and Executive, the parties agree as follows.
SECTION 1.    Employment; Term. The Company hereby agrees to employ Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The term of employment under this Agreement (the “Term”) shall be the period commencing on October 9, 2025 and continuing for three years thereafter, as may be extended in accordance with this Section 1 and subject to earlier termination in accordance with Section 4. The Term shall be extended automatically without further action by either party by one additional year (added to the end of the Term), and then on each succeeding annual anniversary thereafter, unless either party shall have given written notice to the other party at least 90 days prior to the date upon which such extension would otherwise have become effective electing not to further extend the Term. Upon such election, Executive’s employment shall terminate on the date upon which such extension would otherwise have become effective, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 4. A notice of non-renewal of the Term by the Company pursuant to this Section 1 shall be deemed to be a termination without Cause by the Company for purposes of this Agreement as of the end of the Term.
SECTION 2. Position and Duties. During the Term, Executive will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as an officer or director of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company if elected or appointed to such positions, as applicable, during the Term. In such capacities, Executive shall perform such duties and shall have such responsibilities as are normally associated with such positions, and as otherwise may be assigned to Executive from time to time by or upon the authority of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Subject to Section 4(e), Executive’s functions, duties and responsibilities are subject to reasonable changes as the Company may in good faith determine from time to time. Executive hereby agrees to accept such employment and to serve the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates to the best of Executive’s ability in such capacities, devoting all of Executive’s business time to such employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Term, Executive may (a) participate in charitable, civic, educational, professional, community or industry affairs, but service on any board shall be subject to clause (b); (b) with prior written consent for each individual board position (which may be granted or denied in the Board’s reasonable discretion), serve as a member of the boards of directors of for profit and not for profit entities; and (c) manage Executive’s passive personal investments, so long as such activities, individually or in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with Executive’s duties hereunder or create an actual or potential business or fiduciary conflict.
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Executive is not required or expected to relocate full time; however, Executive acknowledges that, at the Company’s expense, he is expected to engage in business travel, including to other Company locations, from time to time as appropriate to perform his duties hereunder.
SECTION 3.    Compensation.
a.    Base Salary. During the Term, Executive will receive a base salary of $945,000 per annum, payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices. In the event that the Company, in its sole discretion, from time to time determines to increase Executive’s base salary, such increased amount shall, from and after the effective date of such increase, constitute the “base salary” of Executive for purposes of this Agreement.
b.    Incentive Compensation. Executive shall have the opportunity annually to earn incentive compensation (“Incentive Compensation”) during the Term in amounts determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) in its sole discretion in accordance with the applicable incentive compensation plan of the Company as in effect from time to time (the “Bonus Plan”). Under the Bonus Plan, Executive’s target annual incentive opportunity shall be no less than 112.5% of Executive’s base salary (the “Target Bonus”), with Executive eligible for a maximum payout equaling two times the Target Bonus. All Incentive Compensation shall be subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the Bonus Plan.
c.    Expense Reimbursement. Subject to Section 4(k), during the Term the Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary travel and other business expenses incurred by Executive in connection with the performance of Executive’s duties under this Agreement, on a timely basis in accordance with the Company’s standard policies and procedures.
d. Employee Benefits. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate, without discrimination or duplication, in any and all medical insurance (including executive physical medical benefits), group health, disability, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, 401(k) or other retirement, deferred compensation, stock ownership and such other plans and programs which are made generally available by the Company to similarly situated executives of the Company in accordance with the terms of such plans and programs and subject to the right of the Company (or its applicable affiliate) to at any time amend or terminate any such plan or program. Executive shall also be entitled to executive concierge medical benefits, not to exceed $5,000 per year. Executive shall be entitled to no less than five weeks of paid vacation each year, in addition to any holidays and other time off afforded under the Company’s policies in effect from time to time. The Company shall provide the use of the Company’s private plane for personal use by the Executive for up to twenty-five (25) flight hours per year, the timing and use of such flight hours to be determined in good faith between the Board and the Executive; provided that such use is also in accordance with any applicable aircraft usage policy or procedures that the Company may maintain from time to time.
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e.    Taxes. Payment of all compensation and benefits to Executive under this Agreement shall be subject to all legally required and customary withholdings. The Company shall not be liable for, nor shall it be required to indemnify Executive for or otherwise hold Executive harmless from, any adverse tax effect, liability or penalty associated with the compensation and benefits payable to Executive under this Agreement (including any such adverse tax effect, liability or penalty that may be imposed under Section 4999 of the Code, or any similar tax imposed by state or local law, or Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”)).
SECTION 4.    At-Will Employment; Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement does not constitute a contract of employment for any specific period of time but rather creates an “at-will” employment relationship that the Company may terminate at any time with or without Cause (as defined below). Any termination of Executive’s employment prior to the end of the Term shall be in accordance with the terms described in this Section 4, and the Term shall automatically terminate upon any termination of Executive’s employment.
a.    Termination by Executive for Other than Good Reason. Executive may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason other than Good Reason upon 60 days’ prior written notice to the Company referring to this Section 4(a). In the event Executive terminates Executive’s employment for other than Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled only to the following compensation and benefits (the payments set forth in Sections 4(a)(i) - 4(a)(iii), collectively, the “Standard Termination Payments”):
(i)    any accrued but unpaid base salary for services rendered by Executive through the date of such termination, along with payment for any accrued but unused vacation time, both payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices;
(ii)    any vested non-forfeitable amounts owing or accrued at the date of such termination under benefit plans, programs and arrangements in which Executive participated during the Term (which will be paid under the terms and conditions of such plans, programs, and arrangements); and
(iii)    any reasonable business expenses and disbursements incurred by Executive prior to such termination, which will be reimbursed in accordance with Section 3(c).
