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Exhibit 4.2
SKINMEDICA,
INC.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement
”) is made as of March 31, 2005, by and among S
KIN M EDICA , INC. , a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of the
persons listed on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the
“ Investors ”).
R
ECITALS
A. The Company and certain of
the Investors are parties to that certain Amended and Restated
Investor Rights Agreement dated as of July 9, 2004 (the “
Prior Rights Agreement ”).
B. In connection with the
purchase and sale of Series E Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms
of a Series E Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of even date
herewith by and among the Company and certain of the Investors (the
“ Purchase Agreement ”), the Company and the
parties to the Prior Rights Agreement desire to amend and restate
the Prior Rights Agreement in its entirety to reflect the sale of
the Series E Preferred Stock.
T HE P
ARTIES A GREE AS F
OLLOWS :
SECTION 1. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
(a) “ Affiliate
” shall mean with respect to any Person, any Person which
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person.
(b) “ Board
” shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(c) “ Commission
” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.
(d) “ Common
Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company, par
value of $0.001 per share.
(e) “ Convertible
Securities ” shall mean the Company’s Series A
Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred
Stock, Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred
Stock.
(f) “ Form S-3
” shall mean Form S-3 issued by the Commission or any
substantially similar form then in effect.
(g) “ Holder
” shall mean any Person entering into this Agreement and any
holder of outstanding Registrable Securities or an assignee or
transferee of Registration rights as permitted by Section
3.8.
(h) “ Initiating
Holders ” shall mean Holders who in the aggregate hold at
least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities.
(i) “ Initiating
Series D Holders ” shall mean Holders who in the
aggregate hold at least fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the
Series D Preferred Stock.
(j) “ Initiating
Series E Holders ” shall mean Holders who in the
aggregate hold at least fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the
Series E Preferred Stock.
(k) “ Material
Adverse Event ” shall mean an event that either (a) is
materially adverse as to the business, properties, prospects or
financial condition of the Company or (b) is reasonably expected to
materially adversely affect the business, properties, prospects or
financial condition of the Company.
(l) “ Person
” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a
trust or unincorporated organization or any other entity or
organization.
(m) “ Qualified
Public Offering ” shall mean a firmly underwritten public
offering of the Company’s Common Stock Registered under the
Securities Act and involving gross proceeds to the Company of at
least Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000) (prior to deduction for
underwriters’ discounts and other expenses relating to such
public offering, including, without limitation, fees of the
Company’s counsel).
(n) The terms “
Register ,” “ Registered ” and
“ Registration ” refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act (“Registration
Statement”), and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement.
(o) “ Registrable
Securities ” shall mean (i) all Common Stock not
previously sold to the public issued or issuable upon conversion of
any of the Convertible Securities purchased by or issued to the
Investors, (ii) all shares of Common Stock owned by the Investors,
(iii) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion
of any Convertible Securities granted registration rights pursuant
to Section 3.7 of this Agreement and (iv) any Common Stock of the
Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of
any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend
or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for, or in
replacement of, such Common Stock.
(p) “ Registration
Expenses ” shall mean all expenses incurred by the
Company in complying with Sections 3.1 or 3.2 of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, all federal and state registration,
qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and disbursements
of not more than one (1) special counsel for the Holders (if
different from the Company) not to exceed twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000), blue sky fees and expenses, and the expense of
any special audits incident to or required by any such
Registration.
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(q) “ Securities
Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at
the time.
(r) “ Selling
Expenses ” shall mean all underwriting discounts and
selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
(s) “ Special
Registration Statement ” shall mean (i) a registration
statement relating to any employee benefit plan, (ii) with respect
to any corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of
the Securities Act, including any registration statements related
to the resale of securities issued in such a transaction or (iii) a
registration related to stock issued upon conversion of debt
securities.
SECTION 2. COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
2.1 Financial Statements
and Reports to Stockholders; Budget .
The Company shall deliver to
each Investor:
(a) As soon as practicable
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, and in any event
within one hundred twenty (120) days thereafter, an audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such
year and audited consolidated statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, which
year-end financial reports and all notes thereto shall be prepared
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles,
and be in reasonable detail and shall be accompanied by the opinion
of independent public accountants of recognized standing selected
by the Company.
