AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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SECTION 2. REGISTRATION; RESTRICTIONS ON
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2.3 Piggyback Registrations
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2.5 Expenses of Registration
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2.6 Obligations of the Company
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2.7 Termination of Registration
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2.8 Delay of Registration; Furnishing
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2.10 Assignment of Registration
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2.11 Amendment of Registration Rights
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2.12 Limitation on Subsequent Registration
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2.13 “Market Stand-Off”
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2.14 Agreement to Furnish Information
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3.1 Basic Financial Information and
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3.4 Reservation of Common Stock
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3.6 Proprietary Information and Inventions
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3.8 Certain Covenants Relating to SBA
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3.9 Qualified Small Business
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3.10 Future Financing Commitment
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3.12 Termination of Covenants
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SECTION 4. RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL
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5.10 Additional Investors
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AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Investor
Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement
”) is entered into as of the 30th day of October, 2002, by
and among NexVerse
Networks, Inc . , a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”) and the investors listed on
Exhibit A hereto, referred to hereinafter as the
“ Investors ” and each individually as an
“ Investor .”
Whereas, certain of the
Investors and the Company are parties to that certain Investor
Rights Agreement dated November 27, 2001 (the “
Prior Agreement ”);
Whereas, certain Investors
are purchasing shares of the Company’s Series C
Preferred Stock (the “ Series C Stock
”) pursuant to that certain Series C Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the “
Purchase Agreement ”);
Whereas, certain Investors
hold shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the
Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and/or the
Company’s Series B Preferred Stock (together, the "
Prior Preferred Stock ”);
Whereas , the Company is
entering into that certain Share Exchange Agreement by and among
the Company, ECI Telecom Ltd. (“ ECI ”),
and ECI Telecom — NGTS, Inc. of even date herewith (the
“ Exchange Agreement ”), pursuant to
which the Company will acquire all of the outstanding capital stock
of certain subsidiaries of ECI upon the Closing, as defined in the
Exchange Agreement (the “ Exchange Closing
”);
Whereas , the obligations to
execute the Purchase Agreement are conditioned upon the execution
and delivery of this Agreement to the Escrow Agent (as defined in
the Purchase Agreement; and
Whereas, the Investors and
the Company wish to provide further inducement to the Investors to
purchase shares of the Series C Stock pursuant to the terms of
the Purchase Agreement, and the parties hereto have agreed,
effective upon the Exchange Closing, to amend and restate the Prior
Agreement in its entirety upon the terms and conditions set forth
below.
Now, Therefore, in
consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree hereto as follows:
1.1
Definitions . As used in this Agreement the following terms
shall have the following respective meanings:
(a)
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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(b)
“Form S-3” means such form under the
Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor or
similar registration form under the Securities Act subsequently
adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of
substantial information by reference to other documents filed by
the Company with the SEC.
(c)
“Holder” means any person owning of record
Registrable Securities that have not been sold to the public or any
assignee of record of such Registrable Securities in accordance
with Section 2.10 hereof.
(d)
“Initial Offering” means the Company’s
first firm commitment underwritten public offering of its Common
Stock registered under the Securities Act.
(e)
“Qualified Offering” means a firm commitment
underwritten primary public offering by the Company of its Common
Stock registered under the Securities Act which results in the
automatic conversion of the Company’s Preferred Stock into
Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s certificate of
incorporation.
(f)
“Register,” “registered,” and
“registration” refer to a registration effected
by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with
the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such registration statement or
document.
(g)
“Registrable Securities” means
(a) Common Stock of the Company issuable or issued upon
conversion of the Shares, (b) Common Stock of the Company
issued upon conversion of the Prior Preferred Stock,
(c) Common Stock of the Company issued pursuant to the
Exchange Agreement, and (d) any Common Stock of the Company issued
as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant,
right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other
distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement
of, such above-described securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Registrable Securities shall not include any securities sold by a
person to the public either pursuant to a registration statement or
Rule 144 or sold in a private transaction in which the
transferor’s rights under Section 2 of this Agreement
are not assigned.
(h)
“Registrable Securities then outstanding”
shall be the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock
that are Registrable Securities and either (a) are then issued
and outstanding or (b) are issuable pursuant to then exercisable or
convertible securities.
