AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENTInvestors Rights Agreement |
|
|
|
You are currently viewing: This Investors Rights Agreement involves
LOOPNET, INC. | PropertyFirst, LLC | LoopNet Holdings LLC | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Equity Funding, Inc. | J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. RealDealDocs™ contains millions of easily searchable legal documents and clauses from top law firms. Search for free - click here. |
|
|
|
Search Investors Rights Agreement by:
Exhibit 4.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”),
effective as of this November 30, 2001 is entered into between LoopNet,
Inc., a California corporation (“Company” or “LoopNet”),
LoopNet Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LoopNet
LLC”), PropertyFirst, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“PropertyFirst LLC”) (LoopNet LLC and PropertyFirst LLC are
collectively referred to as the “Series A Holders”), the
holders of the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock as
listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Series C
Holders”), Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Equity Funding, Inc. and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. (collectively, the “Series B Nonvoting Holders”).
RECITALS
A. The
Series A Holders hold all 7,000,000 shares of the Company’s
Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred”).
B. The
Series B Nonvoting Holders hold all 198,938 shares of the Company’s
Series B Nonvoting Preferred Stock (the “Series B
Preferred”).
C. The
Company, the Series A Holders and the Series B Holders are parties to
that certain Investor Rights Agreement dated as of April 24, 2001 (the
“Original IRA”) which the parties desire to amend and restate in
connection with the purchase of shares of the Company’s Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred”) and the
purchase of warrants to purchase shares of Series C Preferred (the
“Series C Warrants”) pursuant to that certain Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Company
and the Series C Holders dated as of even date herewith (the
“Purchase Agreement”).
D. The
execution of this Agreement is a condition to the obligation of the
Series C Holders to consummate the closing of the transactions under the
Purchase Agreement and the Company desires to satisfy such condition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
1.1
Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms will
have the following respective meanings:
“Articles
of Incorporation” will mean the amended and restated articles of
incorporation of the Company, as the same may be amended and/or restated from
time to time.
“Commercial
Company Purchaser” will mean a member of the LoopNet LLC (other than NAR)
or an affiliate of such member which is in the commercial real estate business
and has
executed a Commercial Company
Agreement with LoopNet (“Commercial Company Agreement”) or, in the
case of RealSelect, the Commercial Services and License Agreement
(“RealSelect Commercial Agreement”), and the Governance Board
Agreement, both of which agreements were initially entered into with LoopNet.
“Commercial
Company Competitor” will have the meaning given such term in the
Governance Board Agreement.
“Commission”
will mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at
the time administering the Securities Act.
“Common
Stock” will mean the Common Stock of the Company.
“Equity
Securities” will mean any securities having voting rights in the election
of the Board of Directors or any securities evidencing an ownership interest in
the Company, or any securities convertible into or exercisable for any shares
of the foregoing, or any agreement or commitment to issue any of the foregoing.
“Exchange
Act” will mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Holder”
will mean (i) any Series A Holder or Series C Holder which holds
Registrable Securities, (ii) any assignee under Section 1.9 who holds
Registrable Securities, and (iii) any holder of shares of Series B
Nonvoting Preferred.
“Initial
Public Offering” will mean the initial offering to the public of the
Company’s securities pursuant to a firm commitment registered
underwriting pursuant to the Securities Act.
“Initiating
Holders” will mean any group of one or more Holders who in the aggregate
are Holders of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then
outstanding.
“Merger
Agreement” will mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
April 20, 2001 as amended on June 13, 2001, pursuant to which
PropertyFirst.com, Inc. merged with and into the Company.
“NAR
Purchaser” or “NAR” will mean the National Association of
Realtors®.
“RealSelect
Purchaser” or “RealSelect” will mean RealSelect, Inc.
The
terms “register,” “registered” and
“registration” will refer 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.
2
“Registrable
Securities” will mean (i) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
pursuant to the conversion of the Series A Preferred, Series B
Nonvoting Preferred, Series C Preferred, Series E Preferred, Series F
Preferred, Special Series A Preferred and Special Series B Preferred
in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation
(“Articles”), (ii) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
pursuant to the exercise of the Series C Warrants for Series C
Preferred and the conversion of such Series C Preferred into Common Stock,
(iii) shares of Common Stock held by the Series A Holders at any time
or from time to time; and/or (iv) shares of Common Stock issued in respect
of shares referred to in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii), upon any
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event; provided,
however, that Registrable Securities will not include any (w) Registrable
Securities sold by a Holder in a transaction in which such Holder’s
rights under this Section 1 are not assigned, (x) Registrable Securities
previously sold pursuant to an effective registration statement,
(y) Registrable Securities previously sold to the public, or
(z) securities which would otherwise be Registrable Securities held by a
Holder who is then permitted to sell all of such securities within any
three-month period pursuant to Rule 144 (including Rule 144(k)),
Rule 145 or otherwise pursuant to an applicable exemption from the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
“Registration
Expenses” will mean all expenses incurred in connection with a
registration under Section 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4, including, without limitation,
all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow
fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees and
expenses of one special counsel to the Holders, and blue sky fees and expenses,
but will not include Selling Expenses.
“Restricted
Securities” will mean the securities of the Company required to bear or
bearing the legend set forth in Section 4.2, including without limitation
the Series A Preferred, the Series B Preferred, the Series C
Preferred, the shares of Series C Preferred underlying the Series C
Warrants, the Series E Preferred, the Series F Preferred, the Special
Series A Preferred and the Special Series B Preferred, and the Common
Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of each such series of preferred
stock, but shall not include securities issued in the merger of
PropertyFirst.com, Inc., a California corporation, with and into the Company.
“Rule 144”
will mean Rule 144 or any successor rule as promulgated by the Commission
under the Securities Act.
