Form 8-K
8-K — MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC
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Filed: 2026-08-24
Period: 2026-08-21
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SIC: 1400 (MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS))
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Item: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item: Regulation FD Disclosure
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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):
August 21, 2026
Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
North Carolina
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-12744
(Commission File Number)
56-1848578
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4123 Parklake Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
27612
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including
Area Code: 919-781-4550
(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, $0.01 par value per share
MLM
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.
Introductory Note
On August 21, 2026, Martin
Marietta Materials, Inc. (“Martin Marietta” or the “Company”) consummated the previously announced
acquisition (the “Transaction”) of Lhoist North America, Inc. (“LNA”) from LNA Holding SRL (“LNA
Holding”), a société à responsabilité limitée organized under the laws of Belgium,
pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Sale Agreement, dated June 27, 2026 (the “SSA”), by and between
the Company and LNA Holding. The events described in this Current Report on Form 8-K took place in connection with the closing of
the Transaction (the “Closing”).
Pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the SSA, Martin Marietta acquired all of the outstanding equity interests in LNA in exchange for (i) approximately $7 billion
in cash (as adjusted in accordance with the SSA) and (ii) 10,953,543 newly-issued shares of Martin Marietta common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the “Consideration Shares”), with a value of $6.5 billion based on the volume-weighted average trading price
of Martin Marietta common stock for the 15 trading days ended on June 26, 2026.
The foregoing description
of the SSA is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the SSA, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed by Martin Marietta with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 29,
2026, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.01 Entry into
a Material Definitive Agreement.
Shareholders
Agreement
As contemplated by the SSA,
at the Closing, Martin Marietta entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) with LNA Holding
and, solely for the purposes of the standstill provisions set forth therein, Financière de Gestions Internationales, a société
en commandite par actions organized under the laws of Luxembourg (“FGI”). Under the Shareholders Agreement, LNA
Holding and its affiliates will be subject to a lock-up period with respect to the Consideration Shares, with 50% of such shares released
from the lock-up on the 12-month anniversary of the Closing and the remaining 50% of such shares released from the lock-up on the 24-month
anniversary of the Closing.
The Shareholders Agreement
also provides that the Board of Directors of Martin Marietta (the “Board”) will take such actions as are necessary
to increase the size of the Board from ten to eleven directors and LNA Holding will have the right to designate one director to the Board
and to appoint one non-voting Board observer. These designation rights are subject to graduated reduction and termination based on LNA
Holding’s beneficial ownership of Martin Marietta common stock: LNA Holding may designate one director and one observer for so long
as it beneficially owns at least 7,102,033 number of shares of Martin Marietta common stock (equal to 10% of the issued and outstanding
Martin Marietta common stock as of the Closing); this right is reduced to one director if such ownership falls below 10% but remains at
or above 5,326,525 shares of Martin Marietta common stock (equal to 7.5% of the issued and outstanding Martin Marietta common stock as
of the Closing); and all designation and observer rights terminate if such ownership falls below 5,326,525 shares of Martin Marietta common
stock (equal to 7.5% of the issued and outstanding Martin Marietta common stock as of the Closing). Furthermore, subject to certain exceptions,
in the event LNA Holding and its affiliates fail to vote all shares of Martin Marietta common stock beneficially owned by them in accordance
with the recommendation of the Board and in favor of persons nominated and recommended to serve as directors by the Board, all of LNA
Holding’s designation rights will terminate.
In addition, FGI and LNA Holding
and their affiliates have agreed to be subject to a customary standstill obligation, including a restriction on acquiring shares in excess
of 12,783,660 shares of Martin Marietta common stock (equal to 18% of the issued and outstanding Martin Marietta common stock as of the
Closing), which will be effective until the earlier of (a) 15 months after the date on which both (i) no LNA Holding designee sits on
the Board and (ii) LNA Holding has irrevocably waived or no longer has any right to designate a director or observer and (b) the date
on which LNA Holding holds fewer than 5,326,525 shares of Martin Marietta common stock (equal to 7.5% of the issued and outstanding Martin
Marietta common stock as of the Closing).
The foregoing description
of the Shareholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Shareholders
Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Registration
Rights Agreement
As contemplated by the SSA,
at the Closing, Martin Marietta entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”)
with LNA Holding in respect of the Consideration Shares. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Martin Marietta agreed to file,
no later than 60 days prior to the first anniversary of the Closing (and subject to the lock-up restrictions in the Shareholders Agreement),
a shelf registration statement covering the resale of the Consideration Shares. The Registration Rights Agreement also provides for certain
demand and piggyback registration rights for LNA Holding, subject to minimum offering sizes in certain cases, customary underwriter cutbacks,
Martin Marietta blackout/suspension rights, and provides for mutual indemnification rights and other customary requirements and conditions.
The foregoing description
of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition
of Assets.
The information set forth
in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities.
The information set forth
in the Introductory Note and Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
The Consideration Shares were issued in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain
Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Pursuant to the Shareholders
Agreement, on August 21, 2026, the Board increased its size from ten to eleven directors and appointed Mr. Philipp Niemann, effective
as of August 21, 2026, to fill the newly-created directorship. Mr. Niemann will serve until Martin Marietta’s 2027 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Niemann will serve on the Finance Committee of the Board.
Mr. Niemann currently serves
as the Chief Executive Officer of Lhoist S.A. (“Lhoist”). From April 2022 to October
2025, Mr. Niemann served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LNA and as a member of Lhoist Executive Committee. Prior to April
2022, Mr. Niemann held several other positions at Lhoist, which he joined in 2013.
Mr. Niemann will participate
in Martin Marietta’s non-employee director compensation program, which currently provides all non-employee directors with an annual
cash retainer of $135,000 and an annual award of restricted stock units with a grant date value of $180,000. Mr. Niemann’s first
award of restricted stock units under the non-employee director compensation program was effective upon his appointment to the Board.
The terms and conditions of the award of restricted stock units, as well as the other terms and conditions of the non-employee director
compensation program, are consistent with those described in Martin Marietta’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.
The information set forth
in the “Shareholders Agreement” section of Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Mr. Niemann does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 24, 2026, Martin
Marietta issued a press release announcing the Closing of the Transaction. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated by reference herein.
The information set forth
in this Item 7.01 and the Exhibits incorporated by reference herein shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(a) Financial statements of businesses
or funds acquired.
The audited consolidated financial
statements of LNA as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 and the related notes thereto are incorporated by reference
in this Current Report on Form 8-K from Martin Marietta’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 10, 2026.
The unaudited consolidated
financial statements of LNA as of June 30, 2026 and for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 and the related notes thereto
are incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K from Martin Marietta’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
SEC on August 10, 2026.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
The pro forma financial information
required by this Item 9.01(b) for the year ended December 31, 2025 and the six months ended June 30, 2026 was previously filed in Martin
Marietta’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 10, 2026, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
10.1*
Shareholders
Agreement, dated August 21, 2026, by and among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., LNA Holding SRL and, solely for the purposes of the
standstill provisions set forth therein, Financière de Gestions Internationales, a société en commandite par actions
organized under the laws of Luxembourg.
10.2
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated August 21, 2026, by and between Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and LNA Holding SRL.
99.1
Press Release, dated August 24, 2026, issued by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
* Certain notice information contained in this
exhibit and certain schedules to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. Martin Marietta hereby
undertakes to furnish copies of any of the omitted schedules to the SEC upon request.
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.
MARTIN MARIETTA
MATERIALS, INC.
Date: August 24, 2026
By:
/s/ George F. Schoen
Name:
George F. Schoen
Title:
Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
EX-10.1 — SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
EX-10.1
Filename: ex10-1.htm · Sequence: 2
Exhibit 10.1
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
AMONG
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.,
LNA HOLDING SRL
AND
FINANCIÈRE DE GESTIONS INTERNATIONALES
DATED AS OF
August
21, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Section 1.
Definitions
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Section 2.
Transfers
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2.1.
Transfer Restrictions
6
Section 3.
Securities Restrictions; Legends
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3.1.
Securities Restrictions; Legends
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Section 4.
Election of Directors; Observer
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4.1.
Designation Rights
10
4.2.
Committees
11
4.3.
Vacancies; Removal
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4.4.
Fall-Away
12
4.5.
Indemnification; Exculpation; Directors and Officers Insurance; Fees and Expenses
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4.6.
Conditions
13
Section 5.
Standstill
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Section 6.
Miscellaneous Provisions
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6.1.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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6.2.
Amendment
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6.3.
Termination
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6.4.
Notices
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6.5.
Specific Performance
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6.6.
Treatment of Certain Transfers
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6.7.
Counterparts
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6.8.
Severability
20
6.9.
Further Efforts
20
6.10.
Extension of Time, Waiver, Etc.
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6.11.
Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
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6.12.
No Partnership Status
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6.13.
Binding Effect
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6.14.
Further Acknowledgements
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6.15.
Interpretation
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6.16.
Assignment
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This SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
is made as of August 21, 2026 (this “Agreement”) among Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the
“Company”), and LNA Holding SRL, a société à responsabilité limitée organized
under the laws of Belgium (“Shareholder”), and, solely for the purposes of Section 5 of this Agreement,
Financière de Gestions Internationales, a société en commandite par actions organized under the laws of Luxembourg
(“Parent”, together with the Shareholder and the Company, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the
Company and the Shareholder are parties to a Securities Sale Agreement dated as of June 27, 2026 (the “Securities
Sale Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire from the Shareholder all of the outstanding equity
interests of Lhoist North America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in exchange for a combination of cash and shares of the
Company’s Common Stock, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the
transactions contemplated by the Securities Sale Agreement have been consummated as of the date hereof and, pursuant to the
Securities Sale Agreement, the Company has issued to the Shareholder 10,953,543 shares of Common Stock (such shares, the
“Lock-Up Shares”);
WHEREAS, concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement, the Company and the Shareholder are also entering into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Company
and the Shareholder are entering into this Agreement for the purposes of setting forth their agreement and understanding relating to the
ownership by the Shareholder of the Lock-Up Shares and certain other matters.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement:
“Action”
means any claim, action, suit, arbitration or proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority, court, tribunal or arbitration body.
“Affiliate”
means, in relation to a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled
by or is under common control with such Person, in each case from time to time. The term “control” means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, including
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the ability to elect at least a majority of the
members of the board of directors or other governing body of a Person, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling”
have correlative meanings.
“Agreement”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
“beneficial owner”,
“beneficially own” or “beneficial ownership” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the
provisions of such Rule; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) to the contrary, the determination
of the “beneficial owner” or “beneficial ownership” shall be made after giving effect to the conversion of all
options, warrants, rights and convertible or other similar securities outstanding as of any date in question.
“Board” means
the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day”
means a day on which banks are generally open for normal business in New York, New York and Brussels (Belgium), which day is not a Saturday
or a Sunday.
“Bylaws”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).
“Charter”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).
“Common Stock”
means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and any and all securities of any kind whatsoever of the Company which
may be issued after the date of this Agreement in respect of, or in exchange for, such shares of common stock of the Company pursuant
to a merger, consolidation, stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization of the Company or otherwise.
“Company”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
“Complete Fall-Away
Event” means the first day on which any of the Shareholder Parties fail to vote, other than in respect of any Designated Shareholder
Voting Matter, all of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Shareholder Parties and entitled to
vote at a meeting of the shareholders of the Company, at such meeting of shareholders (i) in favor of each director nominated and recommended
by the Board for election at such meeting, (ii) against any shareholder nominations for director which are not approved and recommended
by the Board for election and (iii) with respect to any other action, proposal or other matter to be voted upon by the shareholders of
the Company (including through action by written consent), in accordance with the recommendation of the Board. For the avoidance of doubt,
with respect to any Designated Shareholder Voting Matter, the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party shall be entitled to vote any
shares of Common Stock owned by it or over which it has voting control in any manner chosen by the Shareholder or such other Shareholder
Party, as applicable.