(i)
“Registration Expenses” shall mean all
expenses incurred by the Company in complying with
Sections 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 hereof, including, without
limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses,
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees
and disbursements of a single special counsel for the Holders, blue
sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits
incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding the
compensation of regular employees of the Company which shall be
paid in any event by the Company).
(j)
“SEC” or “Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
(k)
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
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(l)
“Selling Expenses” shall mean all
underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the
sale.
(m)
“Shares” shall mean the Company’s
Series C Stock held by the Investors listed on Exhibit A
hereto and their permitted assigns.
(n)
“Special Registration Statement” shall mean
(i) a registration statement relating to any employee benefit
plan or (ii) with respect to any corporate reorganization or
transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act, including
any registration statements related to the issuance or resale of
securities issued in such a transaction or (iii) a
registration related to stock issued upon conversion of debt
securities.
SECTION 2.
REGISTRATION; RESTRICTIONS
ON TRANSFER .
2.1
Restrictions on Transfer .
(a)
Each Holder agrees not to make any disposition of all or any
portion of the Shares, Registrable Securities or other shares of
Preferred Stock of the Company unless and until:
(i) there
is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act
covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in
accordance with such registration statement; or
(ii)
(A) The transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement, (B) such Holder shall have notified
the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have furnished
the Company with a detailed statement of the circumstances
surrounding the proposed disposition, and (C) if reasonably
requested by the Company, such Holder shall have furnished the
Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, that such disposition will not require registration of
such shares under the Securities Act. It is agreed that the Company
will not require opinions of counsel for transactions made pursuant
to Rule 144, except in unusual circumstances. After its
Initial Offering, the Company will not require the transferee to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, no
such restriction shall apply to a transfer by a Holder that is
(A) a partnership transferring to its partners or former
partners in accordance with partnership interests, (B) a
corporation transferring to a wholly-owned subsidiary, a parent
corporation that owns all of the capital stock of the Holder or a
corporation affiliated with the Holder by common control with or by
such Holder, provided that such affiliated corporation is not
reasonably deemed to be a competitor of the Company, (C) a
limited liability company transferring to its members or former
members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability
company, or (D) an individual transferring to the
Holder’s family member or trust for the benefit of an
individual Holder; provided that in each case the transferee
will agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Agreement
to the same extent as if he were an original Holder
hereunder.
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(c)
Each certificate representing Shares or Registrable Securities
shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with legends substantially
similar to the following (in addition to any legend required under
applicable state securities laws):
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 (THE “ ACT ”) AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR UNLESS
THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
THE SALE,
PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A
CERTAIN INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE STOCKHOLDER
AND THE COMPANY. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
(d)
The Company shall be obligated to reissue promptly unlegended
certificates at the request of any Holder thereof if the Company
has completed its Initial Offering and the Holder shall have
obtained an opinion of counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the
Company) reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that
the securities proposed to be disposed of may lawfully be so
disposed of without registration, qualification and
legend.
(e)
Any legend endorsed on an instrument pursuant to applicable state
securities laws and the stop-transfer instructions with respect to
such securities shall be removed upon receipt by the Company of an
order of the appropriate blue sky authority authorizing such
removal.
2.2 Demand
Registration .
(a)
Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Company
shall receive a written request from the Holders of a majority of
the Registrable Securities (the “ Initiating
Holders ”) that the Company file a registration
statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at
least a twenty five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities
then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate
offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions,
would exceed $5,000,000), then the Company shall, within thirty
(30) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such
request to all Holders, and subject to the limitations of this
Section 2.2, effect, as expeditiously as reasonably possible, the
registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities
that all Holders request to be registered.
(b)
If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable
Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting,
they shall so advise the Company as a part of their
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request made
pursuant to this Section 2.2 or any request pursuant to
Section 2.4 and the Company shall include such information in
the written notice referred to in Section 2.2(a) or
Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any
Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration
shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 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 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for
such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating
Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter
advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation of
the number of securities to be underwritten (including Registrable
Securities) then the Company shall so advise all Holders of
Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten
pursuant hereto, and the number of shares that may be included in
the underwriting shall be allocated first, to the Holders of
Series C Stock on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of shares of Series C Stock held by such Holders; and
second to the Holders of all other Registrable Securities on a
pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities
held by such Holders; provided, however , that the number of
shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such
underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other
securities of the Company are first entirely excluded from the
underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded
or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the
registration.
(c)
The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant
to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior
to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of
this Agreement or (B) one hundred eighty (180) days
following the effective date of the registration statement
pertaining to the Initial Offering;
(ii) after
the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to
this Section 2.2, and such registrations have been declared or
ordered effective;
(iii)
during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending
on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the
effective date of the registration statement pertaining to an
underwritten public offering, other than pursuant to a Special
Registration Statement; provided that the Company makes
reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement
to become effective;
(iv) if
within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from
Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the Company
gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to
file a registration statement for a public offering, other than
pursuant to a Special Registration Statement, within ninety
(90) days;
(v) if the
Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration
statement pursuant to this Section 2.2, a certificate signed
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors 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 stockholders for
such
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registration
statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company
shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more
than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of
the Initiating Holders; provided that such right to delay a
request shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any
twelve (12) month period;
(vi) if
the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable
Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant
to a request made pursuant to Section 2.4 below, in which case
the Company shall comply with Section 2.4 upon such request;
or
(vii) in
any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required
to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to
service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or
compliance.
2.3 Piggyback
Registrations . The Company shall notify all Holders of
Registrable Securities in writing at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the filing of any registration statement under the
Securities Act for purposes of a public offering of securities of
the Company (including, but not limited to, registration statements
relating to secondary offerings of securities of the Company, but
excluding Special Registration Statements) and will afford each
such Holder an opportunity to include in such registration
statement all or part of such Registrable Securities held by such
Holder. Each Holder desiring to include in any such registration
statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by it
shall, within fifteen (15) days after the above-described
notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing. Such
notice shall state the intended method of disposition of the
Registrable Securities by such Holder. If a Holder decides not to
include all of its Registrable Securities in any registration
statement thereafter filed by the Company, such Holder shall
nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Registrable
Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration
statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings
of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
(a) Underwriting. If the registration statement under
which the Company gives notice under this Section 2.3 is for
an underwritten offering, the Company shall so advise the Holders
of Registrable Securities. In such event, the right of any such
Holder to be included in a registration pursuant to this
Section 2.3 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s
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
Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into
an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or
underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the
underwriter determines in good faith that marketing factors require
a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the number
of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be
allocated, first, to the Company; second, to the Holders of
Series C Stock on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of shares of Series C Stock held by such Holders;
third, to the Holders of all other Registrable Securities on a
pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities
held by such Holders; and fourth, to any stockholder of the Company
(other than a Holder) on a pro rata basis; provided,
however , that no such reduction shall reduce the amount of
securities of the selling Holders included in the
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below twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount of securities
included in such registration, unless such offering is the Initial
Offering and such registration does not include shares of any other
selling stockholders, in which event any or all of the Registrable
Securities of the Holders may be excluded in accordance with the
immediately preceding clause . In no event will shares of
any other selling stockholder be included in such registration that
would reduce the number of shares which may be included by Holders
without the written consent of Holders of not less than a majority
of the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the offering.
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, delivered at least ten (10)
business days prior to the effective date of the registration
statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from
such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn from the
registration. For any Holder which is a partnership or corporation,
the partners, retired partners and stockholders of such Holder, or
the estates and family members of any such partners and retired
partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing
person shall be deemed to be a single “Holder,” and any
pro rata reduction with respect to such “Holder”
shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying
registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included
in such “Holder,” as defined in this
sentence.
(b) Right
to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to
terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this
Section 2.3 prior to the effectiveness of such registration
whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such
registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn
registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.5 hereof.
2.4 Form S-3
Registration . In case the Company shall receive from any
Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities a written request or
requests that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 (or any
successor to Form S-3) or any similar short-form registration
statement and any related qualification or compliance with respect
to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder
or Holders, the Company will:
(a)
promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, and any
related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders of
Registrable Securities; and
(b)
as soon as practicable, effect such registration and all such
qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would
permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such
portion of such Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable
Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or
such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or
Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written
request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such
written notice from the Company; provided, however , that
the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration,
qualification or compliance pursuant to this
Section 2.4:
(i) if
Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders,
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the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of
the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to
sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at
an aggregate price to the public of less than five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000), or
(iii) if
within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from
any Holder or Holders pursuant to this Section 2.4, the
Company gives notice to such Holder or Holders of the
Company’s intention to make a public offering within ninety
(90) days, other than pursuant to a Special Registration
Statement;
(iv) if
the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by
the Chairman of the Board of Directors 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
stockholders for such Form S-3 registration to be effected at such
time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the
filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not
more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the
request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 2.4;
provided , that such right to delay a request shall be
exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve
(12) month period, or
(v) if the
Company has , within the twelve (12) month period
preceding the date of such request, already effected one
(1) registration on Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this
Section 2.4,
(vi) if
the Company has already effected four (4) registrations on
Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.4,
or
(vii) in
any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required
to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to
service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or
compliance.
(c)
Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a Form S-3
registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and
other securities so requested to be registered as soon as
practicable after receipt of the requests of the Holders.
Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall not
be counted as demands for registration or registrations effected
pursuant to Section 2.2, respectively.
2.5 Expenses
of Registration . Except as specifically provided herein, all
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration,
qualification or compliance pursuant to Section 2.2 or any
registration under Section 2.3 or Section 2.4 herein
shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses incurred in
connection with any registrations hereunder, shall be borne by the
holders of the securities so registered pro rata on the
basis of the number of shares so registered. The Company shall not,
however, be required to pay for expenses of any registration
proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.4, the request
of which has been subsequently withdrawn by the Initiating Holders
unless (a) the withdrawal is based upon material adverse
information concerning the Company of which the Initiating Holders
were not aware at the time of such request or (b) the Holders
of a majority of Registrable Securities agree
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to forfeit
their right to one requested registration pursuant to
Section 2.2 or Section 2.4, as applicable, in which event
such right shall be forfeited by all Holders). If the Holders are
required to pay the Registration Expenses, such expenses shall be
borne by the holders of securities (including Registrable
Securities) requesting such registration in proportion to the
number of shares for which registration was requested. If the
Company is required to pay the Registration Expenses of a withdrawn
offering pursuant to clause (a) above, then the Holders shall
not forfeit their rights pursuant to Section 2.2 or
Section 2.4 to a demand registration.
2.6
Obligations of the Company . Whenever required to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a)
prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect
to such Registrable Securities and use all reasonable efforts to
cause such registration statement to become effective, and, upon
the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement
effective for up to one hundred eighty (180) days or, if
earlier, until the Holder or Holders have completed the
distribution related thereto; provided, however, that at any time,
upon written notice to the participating Holders and for a period
not to exceed sixty (60) days thereafter (the “
Suspension Period ”), the Company may delay the
filing or effectiveness of any registration statement or suspend
the use or effectiveness of any registration statement (and the
Initiating Holders hereby agree not to offer or sell any
Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement
during the Suspension Period) if the Company reasonably believes
that the Company may, in the absence of such delay or suspension
hereunder, be required under state or federal securities laws to
disclose any corporate development the disclosure of which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the
Company, its stockholders, a potentially significant transaction or
event involving the Company, or any negotiations, discussions, or
proposals directly relating thereto. No more than two (2) such
Suspension Periods shall occur in any twelve (12) month
period. In the event that the Company shall exercise its right to
delay or suspend the filing or effectiveness of a registration
hereunder, the applicable time period during which the registration
statement is to remain effective shall be extended by a period of
time equal to the duration of the Suspension Period. If so directed
by the Company, the Initiating Holders shall use their best efforts
to deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all
copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Initiating
Holders’ possession, of the prospectus relating to such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such
notice.
(b)
prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to
such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with
the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such registration
statement for the period set forth in subsection (a)
above.
(c)
Furnish to the Holders such number 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 Registrable Securities owned by them.
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(d)
Use its reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities
or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably
requested by the Holders; provided that the Company shall
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.
(e)
In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and
perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual
and customary form, with the managing underwriter(s) of such
offering. Each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also
enter into and perform its obligations under such an
agreement.
(f)
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. The Company will use reasonable efforts to promptly
amend or supplement such prospectus in order to cause such
prospectus not to include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances then existing.
(g)
Use its reasonable efforts to furnish, on the date that such
Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale,
if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (i) an
opinion, dated as of 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 letter, dated as of such date, from the
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