“Securities
Act” will mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Selling
Expenses” will include, with respect to a registration, all underwriting
discounts, and selling commissions.
“Series E
Preferred” will mean the Series E Preferred Stock of the Company.
3
“Series F
Preferred” will mean the Series F Preferred Stock of the Company.
“Special
Series A Preferred” will mean the Special Series A Preferred
Stock of the Company.
“Special
Series B Preferred” will mean the Special Series B Preferred
Stock of the Company.
1.2
Requested Registration.
(a)
Request for Registration. If the Company receives from Initiating
Holders at any time after the earlier of (x) July 13, 2004, or
(y) one year after the Company’s Initial Public Offering (or such
shorter period as shall be acceptable to the managing underwriter thereof, but
in any event, not less than 180 days after the effective date of the
registration statement in respect thereof), a written request that the Company
file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the
registration of Registrable Securities having an anticipated aggregate offering
price, net of underwriting discounts and selling commissions, of at least
$20,000,000, the Company will:
(i) promptly
give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders; and
(ii) as
soon as practicable, use its best efforts to effect such registration as may be
so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all
or such portion of such Registrable Securities as are specified in such
request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any
Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request
delivered to the Company within 20 days after receipt of such written
notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company will not be
obligated to effect more than two registrations under this Section 1.2.
Subject
to the limitations of this Section 1.2, the Company will file a
registration statement covering the Registrable Securities so requested to be
registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of
the Initiating Holders.
(b)
Underwriting. The right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this
Section 1.2 will be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in
the related underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable
Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. A Holder may elect
to include in such underwriting all or a part of the Registrable Securities
held by such Holder.
(c)
Procedures. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through
underwriting will (together with the Company proposing to distribute its
securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the representative of
4
the underwriter or
underwriters (the “Underwriter”) selected for such underwriting by
the Company, subject to approval of the holders of a majority in interest of
the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 1.2, if the Underwriter, in its sole discretion, determines that
marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be
underwritten, the Underwriter may (subject to the allocation priority set forth
below) limit the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the
registration and underwriting. The Company will so advise all Holders of
securities requesting registration, and the number of shares of securities that
are entitled to be included in the registration and underwriting will be
allocated pro rata among such Holders on the basis of all Registrable
Securities then held by such Holders, provided, however, that the number of
shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not
be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the
underwriting. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting,
such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company
and the Underwriter. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such
underwriting will be withdrawn from such registration.
1.3
Company Registration.
(a) If
the Company determines to register any of its securities, for its own account
(other than in connection with: (v) a registration under Section 1.2
or 1.4, (w) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans,
(x) a registration relating solely to a transaction covered by Rule 145
promulgated under the Securities Act, (y) a registration relating solely
to debt securities or (z) a registration on any registration form which
does not permit secondary sales or does not include substantially the same
information as would be required to be included in a registration statement
covering the sale of Registrable Securities) the Company will:
(i) Promptly
give to each Holder written notice thereof (which, to the extent then known and
applicable, will include a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company
intends to attempt to qualify such securities under the applicable blue sky or
other state securities laws); and
(ii) Include
in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky law or other
compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all Registrable
Securities specified in a written request or requests made by any Holder within
20 days after receipt of the written notice from the Company described in
clause (i) above, except as set forth in Section 1.3(b) below. Such
written request may specify all or a part of a Holder’s Registrable
Securities.
(b)
Underwriting. If the registration of which the Company gives notice is
for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company will so
advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to
Section 1.3(a)(i). In such event the right of any Holder to registration
pursuant to Section 1.3 will be conditioned upon such Holder’s
5
participation in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in
the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to
distribute their securities through such underwriting will (together with the
Company, other participating Holders, and the other shareholders distributing
their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the Underwriter selected for underwriting by
the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.3, if
the Underwriter determines that marketing factors require a limitation on the
number of shares to be underwritten, the Underwriter may (subject to the
allocation priority set forth below) limit the number of securities of the Holders
and the other shareholders to be included in the registration and underwriting;
provided, however, that in the case of the Company’s Initial Public
Offering, the Underwriter may cut back to zero the number of Registrable
Securities it includes in the Initial Public Offering, so long as no other
shareholder’s shares of Common Stock are included therein, and in the
case of a subsequent public offering, the Underwriter may cut back the number
of Registrable Securities it includes in the subsequent public offering to
twenty percent (20%) of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock therein
sold; provided further, however, that if the registration is a demand
registration of other holders similar to the demand registrations of
Section 1.2 and 1.4 hereof, such other holders shall have priority over
the Holders. The Company will so advise all such Holders and other shareholders
requesting registration, and the number of shares of securities that are
entitled to be included in the registration and underwriting will be allocated
among all such Holders and other shareholders (pro rata among such Holders and
other shareholders on the basis of the number of securities then held by such
Holders and other shareholders). If any Holder or other shareholder disapproves
of the terms of any such underwriting, it may elect to withdraw therefrom by
written notice to the Company and the Underwriter. Any Registrable Securities
or other securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting will be
withdrawn from such registration.
1.4
Registration on Form S-3.
(a) After
the Company has qualified for the use of Form S-3 for secondary sales, Holders
of Registrable Securities will have the right to request a maximum of one
registration on Form S-3 within any six-month period (such requests will be in
writing and will state the number of Registrable Securities to be disposed of
and the intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities by such
Holders); provided, however, that the Company will not be required to effect a
registration pursuant to this Section 1.4 if the Holder or Holders do not
request registration of Registrable Securities having an aggregate public
offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts and sales
commissions) of at least $2,000,000.
(b) The
Company will give notice to all Holders of the receipt of a request for
registration pursuant to this Section 1.4 and will provide a reasonable
opportunity for all such other Holders to participate in the registration.