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“Contract”
means any contract, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, indenture, agreement, commitment or other legally binding arrangement, whether
oral or written, and including all amendments and supplements thereto.
“Designated Shareholder
Voting Matter” means each of the following: (i) any Merger Transaction or Sale Transaction and (ii) any amendment or series
of related amendments to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company or the Restated Bylaws of the Company that would have a
materially adverse and disproportionate effect on the rights of the Shareholder Parties relative to the other shareholders of the Company.
“Family Member”
means any descendant in direct line (including adoptive children) of the late Elisabeth Berghmans-Lhoist, born in Liège (Belgium)
on the twenty fifth day of July nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
“Family-Controlled
Entity” means any entity (i) the majority of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of which are
designated, nominated or elected, directly or indirectly, by one or more Family Members, (ii) the majority of the general partner, managing
member or equivalent interests of which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more Family Members or (iii) which one
or more Family Members, alone or together with other Family Members, otherwise has the power, directly or indirectly, to control.
“First Fall-Away Event”
means the first day on which the Shareholder Parties no longer collectively own at least 7,102,033
shares of Common Stock (adjusted for any stock split or similar event).
“First Shareholder
Designee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(a).
“Governmental Authority”
means any competent governmental, administrative, supervisory, regulatory, judicial, disciplinary, enforcement or tax raising body, authority,
agency, commission, board, organization, court or tribunal of any jurisdiction, whether international, supranational, national, federal,
state or regional or local and any subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing.
“Group” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act.
“Laws” means
all applicable legislation, statutes, transposed directives, regulations, decrees, ordinances, instruments, codes and other legislative
measures or decisions having the force of law, treaties, conventions and other agreements between states, or between states and the
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European Union or other supranational authorities,
rules of common law and equity and all civil or other codes and all judgments, decisions, orders, directives, recommendations, circulars,
standards of any Governmental Authority, including any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof.
“Lock-Up Period”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).
“Lock-Up Shares”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals.
“Merger Transaction”
means any transaction or series of related transactions involving: (i) any acquisition (whether direct or indirect, including by way of
merger, share exchange, consolidation, business combination or other similar transaction) or purchase from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that would result in any Person or Group beneficially owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the total outstanding securities of the
Company (measured by voting power or economic interest), or (ii) any tender offer, exchange offer or other secondary acquisition that
would result in any Person or Group beneficially owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the total outstanding securities of the Company
(measured by voting power or economic interest).
“NYSE” means
the New York Stock Exchange.
“Parent”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
“Parties”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
“Permitted Transfer”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).
“Permitted Transferee”
means (i) any Affiliate of the Shareholder, (ii) any member of the Vendor Group or (iii) any Family Member or Family-Controlled Entity.
Each Permitted Transferee shall, subject to delivery of the joinder contemplated by Section 2.1(b)(i), become a party to this
Agreement upon transfer and shall be entitled to all rights and subject to all obligations of the Shareholder (including the right to
further assign to its own Permitted Transferees).
“Person”
means an individual, company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, body corporate (wherever located) or other entity,
organization or unincorporated association, including any Governmental Authority.
“Prohibited Transferee”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Schedule A.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals.
“Registration Statement”
means any registration statement of the Company filed with, or to be filed with, the SEC under the rules and regulations promulgated under
the Securities
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Act (other than a Registration Statement on Form S-4
or Form S-8, or any successor forms thereto, promulgated under the Securities Act), including the related prospectus, amendments
and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and material incorporated
by reference in such registration statement.
“Representatives”
means, in relation to a Party, its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, auditors, consultants
and advisors.
“Rule 144”
means Rule 144 (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act.
“Sale Transaction”
means any transaction or series of related transactions involving the direct or indirect sale, lease, assignment, disposition or other
transfer (by operation of law or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis.
“SEC” means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Fall-Away Event”
means the first day on which the Shareholder Parties no longer collectively own at least 5,326,525
shares of Common Stock (adjusted for any stock split or similar event).
“Second Shareholder
Designee” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(b).
“securities”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, all equity interests of such Person, all securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable
for equity interests of such Person, and all options, warrants, and other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire from such Person equity
interests, including any equity appreciation or similar rights, contractual or otherwise.
“Securities Act”
means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
“Securities Exchange
Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Securities Sale Agreement”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals.
“Shareholder”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
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“Shareholder Designee”
and “Shareholder Designees” have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Section 4.1(b).
“Shareholder Observer”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(b).
“Shareholder Parties”
means the Shareholder and each Permitted Transferee of the Shareholder to whom shares of Common Stock are transferred pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(i).
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to a specified Person, any corporation or other Person of which securities or other interests having the power to
elect a majority of that corporation’s or other Person’s board of directors or similar governing body, or otherwise having
the power to direct the business and policies of that corporation or other Person (other than securities or other interests having such
power only upon the happening of a contingency that has not occurred) are held by the specified Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries.
“Transfer”
by any Person means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of or transfer
(by the operation of Law or otherwise), either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement,
agreement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or other disposition or
transfer (by the operation of Law or otherwise), of any shares of equity securities beneficially owned by such Person or of any interest
in any shares of equity securities beneficially owned by such Person. The terms “Transfers”, “Transferred”
and “Transferring” shall have correlative meanings.
“Transferor”
means a Person that Transfers or proposes to Transfer; and “Transferee” means a Person to whom a Transfer is made or
is proposed to be made.
“Vendor Group”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Sale Agreement.
Section 2. Transfers.
2.1. Transfer
Restrictions.
(a) Other
than Permitted Transfers, neither the Shareholder nor any other Shareholder Party shall Transfer any of the Lock-Up Shares between the
date hereof and the date that is the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”); provided
that the Shareholder Parties may Transfer up to an aggregate amount equal to 50% of the Lock-Up Shares after the date that is the twelve
(12) month anniversary of this Agreement.
(b) “Permitted
Transfer” means, in each case so long as such Transfer is in accordance with applicable Law:
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(i) a
Transfer of shares of Common Stock to a Permitted Transferee, so long as such Permitted Transferee, to the extent it has not already done
so, executes a customary joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, in which such Permitted
Transferee agrees to be a “Shareholder Party” for all purposes of this Agreement;
(ii) Transfers
in connection with (A) any Merger Transaction, Sale Transaction or third party tender or exchange offer involving the Common Stock that
has been approved by the Board (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if the applicable Shareholder Party does Transfer Lock-Up Shares to a
third party in connection with such tender or exchange offer, the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.1 shall not apply
to such third party with respect to such shares) or (B) any tender or exchange offer by the Company;
(iii) Transfers
that have been approved in writing by the Board (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if the applicable Shareholder Party does Transfer Lock-Up
Shares to a third party with the Board’s written approval, the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.1 shall not
apply to such third party with respect to such shares);
(iv) Transfers
in connection with bona fide pledges to (or deposits with) nationally recognized financial institutions as collateral for margin loans
or other credit facilities; provided that (A) the Transferor continues to exercise voting control over such pledged shares of Common
Stock at all times prior to any pledgee taking ownership of the relevant Lock-Up Shares and (B) as a condition to any pledgee’s
ability to take ownership of the relevant Lock-Up Shares, such pledgee shall execute a customary joinder to this Agreement, in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, in which such Permitted Transferee agrees to be a “Shareholder Party” for
all purposes of this Agreement;
(v) inheritance
or estate planning or charitable Transfers; provided that as a condition to such Transfer, the Transferee (A) executes a customary
joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, in which such Transferee agrees to be a “Shareholder
Party” for all purposes of this Agreement or (B) in the case of a charitable Transfer, irrevocably waives all rights of such Transferee
as a “Shareholder Party” for all purposes of this Agreement; and
(vi) Transfers
pursuant to any order of a court or regulatory body of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Notwithstanding
Section 2.1(a) and Section 2.1(b), no Shareholder Party will at any time during or following the Lock-Up Period,
without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or knowingly indirectly Transfer any Lock-Up Shares to (i) a Prohibited Transferee
or (ii) to a Person or Group that, after giving effect to a proposed Transfer, would beneficially own greater than ten percent (10%) of
the then outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing,
but subject to Section 2.1(a), nothing in this Section 2.1(c) shall restrict any Transfer (other than to any Prohibited
Transferee described in clause (a) of Schedule A) into the public market pursuant to (A) a bona fide, broadly distributed
underwritten public offering or (B) any block trade, bought deal, overnight marketed offering, or accelerated bookbuilt offering, in each
case made in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 3. Securities
Restrictions; Legends.
3.1. Securities
Restrictions; Legends.
(a) The
Shareholder acknowledges that the Lock-Up Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and as such the Lock-Up Shares may
not be transferred except pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration
under the Securities Act. The Shareholder agrees that it will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, make any Transfer at any time
if such action would or would be likely to (i) constitute a violation of any securities Laws of any applicable jurisdiction or a
breach of the conditions to any exemption from registration of the Lock-Up Shares under any such Laws or (ii) cause the Company to
become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940.
(b) Each
certificate representing the Lock-Up Shares, or other instrument (including a statement issued by the registrar in connection with a book-entry
system) representing Lock-Up Shares, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 3.1(d) below) be stamped
or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
“THE SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), WITH
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OR UNDER ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF
(I) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION OF THE SHARES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
IN SUCH FORM AND BY SUCH COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER,
OFFER, HYPOTHECATION, ASSIGNMENT OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS.”
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(c) Each
certificate or other instrument evidencing the securities issued upon the transfer of any Lock-Up Shares shall bear the legend set forth
above in Section 3.1(b) unless (i) in such opinion of counsel to the Company, registration of any future transfer is
not required by the applicable provisions of the Securities Act or (ii) the Company shall have waived the requirement of such legends.
(d) When
(i) any Lock-Up Shares are sold or otherwise Transferred pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act
or (ii) a Shareholder Party has transferred or intends to transfer such shares pursuant to Rule 144, such Shareholder Party
shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without expense to such Shareholder Party and within five (5) Business Days of such Shareholder
Party’s written request, a new certificate or other instrument (including a statement issued by the registrar in connection with
a book-entry system) representing shares of Common Stock not bearing the restrictive legend set forth above in Section 3.1(b).
The Company shall cooperate with and direct its transfer agent to facilitate the timely removal of such legends.
(e) Each
certificate representing Lock-Up Shares, or other instrument (including a statement issued by the registrar in connection with a book-entry
system) representing Lock-Up Shares, shall during the Lock-Up Period be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially
the following form:
“THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED
HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A LOCK-UP PURSUANT TO A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF August
21, 2026 (THE “SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), LNA HOLDING
SRL AND, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 5 OF THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, FINANCIÈRE DE GESTIONS INTERNATIONALES,
THAT RESTRICTS ANY SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBRANCE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THESE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
OTHER THAN WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. OR OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT. A COPY OF THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.”
(f) At
the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Shareholder shall be entitled to receive, on behalf of all then-applicable Shareholder Parties,
from the Company, without expense and within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, a new certificate
or other instrument (including a statement issued by the registrar in connection with a book-entry system) representing shares of Common
Stock not bearing the restrictive legend set forth above in Section 3.1(e).
