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Exhibit 99.2
IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
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SHAREHOLDERS AND DERIVATIVE
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LITIGATION
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STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT OF
COMPROMISE, SETTLEMENT, AND RELEASE
COMPROMISE, SETTLEMENT, AND RELEASE
The parties to the above-captioned consolidated shareholder class and derivative action (the
Action) currently pending before the Delaware Court of Chancery (the Court), by and through
their respective attorneys, have entered into the following Stipulation and Agreement of
Compromise, Settlement, and Release (the Stipulation or Settlement) and hereby submit this
Stipulation for approval by the Court.
WHEREAS:
A. Between April 15, 2009 and May 15, 2009, an affiliate of JLL Partners Fund V, L.P. (JLL
Fund V) purchased approximately $98 million in aggregate principal amount of second priority
senior secured floating rate notes due 2012 (the Notes) of Builders FirstSource, Inc. (Builders
or the Company) through open market purchases, and on August 31, 2009, Warburg Pincus Private
Equity IX, L.P. (Warburg Pincus) acquired 50% of the membership interests in JWP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (JWP LLC) through which JLL Fund V then held such Notes (the Notes
Purchase);
B. On August 31, 2009, Builders received a proposal from JLL Fund V (JLL Fund V, together with
Building Products, LLC, JLL Partners, Inc., JWP LLC, JLL Associates V, L.P., JLL Associates G.P. V,
L.L.C., Paul S. Levy, Ramsey A. Frank, and Brett N. Milgrim, the JLL Defendants) and Warburg
Pincus (Warburg Pincus, together
with Warburg Pincus LLC, Warburg Pincus IX LLC, Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, Kevin J. Kruse,
Michael Graff, and David A. Barr, the Warburg Defendants) pursuant to which Builders would be
recapitalized (the Proposed Recapitalization);
C. The Proposed Recapitalization contemplated that, among other things, the Notes held by JWP
LLC would be exchanged for the Companys Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.00 per share, all
other holders of Notes would be offered the opportunity to exchange their Notes for Common Stock,
new notes or any combination thereof, the Company would issue to all stockholders rights to
purchase up to an aggregate of $75 million of the Companys Common Stock at a subscription price of
$2.00 per share, and JLL Fund V and Warburg Pincus would agree to purchase all shares of Common
Stock not subscribed for in the rights offering and receive a fee for such commitment of $4.5
million payable in Common Stock, valued at $2.00 per share;
D. On August 31, 2009, the Companys Common Stock closed at a price of $7.69 and on September
1, 2009, it closed at a price of $4.98;
E. The board of directors of Builders formed a special committee of its independent directors
(the Special Committee) consisting of Robert C. Griffin, Cleveland A. Christophe, and Craig A.
Steinke (the Special Committee Defendants) to evaluate the Proposed Recapitalization and any
alternative transaction;
F. The Special Committee engaged independent legal counsel and financial advisors to evaluate
the Proposed Recapitalization and engaged in discussions with representatives of JLL Fund V and
Warburg Pincus and the holders of outstanding Notes regarding the Proposed Recapitalization;
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G. On September 4, 2009, Lead Counsel for plaintiffs in the Action contacted counsel for JLL
Fund V and Warburg Pincus and raised objections to the Proposed Recapitalization, and counsel for
JLL Fund V and Warburg Pincus suggested that Lead Counsel raise their objections with counsel for
the Special Committee;
H. Thereafter, Plaintiffs Lead Counsel in the Action contacted the Special Committee and
discussed with the Special Committees legal and financial advisors the economic terms of the
Proposed Recapitalization and objections thereto, as well as alternative terms for a
recapitalization of the Company that Co-Lead Plaintiffs would consider fair;
I. Between September 10, 2009 and September 15, 2009, four putative shareholder class and/or
derivative actions were filed in the Court against some or all of the Company, the Special
Committee Defendants, the JLL Defendants, the Warburg Defendants, and the Companys Chief Executive
Officer, Floyd F. Sherman (Sherman) alleging that various defendants breached their fiduciary
duties and/or aided and abetted alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the Notes
Purchase and the Proposed Recapitalization, in which the plaintiffs generally sought declaratory
relief that the defendants had breached their fiduciary duties, injunctive relief to prevent such
breaches, damages, and/or fees and expenses;
J. On September 18, 2009, the Court consolidated four actions, Pinto v. Levy, et al., Builders
FirstSource, C.A. No. 4884-VCS, Astrino v. Levy, et al., Builders FirstSource, C.A. No. 4887-VCS,
Coppney v. Builders FirstSource, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 4897-VCS, and Ravenswood Investment Co.,
L.P. v Building Products, LLC, et al., C.A.