(b) For so long as an
Investor or subsequent holder of Convertible Securities holds or is
deemed to hold at least two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) shares
of Registrable Securities (equitably adjusted for all stock splits,
subdivisions, stock dividends, combinations and the like), as soon
as practicable after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company,
and in any event within forty-five (45) days thereafter, unaudited
financial statements of the Company on a quarterly basis prepared
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
and fairly reflecting the fiscal affairs of the Company to the date
thereof (with the exception that no notes need be attached to such
statements and year-end audit adjustments may not have been
made).
(c) For so long as an
Investor or subsequent holder of Convertible Securities holds or is
deemed to hold at least two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) shares
of Registrable Securities (equitably adjusted for all stock splits,
subdivisions, stock dividends, combinations and the like), as soon
as practicable after the end of each month, and in any event within
thirty (30) days thereafter, consolidated balance sheets of the
Company and its subsidiaries, if any, as of the end of each such
month and consolidated statements of income and cash flow for such
month and for the current fiscal year to date, in each case
prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles and fairly reflecting the fiscal affairs of the Company
to the date thereof (with the exception that (i) no notes need be
attached to such statements and (ii) year-end audit adjustments may
not have been made).
(d) For so long as an
Investor or subsequent holder of Convertible Securities
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holds or is deemed to hold at least two
hundred fifty thousand (250,000) shares of Registrable Securities
(equitably adjusted for all stock splits, subdivisions, stock
dividends, combinations and the like) within sixty (60) days prior
to the end of each fiscal year, an operating budget and plan
respecting the next fiscal year; which shall include quarterly
management projections for such fiscal year.
(e) Contemporaneously with
delivery to holders of Common Stock, a copy of each report of the
Company delivered to holders of Common Stock.
2.2 Inspection
.
For so long as an Investor or
subsequent holder of Convertible Securities holds or is deemed to
hold at least two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) shares of
Registrable Securities (equitably adjusted for all stock splits,
subdivisions, stock dividends, combinations and the like), the
Company shall permit each Investor, at such Investor’s
expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties, to
examine its books of account and records and to discuss the
Company’s affairs, finances and accounts with its officers,
all at such reasonable times as may be requested by each such
Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated pursuant to this Section 2.2 with respect to a competitor
of the Company or with respect to any information which it
reasonably considers to be a trade secret or confidential
information. The rights of an Investor under this Section 2.2 may
not be assigned as part of such Investor’s sale of any of the
Registrable Securities or Convertible Securities except with the
consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld; provided that the consent of the Company shall not be
required with respect to an assignment of such rights to one or
more Affiliates of an Investor.
2.3 Confidentiality
.
Each Investor agrees and will
cause any representative of the Investor to hold in confidence and
trust and not use or disclose any confidential, non-public
information provided to or learned by it in connection with its
rights under this Section 2, except that such Investor may disclose
such information to any general partner, limited partner, member,
subsidiary or parent (and their respective representatives and
advisors) of such Investor for the purpose of evaluating its
investment in the Company as long as such Investor uses its
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such general
partner, limited partner, member, subsidiary or parent holds such
information in confidence and trust and will not use or disclose
any information provided to or learned by it except as required by
law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the obligation of each
Investor to hold information confidential as provided herein or any
other document or agreement relating thereto shall not prohibit
such Investor from disclosing such information: (i) to its board of
directors, investment advisers, attorneys, accountants, consultants
and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their
services in connection with its investment in the Company, provided
that such persons agree to hold such information confidential as
provided herein and in such provisions (as modified by this
paragraph); (ii) to any prospective purchaser of any shares of the
Company owned by such Investor as long as such prospective
purchaser agrees in writing to be bound by the confidentiality
provisions as provided herein or in such provisions (as modified by
this paragraph); (iii) to such Investor’s investment advisor
or any investment companies managed by such Investors’s
investment advisor, provided that such persons agree to hold such
information confidential as provided herein or in such provisions
(as modified by this
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paragraph); or (iv) as required by
applicable law or regulation, regulatory body, stock exchange,
court or administrative order, or any listing or trading agreement
concerning such Investor or the Company. Furthermore, nothing in
this Section 2.3 shall restrict any Investor’s ability to
disclose the existence or nature of its relationship with the
Company, the nature or amount of its investment in securities of
the Company or to provide its affiliates with quarterly, annual or
other reports and such other information about the Company prepared
by such Investor in the ordinary course of its business, provided
that said Investor takes commercially reasonable measures to ensure
that any such affiliates protect the confidential nature of such
confidential information.