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Section 4. Election
of Directors; Observer.
4.1. Designation
Rights.
(a) Immediately
following the execution of this Agreement, the Board shall take such actions as are necessary to increase the size of the Board by one
(1) director and appoint the designee of the Shareholder set forth on Schedule B hereto (such designee, or any successor specified
in accordance with Section 4.3, the “First Shareholder Designee”) as a member of the Board, in each case, in
accordance with the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the “Charter”), the Restated Bylaws of the Company
(the “Bylaws”) and the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, to serve as a director and with a term expiring at
the 2027 annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
(b) Immediately
following the execution of this Agreement, the Board shall take such actions as are necessary to appoint the designee of the Shareholder
set forth on Schedule B hereto (such designee, or any successor specified in accordance with Section 4.3, the “Shareholder
Observer”) as an observer of the Board and, upon the first vacancy on the Board following the date of this Agreement for any
reason (other than a vacancy resulting from the First Shareholder Designee ceasing to serve on the Board), the remaining directors and
the Company shall consider in good faith causing the vacancy created thereby to be filled by the Shareholder Observer (if so appointed
to the Board, such designee, or any successor specified in accordance with Section 4.3, the “Second Shareholder Designee”
and together with the First Shareholder Designee, the “Shareholder Designees” and each, a “Shareholder Designee”).
Following any such appointment to the Board, the right to appoint a Shareholder Observer shall terminate.
(c) During
the period commencing on the date hereof until any appointment of the Shareholder Observer as the Second Shareholder Designee, the Shareholder
Observer will receive, on a confidential basis, copies of all documents distributed to the Board, including all materials prepared for
consideration at any Board meeting and all minutes related to each Board meeting occurring on or after the date hereof contemporaneous
with their distribution to the Board. The Shareholder Observer will have the right to attend and participate, but not vote, at all Board
meetings during this period. The Company will be entitled to withhold any information and exclude the Shareholder Observer from any Board
meeting, or any portion thereof, as is reasonably determined by the Company to be necessary to protect the Company’s attorney-client
privilege or pertains to the matters described in Section 4.6(c).
(d) Until
the occurrence of the First Fall-Away Event, at any annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders at which the term of any Shareholder
Designee shall expire (including the first such meeting following the date hereof), the Shareholder shall have the right to (i) nominate
to the Board (A) at any time the Shareholder Observer has not been appointed as a member of the Board pursuant to Section 4.1(b),
one (1) Shareholder Designee as a member of the Board and (B) following any appointment of the Shareholder Observer as a member of the
Board pursuant to Section 4.1(b), two (2) Shareholder Designees as members of the Board, and in the
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case of each of clauses (A) and (B), the Company
agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to include such Shareholder Designees in the slate of nominees recommended
by the Board for election at such annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders and to nominate and recommend such Shareholder Designees
to be elected as directors, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. After the First Fall-Away Event and until the occurrence
of the Second Fall-Away Event, at any annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders at which the term of a Shareholder Designee shall
expire, the Shareholder shall have the right to nominate to the Board one (1) Shareholder Designee as a member of the Board and the Company
agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to include such Shareholder Designee in the slate of nominees recommended by
the Board for election at such annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders and to nominate and recommend such Shareholder Designee
to be elected as a director, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. After the Complete Fall-Away Event, the Shareholder
shall cease to have any rights under this Agreement to nominate any Shareholder Designees as members of the Board, or to designate any
Shareholder Observer, and the Company shall not be required to include any such Shareholder Designee in the slate of nominees recommended
by the Board for election at any meeting of shareholders and all rights of the Shareholder under this Section 4 shall terminate.
(e) For
so long as the Shareholder Parties maintain any rights to nominate any Shareholder Designee as a member of the Board or designate any
Shareholder Observer under this Section 4, such rights shall only be exercisable by the Shareholder on behalf of all Shareholder
Parties. Such Shareholder’s rights under this Section 4 may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the
Company, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise, and any such assignment shall be null and void, other than pursuant to
a transfer by all Shareholder Parties of all their Lock-Up Shares to a single Permitted Transferee, in which case such Permitted Transferee
shall be entitled to exercise such rights.
4.2. Committees.
Immediately following execution of this Agreement, the Board and all applicable committees of the Board shall take all necessary actions
to promptly appoint (i) the First Shareholder Designee to the committee of the Board set forth opposite their name on Schedule B attached
hereto and (ii) the Shareholder Observer as an observer to the committee of the Board set forth opposite their name on Schedule B attached
hereto. Thereafter, the Board and all applicable committees of the Board shall give the Shareholder Designees and the Shareholder Observer
the same due consideration for membership on each committee of the Board, including any new committee(s) and subcommittee(s) that may
be established, as any director and shall ensure that the Shareholder Designees and the Shareholder Observer receive the same treatment
with respect to the committees on which they serve as other directors, in each case, taking into account adjustment of committee membership
as determined by the Board consistent with the Board’s past practice. The Company shall cause (x) the Shareholder Observer and any
Shareholder Designee to receive committee materials in the same manner as any other director of the Company, (y) the First Shareholder
Designee to receive notice of, and be invited to, any meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board and (z) the Shareholder Observer
and any Shareholder Designee to receive notice of, and be invited to, any meetings of any other committees
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of the Board of which such Shareholder Designee
is not a member, or the Shareholder Observer is not an observer, to the extent any other directors who are not members or observers of
those committees receive notice of, or are invited to, such meetings.
4.3. Vacancies;
Removal. In the event that a Shareholder Designee shall cease to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, or the Shareholder
Observer shall cease to serve as an observer of the Board of Directors of the Company for any reason, the Shareholder shall be entitled
to designate a replacement that is reasonably acceptable to the Company (determined in the same manner as any other potential new director
candidate) as such person’s successor, and provided that such person also meets the qualifications required for service as a director
as set forth in the Charter, the Bylaws, Board committee charters, Corporate Governance Guidelines and any similar documents applicable
to directors, and the remaining directors and the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, take all actions necessary
at any time and from time to time to cause the vacancy created thereby to be filled by such new Shareholder Designee or Shareholder Observer
(as the case may be) as soon as possible. Upon a new Shareholder Designee’s appointment to the Board, or a new Shareholder Observer’s
appointment as an observer, the Board and all applicable committees shall appoint such Shareholder Designee or Shareholder Observer as
a member or observer, as applicable, to any applicable committee of the Board of which the preceding Shareholder Designee or Shareholder
Observer was a member or observer immediately prior to such Shareholder Designee or Shareholder Observer ceasing to serve as such (or
such other committees as are mutually agreed by the Shareholder and Company), subject to such successor having appropriate experience
and qualifications for such applicable committee and otherwise satisfying the eligibility requirements for such committee. No Shareholder
Designee or Shareholder Observer shall be removed from the Board by the Company without the prior written consent of the Shareholder,
other than for “cause,” as set forth in the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
4.4. Fall-Away.
(a) Upon
the occurrence of the First Fall-Away Event (i) the Shareholder shall cause the Shareholder Observer (or if there are two Shareholder
Designees at such time (one Shareholder Designee)) to deliver to the Company a resignation letter, pursuant to which such person shall
resign from the Board if so elected by the Company and (ii) such person shall be deemed to have resigned from the Board with immediate
effect if so elected by the Company.
(b) Upon
the occurrence of the Second Fall-Away Event (i) any remaining Shareholder Designees and any Shareholder Observer shall be deemed to have
resigned from the Board with immediate effect if so elected by the Company, and the Shareholder shall cease to have any rights under this
Section 4 and (ii) the Shareholder shall cause such Shareholder Designees and Shareholder Observer (if any) to deliver to the Company
a resignation letter, pursuant to which such Shareholder Designee and Shareholder Observer (if any) shall resign from the Board if so
elected by the Company.
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(c) Upon
the occurrence of the Complete Fall-Away Event (i) all Shareholder Designees and the Shareholder Observer (if any) shall be deemed to
have resigned from the Board with immediate effect if so elected by the Company, and the Shareholder shall cease to have any rights under
this Section 4 and (ii) the Shareholder shall cause such Shareholder Designees and Shareholder Observer (if any) to deliver to
the Company a resignation letter, pursuant to which such Shareholder Designees and Shareholder Observer (if any) shall resign from the
Board if so elected by the Company.
4.5. Indemnification;
Exculpation; Directors and Officers Insurance; Fees and Expenses. The Company shall add each Shareholder Designee as a beneficiary
to the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy effective from the date each Shareholder Designee
is appointed and shall provide all other contractual, insurance and other director liability indemnification or exculpation coverages
and rights provided to other members of the Board. The Company shall enter into an indemnification agreement with each Shareholder Designee
that is on the same form as the indemnification agreements it has entered into with other members of the Board. Each Shareholder Designee shall
be entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in such capacity on the same basis as the Company provides such reimbursement to the
other members of its Board.
4.6. Conditions.
As a condition to the appointment of any Shareholder Observer or Shareholder Designee, as applicable (and nomination for election as a
director of the Company pursuant to this Section 4 in the case of a Shareholder Designee), the Shareholder agrees and acknowledges
that the Company will require:
(a) any
such Shareholder Designee to provide to the Company all information reasonably requested by the Company that is required to be or is customarily
disclosed for directors, candidates for directors and their respective Affiliates and representatives in a proxy statement or other filing
in accordance with applicable Law or any stock exchange rules or listing standards;
(b) any
such Shareholder Observer or Shareholder Designee to provide to the Company all information reasonably requested by the Company in connection
with assessing eligibility, independence and other criteria applicable to directors or satisfying compliance and legal or regulatory obligations;
(c) any
such Shareholder Observer or Shareholder Designee to provide to the Company an undertaking in writing by such Shareholder Observer or
Shareholder Designee to agree to recuse himself or herself from any deliberations or discussions of the Board regarding post-closing matters
to the extent relating to the Securities Sale Agreement, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Sale Agreement)
and the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby and any matter related thereto; and
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(d) any
such Shareholder Observer to provide to the Company an executed letter agreement containing an undertaking to abide by confidentiality
and other obligations in connection with their role as an observer to the Board to ensure consistency with the Company’s confidentiality,
insider trading and other policies and procedures generally applicable to directors.
Section 5. Standstill.