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No. 4900-VCS, under the caption In re: Builders FirstSource, Inc. Sholders and Deriv. Litig.,
C.A. No. 4900-VCS, and appointed the following as co-lead plaintiffs: Ravenswood Investment
Company, L.L.P., Ravenswood Investments III, L.P., and Robotti & Company Advisors (together, the
Co-Lead Plaintiffs);
K. The complaint in C.A. No. 4900-VCS was designated as the operative complaint;
L. In September 2009, Co-Lead Plaintiffs served discovery requests including document
requests, interrogatories and requests to admit;
M. On September 30, 2009, a complaint captioned Rodriguez and Dougherty v. Sherman, et al.,
C.A. No. 4932-VCS (the Rodriguez Action) was filed which alleged substantially similar claims to
that of the Action;
N. On October 13, 2009, the Company received a revised proposal from JLL Fund V and Warburg
Pincus in the form of a draft non-binding term sheet (the October 13 Term Sheet), pursuant to
which Builders would be recapitalized (the Recapitalization);
O. The Recapitalization provides, among other things: (1) the ability of all stockholders to
participate in the rights offering on a pro rata basis; (2) the ability of all holders of Notes who
are accredited investors to participate in a debt exchange on a pro rata basis; and (3) a price for
both the rights offering and the exchange offering of $3.50 per share;
P. Throughout the week from October 13, 2009 through October 20, 2009, Co-Lead Plaintiffs
together with other institutional investors who own large quantities of
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Builders Common Stock held discussions with representatives of the Special Committee, JLL
Fund V and Warburg Pincus and reviewed confidential information of the Company;
Q. On October 19, 2009, Plaintiffs Lead Counsel, Co-Lead Plaintiffs and another substantial
holder of Builders common stock held further discussions with the Special Committee, its advisors
and advisors to JLL Fund V and Warburg Pincus regarding the Recapitalization;
R. A final term sheet, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Term Sheet), was
negotiated pursuant to which Builders would be recapitalized;
S. On October 23, 2009, following extensive arms-length settlement negotiations, Plaintiffs
Lead Counsel and counsel for the Company, the Special Committee Defendants, the JLL Defendants, the
Warburg Defendants, and Sherman entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the MOU) setting
forth an agreement-in-principle to resolve the Action on the terms and conditions set forth
therein, which are described below (the Settlement);
T. In connection with the Recapitalization, on October 23, 2009, the Company entered into an
Investment Agreement with JLL Fund V and Warburg Pincus (the Investment Agreement), pursuant to
which, JLL Fund V and Warburg Pincus have severally agreed to, among other things: (i) purchase
from the Company at the subscription price of $3.50 per share unsubscribed shares of Common Stock
such that gross proceeds of the rights offering that the Company expects to conduct in connection
with the Recapitalization (the Rights Offering) will be no less than $75.0 million; and (ii)
exchange up to $48.909 million aggregate principal amount of Notes held indirectly
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by each of them in a debt exchange and, to the extent gross proceeds of the Rights Offering
are less than $205.0 million, to exchange such Notes for shares of Common Stock at an exchange
price equal to the Rights Offering subscription price, subject to proration from the participation
of other holders of Notes who submit their Notes for exchange into Common Stock not subscribed for
through the exercise of rights in the Rights Offering;
U. In connection with the Recapitalization, on October 23, 2009, the Company also entered into
a Support Agreement with certain holders of the outstanding Notes (the Support Agreement),
pursuant to which each such holder has agreed to, among other things, submit for exchange all Notes
held by it in a debt exchange for the outstanding Notes that the Company expects to conduct in
connection with the Recapitalization and deliver consents with respect to all Notes held by such
holder to certain proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Notes;
V. On October 23, 2009, the Company also announced the Recapitalization; that same day,
counsel in the Action informed the Court that the parties to the Action had entered into the MOU;
W. On October 30, 2009, upon stipulation among all parties to the Action and the Rodriguez
Action, the Court issued an Order consolidating the Rodriguez Action into the Action, continuing
the Action under the caption In re: Builders FirstSource, Inc. Sholders and Deriv. Litig., C.A.