Subject to the foregoing, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts
to effect promptly the registration of all shares of Registrable Securities on
Form S-3 to the extent requested by such Holders of Registrable Securities. Any
6
registration pursuant to this
Section 1.4 will not be counted as a registration pursuant to Section
1.2(a).
1.5
Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any registration hereunder will be borne by the Company. All
Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any registration hereunder will be
borne by the Holders, the Company and other shareholders of the securities to
be registered pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so
registered. The Company will not be required to pay any Registration Expenses
if, as a result of the withdrawal of a request for registration by Initiating
Holders, the registration statement does not become effective; provided,
however, that (i) if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned
of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the
Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have
withdrawn the request, in writing, within ten days following disclosure by the
Company of such material adverse change, (ii) if withdrawal is at the
request of the Company or the Underwriters, or (iii) if Holders forfeit a
demand under Section 1.2, then under any such conditions specified in
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) hereof, the Holders will not be required
to pay any of such expense and such registration will not be considered a
registration for purposes of Section 1.2(a) or 1.4(a). If the Company is
not required to pay any Registration Expenses as a result of such a withdrawal,
then the Holders and other shareholders requesting registration will bear such
Registration Expenses pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so
included in the registration request, and such registration will not be
considered a registration for purposes of Section 1.2(a) or 1.4(a).
1.6
Additional Registration Procedures. In the case of each registration,
qualification or compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this
Article 1, the Company will keep each Holder participating therein advised
in writing as to the initiation of each registration, qualification and
compliance and as to the completion thereof. At its expense the Company will:
(a) Use
best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such
registration statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of
such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided,
however, that the Company will not be required in connection therewith or as a
condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to
service of process in any such states or jurisdictions;
(b) Keep
such registration effective until the earliest to occur of the following:
(i) all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to Section 1.2,
1.3 or 1.4, as the case may be, have been sold; (ii) the Holders of the
Registrable Securities registered thereunder agree to terminate the
registration; (iii) the registration rights of all such Holders thereof
shall have terminated under Section 1.2, 1.3 and/or 1.4, as the case may be;
or (iv) 120 days have elapsed since the date the registration was
declared or ordered effective.
(c) Furnish
to the Holders: (i) such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to
facilitate the disposition of
7
the Registrable Securities
owned by them, and (ii) advance copies of the registration statement and
any amendments thereto, to be filed under the Securities Act;
(d) Notify
each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement,
at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which
the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
(e) Furnish,
at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities
pursuant to this Agreement, on the date that such Registrable Securities are
delivered to the Underwriters for sale in connection with a registration
pursuant to this Agreement, if such securities are being sold through
Underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through Underwriters,
on the date that the registration statement with respect to such securities
becomes effective, (i) a copy of an opinion, dated such date, of the
counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form
and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering, addressed to the Underwriters, if any, and (ii) a copy of a
letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of
the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent
certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering, addressed to the Underwriters, if any;
(f) Cause
all such Registrable Securities registered hereunder to be listed on each
securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then
listed; and
(g) Provide
a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered
pursuant hereto and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each
case not later than the effective date of such registration.
1.7
Indemnification.
(a) To
the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify each Holder, each of
such Holder’s officers, directors and partners, and each underwriter and
each broker-dealer for such Holder, and each person controlling such Holder,
underwriter or broker-dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act, with respect to which registration, qualification or compliance
has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, against all expenses, claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) to which they
may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal
or state securities laws, including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement
of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any
untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in
any registration statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, incident to any such registration, or any such document, offering
circular or other document incident to such registration, qualification or
compliance, or based on any
8
omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Company of any
rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
other federal or state securities laws applicable to the Company and relating
to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such
registration, qualification or compliance, and will reimburse each such
indemnified person for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred as
such expenses are incurred, in connection with investigating, defending or
settling any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that the Company will not be liable to an indemnified person under this
Section 1.7(a) in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss,
damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made solely in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Holder or its agents; and provided further, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 1.7(a) will not apply to amounts paid
in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such
settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent will
not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) To
the extent permitted by law, each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held
by such Holder are included in the securities as to which a registration, qualification
or compliance is being effected pursuant to this Agreement, indemnify the
Company, each of its directors, officers and each Underwriter, if any, and each
broker-dealer, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by a
registration statement or prospectus relating to such registration,
qualification or compliance, each person who controls the Company or such other
person within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other
such Holder including shares of its Registrable Securities in such
registration, qualification or compliance against all claims, losses, damages
and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) to which any of the foregoing
persons may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other
federal or state securities laws, arising out of or based on any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any such registration statement or
prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such
registration, or any such document, offering circular or other document
incident to such qualification or compliance, or any omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Company and other persons
for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them, in connection
with investigating, defending or settling any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or omission is made in such registration statement,
prospectus, offering circular or other document solely in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder or
its agent for the purpose of inclusion in such document; provided, however,
that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 1.7(b) will not
apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holders of
at least fifty percent (50%) of such Registrable Securities, which consent will
not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further, however, that each
Holder’s
9
liability for indemnification
hereunder will be limited to the amount of net proceeds, if any, received by
such Holder from the sale of securities described in this Section 1.7(b).
(c) Each
party entitled to indemnification under this Section 1.7 (the
“Indemnified Party”) will give notice to the party required to
provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after
such Indemnified Party has written notice of any claim, loss, damages or
liability (or action in respect thereof) as to which indemnity may be sought
and will permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim,
loss, damages or liability (or action in respect thereof); provided, however,
that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who will conduct the defense of such
claim, loss, damages or liability (or action in respect thereof), will be
approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval will not be unreasonably
withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such
Indemnified Party’s expense, including any legal fees incurred; provided
further, that an Indemnified Party (together with all other Indemnified Parties
which may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right
to retain one separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses to be
paid by the Indemnifying Party if representation of such Indemnified Party by
the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Party and any
other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding; and provided further,
however, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided
herein will not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that the Indemnifying
Party’s ability to defend against such claim or litigation is impaired as
a result of such failure to give notice. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense
of any such claim, loss, damages or liability (or action in respect thereof),
will, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such
Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or
litigation. Each Indemnified Party will furnish such information regarding
itself or the claim, loss, damages or liability (or action in respect thereof)
in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as
is reasonably required in connection with defense of the same.
(d) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.7 is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be 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 hereunder,
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 in connection with the
statements or omissions that 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 of 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 or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by
the Indemnified Party and the parties’
10
relative intent, knowledge,
access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and
contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection
with an underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing
provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement will control.
(f) The
obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 1.7 will survive
the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration
statement under Sections 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, and otherwise.
(g) Each
Holder holding securities included in any registration will furnish to the
Company such information regarding such Holder as the Company may reasonably
request in writing and as will be reasonably required in connection with any
registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement.
1.8
Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the benefits of
certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may permit the sale of
shares held by person deemed “affiliates” of the Company under the
Securities Act (“Affiliates”) and Restricted Securities to the
public without registration, the Company agrees to:
(a) Make
and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times from and after
the effective date of the Initial Public Offering;
(b) Use
commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner
all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act at any time after it has become subject to such
reporting requirements; and
(c) So
long as a Holder is an Affiliate or owns any Restricted Securities, furnish to
the Holder forthwith, upon request: (i) a written statement by the Company
as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any
time from and after the effective date of the first registration statement
filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the general public),
and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become
subject to such reporting requirements), (ii) a copy of the most recent
annual or quarterly report of the Company, and (iii) copies of such other
reports and documents so filed as a Holder may reasonably request in availing
itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell
any such securities without registration.
(d) At
such times as the Company shall comply with the listing requirements for any
national stock exchange, NASDAQ™, or any similar quotation service, the
Company
11
will use its best efforts to
obtain and maintain active status in at least one such stock exchange or market
quotation service.
1.9
Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights. The right to cause the
Company to register Registrable Securities under Sections 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4
may be transferred or assigned by a Holder to one or more transferees or
assignees of at least twenty percent (20%) or more of the Registrable
Securities originally held by such Holder (or if such Holder is a Holder
because it holds shares of Series B Nonvoting Preferred, then to one or
more transferees or assignees of at least 19,894 shares of Series B
Nonvoting Preferred), provided, that (y) the Company is given written
notice by the Holder not less than two business days prior to the date of such
transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of such transferee or
assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which such registration
rights are being transferred or assigned; and (z) such transferees or
assignees of such rights assume in writing the obligations of such Holder under
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) a Holder may assign its
right to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities to transferees or
assignees who are shareholders of, or members or partners in, such Holder,
regardless of the percentage of Registrable Securities transferred or assigned,
and such Holder shall assign its right to cause the Company to register
Registrable Securities to its members, shareholders or partners, as the case
may be, in the event the Company liquidates or distributes the Registrable
Securities to its members, and (ii) a Holder may assign its right to cause
the Company to register Registrable Securities to transferees or assignees that
are Affiliates of, or members or partners in, such Holder, regardless of the
amount of Registrable Securities transferred or assigned.
1.10
“Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each Holder agrees, if
requested by the Company or an Underwriter of Common Stock (or other
securities) of the Company, not to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any
Registrable Securities of the Company (other than Common Stock of the Company
acquired in the Initial Public Offering or Common Stock of the Company acquired
in the open market after the Initial Public Offering) held by such Holder
during a period of time determined by the Company and its Underwriters (not to
exceed 180 days) following the effective date of a registration statement
of the Company filed under the Securities Act and, if requested by the Company
or such Underwriter to enter into such underwriter’s standard form of
agreement with respect to such restrictions. Such agreement will be in writing
in a form satisfactory to the Company and such Underwriter. The Company may
impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the securities subject to the
foregoing restriction until the end of such period. The provisions of this
Section 1.10 shall only be applicable to the Holders if all officers,
directors and shareholders who hold greater than one percent (1%) of the
outstanding shares of stock of the Company enter into or are bound by similar
agreements. Further, the provisions of this Section l.l0 shall only be
applicable to Holders if the registration statement shall effect the Initial
Public Offering of the Company’s Common Stock.
1.11
Limitations on Registration Obligations. The Company will not be
obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration,
qualification or compliance pursuant to Section 1.2 or 1.4:
12
(a) In
any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a
general consent to service of process in effecting such registration,
qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service
in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;
(b) More
than five years following the closing of the Initial Public Offering;
(c) If
the Company furnishes to Holders following a request for registration a
certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that, in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement
to be filed on or before the time filing would be required and it is therefore
essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, in which
circumstance, the Company will have the right to defer such filing for a period
of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating
Holders (it being understood that the Company will not have any obligation to
take any action to register Registrable Securities for which the Company
receives notice pursuant to Sections 1.2(a) or 1.4 during such 120-day
period); provided, however, that the Company may not exercise this right more
than once in any 12-month period; or
(d) During
the period starting with the date 45 days prior to the Company’s
good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date
180 days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration (or
such shorter period, if any, as may be acceptable to the managing underwriter
of such Company-initiated registration), other than a registration pursuant to
Form S-8, S-4 or similar form to facilitate registration of shares in connection
with an employee stock plan or business acquisition; provided, however, if
there is a request for , registration pursuant to Section 1.2 or 1.4
during such period, the Company shall take all reasonable action during such
period as may be required in order to file the applicable registration
statement as soon as reasonably practicable following the expiration of such
period.
ARTICLE 2.
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
2.1
Financial Information. For so long as (i) a Series A Holder
continues to hold at least 40% of the Registrable Securities acquired by it as
a result of the merger of PropertyFirst.com, Inc. with and into the Company; or
(ii) a Series C Holder continues to hold at least 406,500 shares of
Series C Preferred (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock on an as-converted
basis); or (iii) a Series B Nonvoting Holder acquired by it and any
Affiliates of such Series B Nonvoting Holder continue to hold at least
39,788 shares of Series B Nonvoting Preferred, the Company will mail or
otherwise deliver to each such Holder:
(a) As
soon as practicable after the end of each month (and in any event within
30 days of the end thereof), and as soon as practicable after the end of
each calendar
13
quarter (and in any event
within 45 days of the end thereof), an unaudited profit and loss statement
and consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries, if any.
(b) As
soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, and in
any event within 90 days thereafter, an audited profit and loss statement
and consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, as
of the end of such fiscal year, prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
(c) Upon
request, as soon as practicable, all internally prepared budgets or financial
projections which have been delivered to the Company’s Board of
Directors, in each case, during the 90 days period prior to the date upon
which the Company shall have received such Holder’s request.
(d) Each
Holder agrees that it will execute a customary and reasonable confidentiality
agreement in a form that is, from time to time, provided by the Company. The
confidentiality form shall restrict the dissemination of any financial
information provided hereunder to members of a Series A Holder in the
following manner: (i) with respect to the LoopNet LLC, those members that
satisfy the provisions of Section 10.3 A. of the operating agreement of
LoopNet LLC; and (ii) with respect to the PropertyFirst LLC, those members
that satisfy the provisions of Section 5.5 of the operating agreement of
PropertyFirst LLC.
(e) Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing, the information referred to in Section 2.1(b) shall be
delivered to each Series C Holder regardless of the number of shares of
Series C Preferred held by such Series C Holder.
2.2
Board of Directors.
(a) Each
Series A Holder for so long as it holds at least forty percent (40%) of
the Registrable Securities acquired by it on July 13, 2001, shall have the
right to designate four (4) members of the Board of Directors of the
Company by written notice to the other Holders in advance of any election of
directors provided that in the absence of such designation, any prior
designation shall continue to be operative. The ninth director shall be the
person designated as Chief Executive Officer of the Company by a majority of
the other directors. The four current designees of LoopNet LLC are Dennis DeAndre,
Noel Fenton, Joe Hanauer and Bill Millichap, respectively, and the four current
designees of PropertyFirst LLC are John Stanfill, Jeff Brody, Kip Hagopian and
Joe Azrack, respectively.
(b) In
any election of directors of the Company, each Holder agrees hereby to cast the
vote of all securities held by such Holder for the persons designated in
accordance with Section 2.2(a).
14
(c) The
foregoing nomination powers and requirements for Holders to vote their shares
to elect directors so nominated shall expire upon the effectiveness of an
Initial Public Offering.
(d) Until
an Initial Public Offering, the Holders agree to vote all shares of stock held
by them and to take all other necessary actions within their control to cause
and maintain the election to the Board of Directors of the individuals
nominated pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2(a).
(e) The
Holders agree to vote all shares of stock held by them and to take all other
necessary actions within their control to cause and maintain the number of
authorized and fixed directors of the Company at nine (9).
(f) The
Holders agree to require any transferee of their shares to assume the
obligations under this Section 2.2 prior to the transfer of such shares.
2.3
Observer Rights; Quarterly Meetings. Subject to the power of the Board
of Directors to exclude non-members from discussions of confidential
information involving trade secrets, personnel matters, intellectual property
assets of the Company, litigation, communications with counsel, or similar
matters, prior to the filing of a registration statement in respect of the
Company’s securities: (a) any member of a Series A Holder whose
Affiliate is not a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, and which
shall hold at least two percent (2%) of the Common Units of the LoopNet LLC or
the PropertyFirst LLC, as the case may be or, in the event of the liquidation
of such limited liability company, at least one percent (1%) of the Common
Stock of the Company (on an as converted basis), shall be afforded the right to
appoint one non-voting observer to attend Board of Director meetings not more
than twice a year; (b) at any time that ATGF II holds any Common Units or
Preferred Units of the PropertyFirst LLC and such entity does not have an
Affiliate that is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, such
entity shall be afforded the right to appoint one non-voting observer to attend
Board of Director meetings an unlimited number of times; (c) at any time
Oak Associates VIII, LLC holds any Common Units or Preferred Units of the
PropertyFirst LLC and such entity does not have an Affiliate that is a member
of the Company’s Board of Directors, such entity shall be afforded the
right to appoint one non-voting observer to attend Board of Director meetings
an unlimited number of times; and (d) any Holder which owns at least one
percent (1%) of the Common Stock of the Company (on an on-converted basis),
shall be afforded the right to appoint one non-voting observer to attend Board
of Director meetings not more than twice a year. The Company shall furnish each
Holder with copies of the agenda for each Directors’ meeting prior to the
meeting and copies of the minutes of each meeting promptly after the meeting.
In addition, as soon as is reasonably practicable following the end of each of
its fiscal quarter (but not later than 45 days following the end of each
quarter), the Company shall hold a meeting for those members of the
Series A Holders that individually hold at least two percent (2%) of the
Common Units of their respective limited liability company (on an as-converted
basis) and those Holders that hold at least one percent (1%) of the Common
Stock of the Company (on an as converted basis) for the
15
purpose of presenting a
report by its executive management on the financial and operating results of
such quarter and offering the members and the Holders of the opportunity to
discuss such reports with the Company’s executive management. Any such member
or Holder may at its election attend such meeting in person or by means of a
telephone conference call.
2.4
Administrative Expenses of Series A Holders. The Company shall make
annual cash payments to the Series A Holders, sufficient in amounts to allow
the Series A Holders to pay their respective operating expenses; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay a Series A Holder
more than $10,000 in any calendar year without the prior written consent of the
other Series A Holder and the Company. For purposes of this
Section 2.4, operating expenses of a Series A Holder shall not
include any expenses of any Member of a Series A Holder. An annual cash
payment to a Series A Holder shall not be in excess of one hundred fifty
percent (150%) of the annual cash payment made to the other Series A
Holder without such other Series A Holder’s consent.
2.5
Issuance of Additional Series C Preferred. The Company shall not
issue shares of Series C Preferred or warrants exercisable for shares of
Series C Preferred other than as contemplated in the Purchase Agreement
(including without limitation Section 2.3 thereof) without the consent of
two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors.
2.6
Option Pool. The Company shall not increase the Common Stock available
for issuance in its option pool in excess of 3,250,000 shares (other than as
such number may be adjusted pursuant to stock splits or similar capital
modifications) without the prior written consent of a majority of the
outstanding shares of Series C Preferred.
2.7
Legends.
(a) Each
certificate representing the Equity Securities owned by the Holders will be
endorsed with the following legend:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS TO VOTE THE SHARES
REPRESENTED HEREBY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS GOVERNING THE ELECTION OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS PURSUANT TO AN AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR SUCH HOLDER’S PREDECESSOR IN
INTEREST, THE CORPORATION AND ONE OR MORE OTHER HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK AND
PREFERRED STOCK OF THE CORPORATION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL
OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION.
(b) This
legend will be removed upon termination of the obligation to vote for any
person as a director hereunder.
16
2.8
Termination of Additional Covenants. The Company’s obligations
under Article 2 will terminate upon the closing of a registered public
offering of the Company’s securities.
ARTICLE 3.
RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION AS TO SALES BY THE COMPANY
3.1
The Right. Prior to any sale or issuance by the Company of any Equity
Securities for cash only, it will give each Series C Holder, Series B
Nonvoting Holder and Series A Holder (each, a “Right Holder”)
the first right to purchase its pro rata share (or any part thereof) of sixty
percent (60%) of such Equity Securities on the same terms as the Company is
willing to sell such Equity Securities to potential investors. A Right
Holder’s pro rata share of sixty percent (60%) of the proposed offering
will be that portion of sixty percent (60%) of the proposed offering which is
represented by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock held and the number of shares of Common Stock issued
or issuable upon conversion of all outstanding Equity Securities held by such
Right Holder as of the date on which the Company gives notice (or should have
given notice) pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, and (ii) the denominator
of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock held and the
number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise
of all Equity Securities held by all Right Holders as of such date, prior to
giving effect to the proposed offering. All rights granted to a Series A
Holder under this Article 3 shall be exercised, if at all, by one or more
members of such Series A Holder or Affiliates of such members pursuant to
such arrangements as such Series A Holder and such members may agree in
accordance with the operating agreement of such Series A Holder. No
Series A Holder may itself exercise any of such rights.
3.2
Notice. Prior to any sale or issuance by the Company of any Equity
Securities, the Company will notify each Right Holder, in writing, of the
Company’s intention to sell and issue such Equity Securities, setting
forth the general terms under which it proposes to make such sale. Each Right
Holder will have 20 days after delivery of such notice to notify the
Company in writing that it elects (or one or more of its members elect) to
purchase all or a portion of sixty percent (60%) of the Equity Securities so
offered. Each such Right Holder (or member of a Right Holder, if such Right
Holder is a Series A Holder) electing to exercise its right of
participation granted under this Section 3 and the Company will use
reasonable commercial efforts to purchase and sell the Equity Securities within
20 days of the date of such notice by a Right Holder, provided, that such
Right Holder (or member of a Right Holder, if such Right Holder is a
Series A Holder) shall not be required to purchase the Equity Securities
within such period if the closing for the sale of a portion of such Equity
Securities is to be held at a later time, in which case such Right Holder (or
member of a Right Holder, if such Right Holder is a Series A Holder) shall
purchase such Equity Securities at such closing. The Company and such Right
Holder (or member of a Right Holder, if such Right Holder is a Series A
Holder) agree to use their best efforts to promptly consummate the closing on
the purchase of Equity Securities contemplated by the notice.
17
3.3
Failure to Notify. If, within 20 days after the Company gives its
aforesaid notice to a Right Holder, such Right Holder does not notify the
Company that it desires to purchase all or a portion of the Equity Securities
offered to such Right Holder (or member of a Right Holder, if such Right Holder
is a Series A Holder) in such notice upon the terms and conditions set
forth in such notice, then the Company may, during a period of 90 days
following the end of such 20-day period, sell and issue such Equity Securities
at a price and upon terms and conditions no more favorable in any material respect
to such investors than those set forth in the notice to the Right Holders. In
the event that the Company has not sold such Equity Securities to such
investors within such 90-day period, the Company will not thereafter issue or
sell such Equity Securities without first offering such securities to the Right
Holders in the manner provided above.
3.4
Payment. If a Right Holder gives the Company notice that it (or a member
of it) desires to purchase up to all of its applicable portion of sixty percent
(60%) of the Equity Securities offered by the Company, then payment for such
Equity Securities will be by check or wire transfer, against delivery of the
securities at the executive offices of the Company at the closing therefor.
3.5
Limitations.
(a) The
right of participation contained in this Article 3 will not apply to
Equity Securities issued or issuable on or after the date hereof, as follows:
(i) To
officers, directors and employees of, and independent contractors to, the Company,
which issuances are approved by the Board of Directors or its designated
committee, provided, however, that such issuances shall be used primarily as
incentives for services to be provided to the Company;
(ii) Upon
conversion of shares of Series A Preferred, Series B Nonvoting
Preferred, Series C Preferred, Series E Preferred, Series F
Preferred, Special Series A Preferred and Special Series B Preferred;
(iii) To
banks or leasing companies primarily to obtain financing or secure leases of
equipment;
(iv) To
licensors to obtain licenses of intellectual property;
(v) To
co-joint venturers, and to parties entering into strategic business
relationships with the Company, in connection with transactions approved by the
Company’s Board of Directors;
(vi) As
a dividend or distribution on Series A Preferred, Series B Nonvoting
Preferred or Series C Preferred;
18
(vii) Upon
exercise of the Series C Warrants;
(viii) Pursuant
to a registered public offering of the Company’s securities;
(ix) In
connection with a merger, acquisition, asset purchase or similar transaction;
and
(x) To
purchasers of Series C Preferred and the Series C Warrants issued by
the Company within 30 days of the date hereof.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event of a sale of securities to which the right of
participation is applicable and with respect to which all investors are to be
“accredited investors,” as defined in Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act, any Right Holder (or member of a Right Holder, if
such Right Holder is a Series A Holder) that is not an accredited investor
may be excluded from such sale, in the discretion of the Company.
3.6
Transfers. Subject to Article 4 and the other restrictions on the
transfer of Registrable Securities set forth in this Agreement, the rights
granted pursuant to this Article 3 may be assigned by a Right Holder or its
transferee upon the sale or transfer (other than a sale to the public) of all
of its shares, or a distribution of Registrable Securities to its members
permitted by Article 6.
3.7
Termination. The right of participation contained in this Article 3
will terminate (i) immediately prior to the closing of the Initial Public
Offering, or (ii) upon consummation of a merger, reorganization or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation or entity in which more
than fifty percent (50%) of the voting control of the Company is transferred to
a third party or third parties.
ARTICLE 4.
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY
4.1
Restrictions. Any Restricted Securities (including securities issued in
respect thereof upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger
consolidation or similar event) will not be transferred (which term shall
include any distribution to a member) except upon the conditions specified in
this Agreement (including, without limitation, the conditions specified in any
legend stamped or otherwise imprinted on any certificate representing such
Restricted Securities). Each Holder of Restricted Securities will cause any
proposed transferee of Restricted Securities held by that Holder to agree to
take and hold those securities subject to the provisions and upon the
conditions specified in this Agreement.
19
4.2
Restrictive Legend. Each certificate representing Restricted Securities
will be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the
following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable state
securities laws):
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”)
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE
IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (EXCEPT IN
TRANSACTIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND EXCEPT
FOR TRANSFERS OF SHARES TO AN AFFILIATE OF A HOLDER), WHICH OPINION AND COUNSEL
ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. COPIES OF THE AGREEMENTS COVERING THE
PURCHASE OF THESE SHARES AND RESTRICTING THEIR TRANSFER MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO
COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
CORPORATION.
Upon
request of a Holder of such a certificate, the Company will remove the
foregoing legend from the certificate or issue to such Holder a new certificate
therefor free of any transfer legend, if, (i) such legend is no longer
required pursuant to Rule 144(k), or (ii) with such request, the
Company will have received either the opinion referred to in
Section 4.3(i), if reasonably requested, or the “no-action”
letter referred to in Section 4.3(ii) to the effect that any transfer by
such Holder of the securities evidenced by such certificate will not violate
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
4.3
Notice of Proposed Transfers. The Holder of each certificate
representing Restricted Securities by acceptance thereof agrees to comply in
all respects with the provisions of this Section 4.3. Prior to any
proposed transfer of any Restricted Securities (other than under circumstances
described in Sections 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4), the Holder thereof will give
written notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to effect such
transfer. Each such notice will describe the manner and circumstances of the
proposed transfer in sufficient detail, and will be accompanied upon reasonable
request (except in transactions in compliance with Rule 144(k) promulgated
under the Securities Act and except for transfers of shares to an Affiliate of
Holder) by either: (i) a written opinion of legal counsel to the Holder,
which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel,
addressed to the Company and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
the Company’s counsel, to the effect that the proposed transfer of the
Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities
Act, or (ii) a “no-action” letter from the Commission to the
effect that the distribution of such securities without registration will not
result in a recommendation by the staff of the Commission
20
that action be taken with
respect thereto, whereupon the Holder of such Restricted Securities will be
entitled to transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of
the notice delivered by such Holder to the Company. Each certificate evidencing
the Restricted Securities transferred as above provided will bear the
restrictive legend set forth in Section 4.2, except that such certificate
will not bear such restrictive legend if the opinion of counsel or
“no-action” letter referred to above expressly indicates that such
legend is not required in order to establish compliance with the Securities Act
or if such legend is no longer required pursuant to Rule 144(k).
ARTICLE 5.
PURCHASE RIGHTS
5.1
Purchase Rights for Units Held by Commercial Company Purchasers.
(a) The
Company shall have the right, at its sole option, to purchase two-thirds (2/3)
of the Common Units of the LoopNet LLC that were held by a Commercial Company
Purchaser, or a member of the LoopNet LLC which is an Affiliate of a Commercial
Company, and acquired by such Commercial Company Purchaser or Affiliate prior
to or on July 13, 2001 in the event that such Commercial Company Purchaser
or such Commercial Company which is affiliated with a member of the LoopNet LLC
shall be in default of performance (after expiration of any applicable notice
and cure period) of such Commercial Company’s obligations pursuant to the
Exclusive Endorsement provisions, as set forth and defined in the Commercial
Company Agreement between such Commercial Company and the Company; provided
however, that: (i) one-half (½) of the Common Units of a Commercial
Company Purchaser or Affiliate of a Commercial Company which are subject to
this Section 5.1 shall no longer be subject to this Section 5.1, in
respect of a default which occurs after each of (a) November 17, 2001, and
(b) November 17, 2002; (ii) none of such Common Units shall be
subject to purchase by the Company after the effectiveness of the
Company’s Initial Public Offering; (iii) none of such Common Units shall
be subject to purchase by the Company if a Commercial Company Competitor shall
acquire fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company’s voting securities or
elect fifty percent (50%) or more of its Board of Directors, as a result of
which change of control the Commercial Companies shall have elected to
terminate the Governance Board Agreement; and (iv) none of such Common Units
shall be subject to purchase by the Company if the Company shall be in material
breach of the Critical Site Controls set forth in the Governance Board
Agreement (as such term is therein defined) and the Governance Board shall have
been terminated by the members thereof pursuant to the terms of such Governance
Board Agreement. The payment made in respect of Common Units to be purchased by
the Company shall be their Fair Market Value and shall be payable in cash by
the Company to the Commercial Company Purchaser, or a member of the LoopNet LLC
which is an Affiliate of such Commercial Company. Upon receipt of such cash
payment, such Commercial Company Purchaser, or Affiliate, shall transfer its
Common Units to the Company.
21
(b) The
Company shall have the right, at its sole option, to purchase all of the shares
of Series F Preferred that are held by a Commercial Company Purchaser, or
a member of the LoopNet LLC which is an Affiliate of a Commercial Company, from
and after the date hereof, in any of the following circumstances:
(i) such
Commercial Company Purchaser shall be in default of performance (after
expiration of any applicable notice and cure period) of such Commercial Company’s
Purchaser’s obligations pursuant to the Exclusive Endorsement provisions,
as set forth and defined in the Commercial Company Agreement between such
Commercial Company Purchaser and the Company, or
(ii) the
Commercial Company Agreement between such Commercial Company Purchaser and the
Company is terminated for any reason or expires without renewal or is
terminated for any reason other than for breach by the Company provided that
the failure of the “Site Ranking Condition” as specified therein
shall not be deemed such a breach.
The purchase price per share
for the shares of Series F Preferred shall be the Stated Price. Upon
receipt of the purchase price, the Commercial Company Purchaser or its
Affiliate shall transfer the shares of Series F Preferred so purchased to
the Company. The right to purchase shares of Series F Preferred pursuant
to this subsection (b) shall terminate on November 19, 2089.
5.2
Purchase Rights for Units Held by RealSelect.
(a)
RealSelect Breach of Exclusivity Provision; Acquisition. If the Company
shall have terminated the RealSelect Commercial Agreement because RealSelect
shall have (i) breached the exclusivity provisions applicable to
RealSelect set forth in Section 2.2 of the RealSelect Commercial
Agreement, or (ii) experienced a Special Change of Control, as defined in
Section 5.2(b), the Company shall have the option, but not the obligation,
to purchase all or a portion of up to ninety-five percent (95%) of the Common
Units of the LoopNet LLC held by RealSelect and the share of Series E Preferred
that was held by RealSelect on July 13, 2001. The payment made in respect
of Common Units to be purchased by the Company shall be their Fair Market Value
and shall be payable in cash by the Company to RealSelect. The payment made in
respect of the share of Series E Preferred shall be its Stated Price. Upon
receipt of such cash payment, RealSelect shall transfer such Common Units to
the Company and the holder of the share of Series E Preferred shall
transfer such share to the Company. Upon payment by the Company to RealSelect,
RealSelect shall pay the Company liquidated damages in the amount of fifty
percent (50%) of the Fair Market Value of such Common Units transferred to the
Company, determined in accordance with Section 5.4. RealSelect and the
Company agree that such cash payment is not a penalty and is a reasonable
estimate of the damages that the Company would incur if either of the events
referenced in clause (i) or clause (ii) were to occur.
(b)
Special Change of Control of RealSelect. Any Change of Control (as
defined in Section 5.2(h)) of RealSelect, pursuant to which any Commercial
Company
22
Competitor (as defined in the
Commercial Company Agreement) shall be the acquiring company shall be a
“Special Change of Control” of RealSelect.
(c) Other
RealSelect Breach. If RealSelect shall have breached any material provision
of the RealSelect Commercial Agreement, other than as provided for in Section
5.2(a), and the Company shall have terminated the RealSelect Agreement as a
result thereof in accordance with the terms of the RealSelect Commercial
Agreement, the Company shall have the option, but not the obligation, to
purchase all or a portion of up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Units of the LoopNet LLC held by RealSelect and the
share of Series E Preferred that was held by RealSelect on July 13,
2001. The payment for the share of Series E Preferred shall be its Stated
Price. The payment for a percentage of the Common Units to be purchased by the
Company shall be the Stated Price of a Common Unit and the payment for the
remaining percentage of the Common Units to be purchased by the Company shall
be the Fair Market Value of such Common Units in accordance with the following
table:
PERCENTAGES OF UNITS FOR WHICH PAYMENT IS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date of Termination |
|
Stated Price |
|
Fair Market Value |
||||
|
Until
11/17/2001 |
|
|
80 |
% |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
11/18/2001-11/17/2002 |
|
|
60 |
% |
|
|
40 |
% |
|
11/18/2002-11/17/2003 |
|
|
40 |
% |
| |||