Each of the Shareholder and
Parent agrees that until the earlier of (i) fifteen (15) months following the first day on which (x) no Shareholder Designee serves on
the Board and (y) the Shareholder has irrevocably waived its right, or no longer has any right, to nominate the Shareholder Designees
to the Board under Section 4, and (ii) the time at which the Shareholder Parties collectively hold less than 5,326,525
shares of Common Stock (adjusted for any stock split or similar event), without the prior written approval of the Board, the Shareholder
and Parent will not, directly or indirectly, and will each cause their respective controlled Affiliates (including any other Shareholder
Parties) solely to the extent such Person is acting at the direction of or on behalf of the Shareholder or Parent (as applicable), not
to:
(a) acquire,
offer or seek to acquire, agree to acquire or make a proposal to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, any equity securities or direct or
indirect rights to acquire any equity securities of the Company, any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such equity securities,
any options or other derivative securities (solely to the extent that, after giving effect to such acquisition, the Shareholder and its
Affiliates would beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than 12,783,660
shares of Common Stock (adjusted for any stock split or similar event) (which calculation shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include the
notional or other number of shares of Common Stock specified in the documentation for any Contract to which the Shareholder or any of
the other Shareholder Parties is a party that is designed to produce economic benefits and risks to the Shareholder or any of the Shareholder
Parties that correspond substantially to the ownership by the Shareholder Parties of shares of Common Stock));
(b) make
or in any way knowingly encourage or participate in any “solicitation” of “proxies” (whether or not relating to
the election or removal of directors), as such terms are used in the rules of the SEC, to vote, or knowingly seek to advise or influence
any Person with respect to the voting of, any voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or call or seek to call a meeting
of the Company’s shareholders or initiate any shareholder proposal for action by the Company’s shareholders, or seek election
to or to place a representative on the Board or seek the removal of any director from the Board;
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(c) make
any public announcement with respect to, or publicly offer, seek, propose or indicate an interest in (in each case with or without conditions),
any merger, consolidation, business combination, tender or exchange offer, recapitalization, reorganization or purchase of a material
portion of the assets, properties or securities of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any other extraordinary transaction
involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective securities, or enter into any discussions, negotiations,
arrangements, understandings or agreements (whether written or oral) with any other Person (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Shareholder Parties) regarding any of the foregoing;
(d) otherwise
act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence, in any manner, the management, Board or policies of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e) make
any public proposal or publicly disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with any of the foregoing prohibited actions;
(f) advise
or knowingly assist, knowingly encourage or direct any Person to do, or to advise, assist, knowingly encourage or direct any other Person
to do, any of the foregoing prohibited actions;
(g) take
any action that would require the Company to make a public announcement under applicable Law regarding the possibility of a transaction
or any of the events described in or actions prohibited by this Section 5;
(h) deposit
any Common Stock and any other securities of the Company entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company in a voting trust or similar
Contract (unless such securities remain subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement) or subject any such securities to any
voting agreement, pooling arrangement or similar arrangement or Contract, or grant any proxy with respect to any such voting securities;
(i) enter
into any agreements, arrangements or understandings with any third party (including security holders of the Company, but excluding, for
the avoidance of doubt, any Shareholder Parties) with respect to any of the foregoing prohibited actions, including forming, joining or
in any way participating in a Group with any third party in connection with any of the foregoing prohibited actions;
(j) publicly
request the Company or any of its Representatives, directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 5;
or
(k) contest
the validity of this Section 5 or make, initiate, take or participate in any demand, Action (legal or otherwise) or proposal
to amend, waive or terminate any provision of this Section 5;
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provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 5 or elsewhere in this Agreement will limit Parent or the Shareholder Parties’ ability, as applicable,
to (A) vote, Transfer (subject to Section 2.1) or otherwise exercise rights hereunder or under their Common Stock, (B) designate
a Shareholder Designee or Shareholder Observer and the ability of any Shareholder Designee to deliberate, vote or otherwise exercise his
or her legal duties or otherwise act in his or her capacity as a member of the Board, (C) privately make and submit to the Company and/or
the Board any proposal that is intended by Parent or the Shareholder Parties (as applicable) to be made and submitted on a non-publicly
disclosed or announced basis (and would not reasonably be expected to require public disclosure by any Person), (D) privately communicate
with the Company and/or Board regarding any matter, including with respect to any Designated Shareholder Voting Matter (that would not
reasonably be expected to require public disclosure by any Person), (E) make any disclosure required under Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act or any other applicable Law, or (F) comply with applicable Law.
The provisions of Section 5
shall be inoperative and of no force or effect from and after the date on which: (a) any Person or Group that is not an Affiliate of the
Company shall have acquired or entered into a binding definitive agreement that has been approved by the Board (or any duly constituted
committee thereof composed entirely of independent directors) to acquire more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock
or equity securities of the Company or the voting power to elect a majority of the Board or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any other
Merger Transaction or Sale Transaction or (b) the Company becomes subject to any voluntary or involuntary reorganization or restructuring
process relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or protection of creditors generally.
Section 6. Miscellaneous
Provisions.
6.1. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) This
Agreement and all matters, claims or Actions (whether at Law, in equity, in Contract, in tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of
or relating to this Agreement, execution or performance of this Agreement, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
Laws of the State of North Carolina applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that State, regardless of
the Laws that might otherwise govern under any applicable conflict of Laws principles.
(b) All
Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined in any state or federal court within the State of North
Carolina and the Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts in any such Action and irrevocably
waive the defense of an inconvenient forum or lack of jurisdiction to the maintenance of any such Action. The consents to jurisdiction
and venue set forth in this Section 6.1 shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of North
Carolina and shall have no effect for any purpose except as provided in this paragraph and shall not be deemed to confer rights
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on any Person other than the Parties. Each Party
hereto agrees that service of process upon such Party in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be effective if
notice is given by overnight courier at the address set forth in Section 6.4. The Parties agree that a final judgment in any
such Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing shall restrict any Party’s rights to seek any post-judgment
relief regarding, or any appeal from, a final trial court judgment.
(c) EACH
PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT
ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF
THE AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF
SUCH WAIVER, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.1(c).
6.2. Amendment.
No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified except by a written instrument signed by the Shareholder and the
Company, and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall be binding on all of the Shareholder Parties. No provision of this Agreement
may be waived except by a written instrument signed by (i) the Company, in the event the waiver is to be effective against the Company
or (ii) the Shareholder, in the event the waiver is to be effective against the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties, and any
such waiver shall be binding on all of the Shareholder Parties.
6.3. Termination.
This Agreement will be effective as of the date hereof and shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of the earlier of (i) the
Second Fall-Away Event and (ii) the Complete Fall-Away Event. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 6.3,
this Agreement shall become void and of no further force and effect, except (a) for the provisions of Section 5 (to the extent
contemplated by such section) and this Section 6, which shall survive such termination in accordance with their terms and
(b) such termination shall not relieve any Party from any liability for the breach of any obligations set forth in this Agreement prior
to such termination.
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6.4. Notices.
All notices, requests and other communications to any Party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally,
emailed (which is confirmed) or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the Parties at the following addresses:
(a) If
to the Company, to it at:
Martin Marietta Materials,
Inc.
4123 Parklake Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina
27612
Attn: Michael J. Petro,
SVP and Chief Financial Officer;
George Schoen, EVP,
GC & Corporate Secretary
Email: [redacted];
[redacted]
with a copy (which shall not constitute
notice) to:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Two Manhattan West
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Attn: Robert I. Townsend, Esq., Matthew G.
Jones, Esq. and Maria N. Ricaurte, Esq.
Email: [redacted]; [redacted];
[redacted]
(b) If
to the Shareholder or the Parent, to it at:
LNA Holding SRL
28, rue Charles Dubois
1342 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium
Attn: Frederic Meessen
Email: [redacted]
and
Financière de
Gestions Internationales
Rue Robert Stümper
7 L–2557
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg
Attn: Philippe Vauthier
Email: [redacted]
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with a copy (which
shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins
LLP
45 rue Saint Dominique,
75007 Paris, France
Attn: Pierre-Louis Cléro
Email: [redacted]
or such other address or email address as such
Party may hereafter specify by like notice to the other Party. All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received
on the date of actual receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. local time in the place of receipt and such
day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received
until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.
6.5. Specific
Performance.
The Parties agree that irreparable
damage for which monetary relief, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any provision of this
Agreement is not performed in accordance with its specific terms or is otherwise breached. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the
Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in the courts described in Section 6.1 without proof
of damages or otherwise, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement and (b) the right
of specific enforcement is an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby and without that right, neither the Company nor the
Shareholder would have entered into this Agreement. The Parties agree not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable,
invalid, contrary to Law or inequitable for any reason, and agree not to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate
remedy or that the Parties otherwise have an adequate remedy at Law. The Parties acknowledge and agree that any Party seeking an injunction
or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance
with this Section 6.5 shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.
6.6. Treatment
of Certain Transfers.
Any Transfer or attempted Transfer
in breach of this Agreement shall be void ab initio and of no effect. In connection with any attempted Transfer in breach of this
Agreement, the Company may hold and refuse to transfer any Lock-Up Shares or any certificate therefor, in addition to and without prejudice
to any and all other rights or remedies which may be available to it and/or the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party.
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6.7. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed
in one or more counterparts (including by electronic mail), each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the
Parties (including by electronic signature) and delivered to the other Party (including electronically, e.g., in PDF format).
6.8. Severability.
If any term, condition or other
provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by
any rule of Law or public policy, all other terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force
and effect. Upon such determination that any term, condition or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the
Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
6.9. Further
Efforts.
Each party hereto shall do and
perform or cause to be done and performed, without further consideration, all such further acts and things and shall execute and deliver
all such other agreements, certificates, instruments, and documents as the other Party may reasonably request in order to carry out the
provisions of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Each party hereto further agrees to take the actions
set forth on Schedule C.
6.10. Extension
of Time, Waiver, Etc.
The Parties may, subject to
applicable Law, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or acts of the other Party or (b) waive compliance
by the other Party with any of the agreements contained herein applicable to such Party or, except as otherwise provided herein, waive
any of such Party’s conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right hereunder. Any agreement on the part of a Party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set
forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such Party.
6.11. Entire
Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties and their Affiliates,
or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. No provision of this Agreement shall confer
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upon any Person other than the Parties and their
permitted assigns any rights or remedies hereunder.
6.12. No
Partnership Status.
Nothing in this Agreement and
no actions taken by the Parties under this Agreement shall constitute a partnership, association or other co-operative entity between
any of the Parties or constitute any Party the agent of any other Party for any purpose.
6.13. Binding
Effect.
This Agreement shall be binding
upon the Company, the Shareholder and permitted successors and assigns of the foregoing.
6.14. Further
Acknowledgements.
The Shareholder acknowledges
and agrees that the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement are reasonable and have been imposed to accomplish legitimate
corporate objectives and may adversely affect the proceeds received by the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party in any sale, transfer
or liquidation of any Lock-Up Shares, and as a result of such restrictions on transfer and ownership, it may not be possible for the Shareholder
or any other Shareholder Party to liquidate all or any part of their interest in Lock-Up Shares at the time of their choosing, in exigent
circumstances or otherwise. The Shareholder further acknowledges and agrees that the Company and its Affiliates shall have no liability
whatsoever to the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party arising from, relating to or in connection with the restrictions on transfer
of Lock-Up Shares or any interest therein as set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent the Company fails to comply with its obligations
to the Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement.
6.15. Interpretation.
(a) When
a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, a Section, Annex, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article of,
a Section of, or an Annex, Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained
in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever
the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to
be followed by the words “without limitation”. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder”
and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement. The words “date hereof” when used in this Agreement shall refer to the date of this Agreement. The terms “or”,
“any” and “either” are not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent”
shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning
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and effect as the word “shall”. The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine
as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. In the event that the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange
other than the NYSE, all references herein to the NYSE shall be deemed to be references to such other national securities exchange. Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments)
by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto
and instruments incorporated therein. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, all references to “dollars” or “$”
shall refer to the lawful money of the United States. References to a Person are also to its permitted assigns and successors. When calculating
the period of time between which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the
date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded (and unless otherwise required by Law, if the last day of
such period is not a Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day).
(b) The
Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent
or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted 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.
6.16. Assignment.
Except as expressly set forth
herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation
of Law or otherwise, by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other party hereto.
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This Agreement is executed by the Company, the Shareholder and Parent
to be effective as of the date first above written.
COMPANY
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.