No. 4900-VCS and continuing the same Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel structure;
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X. Subject to confirmatory discovery, Plaintiffs in the Action and their counsel believe (i)
the claims Plaintiffs have asserted have legal merit, and (ii) the Settlement is fair, reasonable,
adequate, and in the best interest of Plaintiffs, the Company and the class (as defined below);
Y. The willingness of the JLL Defendants and the Warburg Defendants to proceed with the
Recapitalization on the terms proposed in the Term Sheet is conditioned upon the Settlement;
Z. Defendants in the Action, including the Company, the Special Committee Defendants, the JLL
Defendants, the Warburg Defendants, and Sherman (collectively, the Defendants) have denied, and
continue to deny, that they have committed or aided and abetted in the commission of any violation
of law or engaged in any of the wrongful acts alleged in the Action, and expressly maintain that
they complied with their fiduciary and other legal duties, and are entering into this Stipulation
solely because the Settlement will eliminate the burden and expense of further litigation;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to approval by the Court, pursuant to
Court of Chancery Rule 23, for good and valuable consideration, that the Action shall be dismissed
on the merits with prejudice as to all Defendants and against all members of the Class (as defined
below), and all Released Claims (as defined below) shall be completely, fully, finally, and forever
compromised, settled, released, discharged, extinguished, and dismissed with prejudice and without
costs (except as provided by paragraphs 11, 18 and 19, below), as to all Released Persons (defined
below), upon the following terms and conditions:
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DEFINITIONS
1. In addition to the terms defined above, the following additional terms shall have the
meanings specified below:
1.1. Class means a non-opt-out class of all persons or entities who held shares of Builders
common stock, either of record or beneficially, other than the Defendants, their subsidiary
companies, affiliates, and members of their immediate families, as the case may be, at any time
between April 15, 2009, and the date of the consummation of the Recapitalization.
1.2. Final Court Approval means the date on which the Order and Final Judgment approving the
Settlement and dismissing the Action with prejudice becomes final and no longer subject to further
appeal or review, whether by the passage of time, affirmance on appeal, or otherwise.
1.3. Notice means the Notice of Pendency and Settlement of Shareholder and Derivative
Action, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.
1.4. Order and Final Judgment means an order entered by the Court, substantially in the form
of Exhibit C attached hereto, approving this Settlement and dismissing the Action with prejudice
and without costs to any party (except as provided below in paragraphs 11, 18 and 19).
1.5. Person means an individual, corporation, limited liability corporation, professional
corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, association, joint
stock company, estate, legal representative, trust, unincorporated
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association, government, or any political subdivision or agency thereof, or any other business
or legal entity.
1.6. Plaintiffs means the plaintiffs in the Action, without respect to whether any such
plaintiff has been appointed a Co-Lead Plaintiff.
1.7. Plaintiffs Counsel means any counsel representing any of the Plaintiffs.
1.8. Released Claims means any and all claims, demands, rights, actions or causes of action,
liabilities, damages, losses, obligations, judgments, duties, suits, costs, expenses, matters and
issues, known or unknown, contingent or absolute, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or
undisclosed, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, accrued or unaccrued, apparent or
unapparent, that have been or could have been asserted in the Action, or in any court, tribunal or
proceeding (including but not limited to any claims arising under federal, state, foreign or common
law, including the federal securities laws and any state disclosure law), by or on behalf of the
Plaintiffs or any member of the Class, whether individual, direct, class, derivative,
representative, legal, equitable, or any other type or in any other capacity (collectively, the
Releasing Persons) against each of the Defendants or any of their families, parent entities,
controlling persons, associates, affiliates, or subsidiaries and each and all of their respective
past or present officers, directors, stockholders, partners, members, principals, representatives,
employees, attorneys, financial or investment advisors, insurers, co-insurers, re-insurers,
consultants, accountants, investment bankers, commercial bankers, entities providing fairness
opinions, underwriters, brokers, dealers, investors, advisors or agents, heirs, executors,
trustees, general or limited partners or partnerships, limited
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liability companies, members, joint ventures, personal or legal representatives, estates,
administrators, predecessors, successors, and assigns (collectively, the Released Persons) which
have arisen out of the acts, events, facts, matters, transactions, occurrences, statements,
representations, misrepresentations, or omissions set forth in or otherwise related to the
allegations in the Action, including without limitation, the Notes Purchase, the Proposed
Recapitalization, the Recapitalization, the Investment Agreement, the Support Agreement, and the
transactions contemplated therein (collectively, the Settled Claims) provided, however, that the
release shall not include the right of Co-Lead Plaintiffs to enforce the terms of the Settlement.