2.4 Proprietary
Information and Inventions Agreements .
The Company agrees to require
(i) each employee and officer of the Company to execute a
non-competition, proprietary information and inventions agreement
(in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Investors),
(ii) each vice president of the Company to enter into an employment
agreement and (iii) each consultant and advisor of the Company to
execute an agreement that provides for confidential treatment of
the Company’s proprietary information as a condition of
employment or continued employment or engagement, as the case may
be, unless otherwise approved by the board of directors of the
Company.
2.5 Vesting
.
Unless otherwise approved by
the Board, the Company agrees that all Common Stock held by or
issued to employees, consultants, advisors, directors and officers
(i) shall be subject to a repurchase option which provides that
upon termination of such individual’s employment or
consulting relationship or directorship with the Company, with or
without cause, the Company has the option to repurchase at cost any
unvested shares held by the individual, which repurchase option
shall lapse as follows: (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of such
shares shall vest at the end of the first year following the
earlier of the date of issuance or such person’s services
commencement date with the company, and (b) seventy-five percent
(75%) of such shares shall vest monthly over the remaining three
(3) years, and (ii) shall be issued subject to the condition that
the holder thereof make timely elections under Section 83(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Unless otherwise approved by the Board, the
Company also agrees that all stock options issued to employees,
consultants, advisors, directors and officers in the future shall
vest no more quickly than as follows: (a) twenty-five percent (25%)
of such shares at the end of the first year following the earlier
of the date of issuance or such person’s services
commencement date with the company, and (b) seventy-five percent
(75%) of such shares monthly over the remaining three (3) years;
and shall provide that any unvested options shall be forfeited upon
termination of the holder, with or without cause.
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Restriction on Sales by Employees . |
The Company and Holders agree
that, until the time of a Qualified Public Offering, first, the
Company, and second, the Investors will have a right of first
refusal on all transfers of Common Stock by employees of the
Company who received options to purchase such Common Stock after
February 27, 2004, subject to transfers to family members or trusts
for the benefit of family members and other limited exceptions as
determined by the Board. The Company agrees to include appropriate
language to this effect in its Bylaws or in all employment
agreements, stock option and/or restricted stock grants, or other
similar agreements with employees after February 27,
2004.
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2.7 Qualified Small
Business .
The Company covenants that so
long as any of the shares of Preferred Stock, or the Common Stock
into which such shares are converted, are held by a Holder in whose
hands such shares of Common Stock are eligible to qualify as
“qualified small business stock” as defined in Section
1202(c) of the of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “ Code ”) (“ Qualified Small
Business Stock ”), it will (i) comply with any applicable
filing or reporting requirements imposed by the Code on issuers of
Qualified Small Business Stock and (ii) execute and deliver to each
Holder, from time to time, such forms, documents, schedules and
other instruments as may be reasonably requested thereby to cause
the Preferred Stock, or the Common Stock into which such shares are
converted, to qualify as Qualified Small Business Stock.
2.8 Board Meeting;
Compensation of Directors .
The Company hereby covenants
that so long as the holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to
appoint any members of the Board of Directors pursuant to the
Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
the Board shall not meet less frequently than quarterly. All
non-employee directors will be compensated by the Company
identically, and out-of-pocket and travel expenses of the directors
incurred in attending Board meetings (or meetings of committees
thereof) or in connection with the performance of their duties as
directors shall be paid or reimbursed promptly by the
Company.
2.9 Termination of
Covenants .
The covenants of the Company
set forth in this Section 2 shall be terminated and be of no
further force or effect upon the earlier of (a) the effective date
of the Company’s Registration Statement filed in connection
with the Company’s first Qualified Public Offering and (b)
the date when no shares of Registrable Securities or Convertible
Securities shall be outstanding.
SECTION 3. REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
3.1 Demand
Registration .
