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”).
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.
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“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.
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
(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
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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
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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’
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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
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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:
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(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
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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.
(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).
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(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.
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