1.9. Releases mean the releases set forth in paragraphs 4 and 5 below.
1.10. Scheduling Order means an order in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D
scheduling a hearing to establish the procedure and/or timing for: (1) conducting confirmatory
discovery as provided in paragraph 17 below; (2) the approval of the Notice; and (3) the Courts
consideration of the Settlement, Class certification and the Co-Lead Plaintiffs application for
attorneys fees and expenses.
1.11. Settlement Hearing means the hearing or hearings at which the Court will review the
fairness, reasonableness, and adequacy if the Settlement, and the appropriateness and amount of an
award of attorneys fees and expenses payable to Lead Counsel.
SETTLEMENT CONSIDERATION
2. In consideration for the full settlement and release of all Released Claims:
A. The JLL Defendants, the Warburg Defendants, and the Company
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will proceed with and have entered into definitive agreements providing for the
Recapitalization on terms consistent with the Term Sheet (Exhibit A hereto).
B. The consummation of the recapitalization transactions contemplated by the Term Sheet is
conditioned upon Final Court Approval of this Settlement.
C. Upon Final Court Approval of the Settlement, the Companys Board of Directors will form a
nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors who will consider, among other
things, nominations of candidates for the Board of Directors submitted by significant stockholders
of the Company.
SCOPE OF RELEASES
3. The obligations incurred pursuant to this Stipulation shall be in full and final
disposition of the Action and any and all related claims as to any settling party to this Action,
or party that could have been named in this Action or any related action.
4. Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs Counsel, and each and every member of the Class, individually and
collectively, shall and hereby do completely, fully, finally, and forever release, relinquish, and
discharge the Released Persons from any and all of the Released Claims other than enforcement of
the terms of the Settlement.
5. Defendants and any and all Released Persons, including any and all of their respective
successors in interest, predecessors, representatives, trustees, executors, administrators, heirs,
assigns or transferees, immediate and remote, and any person or entity acting for or on behalf of,
or claiming under any of them, and each of them, shall and hereby do completely, fully, finally,
and forever release, relinquish, and discharge
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Co-Lead Plaintiffs, all Class members, and all Plaintiffs Counsel from any and all claims
arising out of or relating to their filing, prosecution or settlement of the Action; provided,
however, that the release shall not include the right of the Defendants to enforce the terms of the
Settlement.
6. Upon entry of the Scheduling Order, the parties agree not to institute, maintain, or
prosecute any and all claims relating, directly or indirectly, to the Release Claims, and shall be
permanently and finally enjoined without the necessity of posting bond from commencing or
prosecuting any actions or other proceedings asserting any or all such claims.
EFFECT OF RELEASES
7. The releases contemplated by this Stipulation extend to claims that any Releasing Person
may not know or suspect to exist at the time of the release, including those which, if known, might
have affected the Releasing Persons decision to enter into this release or whether or how to
object to the Courts approval of the Settlement or to attempt to exclude themselves from the Class
(Unknown Claims). The Releasing Persons shall be deemed to waive any and all provisions, rights,
and benefits conferred by any law of the United States or any state or territory of the United
States, or principle of common law or foreign law, which may have the effect of limiting the
release set forth above. In particular, the Releasing Persons shall be deemed by operation of law
to have relinquished to the full extent permitted by law, the provisions, rights, and benefits of
section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which provides:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH
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THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS
OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE,
WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY
AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
In addition, the Releasing Persons shall be deemed to relinquish, to the extent they are
applicable, and to the full extent permitted by law, the provisions, rights, and benefits of any
law of any state or territory of the United States, federal law, or principle of common law, which
is similar, comparable, or equivalent to section 1542 of the California Civil Code. The parties
shall not concede that any law, other than the law of the State of Delaware, is applicable to this
Stipulation or the release of the Released Claims. The Releasing Persons acknowledge that the
Releasing Persons may discover facts in addition to or different from those now known or believed
to be true with respect to the Released Claims, but that it is the intention of the Releasing
Persons to hereby completely, fully, finally, and forever compromise, settle, release, discharge,
and extinguish any and all Released Claims known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which now
exist, or heretofore existed, or may hereafter exist, and without regard to the subsequent
discovery or existence of additional or different facts. Plaintiffs in the Action acknowledge,
and the members of the Class by operation of law shall be deemed to have acknowledged, that
Unknown Claims are expressly included in the definition of Released Claims, and that such
inclusion was separately bargained for and was a key element of this Settlement and was relied upon
by each and all of the Released Persons in entering into this Settlement.
CLASS CERTIFICATION
8. For purposes of settlement only, the parties agree that the Action shall be
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maintained as a non-opt out class action, pursuant to Court of Chancery Rules 23(a), 23(b)(l)
and 23(b)(2), on behalf the Class.
SCHEDULING ORDER
9. As soon as practicable after the Stipulation has been executed, the parties to the Action
shall jointly submit the Stipulation together with its related documents to the Court, and shall
apply to the Court to enter the Scheduling Order, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D, providing, among other things, that the Action shall proceed, for purposes of this
Settlement only, as a non-opt out class action on behalf of the Class, approving the manner and
form of Notice and scheduling a final approval hearing. The parties to the Action shall include as
part of the Scheduling Order a form of Notice substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B.
NOTICE
10. Builders or its successor entity shall cause notice to the Class to be given in the manner
directed by the Court. In connection with their application for entry of the Scheduling Order, the
parties to the Action shall jointly request that the Court approve the dissemination of the Notice
to members of the Class by means of (a) a press release substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit 1 which, together with the Stipulation and Notice, shall be made available on the
Companys website until the expiration date of the time for filing a notice of appeal from the
Order and Final Judgment, and (b) a Form 8-K filing with the SEC that includes the press release
referred to above, the Stipulation and the Notice, and (c) first-class mail to all reasonably
identifiable members of the Class at the respective addresses set forth in the Companys stock
records as of the last
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practicable day prior to the mailing.
11. Builders or its successor entity shall assume administrative responsibility for and will
pay all reasonable costs and expenses related to preparing and disseminating the Notice,
irrespective of whether the Court approves the form and manner of notice described herein, and in
no event shall Plaintiffs, the members of the Class, or their counsel be responsible for any notice
costs or expenses.
DISMISSAL OF ACTION WITH PREJUDICE
12. If the Settlement (including any modification thereto made with the consent of the parties
as provided for herein) is approved by the Court, the parties shall jointly and promptly request
that the Court enter an Order and Final Judgment substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
13. The Scheduling Order shall provide that, pending the Courts determination as to final
approval of the Settlement, Plaintiffs and all members of the Class, or any of them, are barred and
enjoined from commencing, prosecuting, instigating, or in any way participating in the commencement
or prosecution of any action asserting any claim related, directly or indirectly, to any Settled
Claims, against any of the Released Persons, except for the confirmatory discovery referenced in
paragraph 17.
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STAY OF PROCEEDINGS
14. Pending Court approval of the Settlement, Plaintiffs agree to stay the proceedings in the
Action, and not to initiate any other proceedings other than those incident to the Settlement.
CONDITIONS OF SETTLEMENT
15. This Settlement shall not be legally binding upon any party unless and until the
Stipulation is executed by all of the parties to the Action. The Settlement described herein is
subject to: (a) the plaintiffs confirmation, following completion of the confirmatory discovery
described in paragraph 17 below, that the proposed Settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable;
and (b) the approval of the Court and dismissal of any appeals that may be taken from such
approval.
16. Any party shall have the right to withdraw from the Settlement in the event that any
injunction precluding or delaying the Recapitalization is entered, or any claims related to the
subject matter of the Action are commenced or prosecuted against any of the Released Persons in any
court prior to final approval of the Settlement and (following a motion by the Defendants) such
claims are not dismissed with prejudice or stayed in contemplation of dismissal. In the event such
claims are commenced, the Plaintiffs and the Defendants agree to cooperate and use their reasonable
best efforts to secure the dismissal (or a stay in contemplation of dismissal following final
approval of the Settlement) thereof.
CONFIRMATORY DISCOVERY
17. The parties will agree to execute a reasonable and satisfactory confidentiality order,
following entry of which, Co-Lead Plaintiffs counsel shall be
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afforded such reasonable discovery from Defendants, including documents and depositions, as is
necessary for Co-Lead Plaintiffs to confirm the reasonableness of the Settlement. The parties will
attempt in good faith to complete such discovery promptly.
ATTORNEYS FEES
18. Co-Lead Plaintiffs and Lead Counsel intend to petition the Court for an award of $
2,400,000 (Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars) for attorneys fees plus actual out-of-pocket
expenses (including costs and disbursements, but excluding any expert witness fees) in connection
with this Action not to exceed $100,000. Defendants agree not to oppose any such petition and
acknowledge that Lead Counsel have a claim for attorneys fees and reimbursement of expenses in
this Action based upon the benefits that the litigation of the Action and the Settlement have
provided and will provide to the Class. No other application for attorneys fees or expenses shall
be filed. Counsel for Plaintiffs waive any right to seek any award of attorneys fees or expenses
except as provided in this paragraph. The Company or its successor entity, on behalf of and for
the benefit of itself and the other Defendants in this Action, agrees to pay any final award of
fees and expenses by the Court. Defendants shall not be responsible for, and shall have no
liability with respect to, any allocation of any award of attorneys fees and expenses among
counsel for Plaintiffs.
19. The Court may consider and rule upon the fairness, reasonableness, and adequacy of the
Settlement independently of any award of attorneys fees and expenses. If the Court grants the fee
petition, fees and expenses awarded shall be paid to Lead Counsel within five (5) business days
after the Court enters the Order and Final
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Judgment. In the event that: (a) the Courts approval of the Settlement is reversed on
appeal; or (b) the consummation of the Recapitalization does not occur, Lead Counsel shall repay
the award of attorneys fees and expenses to Builders or its successor. In the event that the
Courts award of attorneys fees and expenses or reversed, vacated or reduced on appeal, Lead
Counsel shall repay the corresponding amount to Builders or its successor.
BEST EFFORTS
20. The parties and their respective counsel agree to cooperate fully with one another in
seeking the Courts approval of this Stipulation and the Settlement and to use their best efforts
to effect the consummation of this Stipulation and the Settlement (including, but not limited to,
using reasonable efforts to defeat any objections raised to the Settlement).
21. Without further order of the Court, the parties may agree to reasonable extensions of time
to carry out any of the provisions of this Stipulation.
STIPULATION NOT AN ADMISSION
22. The provisions contained in this Stipulation and all negotiations, statements, and
proceedings in connection therewith are not, will not be argued to be, and will not be deemed to be
a presumption, a concession, or an admission by any party of any fault, liability, or wrongdoing as
to any fact or claim alleged or asserted in this Action or any other actions or proceedings and
will not be interpreted, construed, deemed, invoked, offered, or received in evidence, or otherwise
used by any party or person in this or any other actions or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
or
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administrative, except in a proceeding to enforce the terms or conditions of this Stipulation.
NO WAIVER
23. Any failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance by any other party of any
of the provisions of this Stipulation shall not be deemed a waiver of any of the provisions hereof,
and such party, notwithstanding such failure, shall have the right thereafter to insist upon the
strict performance of any and all of the provisions of this Stipulation to be performed by such
other party.
24. No waiver, express or implied, by any party of any breach or default in the performance by
the other party of its obligations under this Stipulation shall be deemed or construed to be a
waiver of any other breach, whether prior, subsequent, or contemporaneous, under this Stipulation.
AUTHORITY
25. This Stipulation will be executed by counsel to the parties to the Action, each of whom
represents and warrants that he or she has been duly authorized and empowered to execute this
Stipulation on behalf of such party, and that it shall be binding on such party in accordance with
its terms.
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
26. This Stipulation is and shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties
and their respective agents, executors, administrators, heirs, successors, and assigns, including
without limitation any corporation or other entity with which any party hereto may merge or
otherwise consolidate.
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GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM
27. This Stipulation and the Settlement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute
arising out of this Stipulation or Settlement shall be filed and litigated exclusively in the Court
of Chancery of the State of Delaware. Each party hereto (1) consents to personal jurisdiction in
any such action (but in no other action) brought in this Court; (2) consents to service of process
by registered mail upon such party and/or such partys agent; (3) waives any objection to venue in
this Court and any claim that Delaware or this Court is an inconvenient forum, and (4) waives any
right to demand a jury trial as to any such action.