3.1.1 Request for
Registration on Form other than Form S-3 .
Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, in the event that the Company shall receive from the
Initiating Holders, the Initiating Series D Holders or the
Initiating Series E Holders at any time after six (6) months after
the effective date of the Company’s initial Registered public
offering of shares of Common Stock under a Registration Statement,
a written request that the Company effect any Registration
(including a shelf Registration pursuant to Rule 415 of the
Securities Act) with respect to all or a part of the Registrable
Securities on a form other than Form S-3 for an offering of at
least twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities (or twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the
Series D Preferred Stock in the case of a written request by the
Initiating Series D Holders or twenty percent (20%) of the then
outstanding
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Registrable Securities issued or
issuable upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock in the
case of a written request by the Initiating Series E Holders), the
Company shall (i) promptly give written notice of the proposed
Registration to all other Holders and shall (ii) as soon as
practicable, use its reasonable best efforts to effect Registration
of the Registrable Securities specified in such request, together
with any Registrable Securities of any Holder joining in such
request as are specified in a written request given within twenty
(20) days after written notice from the Company.
The Company shall not be
obligated to take any action to effect any such Registration
pursuant to this Section 3.1.1:
(i) after the Company has
effected two (2) such Registrations pursuant to this Section 3.1.1
and such Registrations have been declared effective; provided,
however, that the Initiating Series D Holders and the Initiating
Series E Holders shall each be entitled to request two (2) such
Registrations pursuant to this Section 3.1.1 in addition to any
such Registrations requested by the Initiating Holders;
(ii) 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 any public offering of the
Company’s securities, 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 as soon as practicable after such one hundred
eighty (180) day period;
(iii) if within thirty (30)
days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders,
the Initiating Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E Holders
pursuant to Section 3.1.1, 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 of receipt of such
written request; or
(iv) if the Initiating
Holders, the Initiating Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E
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 3.1.3 below.
3.1.2 Right of Deferral of
Registration on Form other Than Form S-3 .
If the Company shall furnish
to all such Holders who joined in the request pursuant to Section
3.1.1 a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating
that, in the good faith judgment of the Board (which conclusion
shall be evidenced by a Board resolution), it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company for any Registration to be effected as
requested under Section 3.1.1, the Company shall have the right to
defer the filing of a Registration Statement with respect to such
offering for a period of not more than ninety (90) days from
delivery of the request of the Initiating Holders, the Initiating
Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E Holders; provided,
however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once
in any twelve (12)-month period. In connection with the foregoing
right, if exercised, the Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to not disclose any information to any holder of
Registrable Securities included in a registration statement that is
subject to such postponement or withdrawal which could reasonably
likely be deemed to be material non-public information with respect
to the Company.
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3.1.3 Request for
Registration on Form S-3 .
Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, in the event that the Company receives from one or more
Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of Registrable
Securities, a written request that the Company effect any
Registration on Form S-3 (or any successor form to Form S-3
regardless of its designation) (including a shelf Registration
pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act) at a time when the
Company is eligible to Register securities on Form S-3 (or any
successor form to Form S-3 regardless of its designation) for an
offering of Registrable Securities which such Holders in their good
faith discretion determine would have an anticipated offering price
of at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), the Company will
promptly give written notice of the proposed Registration to all
the Holders and will as soon as practicable use its best efforts to
effect Registration of the Registrable Securities specified in such
request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable
Securities of any Holder joining in such request as are specified
in a written request delivered to the Company within thirty (30)
days after written notice from the Company of the proposed
Registration. There shall be no limit to the number of occasions on
which the Company shall be obligated to effect Registration under
this Section 3.1.3, but the Company shall not be required to effect
more than two (2) such Registrations in any twelve (12)-month
period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
obligated to effect any Registration pursuant to this Section
3.1.3:
(i) if Form S-3 (or a
successor form to Form S-3) is not available for such offering by
the Holders;
(ii) if 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 One Million Dollars
($1,000,000);
(iii) if within thirty (30)
days of receipt of a written request from any Holder or Holders
pursuant to this Section 3.1.3, the Company gives notice to such
Holder or Holders of the Company’s intention to make a public
offering within ninety (90) days of receipt of such written
request, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement;
or
(iv) if the Company shall
furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President of the
Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board, it
would be seriously detrimental to the Company for any Registration
to be effected as requested under Section 3.1.3, the Company shall
have the right to defer the filing of a Registration Statement with
respect to such offering for a period of not more than ninety (90)
days from delivery of the request of the Initiating Holders, the
Initiating Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E Holders;
provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more
than once in any twelve (12)-month period. In connection with the
foregoing right, if exercised, the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to not disclose any information to any holder of
Registrable Securities included in a registration statement that is
subject to such postponement or withdrawal which could reasonably
likely be deemed to be material non-public information with respect
to the Company.