By:
/s/ George F. Schoen
Name:
George F. Schoen
Title:
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Signature Page to Shareholders
Agreement
SHAREHOLDER
LNA HOLDING SRL
By:
/s/ Frédéric Meessen
Name:
Frédéric Meessen
Title:
Authorized Signatory
Signature Page to Shareholders
Agreement
PARENT
solely for the purposes of Section 5
FINANCIÈRE DE GESTIONS INTERNATIONALES
By:
/s/ Baron Berghmans
Name:
Baron Berghmans
Title:
Chairman
Signature Page to Shareholders
Agreement
Schedule A
Prohibited Transferees
[Omitted pursuant to
Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K]
Schedule B
Shareholder Designees and Initial Committee
Membership
[Omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation
S-K]
Schedule C
Additional Actions
[Omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation
S-K]
EX-10.2 — REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EX-10.2
Filename: ex10-2.htm · Sequence: 3
Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.
AND
LNA HOLDING SRL
Dated
as of August 21, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1.
Shelf and Demand Registrations
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2.
Restrictions on Registration
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3.
Piggyback Registrations
5
4.
Holdback Agreement
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5.
Registration Procedures
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6.
Registration Expenses
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7.
Indemnification
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8.
Participation in Underwritten Registrations
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9.
Rule 144 and 144A Reporting
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10.
Term
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11.
Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial
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12.
Defined Terms
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13.
Miscellaneous
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This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT,
dated as of August 21, 2026 (this “Agreement”), is made between Martin
Marietta Materials, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Company”),
and LNA Holding SRL, a société à responsabilité limitée organized under the laws of Belgium
(together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Shareholder” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).
A. On
the date hereof, the Shareholder acquired 10,953,543 shares of common stock of the Company,
par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Shares”), pursuant to the Securities Sale Agreement, dated as of June 27,
2026 (the “Securities Sale Agreement”), among the Company and the Shareholder.
B. On
the date hereof, the Company, the Shareholder and Financière de Gestions Internationales, a société en commandite
par actions organized under the laws of Luxembourg, are also entering into a Shareholders Agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”).
C. In
connection with the Completion of the transactions under the Securities Sale Agreement, the Company desires to grant to the Shareholder
certain registration rights in the United States with respect to the Company Shares issued to the Shareholder pursuant to the Securities
Sale Agreement.
D. Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement are used as defined in Section 12.
Now, therefore, the Parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. Shelf
and Demand Registrations.
(a) Shelf
Registration. As promptly as practicable following the Completion Date and, in any event, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the
first anniversary of the Completion Date, and subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Shareholders Agreement,
so long as the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party holds Company Shares and such shares are Registrable Securities and so long
as the Company is eligible to use Form S-3 (or a comparable form) for the registration of the Company Shares, the Company shall file with
the SEC a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is unavailable, Form S-1)), or a prospectus supplement to any then-effective
automatic shelf registration statement of the Company, in either case covering all Registrable Securities for the sale or distribution
of Registrable Securities on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a “Shelf Registration”);
it being agreed that if the Company qualifies as a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) at the
time of filing, the Shelf Registration Statement shall be filed as an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR
pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. The Company shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act with respect
to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties thereof. The Shelf Registration Statement shall permit delayed or continuous
offerings pursuant to Rule 415 and shall cover all customary distribution methods, including underwritten offerings and Block Trades.
(b) Demand
Registration. Subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Shareholders Agreement, so long as the Shareholder
or any other Shareholder Party holds
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Company Shares and such shares are Registrable
Securities, if no Shelf Registration Statement covering the applicable Registrable Securities is then-effective, the Shareholder may make
one or more Registration Requests covering all or a portion of the Registrable Securities held by it and the other Shareholder Parties
pursuant to the Securities Act (including on Form S-1 if Form S-3 is unavailable). The Company shall comply with the applicable provisions
of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement in accordance
with the intended methods of disposition by the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties thereof.
(c) The
Company, within twenty (20) Business Days of the date on which the Company receives a Registration Request given by the Shareholder in
accordance with Section 1(b) hereof, will file with the SEC, and the Company will thereafter use reasonable best efforts to cause
to be declared effective within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of such Registration Request, a Registration Statement on the appropriate
form for the registration and sale, in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution, of the total number of Registrable
Securities specified by the Shareholder in such Registration Request (it being agreed that the Registration Statement shall be an automatic
shelf registration statement that shall become effective upon filing with the SEC pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act if
Rule 462(e) is available to the Company); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to give effect to any
Registration Request if, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, it is not feasible for the Company to proceed with such registration
because of the unavailability of audited or other required financial statements of the Company or any other Person; provided, that
the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such financial statements as promptly as practicable.
(d) The
Company will use reasonable best efforts to keep each Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 1 continuously
effective and usable for the resale of the Registrable Securities covered thereby until the earlier of (i) the date on which all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement and (ii)
the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement are eligible for resale under Rule 144 without
volume, manner-of-sale, or current public information restrictions; provided that, if on the third (3rd) anniversary
date of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement, Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement remain
unsold, the Company shall re-file such Shelf Registration Statement (or file a new Shelf Registration Statement) upon its expiration and
keep such re-filed (or new) Shelf Registration Statement effective and usable for the aforesaid period. The time period for which the
Company is required to maintain the effectiveness of any Registration Statement is hereinafter referred to as the “Effectiveness
Period”.
(e) From
and after the Completion Date and subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Shareholders Agreement, at any
time that any Shelf Registration is effective, if the Shareholder delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”)
stating that it (or any other Shareholder Party) intends to effect an underwritten offering or distribution of all or part of its or their
Registrable Securities included by it (or any other Shareholder Party) on any Shelf Registration (a “Shelf Offering”)
and stating the number of the Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Offering, then the Company shall amend or supplement
the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the
Shelf Offering. In connection with any Shelf Offering, if the managing
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underwriter(s) advise the Shareholder in writing
that in its or their view the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such offering is such as
to adversely affect the success of such offering, the managing underwriter(s) may limit the number of shares which would otherwise be
included in such offering in the same manner as is described in Section 1(h). The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred
in connection with any registration or underwritten offering requested in accordance with this Agreement.
(f) Selection
of Underwriters. If the Shareholder or the other Shareholder Parties intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by any
Registration Request or Take-Down Notice by means of an underwritten offering, the Shareholder will so advise the Company as a part of
the Registration Request or Take-Down Notice. Subject to the last sentence of this Section 1(f), the Company will not be obligated
to effect more than three (3) such underwritten offerings in any 12-month period. In connection with any such underwritten offering, the
Shareholder will have the right to select the managing underwriter(s) and co-managers, subject to the Company’s approval, not to
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. In such an underwritten offering, the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party which
holds Registrable Securities which are to be sold in such offering (together with the Company) will enter into an underwriting agreement
in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such offering. If the Shareholder disapproves of the terms of the
underwriting, the Shareholder may elect to withdraw therefrom (which withdrawal will also constitute a withdrawal by all Shareholder Parties)
by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter(s); provided, however, that such attempted offering will not
count as one of the Shareholder’s three (3) underwritten offerings described above unless the Shareholder’s decision to withdraw
from, terminate, abandon or cancel such offering results solely from the Shareholder’s own commercial reasons and does not result
from or arise out of (x) any market disruption or adverse market conditions, (y) the advice or recommendation of the managing underwriter(s)
or (z) any action by the Company that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the timing, marketability or offering price of
the securities contemplated to have been offered in such registration.
(g) Restrictions
on Underwritten Offerings. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1 to the contrary, the Shareholder and the other Shareholder
Parties may not make, and the Company will not be obligated to effect, an underwritten offering (other than a Shelf Offering or Block
Trade) unless the reasonably anticipated aggregate gross proceeds of such underwritten offering are at least $75,000,000 (unless the Shareholder
and the other Shareholder Parties are proposing to sell all of their remaining Company Shares). For the avoidance of doubt, no minimum
offering size shall apply to Shelf Offerings or Block Trades. In addition, the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties may not,
without the Company’s prior written consent, launch a demand registration pursuant to Section 1(b) within sixty (60) days
of any other underwritten offering of Registrable Securities by the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party; provided that no
Shelf Offering or Block Trade shall be subject to the foregoing restriction or any other cooling-off period.
(h) Priority
on Registrations. The Company will not include in any underwritten registration pursuant to Section 1 any securities that are
not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the Shareholder. If the managing underwriter(s) advise the Shareholder
in writing that in its or their opinion the number of Registrable Securities (and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested
to be included in such offering) exceeds the number of securities that
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can be sold in such offering without adversely
affecting the marketability of the offering, the Company will include in such offering only such number of securities that can be sold
without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering, which securities will be so included in the following order of priority:
(i) first, Registrable Securities of the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party and (ii) second, any other securities of the Company
that have been requested to be so included. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no employee of the Company or any subsidiary thereof will be
entitled to participate, directly or indirectly, in any such registration to the extent that the managing underwriter(s) (or, in the case
of any offering that is not underwritten, a nationally recognized investment banking firm) determines in good faith that the participation
of such employee in such registration would adversely affect the marketability or offering price of the securities being sold in such
registration.
(i) Block
Trades. In addition to Shelf Offerings, the Shareholder shall have the right to effect Block Trades off any effective Shelf Registration
Statement, without any minimum offering size and without counting toward the limitation on underwritten offerings set forth in Section
1(f); provided, however, that the Company will not be obligated to facilitate more than four (4) such Block Trades in
any 12-month period. The Shareholder may initiate any such transaction upon such notice as is reasonably practicable under the circumstances,
and in any event, no less than five (5) Business Days. The Company shall provide customary expedited cooperation in connection with any
such transaction, including making senior management available as reasonably requested. The Shareholder shall have the right to select
the managing underwriter(s) for any such transaction, subject to the Company’s approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
or delayed.
2. Restrictions
on Registration.
(a) Right
to Defer or Suspend Registration. In the event that the Company determines in good faith that any one or more of the following circumstances
exist, the Company may, at its option, (x) defer any registration of Registrable Securities in response to a Registration Request or (y)
require the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties to suspend any offerings of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement for the periods specified:
(i) subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 2(b), if the Company determines in good faith that an offering would require the Company,
under applicable securities laws and other laws, to make disclosures of material non-public information that would not otherwise be required
to be disclosed at that time and that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided,
that this exception shall continue to apply only during the time that such material non-public information has not been disclosed and
remains material; provided, further, that upon disclosure of such material non-public information, the Company shall (x)
notify the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties whose Registrable Securities are included in the Registration Statement; (y)
terminate any deferment or suspension it has put into effect; and (z) take such actions necessary to permit registered sales of Registrable
Securities as required or contemplated by this Agreement, including, if necessary, the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment
or prospectus supplement so that the Registration Statement and any prospectus forming a part thereof will not include an untrue statement
of material fact
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or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and
(ii) subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 2(b), if the Company is pursuing a primary underwritten offering of Company Shares pursuant
to a Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties shall have Piggyback
Registration rights with respect to such primary underwritten offering in accordance with and subject to the restrictions set forth in
Section 3.
(b) Limitation
on Deferrals and Suspensions. The Company shall not be permitted to defer registration or require the Shareholder and the other Shareholder
Parties to suspend an offering pursuant to this Section 2 more than three (3) times in any 12-month period. The duration of all
such deferrals or suspensions shall not exceed thirty (30) calendar days per instance and the aggregate of all such deferrals or suspensions
shall not exceed ninety (90) calendar days in any 12-month period.
(c) If
the Company defers any registration of Registrable Securities in response to a Registration Request or Take-Down Notice or requires the
Shareholder or the other Shareholder Parties to suspend any offering of Registrable Securities,
the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties shall be entitled to withdraw such Registration
Request or such Take-Down Notice, as the case may be, and if it does so, such request shall not be treated for any purpose as an exercise
of a Registration Request or the delivery of a Take-Down Notice pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement.