WARRANTY
28. Co-Lead Plaintiffs and their counsel represent and warrant that Co-Lead Plaintiffs are
Builders stockholders and have been Builders stockholders at all relevant times, and that none of
the Released Claims has been assigned, encumbered, or in any manner transferred in whole or in
part, and that Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs Counsel will not attempt to assign, encumber, or in any
manner transfer in whole or in part any of the Released Claims.
29. Defendants and their counsel represent and warrant that none of the Released Claims has
been assigned, encumbered, or in any manner transferred in whole or in part, and that Defendants
and their counsel will not attempt to assign, encumber, or in any manner transfer in whole or in
part any of the Released Claims.
30. Each party represents and warrants that the party, or a responsible officer
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or partner or other fiduciary thereof, has read this Stipulation and understands the contents
hereof.
31. Each party represents and warrants that the party has made such investigation of the facts
pertaining to the Settlement provided for in this Stipulation, and all of the matters pertaining
thereto, as the party deems necessary and advisable.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
32. This Stipulation and the attached exhibits constitute the entire agreement among the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral
or written agreements, understandings, or representations. All of the exhibits hereto are
incorporated herein by reference as if set forth herein verbatim, and the terms of all exhibits are
expressly made part of this Stipulation. This Stipulation may be modified, amended, or waived only
by a writing signed by representatives of the parties hereto.
INTERPRETATION
33. This Stipulation will be deemed to have been mutually prepared by the parties and will not
be construed against any of them by reason of authorship.
34. Paragraph titles have been inserted for convenience only and will not be used in
determining the terms of this Stipulation.
35. The terms and provisions of this Stipulation are intended solely for the benefit of the
Released Persons, the Class, and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and it is not
the intention of the parties to confer third-party beneficiary rights or
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remedies upon any other person or entity, except any attorneys fees and expenses to be paid
pursuant to the terms of this Stipulation.
AMENDMENTS
36. This Stipulation may not be amended, changed, waived, discharged, or terminated (except as
explicitly provided herein), in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against whom enforcement of such amendment, change, waiver, discharge, or termination is
sought.
COUNTERPARTS
37. This Stipulation may be executed in any number of actual, telecopied, or electronically
mailed counterparts and by each of the different parties on several counterparts, each of which
when so executed and delivered will be an original. This Stipulation will become effective when the
actual or telecopied counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the
other parties. The executed signature page(s) from each actual, telecopied, or electronically
mailed counterpart may be joined together and attached and will constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Stipulation to be executed by their duly
authorized attorneys.
Dated: November 5, 2009
/s/ Michael Barry
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/s/ Robert S. Saunders | |||
Michael J. Barry (ID NO. 4368)
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SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, | |||
GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A.
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MEAGHER & FLOM LLP | |||
1201 North Market Street
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P.O. Box 636 | |||
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
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One Rodney Square | |||
(302) 622-7000
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Wilmington, DE 19899-0636 | |||
(302) 622-7100 (facsimile) |
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Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs |
Counsel for Defendants Building Products, LLC; JLL Partners, Inc.; JWP |
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LLC; JLL Partners Fund V, L.P.; JLL | ||||
Associates V, L.P.; JLL Associates G.P. | ||||
V; L.L.C.; Paul S. Levy; Ramsey A. | ||||
Frank; and Brett N. Milgrim | ||||
/s/
R. Judson Scaggs, Jr.
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/s/ Blake Rohrbacher | |||
R. Judson Scaggs, Jr. (ID No. 2676)
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Blake Rohrbacher (ID No. 4750) | |||
MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
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RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. | |||
1201 N. Market Street
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One Rodney Square | |||
Wilmington, DE 19801
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920 N. King Street | |||
Wilmington, DE 19801 | ||||
Counsel for Nominal Defendant Builders
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Counsel for Defendants Warburg Pincus | |||
Firstsource, Inc.
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LLC; Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, | |||
L.P.; Warburg Pincus IX, LLC; Warburg | ||||
Pincus Partners LLC; Kevin J. Kruse; | ||||
Michael Graff; and David Barr |
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