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3.1.4 Registration of
Other Securities in Demand Registration .
Any Registration Statement
filed pursuant to the request of the Initiating Holders, the
Initiating Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E Holders
under this Section 3 may, subject to the provisions of Section
3.1.5, include securities of the Company other than Registrable
Securities.
3.1.5 Underwriting in
Demand Registration .
a. Notice of
Underwriting .
If the Initiating Holders,
the Initiating Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E 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 request made pursuant to Section 3.1.1,
and the Company shall include such information in the written
notice referred to in Section 3.1.1 or 3.1.3. The right of any
Holder to Registration pursuant to Section 3 shall be conditioned
upon such Holder’s agreement to participate in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable
Securities in the underwriting.
b. Inclusion of other
Holders in Demand Registration .
If the Company, officers or
directors of the Company holding Common Stock other than
Registrable Securities or holders of securities issued by the
Company other than Registrable Securities, request inclusion in
such Registration, the Initiating Holders, the Initiating Series D
Holders or the Initiating Series E Holders in their sole discretion
and after consultation with other participating Holders, to the
extent they deem advisable and consistent with the goals of such
Registration, shall, on behalf of all Holders, offer to any or all
of the Company, such officers or directors and such holders of
securities other than Registrable Securities that such securities
other than Registrable Securities be included in the underwriting
and may condition such offer on the acceptance by such persons of
the terms of this Section 3.1.
c. Selection of
Underwriter in Demand Registration .
The Company shall (together
with all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through
such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement with the
representative (“ Underwriter’s Representative
”) of the underwriter or underwriters selected for such
underwriting by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities being Registered by the Initiating Holders, the
Initiating Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E Holders and
agreed to by the Company. In no event shall any Holder be required
to provide any representations or warranties regarding the Company
and/or its business and/or any Person other than such Holder and
its Affiliates, which shall not include the Company or any other
Holder that may be deemed to be an Affiliate solely by virtue of
such Holder’s interest in the Company.
d. Marketing Limitation in
Demand Registration .
In the event the
Underwriter’s Representative advises the Initiating Holders,
the Initiating Series D Holders or the Series E Holders in writing
that market factors (including, without limitation, the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock requested to be Registered, the
general condition of the market, and the status of the persons
proposing to sell
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securities pursuant to the Registration)
require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten,
then (i) first the securities other than Registrable Securities and
(ii) next the securities requested to be registered by the Company,
shall be excluded from such Registration to the extent required by
such limitation. If a limitation of the number of shares is still
required, the Initiating Holders, the Initiating Series D Holders
or the Series E Holders shall so advise all Holders and the number
of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the
Registration and underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders
in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts
of Registrable Securities entitled to inclusion in such
Registration held by such Holders at the time of filing the
Registration Statement. No Registrable Securities or other
securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of this Section
3.1.5(d) shall be included in such Registration Statement. To
facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above
provisions, the Company or the Underwriter’s Representative
may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the
nearest one hundred (100) shares. To the extent more than
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities so
requested to be registered by the Holders participating in the
registration in question are excluded from an offering under this
Section 3.1.5(d) (a “ Reload Event ”), then the
Initiating Holders, the Initiating Series D Holders or the
Initiating Series E Holders, as the case may be, shall have the
right to one additional demand registration under Section 3.1 upon
the occurrence of each Reload Event.
e. Right of Withdrawal in
Demand Registration .