3. Piggyback
Registrations.
(a) Right
to Piggyback. During the Effectiveness Period, and subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Shareholders
Agreement, whenever the Company proposes to register any of its securities (other than a registration pursuant to Section 1,
relating solely to employee benefit plans, or relating solely to the sale of debt or convertible debt instruments) and the registration
form to be filed may be used for the registration or qualification for distribution of Registrable Securities, the Company will give written
notice at least ten (10) Business Days before the anticipated filing date to the Shareholder of its intention to effect such a registration
and will include in such registration all Registrable Securities held by the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties with respect
to which the Company has received from the Shareholder a written request for inclusion therein within seven (7) Business Days after the
date of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”). If the Shareholder has made such a written request,
it may withdraw its or any other Shareholder Parties’ Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving written
notice to the Company and the managing underwriter(s), if any, on or before the fifth (5th) day prior to the planned effective date of
such Piggyback Registration. The Company may terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section 3 prior to the effectiveness
of such registration, whether or not the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party has elected to include Registrable Securities in such
registration, and, except for the obligation to pay Registration Expenses pursuant to Section 3(c), the Company will have no liability
to the Shareholder or any Shareholder Party in connection with such termination or withdrawal.
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(b) Underwritten
Registration. If the registration referred to in Section 3(a) is proposed to be underwritten, the Company will so advise the
Shareholder as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 3(a). In such event, the right of the Shareholder and the
other Shareholder Parties to registration pursuant to this Section 3 will be conditioned upon the Shareholder’s or such other
Shareholder Parties’ participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of the Shareholder’s or such other Shareholder Parties’
Registrable Securities in the underwriting, and the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party which holds Registrable Securities which
are to be sold in such offering will (together with the Company and any other holders distributing their securities through such underwriting)
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such offering by the Company.
If the Shareholder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, the Shareholder may elect to withdraw therefrom (which withdrawal will
also constitute a withdrawal by all of the other Shareholder Parties) by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter(s).
(c) Piggyback
Registration Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Piggyback Registration, whether or not
any registration or prospectus becomes effective or final.
(d) Priority
on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration relates to an underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company, and the
managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration
exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering, the Company will include in such
registration or prospectus only such number of securities that in the opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting
the marketability of the offering, which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities
the Company proposes to sell and the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Shareholder or any other
Shareholder Party, pro rata based on the number of securities proposed to be included by each, and (ii) second, any other
securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the holders thereof on the basis of the number of securities
owned by each such holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any employee of the Company or any subsidiary thereof will not be entitled to
participate, directly or indirectly, in any such registration to the extent that the managing underwriter(s) (or, in the case of an offering
that is not underwritten, a nationally recognized investment banking firm) will determine in good faith that the participation of such
employee in such registration would adversely affect the marketability or offering price of the securities being sold in such registration.
(e) Priority
on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration relates to an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of other holders
of the Company’s securities, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities
requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the
offering, the Company will include in such registration only such number of securities that in the opinion of such underwriters can be
sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering, which securities will be so included in the following order of priority:
(i) first, the securities requested to be included therein by the holders requesting such registration, (ii) second, the
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party and (iii) third,
other
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securities of the Company and other holders, pro
rata among such holders on the basis of the number of securities owned by each such holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any employee
of the Company or any subsidiary thereof will not be entitled to participate, directly or indirectly, in any such registration to the
extent that the managing underwriter(s) (or, in the case of an offering that is not underwritten, a nationally recognized investment banking
firm) will determine in good faith that the participation of such employee in such registration would adversely affect the marketability
or offering price of the securities being sold in such registration.
4. Holdback
Agreement.
(a) If
(i) during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file a Registration Statement (other than in connection with the registration of
securities issuable pursuant to an employee stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or pursuant to a merger, exchange offer or a
transaction of the type specified in Rule 145(a) under the Securities Act) with respect to an underwritten public offering of Company
Shares or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Company Shares, (ii) with reasonable prior notice, the managing
underwriter or underwriters advise the Company in writing (in which case the Company shall notify the Shareholder) that a public sale
or distribution of Registrable Securities would materially adversely impact such offering and (iii) the underwriter or underwriters have
obtained written holdback agreements from the Company, each executive officer of the Company and each other person who has been granted
registration rights by the Company, then the Shareholder and each other Shareholder Party shall, if requested by the Company and the managing
underwriter or underwriters, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, refrain from effecting any public sale or distribution
of Registrable Securities, without the prior written consent of the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters, during the fourteen
(14) days prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement and until the earliest of (A) sixty (60) days from the effective
date of such Registration Statement or (B) the abandonment of such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Shareholder
and each other Shareholder Party under this Section 4 in respect of any such offering shall terminate in the event that the Company
or any underwriter terminates, releases or waives, in whole or in part, the holdback agreements with respect to the Company, any executive
officer of the Company or any such other person who has been granted registration rights by the Company; and
(b) In
connection with any underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities by the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party,
the Company shall, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have its directors and executive officers, if requested in writing
by the managing underwriter or underwriters, agree not to make any public sale or other distribution of Company Shares or securities convertible
into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Company Shares (other than offerings in connection with the registration of securities issuable
pursuant to an employee stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or pursuant to a merger, exchange offer or a transaction of the type
specified in Rule 145(a) under the Securities Act) during the fourteen (14) days prior to the pricing date of such underwritten public
offering and until the earliest of (A) sixty (60) days from the pricing date of such underwritten public offering or (B) the abandonment
of such offering.
5. Registration
Procedures. In connection with the registration obligations of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with Section 1, the
Company will use reasonable best
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efforts to effect the registration and sale of
such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare
and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities, subject to Section 1(c) of this Agreement,
make all required filings with FINRA and thereafter use reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective;
provided, that before filing a Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements
thereto (other than reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement), the Company will furnish to the Shareholder copies of all documents proposed to be filed. If the Shareholder
informs the Company in writing within five (5) Business Days of receipt that it has any objections to the filing of such Registration
Statement, amendment or supplement, the Company will not file such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement prior to the date that
is five (5) Business Days from the date the Shareholder received such document. The Company will not file any Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement to which the Shareholder will have reasonably objected in writing on the grounds
that (and explaining why) such amendment or supplement does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act or of the rules or regulations thereunder;
(b) prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
effective for a period of either (i) not less than the Effectiveness Period or, if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten
offering, such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection
with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer or (ii) such shorter period
as will terminate when all of the securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended
methods of disposition by the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party, as applicable, set forth in such Registration Statement (but
in any event not before the expiration of any longer period required under the Securities Act), and to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such
securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party,
as applicable, set forth in such Registration Statement;
(c) furnish
to the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party participating in a disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, without charge,
such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement and of each post-effective amendment thereto, and deliver, without charge,
such number of copies of each preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, all exhibits and other documents filed therewith and such other
documents as the Shareholder and such other Shareholder Party may reasonably request including in order to facilitate the disposition
of their Registrable Securities;
(d) use
reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
as the Shareholder reasonably requests in writing (provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subsection, (ii)
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subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);
(e) promptly
notify the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party participating in a disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, at any
time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the discovery
of the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and, as promptly as practicable,
prepare and furnish to the Shareholder and such other Shareholder Parties a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to
such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made;
(f) promptly
notify the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party participating in a disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement (i) when
the prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed and, with respect to such Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to such
Registration Statement or to amend or to supplement such prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, (iv)
of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and (v) the happening
of any event that requires the Company to make changes in any effective Registration Statement or the prospectus related to such Registration
Statement to make the statements in such Registration Statement not misleading or the statements in such prospectus not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which they were made (which notice shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes have been made);
(g) use
reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and on each other securities
exchange, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
(h) enter
into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings)
and take all such appropriate and reasonable other actions as the Shareholder or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order
to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(i) if
such offering is an underwritten offering, make available for inspection by the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party or underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Shareholder,
such other Shareholder Parties or any such underwriter, all financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents of the Company
as will be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibilities, provided that each of the Shareholder,
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any such other Shareholder Party, any such underwriter
and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Shareholder, any such other Shareholder Party or any such underwriter will
enter into a confidentiality agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Company;
(j) otherwise
use reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders,
as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve months beginning with the first day of
the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(k) in
the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing
the use of any related prospectus or ceasing trading of any securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction,
use reasonable best efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest practicable time;
(l) enter
into such agreements and take such other actions as the Shareholder or the underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate
the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, preparing for and participating in such number of “road
shows”, and all such other customary selling efforts as the Shareholder or the underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite
or facilitate such disposition, including, in connection with any underwritten offering (including any marketed Block Trade or registered
follow-on offering), if requested by the Shareholder or the underwriters, causing the appropriate members of senior management of the
Company (including, to the extent reasonably requested, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) as would customarily
participate in “road show” and other customary marketing activities for an offering by the Company comparable to such offering
in size and type of securities offered, to cooperate with the Shareholder and the managing underwriters or underwriter and make themselves
available to participate on a reasonable basis in “road show” and other customary marketing activities in such locations (domestic
and foreign) as recommended by the Shareholder or the managing underwriters or underwriter (including one-on-one meetings with prospective
purchasers of the Registrable Securities); provided that the scheduling of such “road shows” and other meetings shall
not unduly interfere with the normal operations of the business of the Company;
(m) if
such offering is an underwritten offering, use reasonable best efforts to obtain one or more comfort letters, addressed to the underwriters,
dated the effective date of, or the date of the final receipt issued for such Registration Statement (the date of the closing under the
underwriting agreement for such offering), signed by the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering
such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters in underwritten offerings;
(n) if
such offering is an underwritten offering, use reasonable best efforts to provide (i) a legal opinion of the Company’s outside counsel,
and (ii) a negative assurance letter of the Company’s outside counsel, addressed to the underwriters, dated the effective date of,
or the date of the final receipt issued for such Registration Statement (the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement for
such offering), each amendment and supplement thereto, with respect
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to the Registration Statement, each amendment
and supplement thereto (including the preliminary prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto in customary form and covering
such matters of the type customarily covered by such legal opinions and negative assurance letters;
(o) make
available to the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties participating in a disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement
each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC (or other governmental agency or self-regulatory body or other body having
jurisdiction, including any domestic or foreign securities exchange) and each item of correspondence written by or on behalf of the Company
to the SEC or the staff of the SEC (or other governmental agency or self-regulatory body or other body having jurisdiction, including
any domestic or foreign securities exchange), in each case relating to such Registration Statement, other than, in each case, any item
of correspondence relating to any reports delivered or required to be delivered under the Exchange Act whether or not in connection with
such Registration Statement;
(p) use
reasonable best efforts to procure the cooperation of the Company’s transfer agent in settling any Transfer of Registrable Securities,
including with respect to the transfer of any physical stock certificates representing common stock into book-entry form in accordance
with any procedures reasonably requested by the Shareholder or the other Shareholder Parties or the underwriters; and
(q) provide
customary officer certificates signed by the Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief Financial Officer of the Company in connection with
any underwritten offering.
The Company agrees not to file or make any amendment
to any Registration Statement with respect to any Registrable Securities, or any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus used in
connection therewith, that refers to the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party by name, or otherwise identifies the Shareholder or
any other Shareholder Party as the holder of any securities of the Company, without the consent of the Shareholder (any such consent to
be binding on all of the other Shareholder Parties), such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless and to the extent
such disclosure is required by applicable law.