b.    Termination By Reason of Death. If Executive dies during the Term, the last beneficiary designated by Executive by written notice to the Company (or, in the absence of such designation, Executive’s estate) shall be entitled to:
(i)    the Standard Termination Payments; and
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(ii)    notwithstanding anything in any equity plan or award agreements thereunder to the contrary, immediate vesting and exercisability (to the extent applicable) of Executive’s outstanding time-based equity awards, and continued vesting of all performance-based awards, which will be eligible to vest and settle based on actual performance at the end of the applicable performance period. Except as provided in this Section 4(b)(ii), Executive’s equity awards will remain subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable equity plan and award agreements thereunder (including, to the extent applicable, performance-based vesting terms and forfeiture of performance-based awards to the extent so provided under the applicable award agreements due to failure to satisfy the applicable performance-based vesting terms), and no provision hereof will be construed as to limit the actions that may be taken under, or to violate the terms of, such equity plan.
c.    Termination By Reason of Total Disability. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment in the event of Executive’s “Total Disability.” For purposes of this Agreement, “Total Disability” shall mean Executive’s inability to perform the customary duties of his position of employment by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. The Company may require such medical or other evidence as it deems necessary to judge the nature and permanency of Executive’s condition. In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company by reason of Total Disability, Executive shall not be entitled to:
(i)    the Standard Termination Payments; and
(ii)    notwithstanding anything in any equity plan or award agreements thereunder to the contrary, immediate vesting and exercisability (to the extent applicable) of Executive’s outstanding time-based equity awards, and continued vesting of all performance-based awards, which will be eligible to vest and settle based on actual performance at the end of the applicable performance period. Except as provided in this Section 4(c)(ii), Executive’s equity awards will remain subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable equity plan and award agreements thereunder (including, to the extent applicable, performance-based vesting terms and forfeiture of performance-based awards to the extent so provided under the applicable award agreements due to failure to satisfy the applicable performance-based vesting terms), and no provision hereof will be construed as to limit the actions that may be taken under, or to violate the terms of, such equity plan.
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d. Termination by the Company for Cause. The Company may terminate the employment of Executive at any time for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: (i) Executive’s conviction, plea of guilty or nolo contendere of (A) a felony or (B) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud; (ii) Executive’s dishonest statements or acts with respect to the Company or any affiliate, or any current or prospective customers, suppliers vendors or other third parties with which such entity does business which causes or is reasonably expected to cause material harm to the Company; (iii) Executive’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or insubordination with respect to the Company or any affiliate which causes or is reasonably expected to cause material harm to the Company; or (iv) Executive’s material violation of any provision of any agreements between Executive and the Company relating to noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure and/or assignment of inventions; provided that, upon the occurrence of one or more conditions specified in clauses (ii) through (iv) above, the Company shall provide notice to Executive of the existence of such condition(s) and Executive shall have 30 days following receipt of such notice to cure such condition(s) to the extent curable, and any failure by Executive to correct such condition(s) shall result in any termination of Executive’s employment during the 60-day period following such 30-day period to be deemed a termination for Cause. In the event Executive’s employment is terminated for Cause, Executive shall not be entitled to receive any compensation or benefits under this Agreement except for the Standard Termination Payments.
e.    Termination by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment at any time without Cause, and Executive may terminate Executive’s employment for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following, without Executive’s prior written consent: (i) a material diminution in Executive’s title, position, duties, authorities or responsibilities or a material detrimental change in Executive’s reporting relationship; (ii) a material reduction by the Company of Executive’s then-current annual target compensation (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is comprised of annual base salary, annual target bonus and target value of annual equity-based awards), other than prior to a “Change of Control” (as defined in the Equity Plan), any reduction that (A) is generally applicable to senior leadership team executives of the Company and (B) does not exceed 15% of Executive’s then-current annual target compensation in the aggregate; and (iii) any material breach by the Company of any agreement between Executive and the Company; provided that no such event shall constitute Good Reason unless Executive notifies the Company of the occurrence of such event within 30 days after Executive first knows or should have known (after reasonable inquiry) of such occurrence, the Company fails to cure such event within 90 days after receipt of such notice and Executive terminates employment within 30 days following the end of such cure period. In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (including, for the avoidance of doubt, non-renewal of the Term by the Company pursuant to Section 1) or by Executive for Good Reason (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, due to a notice of non-renewal of the Term by the Executive pursuant to Section 1), and subject to Executive’s execution and non-revocation of the Release (as defined below) no later than 52 days after the date of Executive’s termination of employment (such date, the “Release Effective Date”), the Company shall pay or provide the following amounts to Executive; provided that, the first such payment shall be made on the first payroll date occurring on or after the Release Effective Date and shall include payment of any amounts that would otherwise be due prior thereto:
(i)    the Standard Termination Payments;
(ii) an amount equal to the Executive’s base salary then in effect (without giving effect to any reduction giving rise to Executive’s right to a resignation for Good Reason), payable in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over a period of 24 months after such termination;
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(iii)    an amount equal to 200% of Executive’s Target Bonus in effect for the year in which such termination occurs (without giving effect to any reduction giving rise to Executive’s right to a resignation for Good Reason), payable in equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over a period of 24 months after such termination;
(iv)    if Executive maintains health coverage under the Company’s group health plan on the date of such termination, then regardless of whether Executive elects COBRA continuation coverage, an amount equal to the product of (A) the monthly COBRA premium that Executive would be required to pay to continue the level of group health coverage in effect on the date of such termination (with such amount based on the applicable monthly premium in effect on such date) and (B) 24, payable in a single, taxable lump-sum on the first payroll date occurring on or after the Release Effective Date; and
(v)    notwithstanding anything in any equity plan or award agreements thereunder to the contrary, a “Pro Rata Portion” of all of Executive’s outstanding equity awards that are unvested and exercisable (to the extent applicable), with all applicable time-based awards to be settled on the Release Effective Date and all applicable performance-based awards, eligible to vest and settle based on actual performance at the end of the applicable performance period. For purposes of the Agreement, “Pro Rata Portion” means a number of equity awards, equal to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock subject to such equity award multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of days elapsed from the applicable grant date through the date that Executive’s employment is terminated, inclusive, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the vesting schedule for such equity award; provided that, the pro rata portion shall be reduced by the number of shares of the Company’s common stock subject to any portion of the equity award that has otherwise vested on or prior to the date of such termination. Except as provided in this Section 4(e)(v), Executive’s equity awards will remain subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable equity plan and award agreements thereunder (including, to the extent applicable, performance-based vesting terms and forfeiture of performance-based awards to the extent so provided under the applicable award agreements due to failure to satisfy the applicable performance-based vesting terms), and no provision hereof will be construed as to limit the actions that may be taken under, or to violate the terms of, such equity plan.