If any Holder of Registrable
Securities, or a holder of other securities entitled (upon request)
to be included in such Registration, disapproves of the terms of
the underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by
written notice to the Company, the underwriter and the Initiating
Holders, the Initiating Series D Holders or the Initiating Series E
Holders delivered at least seven (7) business days prior to the
effective date of the Registration Statement. The securities so
withdrawn shall also be withdrawn from the Registration
Statement.
3.1.6 Blue Sky in Demand
Registration .
In the event of any
Registration pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company will exercise its
reasonable best efforts to Register and qualify the securities
covered by the Registration Statement under such other securities
or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions (not exceeding twenty (20)
at the expense of the Company) as shall be reasonably appropriate
for the distribution of such securities; provided, however, that
(i) the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or
to file a general consent to service of process in any such states
or jurisdictions, and (ii) notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, in the event any jurisdiction in which
the securities shall be qualified imposes a non-waivable
requirement that expenses incurred in connection with the
qualification of the securities be borne by selling stockholders,
such expenses shall be payable pro rata by selling
stockholders.
3.2 Piggyback
Registration .
3.2.1 Notice of Piggyback
Registration and Inclusion of Registrable Securities
.
Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, in the event the Company decides
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to Register any of its Common Stock
(either for its own account or the account of a security holder or
holders exercising their respective demand Registration rights) on
a form that would permit or otherwise be suitable for a
Registration involving solely Registrable Securities, the Company
will: (i) promptly give each Holder written notice thereof (which
shall 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 laws or
other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all
the Registrable Securities specified in a written request delivered
to the Company by any Holder within fifteen (15) days after
delivery of such written notice from the Company.
3.2.2 Underwriting in
Piggyback Registration .
a. Notice of Underwriting
in Piggyback Registration .
If the Registration of which
the Company gives notice pursuant to Section 3.2.1 is for a
Registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company
shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given
pursuant to Section 3.2.1. In such event the right of any Holder to
Registration shall be conditioned upon such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such
underwriting to the extent provided in this Section 3. All Holders
proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting
shall (together with the Company and the other holders distributing
their securities through such underwriting) enter into an
underwriting agreement with the Underwriter’s Representative
for such offering. In no event shall any Holder be required to
provide any representations or warranties regarding the Company
and/or its business and/or any Person other than such Holder and
its Affiliates, which shall not include the Company or any other
Holder that may be deemed to be an Affiliate solely by virtue of
such Holder’s interest in the Company. The Holders shall have
no right to participate in the selection of the underwriters for an
offering pursuant to this Section 3.2.
b. Marketing Limitation in
Piggyback Registration .
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 3, in the event the Underwriter’s
Representative advises (i) the Company in the case of the
Company’s initial Registered public offering or (ii) the
Holders seeking Registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 3.2 in the case of any subsequent Registered public
offering, in writing that market factors (including, without
limitation, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
requested to be Registered, the general condition of the market,
and the status of the persons proposing to sell securities pursuant
to the Registration) require a limitation of the number of shares
to be underwritten, the Underwriter’s Representative (subject
to the allocation priority set forth in Section 3.2.2(c)) may in
its sole discretion:
i. in the case of the
Company’s initial Registered public offering, exclude some or
all Registrable Securities from such Registration and underwriting;
and
ii. in the case of any
subsequent Registered public offering, limit the number of shares
of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration and
underwriting to not less than thirty percent (30%) of the
securities included in such Registration (based on aggregate market
values).
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c. Allocation of Shares in
Piggyback Registration .
In the event that the
Underwriter’s Representative limits the number of shares to
be included in a Registration pursuant to Section 3.2.2(b), the
number of shares to be included in such Registration shall be
allocated (subject to Section 3.2.2(b)) in the following manner:
The number of shares, if any, that may be included in the
Registration and underwriting by selling stockholders shall first
be allocated among all the requesting Holders pro rata according to
the respective amounts of Registrable Securities entitled to be
included in such offering by such requesting Holders and then among
all other holders of securities other than Registrable Securities
requesting and legally entitled to include shares in such
Registration, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the
respective amounts of securities (including Registrable Securities)
which such Holders and such other holders would otherwise be
entitled to include in such Registration. No Registrable Securities
or other securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of
this Section 3.2.2(c) shall be included in the Registration
Statement. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance
with the above provisions, the Company or the Underwriter’s
Representative may round the number of shares allocated to any
Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.
d. Withdrawal in Piggyback
Registration .