The Company may require the Shareholder and any
other Shareholder Party to furnish the Company with such information regarding the Shareholder and such other Shareholder Party pertinent
to the disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of any securities as the Company may from time to time
reasonably request in writing. If within 20 days of the receipt of a written request from the Company, the Shareholder or any other Shareholder
Party fails to provide to the Company any information relating to the Shareholder or such other Shareholder Party, as applicable, that
is required by applicable law to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Company may exclude the Shareholder’s and such
other Shareholder Parties’, as applicable, Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement (and, in the case of a Registration
Statement in response to a Registration Request by the Shareholder, shall not be obligated to file such Registration Statement).
The Shareholder agrees that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(e), 5(f)(ii) or 5(f)(iii)
hereof, that the Shareholder shall discontinue, and shall cause each other Shareholder Party to discontinue, disposition of any
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Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement or the related prospectus until receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by
Section 5(e) hereof, which supplement or amendment shall be prepared and furnished as soon as reasonably practicable, or until
the Shareholder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and the Shareholder and
each other Shareholder Party has received copies of any amended or supplemented prospectus or any additional or supplemental filings
which are incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference in such prospectus (such period during which disposition is discontinued
being an “Interruption Period”) and, if requested by the Company, the Shareholder shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to return to the Company all copies then in its possession or in the possession of any other Shareholder Party, other than permanent
file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of
such request. As soon as practicable after the Company has determined that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, the Company
will notify the Shareholder. In the event the Company invokes an Interruption Period hereunder and in the reasonable discretion of the
Company the need for the Company to continue the Interruption Period ceases for any reason, the Company shall, as soon as reasonably
practicable, provide written notice to the Shareholder that such Interruption Period is no longer applicable.
6. Registration
Expenses.
(a) All
expenses incidental to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration
and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, word processing, duplicating and printing expenses,
messenger and delivery expenses, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, all independent certified public accountants,
underwriters and other Persons retained by the Shareholder and any of the other Shareholder Parties, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of one counsel to represent the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties selected by the Shareholder, and all transportation
and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Shareholder, any other Shareholder Party, the Company or any underwriters or their
respective Representatives, in connection with “roadshow” presentations and the holding of meetings with potential investors
to facilitate the distribution and sale of the Registrable Securities (all such expenses, “Registration Expenses”;
provided that in no event shall Selling Expenses constitute Registration Expenses), will be borne by the Company, regardless of
whether a registration statement is filed or becomes effective. In addition, the Company will, in any event, pay its internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses
of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expenses of any liability insurance and the expenses and fees for listing the securities
to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange and on each other securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company
are then listed.
(b) Selling
Expenses will be borne by the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties, as applicable.
7. Indemnification.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless, the Shareholder and the other Shareholder
Parties, their affiliates and their
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respective directors, officers, employees and
partners and each Person who controls the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against,
and pay and reimburse the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties, affiliate, director, officer, employee or partner or controlling
Person for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, to which the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties or any
such affiliate, director, officer, employee or partner or controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus
or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any “issuer free writing prospectus” as such
term is defined under Rule 433 under the Securities Act or (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and the Company will pay and reimburse the Shareholder and
the other Shareholder Parties and each such affiliate, director, officer, employee, partner and controlling Person for any legal or any
other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim,
liability, action or proceeding; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon (A) an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, made in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any “issuer free writing prospectus” as such term is defined under Rule
433 under the Securities Act, or in any application, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished
to the Company by the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party expressly for use therein or (B) the failure of the Shareholder, any
other Shareholder Party or any agent acting on behalf of the Shareholder or such other Shareholder Party to timely deliver a prospectus.
In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company, if requested, will indemnify such underwriters, their officers and directors
and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect
to the indemnification of the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties.
(b) In
connection with any Registration Statement in which the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party is participating, the Shareholder and
each such other Shareholder Party, as applicable, will furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company
reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or prospectus and will jointly indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, its directors and officers, each underwriter and each other Person who controls the Company or such underwriter (within the
meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director
or officer, any such underwriter or controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus
or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or in any application or (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or
omission is made in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or in any
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application, in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information prepared and furnished to the Company by the Shareholder or such other Shareholder Party, as applicable, expressly
for use therein, and the Shareholder and such other Shareholder Party will reimburse the Company and each such director, officer, underwriter
and controlling Person for any legal or any other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating,
defending or settling any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided that the obligation to indemnify and hold
harmless will be limited to the net amount of proceeds received by the Shareholder and such other Shareholder Party (in the aggregate)
from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(c) Any
Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to
which it seeks indemnification and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such
indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such
claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party will not be subject
to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld).
An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and
expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable
judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties
with respect to such claim.
(d) The
indemnification provided for under this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and will survive the registration and
sale of any securities by any Person entitled to any indemnification hereunder and the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
(e) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is legally unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder,
will contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party
on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party will be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount the
Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party will be obligated to contribute pursuant to this Section 7(e) will be limited to an
amount equal to the proceeds received by the Shareholder and such other Shareholder Party (in the aggregate) in respect of the Registrable
Securities sold pursuant to the Registration Statement which gives rise to such obligation to contribute (less the aggregate amount of
any damages which the Shareholder and each such other Shareholder Party has otherwise been required to pay in
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respect of such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action or any substantially similar loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of such Registrable Securities).
8. Participation
in Underwritten Registrations.
(a) Neither
the Shareholder nor any other Shareholder Party may participate in any registration hereunder that is underwritten unless each of the
Shareholder and any such other Shareholder Party (i) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, underwriting
agreements and other customary documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and (ii) cooperates with
the Company’s requests in connection with such registration or qualification (it being understood that the Company’s failure
to perform its obligations hereunder, which failure is caused by the Shareholder’s or any other Shareholder Parties’ failure
to cooperate, will not constitute a breach by the Company of this Agreement).
(b) To
the extent that the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party is participating in any registration hereunder, the Shareholder agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(e) above, the
Shareholder will, and will cause any such other Shareholder Party to, forthwith discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement until the Shareholder and such other Shareholder Parties receive copies of a supplemented or amended
prospectus as contemplated by such Section 5(e).
9. Rule
144 and 144A Reporting.
(a) With
a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities
to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use reasonable best efforts to (i) file with the SEC in a timely manner all
reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) keep public information available
at any time when the Company is subject to such reporting requirements, (iii) maintain compliance with Rule 144 current public information
requirements, and (iv) take all actions reasonably necessary to facilitate Rule 144 sales by the Shareholder and the other Shareholder
Parties.
Upon request of the Shareholder,
the Company will deliver to the Shareholder or such other applicable Shareholder Party, as applicable, a written statement as to whether
it has complied with such informational and reporting requirements and will, within the limitations of the exemptions provided by Rule
144 (as such rule may be amended from time to time) or any similar rule enacted by the SEC and if the Shareholder has provided the Company
with reasonable assurance that such Company Shares can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise without registration
under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, including, if requested by the Company, all necessary documentation and evidence
(which may include an opinion of outside counsel) and agreed to such other procedures as may reasonably be required by the Company, the
Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove the restrictive legend affixed to any Company Shares to enable such shares to be sold
in compliance with Rule 144 (as such rule may be amended from time to time) or any similar rule enacted by the SEC.
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(b) For
purposes of facilitating sales pursuant to Rule 144A, so long as the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party owns any Registrable
Securities, the Shareholder, each such other Shareholder Party and any prospective purchaser of the Shareholder’s or any other Shareholder
Parties’ securities will have the right to obtain from the Company, upon written request of the Shareholder prior to the time of
sale, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company filed with the SEC and such other reports and documents as the
Shareholder, the other Shareholder Parties or prospective purchaser may reasonably request in writing in availing itself of any rule or
regulation of the SEC allowing the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party, as applicable, to sell any such securities without registration.
10. Term. This Agreement will be effective as of the date hereof and will continue in effect thereafter until the earliest of (a) its termination
by the written consent of the parties hereto or their respective successors in interest, (b) the date on which no Registrable Securities
remain outstanding, (c) the date on which all Registrable Securities are eligible for resale under Rule 144 without volume, manner-of-sale,
or current public information restrictions and (d) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.
11. Governing
Law, Consent to Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) This
Agreement and all matters, claims or Actions (whether at Law, in equity, in Contract, in tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of
or relating to this Agreement, execution or performance of this Agreement, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
Laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that State, regardless of the Laws
that might otherwise govern under any applicable conflict of Laws principles.
(b) All
Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined in the federal and state courts located in New York,
New York, and the Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts in any such Action and irrevocably
waive the defense of an inconvenient forum or lack of jurisdiction to the maintenance of any such Action. The consents to jurisdiction
and venue set forth in this Section 11(b) shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of North
Carolina and shall have no effect for any purpose except as provided in this paragraph and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any
Person other than the Parties. Each Party hereto agrees that service of process upon such Party in any Action arising out of or relating
to this Agreement shall be effective if notice is given pursuant to Section 13(l). The Parties agree that a final judgment
in any such Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided
by applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing shall restrict any Party’s rights to seek any
post-judgment relief regarding, or any appeal from, a final trial court judgment.
(c) EACH
PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT
ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
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RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER,
(C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11(c).
12. Defined
Terms. Capitalized terms when used in this Agreement have the following meanings:
“Action”
means any claim, action, suit, arbitration or proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority, court, tribunal or arbitration body.
“Affiliate”
means, in relation to a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled
by or is under common control with such Person, in each case from time to time. The term “control” means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, including the ability to elect at least a majority of the members of the board of directors
or other governing body of a Person, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have correlative meanings.
“Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Block Trade”
means any block trade, bought deal, overnight marketed offering or accelerated bookbuilt offering.
“Business Day” means a day on
which banks are generally open for normal business in New York, New York, which day is not a Saturday or a Sunday.
“Company”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Company Shares”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Completion”
has the meaning set forth in the Securities Sale Agreement.
“Completion Date”
has the meaning set forth in the Securities Sale Agreement.
“Contract”
means any contract, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, indenture, agreement, commitment or other legally binding arrangement, whether
oral or written, and including all amendments and supplements thereto.
“Effectiveness Period”
has the meaning set forth in Section 1(d).
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means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in
effect from time to time.
“Family Member” means any descendant
in direct line (including adoptive children) of the late Elisabeth Berghmans-Lhoist, born in Liège (Belgium) on the twenty-fifth
day of July nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
“Family-Controlled Entity” means
any entity (i) the majority of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of which are designated, nominated
or elected, directly or indirectly, by one or more Family Members, (ii) the majority of the general partner, managing member or equivalent
interests of which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more Family Members or (iii) which one or more Family Members,
alone or together with other Family Members, otherwise has the power, directly or indirectly, to control.
“FINRA”
means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Governmental Authority”
means any competent governmental, administrative, supervisory, regulatory, judicial, disciplinary, enforcement or tax raising body, authority,
agency, commission, board, organization, court or tribunal of any jurisdiction, whether international, supranational, national, federal,
state or regional or local and any subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing.
“Interruption Period”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.
“Laws”
means all applicable legislation, statutes, transposed directives, regulations, decrees, ordinances, instruments, codes and other legislative
measures or decisions having the force of law, treaties, conventions and other agreements between states, or between states and the European
Union or other supranational authorities, rules of common law and equity and all civil or other codes and all judgments, decisions, orders,
directives, recommendations, circulars, standards of any Governmental Authority, including any judicial or administrative interpretation
thereof.