f. Termination by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason in Connection with a Change of Control. In the event Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason pursuant to 4(e) and such termination occurs on, or within two years immediately following, a Change of Control (such period, the “Change of Control Period”), Executive shall be entitled (without duplication) to the payments and benefits described below:
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(i)    the Standard Termination Payments;
(ii)    an amount equal to three times the Executive’s base salary then in effect (without giving effect to any reduction giving rise to Executive’s right to a resignation for Good Reason);
(iii)    an amount equal to 300% of Executive’s Target Bonus in effect for the year in which such termination occurs (without giving effect to any reduction giving rise to Executive’s right to a resignation for Good Reason);
(iv)    eligibility to receive the benefit described in Section 4(e)(iv) above, except that the numerical figure in 4(e)(iv)(B) shall read 36; and
(v)    notwithstanding anything in any equity plan or award agreements thereunder to the contrary, immediate vesting and exercisability (to the extent applicable) of Executive’s outstanding equity awards, with all performance conditions (appropriately prorated through the date of such termination) deemed satisfied at the greater of target and actual level of performance, on the date of termination. Except as provided in this Section 4(f)(v), Executive’s equity awards will remain subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable equity plan and award agreements thereunder, and no provision hereof will be construed as to limit the actions that may be taken under, or to violate the terms of, such equity plan.
Subject to Executive’s execution and non-revocation of the Release, the cash severance amounts described in Sections 4(f)(ii)-(iv) will be paid in a single lump-sum payment on the first payroll date occurring on or after the Release Effective Date; provided, however, that in the event any portion of such cash severance amounts would constitute “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A, then the amount of cash severance payable under this Section 4(f) will be reduced by the aggregate amount of such portion, which will instead be paid on the payment schedule applicable to the cash severance amounts described in Section 4(e), without regard to this Section 4(f), and otherwise in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A. Further, the equity awards described in Section 4(f)(v) will be (A) settled within 30 days following the date of termination, or such later date as may be required to comply with Section 409A, or, (B) in the case of stock options and stock appreciation rights, exercisable through the date that is (x) three months following the date of termination or (y) the remaining exercise period provided for in the applicable award agreement, whichever is shorter.
g.    Set-Off. To the fullest extent permitted by law and provided an acceleration of income or the imposition of an additional tax under Section 409A would not result, any amounts otherwise due to Executive hereunder (including any payments pursuant to this Section 4) shall be subject to set-off with respect to any amounts Executive otherwise owes the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
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h.    No Other Benefits or Compensation. Except as may be specifically provided under this Agreement, the Company’s Senior Executive Severance and Change of Control Plan (subject to no duplication of benefits as set forth in Section 12 thereof), any other effective written agreement between Executive and the Company that expressly survives execution of this Agreement or the terms of any plan or policy applicable to Executive, Executive shall have no right to receive any other compensation from the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or to participate in any other plan, arrangement or benefit provided by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, with respect to any future period after such termination or resignation. Executive acknowledges and agrees that Executive is entitled to no compensation or benefits from the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of any kind or nature whatsoever in respect of periods prior to the date of this Agreement. Executive agrees that he shall not receive any fees or other compensation (including equity compensation) for Board service.
i.    Release of Employment Claims; Compliance with Section 5. Executive agrees, as a condition to receipt of any termination payments and benefits provided for in this Section 4 (other than the Standard Termination Payments), that Executive will execute a general release agreement, in substantially the form set forth under Exhibit A (the “Release”), releasing any and all claims arising out of Executive’s employment and the termination of such employment. The Company shall provide Executive with the proposed form of Release no later than seven days following the date of termination. Executive shall thereupon have 21 days or, if required by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, 45 days, to the Release and, if he executes the Release, shall have seven days after execution of the Release to revoke the Release. Absent such revocation, the Release shall become binding on Executive. The Company’s obligation to make any termination payments and benefits provided for in this Section 4 (other than the Standard Termination Payments) shall immediately cease if Executive willfully or materially breaches Section 5(a), 5(b), 5(c), 5(d) or 5(i).
j. Section 280G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement to the contrary, if any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company to Executive or for Executive’s benefit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (“Covered Payments”) constitute parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (“Section 280G”), and would, but for this provision be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such taxes, then the Covered Payments shall be either (i) reduced to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the Covered Payments becomes subject to the excise tax or (ii) payable in full if Executive’s receipt on a net after-tax basis of the full amount of payments and benefits (taking into account the applicable federal, state, local and foreign income, employment and excise taxes) would result in Executive receiving an amount greater than the reduced amount in clause (i). In the event of a reduction of benefits under this section, the Covered Payments shall be reduced in the order that results in the greatest economic benefit to Executive in a manner that would not result in subjecting Executive to additional taxation under Section 409A. Any determination required under this section shall be made in writing, in good faith by a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Executive be entitled to a gross up from the Company to cover any excise tax to which Executive may be subject.
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k.    Section 409A.
(i)    General. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement comply with Section 409A, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, payments provided under this Agreement may only be made upon an event and in a manner that complies with Section 409A or an applicable exemption. Any payments under this Agreement that may be excluded from Section 409A either as separation pay due to an involuntary separation from service or as a short-term deferral shall be excluded from Section 409A to the maximum extent possible, and to the extent required to comply with Section 409A, no payment or benefit required to be paid under this Agreement on account of termination of the Executive’s employment shall be made unless and until Executive incurs a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A or prior to the Release Effective Date. If the Company determines that any compensation or benefits provided under this Agreement constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A, and the period for providing the Release spans two calendar years, then regardless of when the Release is returned to the Company and becomes effective, the Release Effective Date will not be deemed to have occurred, solely for purposes of the timing of payment of compensation or benefits under this Agreement, until the later of the day that it would become effective under its terms or the first day of the latter calendar year.
(ii)    Specified Employees. If, at the time of Executive’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i)), (i) Executive is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable to Executive constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date, but shall instead accumulate such amount and pay it, without interest, on the first business day after such six-month period. To the extent required by Section 409A, any payment or benefit that would be considered deferred compensation subject to, and not exempt from, Section 409A, payable or provided upon a termination of Executive’s employment, shall only be paid or provided to Executive upon Executive’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A).
(iii) Separate Payments. For purposes of Section 409A, each payment under this Agreement will be deemed to be a separate payment as permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) and, accordingly, each installment payment under this Agreement shall at all times be considered a separate and distinct payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement comply with Section 409A, and in no event shall the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest, or other expenses that may be incurred by Executive on account of non-compliance with Section 409A.
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(iv)    Reimbursement Payments. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A or as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, the benefits and reimbursements provided to Executive under this Agreement during any calendar year shall not affect the benefits and reimbursements to be provided to Executive under this Agreement in any other calendar year, and the right to such benefits and reimbursements cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit and shall be provided in accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) or any successor thereto. Further, in the case of reimbursement payments, reimbursement payments shall be made to Executive as soon as practicable following the date that the applicable expense is incurred, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the underlying expense is incurred.
(v)    Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other compensation or benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to amend this Agreement as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A. The Company also reserves the right to pay compensation and provide benefits under this Agreement (including under Section 3 and Section 4) in amounts, at times and in a manner that minimizes taxes, interest or penalties as a result of Section 409A. The Company makes no representations concerning the tax consequences of the compensation and benefits provided in this Agreement under Section 409A. Executive’s tax consequences shall depend, in part, upon the application of Section 409A to the relevant facts and circumstances.
SECTION 5.    Noncompetition; Non-solicitation; Nondisclosure; etc.
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a. Noncompetition; Non-solicitation. Executive hereby agrees that during the Term and for a period of two years after the termination for any reason of Executive’s employment (the “Relevant Period”), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) employ, solicit or retain, or solicit, induce or encourage any other person or entity to employ or retain, any person who is, or who at any time in the 12-month period prior to such time had been, employed or retained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or solicit, induce or encourage any such person to leave employment with the Company or its affiliates, (ii) solicit any person or entity that is, or that at any time in the 12-month period prior to such time had been, a customer or client or prospective customer or client of the Company or encourage any such person or entity to cease being a customer or client of the Company or (iii) provide services, whether as principal, agent, director, officer, employee, consultant, advisor, shareholder, partner, member or otherwise, alone or in association with any other person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship or unincorporated business or any non-U.S. business entity (whether or not for profit) (any such entity, a “Business”), to any Competing Business (as defined below) in any Restricted Area; provided, however, that Executive may provide services to a Business that is engaged in one or more businesses other than the segment of such Business that constitutes a Competing Business but only to the extent that Executive does not provide services, directly or indirectly, to the segment of such Business that constitutes the Competing Business. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Competing Business” shall mean any Business engaged in manufacturing, selling, distributing or servicing laundry equipment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Restricted Area” means any geographic area in the world in which the Company or any of its affiliates is engaged in business or any other jurisdiction or marketing area in which the Company is doing (or actively planning to do) business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions of this Section 5(a) shall not apply to the placement of general advertisements or the use of general search firm services with respect to a particular geographic area, but which are not targeted, directly or indirectly, towards employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Nothing in this Section 5(a) shall be construed as prohibiting Executive from passively owning securities of any corporation listed on a national securities exchange in an amount up to 2% of the outstanding number of such securities.
b. Proprietary Information; Inventions. The Company directs the Executive not to, and the Executive covenants that Executive shall not, employ the trade secrets or proprietary information of any third party in connection with Executive’s employment by the Company without such party’s prior written authorization. Executive shall promptly disclose in writing and provide to the Company any original works of authorship, ideas, designs, formulae, processes, improvements, compositions of matter, computer software programs, data, information or databases, methods, procedures, systems or other inventions, discoveries, developments or improvements of any kind that Executive conceives, reduces to practice, prepares, originates, develops, improves, modifies and/or creates, solely or jointly with others, during the period of Executive’s employment, or as a result of such employment (collectively, “Inventions”), and whether or not any such Inventions also may be included within “Confidential Information” or “Trade Secret Information” (as defined below), or are patentable, copyrightable or protectable as trade secrets. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company is and shall be the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and interest in and to the Inventions and, specifically, that any copyrightable works prepared by Executive within the scope of Executive’s employment are “works for hire” under the Copyright Act, that such “works for hire” are Inventions and that the Company shall be considered the author and sole and exclusive owner of such copyrightable works. In the event that any Invention is deemed not to be a “work for hire”, or in the event that Executive should, by operation of law, be deemed to be entitled to retain any rights, title or interest in and to any Invention, Executive hereby irrevocably waives all rights, title and interest and assigns to the Company all rights, title and interest, if any, in and to such Invention, without any further consideration and regardless of any use by the Company of such Invention, when or where the Invention is developed or created or whose equipment, supplies, facilities or other resources are used in its development or creation. Executive agrees that the Company, as the owner of all Inventions, has the full and complete right to prepare and create derivative works based upon the Inventions and to use, reproduce, publish, print, copy, market, advertise, disclose, distribute, transfer, sell, publicly perform and publicly display and otherwise exploit, by all means now known or later developed, such Inventions and derivative works anywhere throughout the world and at any time during or after Executive’s employment hereunder or otherwise.
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c.    Confidentiality and Surrender of Records.
(i) Executive shall use best efforts and diligence both during and after any employment with the Company, regardless of how, when or why such employment ends, to protect the confidential, trade secret and/or proprietary character of all Confidential Information and Trade Secret Information. Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, use (for Executive’s benefit or for the benefit of any other person) or disclose any Confidential Information or Trade Secret Information, for so long as it shall remain proprietary or protectable, except as may be necessary for the performance of Executive’s duties for the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall mean all confidential information of the Company, regardless of the form or medium in which it is or was created, stored, reflected or preserved, that is either developed by Executive (alone or with others) or to which Executive shall have had access during any employment with the Company. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, Trade Secret Information, and also includes information that is learned or acquired by the Company from others with whom the Company has a business relationship in which, and as a result of which, such information is revealed to the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Trade Secret Information” shall mean all information, including confidential or proprietary know-how, regardless of the form or medium in which it is or was created, stored, reflected or preserved, that is not commonly known by or generally available to the public and that: (i) derives or creates economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. The Company’s Trade Secret Information may include, but is not limited to, all confidential information relating to or reflecting the Company’s research and development plans and activities; compilations of data; product plans; sales, marketing and business plans and strategies; pricing, price lists, pricing methodologies and profit margins; current and planned incentive, recognition and rewards programs and services; personnel; inventions, concepts, ideas, designs and formulae; current, past and prospective customer lists; current, past and anticipated customer needs, preferences and requirements; market studies; computer software and programs (including object code and source code); and computer and database technologies, systems, structures and architectures. Executive understands that Confidential Information and/or Trade Secret Information may or may not be labeled as such, and Executive shall treat all information that appears to be Confidential Information and/or Trade Secret Information as confidential unless otherwise informed or authorized by the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to mean that the Company owns any intellectual property or ideas that were conceived by Executive before Executive commenced employment with the Company and which Executive has previously disclosed to the Company. Subject to Section 5(c)(ii), nothing in this Section 5(c)(i) shall prevent Executive from complying with a valid legal requirement (whether by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information or Trade Secret Information.
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(ii)    Executive shall use best efforts and diligence both during and after any employment with the Company, regardless of how, when or why such employment ends, to not disclose to anyone the contents of this Agreement, any portion or draft hereof provided to Executive or any of Executive’s representatives in connection with the preparation of this Agreement; provided, however, that Executive may disclose such information to Executive’s legal counsel, tax advisors or financial planners on the condition that Executive shall first instruct such counsel, advisors or planners, as applicable, not to disclose such information to anyone or otherwise make use of such information outside the scope of their retention by Executive.
(iii)    Executive agrees that both during and after any employment with the Company, regardless of how, when or why such employment ends, if Executive is legally required (whether by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information or Trade Secret Information, Executive shall promptly notify the Company of such request or requirement so that the Company may seek to avoid or minimize the required disclosure and/or to obtain an appropriate protective order or other appropriate relief to ensure that any information so disclosed is maintained in confidence to the maximum extent possible by the agency or other person receiving the disclosure, or, in the discretion of the Company, to waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 5(c). Thereafter, Executive shall use reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Company or otherwise, to avoid or minimize the required disclosure and/or to obtain such protective order or other relief. If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, Executive is compelled to disclose the Confidential Information or Trade Secret Information or else stand liable for contempt or suffer other sanction, censure or penalty, Executive shall disclose only so much of the Confidential Information or Trade Secret Information to the party compelling disclosure as Executive believes in good faith, on the basis of advice of counsel, is required by law, and Executive shall give the Company prior notice of the Confidential Information or Trade Secret Information Executive believes Executive is required to disclose. The Company shall reimburse any reasonable legal fees and related expenses Executive incurs in order to comply with this Section 5(c)(iii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive from (A) making reports of possible violations of U.S. federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Section 21F”), or (B) seeking or obtaining a whistleblower award from the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 21F.
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d.    Non-disparagement. During and after any employment with the Company, regardless of how, when or why such employment ends, (i) Executive shall not make, either directly or indirectly, any oral or written negative, disparaging or adverse statements or representations of or concerning the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, any of their clients, customers or businesses, or any of their current or former officers, directors, employees or shareholders and (ii) the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the Company Parties (as defined below) from making any oral or written negative, disparaging or adverse statements or representations of or concerning Executive; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit (i) critical communications between Executive and the Company or Company Parties during the Term and in connection with Executive’s employment, (ii) Executive or any Company Party from disclosing truthful information if legally required (whether by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) or (iii) either party from acting in good faith to enforce such party’s rights under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Company Parties” shall mean the directors, executive officers and designated spokespersons of the Company, acting in their capacity as representatives of the Company.
e.    Return of Company Property. All documents, data, recordings or other property, including, without limitation, smartphones, computers and other business equipment, whether tangible or intangible, including all information stored in electronic form, obtained or prepared by or for Executive and utilized by Executive in the course of Executive’s employment with the Company shall remain the exclusive property of the Company and Executive shall return all copies of such property upon any termination of Executive’s employment and as otherwise requested by the Company during the Term.
f.    Resignation from Offices. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive agrees to resign, effective as of the date of such termination, from any positions that Executive holds with the Company and its affiliates, including the Board (and any committees thereof) and the board of directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the Company’s affiliates. Executive hereby agrees to execute any and all documentation of such resignations upon request by the Company, but he shall be treated for all purposes as having so resigned upon termination of his employment, regardless of when or whether he executes any such documentation.
g. Reasonableness. Executive acknowledges that in Executive’s capacity as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Executive will have significant exposure and access to the Company’s Confidential Information and Trade Secret Information. In addition, Executive acknowledges that information regarding the Company’s business and financial relations with its vendors and customers is Confidential Information and is proprietary to the Company and that any interference with such relations based directly or indirectly on the use of such information would cause immeasurable and irreparable damage to the Company. Furthermore, Executive acknowledges that information regarding the Company’s employment relationships and service arrangements with its directors, officers and employees is Confidential Information, that the Company depends upon the unique talents, knowledge and expertise of its directors, officers and employees for its continued performance and that interference with such employment relationships or service arrangements would cause immeasurable and irreparable damage to the Company. Therefore, Executive acknowledges that the limitations and obligations contained in this Section 5 are, individually and in the aggregate, reasonable and properly required by the Company. Executive agrees that Executive shall not challenge or contest the reasonableness, validity or enforceability of any such limitations and obligations.
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h.    No Other Obligations. Executive represents that Executive is not precluded or limited in Executive’s ability to undertake or perform the duties described herein by any contract, agreement or restrictive covenant.
i.    “Clawback” Policies. Executive acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other agreement, plan or program, any incentive-based compensation or benefits contemplated under this Agreement (including Incentive Compensation and equity-based awards) shall be subject to recovery by the Company under any compensation recovery or “clawback” policy, generally applicable to senior executives of the Company, that the Company may adopt from time to time, including any policy under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or the requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Company’s common stock may be listed.
j.    Enforcement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that, by virtue of Executive’s position, services and access to and use of confidential records and proprietary information, any violation by Executive of any of the undertakings contained in this Section 5 would cause the Company immediate, substantial and irreparable injury for which it has no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, Executive agrees and consents to the entry of an injunction or other equitable relief by a court of competent jurisdiction restraining any violation or threatened violation of any undertaking contained in this Section 5. Executive waives posting of any bond otherwise necessary to secure such injunction or other equitable relief. Rights and remedies provided for in this Section 5 are cumulative and shall be in addition to rights and remedies otherwise available to the parties hereunder or under any other agreement or applicable law.
k. Cooperation with Regard to Litigation. Executive agrees to cooperate reasonably with the Company, during the Term and thereafter (including following Executive’s termination of employment for any reason), by providing information to the Company regarding matters related to his term of employment and by being available to testify on behalf of the Company in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative. In addition, except to the extent that Executive has or intends to assert in good faith an interest or position adverse to or inconsistent with the interest or position of the Company, Executive agrees to cooperate reasonably with the Company, during the Term and thereafter (including following Executive’s termination of employment for any reason), to assist the Company in any such action, suit, or proceeding by providing information and meeting and consulting with the Board or its representatives or counsel, or representatives or counsel to the Company, in each case, as reasonably requested by the Company. The Company agrees to pay (or reimburse, if already paid by Executive) all reasonable travel and communication expenses actually incurred in connection with Executive’s cooperation and assistance.
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l.    Survival. The provisions of this Section 5 shall survive the termination of the Term and any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
m.    Company. For purposes of this Section 5, references to the “Company” shall include the Company and each subsidiary and/or affiliate of the Company (and each of their respective joint ventures and equity method investees).
SECTION 6.    Code of Conduct. Executive acknowledges that Executive has read the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and agrees to abide by its terms, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and other policies applicable to employees and executives of the Company.
SECTION 7.    Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify Executive to the full extent permitted under the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-Laws and pursuant to any other agreements or policies in effect from time to time in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which Executive may be made a party by reason of Executive being an officer, director or employee of the Company or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.
SECTION 8.    Assignability; Binding Effect. Neither this Agreement nor the rights or obligations hereunder of the parties shall be transferable or assignable by Executive, except in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution and as specified below. The Company may assign this Agreement and the Company’s rights and obligations hereunder to any affiliate of the Company, provided that upon any such assignment the Company shall remain liable for the obligations to Executive hereunder. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Executive, Executive’s heirs, executors, administrators, and beneficiaries, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.
SECTION 9. Complete Understanding; Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement constitutes the complete understanding between the parties with respect to the employment of Executive from and after the Effective Date and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, including the Prior Employment Agreement and any entitlements to benefits or payments pursuant to any severance plan, policy, practice or arrangement maintained by the Company or any affiliate thereof as of the date this Agreement is executed by both parties, and no statement, representation, warranty or covenant has been made by either party with respect thereto except as expressly set forth herein; provided, however, except as otherwise provided in Sections 4(f) and 5(i), nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit, impair or supersede any agreement between the Company and Executive relating to grants of stock options, restricted stock units or other equity-based awards granted to Executive prior to the Effective Date, which shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of such agreements and the plan pursuant to which such awards were granted. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the termination of the Prior Employment Agreement and the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a termination of Executive’s employment under the Prior Employment Agreement for any purpose.
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Except as contemplated by Section 10, this Agreement shall not be modified, amended or terminated except by a written instrument signed by each of the parties. Any waiver of any term or provision hereof, or of the application of any such term or provision to any circumstances, shall be in writing signed by the party charged with giving such waiver. Waiver by either party of any breach hereunder by the other party shall not operate as a waiver of any other breach, whether similar to or different from the breach waived. No delay by either party in the exercise of any rights or remedies shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by either party of any such right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof.
SECTION 10.    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to such person or circumstances other than those to which it is so determined to be invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each provision hereof shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement, or any part thereof, is held to be invalid or unenforceable because of the scope or duration of or the area covered by such provision, the parties agree that the court making such determination shall reduce the scope, duration and/or area of such provision (and shall substitute appropriate provisions for any such invalid or unenforceable provisions) in order to make such provision enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or shall delete specific words and phrases, and such modified provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced. The parties recognize that if, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any of the separate covenants contained in this Agreement, then that invalid or unenforceable covenant contained in this Agreement shall be deemed eliminated from these provisions to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants to be enforced. In the event that any court determines that the time period or the area, or both, are unreasonable and that any of the covenants is to that extent invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that such covenants will remain in full force and effect, first, for the greatest time period, and second, in the greatest geographical area that would not render them unenforceable.
SECTION 11.    Survivability. The provisions of this Agreement which by their terms call for performance subsequent to termination of Executive’s employment hereunder, or of this Agreement, shall so survive such termination, whether or not such provisions expressly state that they shall so survive.
SECTION 12.    Governing Law; Arbitration.
a.    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin applicable to agreements made and to be wholly performed within that State, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.
b.    Arbitration.
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(i) Executive hereby agrees that if a dispute arises out of or relates to this Agreement, such dispute shall be finally settled by binding arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1-16, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of arbitration shall be a mutually agreed upon location in Fond du Lac County, WI.
(ii)    For purpose of enforcing a decision in any proceeding pursuant to Section 12(b)(i) of this Agreement, or in the event that Section 12(b)(i) of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, Executive consents to jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, or if that court is unable to exercise jurisdiction for any reason, then any United States District Court of competent jurisdiction, and waives any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process and waives any objection to jurisdiction based on improper venue or improper jurisdiction.
(iii)    Each party shall pay their own costs and expenses (including court costs, the administrative fees, costs of the arbitrators and reasonable attorney fees, as applicable), unless ruled otherwise; provided, that if Executive prevails in any claim, action or proceeding conducted in accordance with this Section 12(b), Executive’s costs and attorney fees shall be paid by the Company; provided, further, that the non-prevailing party in any such claim, action or proceeding shall be responsible for fees and expenses, if any, uniquely attributable to arbitration (including the administrative fees and costs of the arbitrators). The arbitrators shall apply the same standards a court would apply to award any damages, attorney fees or costs. Executive understands that Executive is giving up no substantive rights, and this Agreement simply governs forum.
EXECUTIVE INITIALS: /s/ MS COMPANY INITIALS: /s/ ABK
c.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO A COURT TRIAL AND TRIAL BY JURY IS OF VALUE, AND KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE THAT RIGHT FOR ANY DISPUTE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION.
SECTION 13.    Titles and Captions. All paragraph titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provision hereof.
SECTION 14.    Joint Drafting. In recognition of the fact that the parties had an equal opportunity to negotiate the language of, and draft, this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that there is no single drafter of this Agreement and, therefore, the general rule that ambiguities are to be construed against the drafter is, and shall be, inapplicable. If any language in this Agreement is found or claimed to be ambiguous, each party shall have the same opportunity to present evidence as to the actual intent of the parties with respect to any such ambiguous language without any inference or presumption being drawn against any party hereto.
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SECTION 15.    Notices. All notices and other communications to be given or to otherwise be made to any party to this Agreement shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by certified mail or by a recognized national courier service, postage or charges prepaid, (a) to Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc., 221 Shepard St., Ripon, WI 54971, Attn: General Counsel, (b) to Executive, at the last address shown in the Company’s records or (c) to such other replacement address as may be designated in writing by the addressee to the addressor.
SECTION 16.    Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” unless the context otherwise indicates. When a reference in this Agreement is made to a “party” or “parties,” such reference shall be to a party or parties to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise. Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto”, “hereunder” and derivative or similar words in this Agreement refer to this entire Agreement. Unless the context requires otherwise, words in this Agreement using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other genders. References in this Agreement to “dollars” or “$” are to U.S. dollars. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a law, statute or legislation, such reference shall be to such law, statute or legislation as it may be amended, modified, extended or re-enacted from time to time (including any successor law, statute or legislation) and shall include any regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has duly executed this Agreement as of the date above written.
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.
By:
/s/ Amanda B. Kopetsky
Amanda B. Kopetsky
EXECUTIVE
/s/ Michael D. Schoeb
Michael D. Schoeb
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Exhibit A
Form of General Release Agreement
RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS
This Release and Waiver of Claims (“Release”) is made as of [●], 20[●] (the “Execution Date”), by Executive (“you” or “your”) and delivered to Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). This Release shall become effective as described in Section 5. All the terms of the Senior Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan (the “Plan”), to the extent not contrary to this Release, are incorporated by reference herein. Defined terms not otherwise defined in this Release shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. You and the Company agree as follows:
SECTION 17.    General Release of Claims. (i)In consideration of the payments described in the Plan and for other good and valuable consideration which you acknowledge is in addition to anything of value to which you are already entitled, you, on behalf of yourself, your dependents, heirs, administrators, representatives, trustees, executors, successors and assigns and their collective legal representatives (collectively, the “Releasors”), hereby knowingly and voluntarily release and forever discharge, to the extent permissible by law, the Company, its predecessors, successors and assigns, its and their respective direct or indirect parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and, with respect to each and all of the foregoing entities (including the Company), all of its and their respective current and former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members, representatives, insurers, trustees, attorneys, employee benefit plans and administrators or fiduciaries of such plans and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any claims, contracts, agreements, demands, rights, liens, covenants, actions, suits, obligations, debts, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, causes of action and liabilities of any type and claims for relief or damages of any kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise (collectively, the “Claims”), whether now known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which you ever had, now have, or which may arise in the future against the Released Parties, arising out of or in any way connected with your employment relationship with the Company, or your termination therefrom, resulting from any act or omission by or on the part of the Released Parties up to and including the Execution Date.
(b) This Release includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Claim arising under any federal, state or local statutes, ordinances or common laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the “ADEA”), the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 (the “OWBPA”), the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, [the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, the Wisconsin Wage Claim and Payment Law, the Wisconsin Cessation of Health Care Benefits Law, the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Law, the Wisconsin Personnel Records Statute and the Wisconsin Employment Peace Act]1.
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(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Release shall not apply to and shall have no effect on: (i) any rights that may arise after the Execution Date; (ii) any rights to secure enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Release or the Plan, or, to the extent required by law, to challenge the validity of your waivers; (iii) any accrued or vested benefits you may have, if any, as of the Execution Date under any applicable plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement with the Company; or (iv) any claims for indemnification, fee advancement or insurance arising under any agreement between you and the Company or under the certificate of incorporation or other similar governing documents of the Company.
(d)    You agree not to commence, seek to participate in, or participate in, any Claim or action, whether as a member of a class or collective action or otherwise, against one or more Released Parties that seeks recovery pursuant to any federal, state or local law or ordinance (whether common law or statutory) arising out of or relating to your employment or termination thereof, or otherwise concerning any rights, obligations or other aspects of your employment relationship with the Company. You further agree that, if you commence, are a party to, or are a member of a class that commences such a Claim or action against any of the Released Parties arising from any conduct that predates the Execution Date, this Release may be used as evidence of your acknowledgement that you have been paid for all such monies due and owing up to the Execution Date and that you are owed nothing more and are entitled to no recovery whatsoever in connection therewith, and your claims shall be dismissed or class membership terminated immediately upon presentation of this Release.
SECTION 18.    Non-Waivable Rights. The parties acknowledge and agree that you are not waiving or releasing any rights which cannot be waived as a matter of law. Nothing in this Release or in the Plan, including, but not limited to, any paragraphs pertaining to confidentiality, non-disclosure, a release of claims and/or non-disparagement shall prohibit, prevent or restrict you (or your attorney) from speaking with, filing a charge with or participating in an investigation conducted by any governmental agency, including, but not limited to, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Congress, any agency Inspector General or any other local, state or federal regulatory or law enforcement agency, to the extent required or permitted by law; provided, however, in the event any Claim or lawsuit is filed on your behalf against one or more of the Released Parties by any person, entity or government agency with respect to any Claims released and waived in this Release, you hereby agree to waive any and all right you may have to receive monetary damages or injunctive relief in your favor, except such waiver shall not apply to your right to seek and obtain a whistleblower award from the CFTC, the SEC or any other applicable regulatory or governmental body for which your rights cannot be waived by law, if applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Release or the Plan prohibits you from (i) filing and,
1 To include applicable state and local law equivalent.
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as provided for under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Section 21F”), maintaining the confidentiality of a claim with the SEC; (ii) providing confidential information to the SEC, or providing the SEC with information that would otherwise violate this Release, to the extent permitted by Section 21F; (iii) cooperating, participating or assisting in an SEC investigation or proceeding without notifying the Company; or (iv) receiving a monetary award as set forth in Section 21F.
For the further avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Release or the Plan prohibits you from filing or disclosing any facts necessary to receive unemployment insurance, Medicaid or other public benefits to which you are entitled.
SECTION 19.    Disclosure under Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. You are advised that you may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret to which the Defend Trade Secrets Act applies that is either (i) made in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.
SECTION 20.    CONSENT TO MANDATORY ARBITRATION. Any Claim between you and the Released Parties arising out of or relating to (i) the provisions of this Release and/or (ii) to the fullest extent allowed and enforceable under applicable law, your employment with the Company or termination thereof, or otherwise concerning any rights, obligations or other aspects of your employment relationship with the Company, shall be finally settled by binding arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1-16, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of arbitration shall be a mutually agreed upon location in Fond du Lac County, WI.
For purpose of enforcing a decision in any proceeding pursuant to this Section 4 of this Release, or in the event that Section 4 of this Release is found to be invalid or unenforceable, Executive consents to jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, or if that court is unable to exercise jurisdiction for any reason, then any United States District Court of competent jurisdiction, and waives any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process and waives any objection to jurisdiction based on improper venue or improper jurisdiction. Additionally, in the event that Section 4 of this Release is found to be invalid or unenforceable, Executive hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right he or she may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Release.
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For the avoidance of doubt, your agreement to arbitrate employment-related claims shall not prohibit you from, at your election, filing a lawsuit relating to alleged sexual harassment or sexual assault under Federal, Tribal or State law where such dispute or claim arose or accrued on or after March 3, 2022; provided, however, you expressly agree that any claim brought as part of the same case which does not relate to sexual harassment, whether arising under this Release or otherwise related to your employment or termination thereof, shall be subject to binding arbitration as provided for in this Section 4.  You acknowledge that the agreement to arbitrate in this Section 4 shall supersede any and all prior dispute resolution provisions included in any employment agreement or any prior award agreement by which you are bound, and this Section 4 shall constitute a valid amendment to all such agreements.
SECTION 21.    Notice and Right to Consider; Effective Date. You acknowledge that you have been and hereby are advised to consult with an attorney regarding the terms and effects of this Release and that you were informed you had at least [twenty-one (21)]2[forty-five (45)-]3days to consider the Release and to return an executed copy of this Release to [●]. You also acknowledge and agree that any changes to this Release, whether material or immaterial, do not restart the [twenty-one (21)-][forty-five (45)-]day period. You understand that for a period of seven (7) days following the Execution Date, you will retain the right to revoke your consent to this Release by providing written notice by regular mail and facsimile to the following:
Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc.
221 Shepard Street
Ripon, WI 54971
Attn:
This Release may also be emailed to [●]@alliancels.com. This Release will become effective and enforceable on the eighth calendar day after the date it is executed by you (the “Release Effective Date”).
SECTION 22.    Execution; Severability; Waiver; Miscellaneous. This Release may be signed in counterparts, and each counterpart, when executed, shall have the efficacy of a signed original. Photocopies of the signed Release may be used in lieu of originals for any permitted purpose. If any provision of this Release or the application thereof is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Release, which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this Release are declared to be severable. A waiver of any one breach of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other breach of this Agreement unless expressly indicated otherwise. This Release shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties named herein and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.


3 Note to Draft: To be 45 days for any employee who is 40 or over and terminated in connection with a “group termination”.
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By your signature below, you acknowledge that you have read the foregoing Release, that you accept and agree to the provisions herein and that you hereby execute this Release knowingly and voluntarily with full understanding of its consequences.
EXECUTED this [●] day of [month], [year], at [New York, New York].
By:
Name:
Title:
THIS CONTRACT CONTAINS AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WHICH MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES
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Exhibit 99.1

Alliance Laundry Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
Ripon, WI – October 10, 2025 – Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. (“Alliance Laundry"), the global leader in commercial laundry equipment, today announced the closing of its upsized initial public offering of 43,195,120 shares of its common stock, which includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase 5,634,146 additional shares, at an initial public offering price of $22.00 per share. The offering consisted of 24,390,243 shares sold by Alliance Laundry and 18,804,877 shares sold by a selling stockholder. Alliance Laundry did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholder. Alliance Laundry’s common stock began trading on the NYSE on October 9, 2025 under the ticker symbol "ALH."
BofA Securities and J.P. Morgan acted as joint lead book-running managers. Morgan Stanley acted as book-running manager. Baird, BDT & MSD Partners, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and UBS Investment Bank acted as additional bookrunners. CIBC Capital Markets, Fifth Third Securities and PNC Capital Markets LLC acted as co-managers.
A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2025. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus may be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the final prospectus from: BofA Securities, Inc. at 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001; Attn: Prospectus Department; email: dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or by email: prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com and postsalemanualrequests@broadridge.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction.
About Alliance Laundry
Alliance Laundry makes the world cleaner as a provider of the highest quality commercial laundry systems. Our laundry solutions are available under five respected brands, sold and supported by a global network of select distributors. We serve approximately 150 countries with a team of more than 4,000 employees. Our brands include Speed Queen®, UniMac®, Huebsch®, Primus® and IPSO®. Together, they present a full line of commercial washing machines, dryers, and ironers (with load capacities from 20–400 lb. or 9–180 kg.) and support service. You can also enjoy the superior wash and fabric care of commercial-grade laundry equipment in your home through our legendary Speed Queen® washers and dryers. 
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