If any Holder disapproves of
the terms of any such underwriting, he may elect to withdraw
therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriter
delivered at least seven (7) business days prior to the effective
date of the Registration Statement. Any Registrable Securities or
other securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall
be withdrawn from such Registration.
3.2.3 Blue Sky in
Piggyback Registration .
In the event of any
Registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3.2, the
Company will exercise its best efforts to Register and qualify the
securities covered by the Registration Statement under such other
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions (not exceeding
twenty (20) unless otherwise agreed to by the Company) as shall be
reasonably appropriate for the distribution of such securities;
provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be required to
qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of
process in any such states or jurisdictions, and (ii)
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the
event any jurisdiction in which the securities shall be qualified
imposes a non-waivable requirement that expenses incurred in
connection with the qualification of the securities be borne by
selling stockholders, such expenses shall be payable pro rata by
selling stockholders.
3.3 Expenses of
Registration .
All Registration Expenses
incurred in connection with all Registrations pursuant to Section
3.1.1, all Registrations pursuant to Section 3.1.3 and all
Registrations pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be borne by the
Company. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be
required to pay for any expenses of any Registration proceeding
begun pursuant to Section 3.1
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if the Registration request is
subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority
of the Registrable Securities to be Registered (which Holders shall
bear such expenses), unless the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to demand
Registration pursuant to Section 3.1; provided further, however,
that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of
a Material Adverse Event either (i) not known to the Holders at the
time of their request or (ii) not made known to the Holders within
fifteen (15) days after their request, then the Holders shall not
be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their
rights pursuant to Section 3.1. All Selling Expenses shall be borne
by the respective holders of the securities Registered pro rata on
the basis of the number of shares registered.
3.4 Registration
Procedures . In the case of each registration, qualification or
compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this Section 3, the
Company will:
(i) Keep each Holder whose
Registrable Securities are included in any Registration pursuant to
this Agreement advised as to the initiation and completion of such
Registration. At its expense the Company will: (a) use its best
efforts to keep such Registration effective for a period of one
hundred twenty (120) days or until the Holder or Holders have
completed the distribution described in the Registration Statement
relating thereto, whichever first occurs; and (b) furnish such
number of prospectuses (including preliminary prospectuses) and
other documents as a Holder from time to time may reasonably
request. With respect to clause (a) of the preceding sentence, the
Company may at any time upon written notice to the participating
Holders (which notice shall include a Board resolution authorizing
the issuance of such notice) and for a period not to exceed sixty
(60) days thereafter (the “ Suspension Period ”)
delay the filing or effectiveness of any registration statement or
suspend the use or effectiveness of any registration statement (and
the 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 an 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. In the event that the Company
shall exercise its rights 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. The Company may extend the Suspension Period for
an additional consecutive sixty (60) days with the consent of the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities proposed to be
sold by the Holders in the applicable Registration, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. If so directed by the Company,
the 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 Holders’ possession, of the
prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities current at the
time of receipt of such notice.
(ii) Prepare and file with
the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration
statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
registration statements 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 a period
of up to one hundred twenty (120) days;
(iii) Promptly notify each
Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the
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registration statement at any time when
the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result
of which the registration statement or the prospectus included in
such registration statement or any supplement to the prospectus (as
then in effect) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or, if for
any other reason it shall be necessary during such time period to
amend or supplement the registration statement or the prospectus in
order to comply with the Securities Act, whereupon, in either case,
each Holder shall immediately cease to use such registration
statement or prospectus for any purpose and, as promptly as
practicable thereafter, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission, and furnish without charge to the appropriate Holders
and managing underwriters, if any, a supplement or amendment to
such registration statement or prospectus which will correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance and such copies
thereof as the Holders and any underwriters may reasonably
request;
(v) Use its best 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 except as may be required by law;
(vi) Cause all such
Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on
which similar securities issued by the Company are then
listed;
(vii) Provide a transfer
agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities and a CUSIP
number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later
than the effective date of such registration;
(viii) In the event of any
underwritten public offering, enter into and perf
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