“Parties”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Permitted Transferee”
means (i) any Affiliate of the Shareholder, (ii) any member of the Vendor Group or (iii) any Family Member or Family-Controlled Entity.
“Person”
means an individual, company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, body corporate (wherever located) or other entity,
organization or unincorporated association, including any Governmental Authority.
“Piggyback Registration”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“Register,”
“registered” and “registration” refers to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration
Statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement,
and compliance with applicable state securities laws of such states in which the Shareholder notifies the Company of its or any other
Shareholder Party’s intention to offer Registrable Securities.
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means (i) the Company Shares issued to the Shareholder pursuant to the Securities Sale Agreement on the Completion Date or (ii) any equity
securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clause (i) by way of
conversion or exchange thereof or share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification,
merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities,
such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when (x) they have been effectively registered or qualified for sale by a prospectus
filed under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Registration Statement covering such securities, (y) they have been
sold to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker pursuant to Rule 144 or other exemption from registration under the Securities
Act or (z) such securities have been Transferred and new certificates (or book-entry positions) are delivered free of any restrictive
legend with no stop-transfer order in effect. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person will be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities
whenever such Person has the right to acquire directly or indirectly such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection
with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether
or not such acquisition has actually been effected.
“Registration Expenses”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Registration Request”
means a written request by the Shareholder for the registration under the Securities Act of the Registrable Securities held by it and
the other Shareholder Parties pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement.
“Registration Statement”
means the prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC to effect a registration under the Securities Act.
“Representatives”
means, in relation to a Party, its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, auditors, consultants
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“Requested Assignee”
has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d).
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means Rule 144 (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A”
means Rule 144A (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act.
“SEC” means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act”
means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
“Securities Sale
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Selling Expenses”
means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder.
“Shareholder”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
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means the Shareholder and each Permitted Transferee of the Shareholder to whom shares of Company Shares are Transferred in accordance
with this Agreement.
“Shareholders Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Shelf Offering”
has the meaning set forth in Section 1(e).
“Shelf Registration”
has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).
“Shelf Registration
Statement” means a Registration Statement of the Company filed with the SEC on Form S-3 (or any successor form or other appropriate
form under the Securities Act) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
(or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC) covering the Registrable Securities.
“Take-Down Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section 1(e).
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by any Person means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of or transfer
(by the operation of Law or otherwise), either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement,
agreement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or other disposition or
transfer (by the operation of Law or otherwise), of any shares of equity securities beneficially owned by such Person or of any interest
in any shares of equity securities beneficially owned by such Person. The terms “Transfers”, “Transferred”
and “Transferring” shall have correlative meanings.
“Vendor Group” has the meaning
set forth in the Securities Sale Agreement.
13. Miscellaneous.
(a) No
Inconsistent Agreements; Most Favored Nation. The Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities
which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Shareholder or the other Shareholder Parties in this Agreement unless
such rights are expressly made subject to the rights of the Shareholder or the other Shareholder Parties in a manner consistent with this
Agreement. The Company shall not grant registration rights, shelf access rights, demand rights, piggyback rights, lock-up relief, or other
liquidity rights to any Person that are senior to or more favorable than the rights of the Shareholder or the other Shareholder Parties
under this Agreement. If the Company proposes to grant more favorable terms to any third party, the Shareholder and the other Shareholder
Parties shall automatically receive the benefit of such more favorable terms.
(b) Remedies.
The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement
and that any Party hereto will have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief for any breach or threatened
breach of this Agreement, without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting any bond or other security.
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(c) Amendments
and Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified except by a written instrument signed by the
Shareholder and the Company, and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall be binding on all Shareholder Parties. No provision
of this Agreement may be waived except by a written instrument signed by (i) the Company, in the event the waiver is to be effective against
the Company or (ii) the Shareholder, in the event the waiver is to be effective against the Shareholder and the other Shareholder Parties,
and any such waiver shall be binding on all Shareholder Parties.
(d) Assignment
of Registration Rights. The rights of the Shareholder and any other Shareholder Party to registration of all or any portion of its
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement may be assigned by the Shareholder or such other Shareholder Party to (A) any Permitted
Transferee or (B) any transferee receiving Registrable Securities representing at least one percent (1%) of the Company’s then-outstanding
common stock (a “Requested Assignee”) that has been approved by the Company in its sole discretion (in each case, to
the extent of the Registrable Securities Transferred) but only if (i) the Shareholder or such other Shareholder Party furnishes to the
Company written notice of the Transfer and (ii) such transferee agrees, following such Transfer, to be subject to all applicable restrictions
and obligations set forth in this Agreement, and executes a customary joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Company. Each such transfer shall be effective when (but only when) the transferee has signed and delivered such joinder to the
Company. The Parties agree that if the Shareholder or any Shareholder Party requests the assignment of its rights under this Agreement
to a Requested Assignee in respect of the relevant Registrable Securities Transferred, the Company shall consider such request (and consult
with the Shareholder or applicable Shareholder Party) in good faith but shall have the right to approve or deny such request in its sole
discretion. Upon any effective transfer pursuant to this Section 13(d), the applicable transferee shall be the beneficiary of all
or a portion of the rights of the Shareholder or such other Shareholder Party and subject to all restrictions and obligations applicable
to the Shareholder or such other Shareholder Party pursuant to this Agreement, to the same extent as the Shareholder or such other Shareholder
Party.
(e) Successors
and Assigns. Except as provided in Section 13(d) hereof, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder
shall be assigned by any of the Parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto. Subject to the preceding
sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. If any of the Registrable Securities is converted into or exchanged or substituted for other securities issued
by any other Person, as a condition to the effectiveness of the merger, consolidation, reclassification, share exchange or other transaction
pursuant to which such conversion, exchange, substitution or other transaction takes place, such other Person shall become bound hereby
with respect to such other securities which shall constitute Registrable Securities.
(f) Shareholder
Acts for Shareholder Parties. For so long as the Shareholder holds any Company Shares, the Shareholder shall be solely responsible
for exercising all rights (including providing all Registration Requests and any written consents contemplated by this Agreement) on behalf
of all other Shareholder Parties and any determination, consent or approval of, or notice or request delivered by, or any similar action
of, the Shareholder, shall be valid and binding upon all other Shareholder Parties.
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(g) Conversion
of Other Securities. If the Shareholder or any other Shareholder Party offers Registrable Securities by forward sale, or by an offering
(directly or by entering into a derivative transaction with a broker-dealer or other financial institution) of any options, rights, warrants
or other securities that are offered with, convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any Registrable Securities, the Registrable
Securities subject to such forward sale or underlying such options, rights or warrants or other securities shall be eligible for registration
pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) Severability.
If any term, condition or other provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal
or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term, condition or other provision is invalid, illegal
or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent
of the Parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
(i) Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by electronic mail), each of which shall be deemed to be an original
but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts
have been signed by each of the Parties (including by electronic signature) and delivered to the other Party (including electronically,
e.g., in PDF format).
(j) Descriptive
Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.
(k) Entire
Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements
and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties and their Affiliates, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter
hereof. No provision of this Agreement shall confer upon any Person other than the Parties and their permitted assigns any rights or remedies
hereunder.
(l) Notices.
All notices, requests and other communications to any Party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally,
emailed (which is confirmed) or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the Parties in the manner and at the addresses
set forth in the Shareholders Agreement (or, following the termination of the Shareholders Agreement, at such other address as shall have
been furnished in writing by a Party to the other Party). All such notices, requests and other communications given to the Shareholder
shall be deemed to be given to all other Shareholder Parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has duly executed
this Agreement as of the date and year set forth above.
LNA HOLDING SRL
By:
/s/ Baron Berghmans
Name:
Baron Berghmans
Title:
Director
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has duly executed this Agreement
as of the date and year set forth above.
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
By:
/s/ George F. Schoen
Name:
George F. Schoen
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
EX-99.1 — PRESS RELEASE
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Exhibit 99.1
MARTIN
MARIETTA COMPLETES COMBINATION
WITH
LHOIST NORTH AMERICA
Raleigh, N.C. (August 24, 2026) –
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM) (Martin Marietta or the Company) today announced the completion of its previously announced
combination with Lhoist North America, Inc. (LNA), a subsidiary of Lhoist Group, on August 21, 2026.
LNA is a leading producer of high calcium lime,
dolomitic lime and industrial mineral products, serving a diverse range of end markets, including domestic steel manufacturing, infrastructure,
heavy nonresidential construction and environmental solutions.
Ward Nye, Chair, President and CEO of Martin Marietta,
stated, "We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the LNA combination. This transformative transaction advances our
SOAR 2030 objectives by expanding our Specialties platform and further enhancing the quality, scale and resilience of our business. With
one of the most strategically advantaged limestone positions in North America, comprised of more than 2 billion tons of high-quality reserves,
the combination establishes Martin Marietta as the nation's leading producer of limestone products and strengthens our portfolio of essential
upstream materials."
Mr. Nye concluded, "We are excited to welcome
LNA and its talented employees to Martin Marietta. Together, we have created a uniquely advantaged portfolio of essential materials supported
by industry-leading reserves, strategically located assets and differentiated end-market exposure. As the United States continues to invest
in infrastructure modernization, domestic manufacturing and industrial growth, we believe Martin Marietta is exceptionally well positioned
to create sustainable long-term value for shareholders."
The Company expects to provide updated full-year 2026 revenue and Adjusted
EBITDA guidance reflecting the completion of this transaction in connection with the release of its third-quarter financial results.
About Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta, a member of the S&P 500 Index,
is an American-based company and a leading supplier of aggregates, lime and limestone products, magnesia-based products and other building
materials. Supported by industry-leading reserves and a network of operations spanning 29 states, Canada and The Bahamas, Martin Marietta
supplies the essential materials that help build, connect and sustain communities across North America. For more information, visit www.martinmarietta.com
or www.magnesiaspecialties.com.
Investor Contact:
Jacklyn Rooker
Vice President, Investor Relations
+1 (919) 510-4736
Jacklyn.Rooker@martinmarietta.com
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MLM-G.
This press release contains forward-looking statements under
the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include: the
anticipated benefits of the transaction including increased profitability, synergies and advancement of SOAR 2030 priorities, and
costs and other anticipated financial impacts of the transaction. These statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on
assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable, but which may differ materially from actual results, including, among others,
risks and uncertainties relating to adverse industry conditions, and potential business uncertainty. These statements reflect the
Company’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements because they do not relate
only to historical or current facts and may use words such as “guidance”, “anticipate”, “may”,
“expect”, “should”, “believe”, “will”, and other words of similar meaning in
connection with future events or future performance. Any or all of the Company’s forward-looking statements herein and in
other publications may prove to be incorrect.
Statements regarding the LNA combination contain forward-looking
statements that are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from those expressed or implied due to various factors including but not limited to: Martin Marietta’s long-term leverage targets, transaction costs, integration challenges, market conditions, and other risks
described in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
A further list and description of risks, uncertainties and
other matters can be found in Martin Marietta’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and in Martin Marietta’s
subsequent reports on Form 10-Q, including the sections thereof captioned “Other Matters” and “Item 1A. Risk Factors”,
and in Martin Marietta’s subsequent reports on Form 8-K. Except as required by law, Martin Marietta does not undertake any obligation
to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Securities Act
-Number 230
-Section 425
+ Details
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na
Period Type:
duration
X
- Details
Name:
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Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:
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Balance Type:
Period Type: