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Exhibit 4.2
CHEMOCENTRYX,
INC.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
INVESTORS RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
AUGUST 22,
2006
TABLE OF
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1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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1.1 |
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D
EFINITIONS |
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1.2 |
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R
EQUEST FOR R
EGISTRATION |
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OMPANY R EGISTRATION |
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ORM S-3 R EGISTRATION |
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BLIGATIONS OF THE C
OMPANY |
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F
URNISH I NFORMATION |
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XPENSES OF R
EGISTRATION |
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NDERWRITING R EQUIREMENTS |
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ELAY OF R
EGISTRATION |
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I
NDEMNIFICATION |
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EPORTS U NDER S
ECURITIES E XCHANGE A
CT OF 1934 |
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SSIGNMENT OF R
EGISTRATION R IGHTS |
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IMITATIONS ON S
UBSEQUENT R EGISTRATION R
IGHTS |
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ARKET -S TANDOFF A
GREEMENT |
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ERMINATION OF R
EGISTRATION R IGHTS |
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2. COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
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ELIVERY OF F INANCIAL
S TATEMENTS |
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NSPECTION |
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IGHT OF F IRST O
FFER |
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OARD OF D
IRECTORS |
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BSERVATION R IGHTS |
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ERMINATION OF C
OVENANTS |
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3. MISCELLANEOUS
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3.1 |
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UCCESSORS AND A
SSIGNS |
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3.2 |
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MENDMENTS AND W
AIVERS |
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3.3 |
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OTICES |
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3.4 |
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S
EVERABILITY |
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3.5 |
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OVERNING L AW |
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OUNTERPARTS |
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3.7 |
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T
ITLES AND S
UBTITLES |
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3.8 |
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A
GGREGATION OF S
TOCK |
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A
MENDMENT AND T
ERMINATION OF P RIOR A
GREEMENT |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTORS RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated
Investors Rights Agreement (the “ Agreement
”) is made as of the 22 day of August, 2006, by and among
ChemoCentryx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), the individuals or entities who are
signatories hereto, each of which is herein referred to as an
“ Investor ,” and Thomas J. Schall (the
“ Founder ”).
This Agreement supersedes and
replaces that certain Amended and Restated Investors Rights
Agreement, dated June 13, 2006, by and among the Company and
the other parties named therein (the “ Prior
Agreement ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, certain of the
Investors are purchasing shares of the Company’s Series D
Preferred Stock pursuant to that certain Series D Preferred Stock
Subscription Agreement of even date herewith (the “
Subscription Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, the obligations in
the Subscription Agreement are conditioned upon the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, and the parties to the Prior Agreement
desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its
entirety.
AGREEMENT
The parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Registration
Rights . The Company, the Investors and the Founder
covenant and agree as follows:
1.1 Definitions
. For purposes of this Section 1:
(a) The terms
“register,” “registered,” and
“registration” refer to a registration effected by
preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document
in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“ Securities Act ”), and the declaration
or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or
document;
(b) The term “
Registrable Securities ” means (i) the
shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) the shares of Common Stock
issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock,
(iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon
conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, (iv) the shares of
Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series D
Preferred Stock; (v) the shares of Common Stock issued to the
Founder (the “ Founder’s Stock ”);
provided, however, that for the purposes of Section 1.2, 1.4
or 1.13 the Founder’s Stock shall not be deemed Registrable
Securities and the Founder shall not be deemed a Holder, and
(vi) any other shares of 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, the shares listed in (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v);
provided, however, that the foregoing definition shall exclude in
all cases any
Registrable Securities sold by a person
in a transaction in which his or her rights under this Agreement
are not assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Common Stock or
other securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if
and so long as they have not been (A) sold to or through a
broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a
public securities transaction, or (B) sold in a transaction
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act under Section 4(1) thereof so that all
transfer restrictions, and restrictive legends with respect
thereto, if any, are removed upon the consummation of such
sale;
(c) The number of shares of
“Registrable Securities then outstanding” shall be
determined by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
which are, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities which are,
Registrable Securities;
(d) The term “
Holder ” means any person owning or having the
right to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in
accordance with Section 1.12 of this Agreement;
(e) The term “
Form S-3 ” means such form under the Securities
Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor form under the
Securities Act;
(f) The term “
SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and
(g) The term “
Qualified IPO ” means a firm commitment
underwritten public offering by the Company of shares of its Common
Stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act that is either (i) at a public offering price
of not less than $6.00 per share (appropriately adjusted for any
stock split, dividend, combination or other recapitalization) and
which results in aggregate cash proceeds to the Company of
$40,000,000 (net of underwriting discounts and commissions), or
(ii) upon terms approved by a majority of the outstanding
shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock.
1.2 Request for
Registration .
(a) If the Company shall
receive at any time after the earlier of (i) November 15,
2008, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of
the first registration statement for a public offering of
securities of the Company (other than a registration statement
relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the
Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan
or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from either
(w) the Holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock
(or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof)
then outstanding or (x) the Holders of a majority of the
Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued
upon conversion thereof) then outstanding, (y) the Holders of
a majority of the Series C Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock
issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding, or
(z) the Holders of a majority of the Series D Preferred Stock
(or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof)
then outstanding, that the Company file a registration statement
under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least
thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then
outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate
offering price, net of underwriting
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discounts and commissions, would exceed
$10,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of
the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all
Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b),
use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable, and in any
event within 60 days of the receipt of such request, the
registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities
which the Holders request to be registered within twenty
(20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in
accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating
the registration request hereunder (“ 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 request made
pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include
such information in the written notice referred to in subsection
1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest
of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his
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 (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in
interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent
provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their
securities through such underwriting shall (together with the
Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or
underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter
advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors
require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten,
then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of
Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten
pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities
that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among
all Holders thereof, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to
the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each
Holder; provided, however, that in no event shall (i) any
securities held by a Holder (other than an Initiating Holder) be
included in such underwriting if any Initiating Holder’s
securities are excluded from the underwriting, or (ii) the
number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such
underwriting be reduced unless all other securities are first
entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a
registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 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
stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is
therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration
statement, the Company shall 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; provided, however, that the Company may
not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month
period.
(d) In addition, the Company
shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect,
any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) With respect to Holders
of the Series A Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or
issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one
(1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the
request of such Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and such
registration has been declared or ordered effective;
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(ii) With respect to Holders
of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or
issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one
(1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the
request of such Holders of Series B Preferred Stock and such
registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) With respect to Holders
of the Series C Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or
issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one
(1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the
request of such Holders of Series C Preferred Stock and such
registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iv) With respect to Holders
of the Series D Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or
issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one
(1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the
request of such Holders of Series D Preferred Stock and such
registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(v) During the period
starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the
Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and
ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the
effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3
hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good
faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement
to become effective; or
(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 1.4 below.
1.3 Company
Registration . If (but without any obligation to do so) the
Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a
registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than
the Holders) any of its stock under the Securities Act in
connection with the public offering of such securities solely for
cash (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of
securities to participants in a Company stock plan or a transaction
covered by Rule 145 under the Securities Act, a registration in
which the only stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of debt securities which are also being registered, or
any registration on any form which does not include substantially
the same information as would be required to be included in a
registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable
Securities), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each
Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the written
request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after
mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with
Section 3.3, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 1.8, cause to be registered under the Securities Act
all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has
requested to be registered.
1.4 Form S-3
Registration . In case the Company shall receive
from any Holder or Holders of the Registrable Securities, a written
request or requests that the Company file a registration on Form
S-3 and the reasonably anticipated aggregate offering price, net of
underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $2,000,000,
the Company will:
(a) promptly give written
notice of the proposed registration, and any related qualification
or compliance, to all other Holders; and
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(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 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 1.4: (i) if Form S-3 is not available for
such offering by the Holders; (ii) 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 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 120 days after receipt of the request
of the Holder or Holders under this Section 1.4; provided,
however, that the Company shall not utilize this right more than
once in any twelve month period; (iii) if the Company has,
within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such
request, already effected a registration on Form S-3 for the
Holders pursuant to this Section 1.4; (iv) 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; or (v) during the period ending one hundred eighty
(180) days after the effective date of a registration
statement subject to Section 1.3.
(c) Subject to the foregoing,
the Company shall file a registration statement covering the
Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be
registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or
requests of the Holders. Registrations effected pursuant to this
Section 1.4 shall not be counted as demands for registration
or registrations effected pursuant to Sections 1.2 or 1.3,
respectively.
1.5 Obligations of the
Company . Whenever required under this Section 1 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 its best 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
twenty (120) days.
(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 up to one hundred twenty
(120) days.
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(c) Furnish to the Holders
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 Registrable Securities owned
by them.
(d) 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.
(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 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, such
obligation to continue for one hundred twenty
(120) days.
(g) Cause all such
Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder to be listed
on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by
the Company are then listed.
(h) Provide a transfer agent
and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant
hereunder and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities,
in each case not later than the effective date of such
registration.
(i) Use its best efforts to
furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1, on the date
that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters
for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this
Section 1, 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) 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 to the Holders
requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) 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, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable
Securities.
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1.6 Furnish
Information . It shall be a condition precedent to the
obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this
Section 1 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any
selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such
information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by
it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as
shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder’s
Registrable Securities. The Company shall have no obligation with
respect to any registration requested pursuant to Section 1.2
or Section 1.4 of this Agreement if, as a result of the
application of the preceding sentence, the number of shares or the
anticipated aggregate offering price of the Registrable Securities
to be included in the registration does not equal or exceed the
number of shares or the anticipated aggregate offering price
required to originally trigger the Company’s obligation to
initiate such registration as specified in subsection 1.2(a) or
subsection 1.4(b)(2), whichever is applicable.
1.7 Expenses of
Registration . All expenses (other than underwriting
discounts and commissions incurred in connection with
registrations), filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 1.2,
1.3 and 1.4, including (without limitation) all registration,
filing and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees,
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling
Holders selected by them with the approval of the Company, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, shall be borne by the
Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun
pursuant to Section 1.2 if the registration request is
subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority
of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all
participating Holders shall bear such expenses), unless the
Initiating Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
agree to forfeit their right to one demand registration pursuant to
Section 1.2.
1.8 Underwriting
Requirements . In connection with any offering involving an
underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock, the
Company shall not be required under Section 1.3 to include any
of the Holders’ securities in such underwriting unless they
accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the
Company and the underwriters selected by it (or by other persons
entitled to select the underwriters), and then only in such
quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion
will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If
the total amount of securities, including Registrable Securities,
requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds
the amount of securities sold other than by the Company that the
underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with
the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to
include in the offering only that number of such securities,
including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters determine
in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the
offering (the securities so included to be apportioned pro rata
among the selling stockholders according to the total amount of
securities entitled to be included therein owned by each selling
stockholder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be
agreed to by such selling stockholders) but in no event shall
(i) the amount of securities of the selling Holders included
in the offering be reduced below twenty percent (20%) of the
total amount of securities included in such offering unless such
offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s
securities, in which case the selling Holders may be excluded if
the underwriters make the determination described above and no
other stockholder’s securities are included or (ii) any
securities held by a Founder be included if any securities held by
any selling Holder are excluded. For purposes of the
preceding
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parenthetical concerning apportionment,
for any selling stockholder which is a holder of Registrable
Securities and 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 persons shall be
deemed to be a single “selling stockholder,” and any
pro-rata reduction with respect to such “selling
stockholder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of
shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and
individuals included in such “selling stockholder,” as
defined in this sentence.
1.9 Delay of
Registration . No Holder shall have any right to obtain or
seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such
registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with
respect to the interpretation or implementation of this
Section 1.
1.10
Indemnification . In the event any Registrable
Securities are included in a registration statement under this
Section 1:
(a) To the extent permitted
by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder,
its officers, directors, employees, partners, members and agents,
any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder
and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act
”), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities
(joint or several) and reasonable expenses to which they may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal
or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations
(collectively a “ Violation ”):
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in such registration statement, including
any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or
any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state
securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law; and
the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter or
controlling person, as incurred, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action;
provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this
subsection 1.10(a) shall 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 shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company
be liable to any Holder, underwriter or controlling person for any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that
it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such
Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
(b) To the extent permitted
by law, each selling Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed
the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the
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Securities Act, any underwriter, any
other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and
any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder,
against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or
several) and reasonable expenses to which any of the foregoing
persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out
of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and
only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder
expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each
such Holder will pay, as incurred, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by any person intended to be indemnified
pursuant to this subsection 1.10(b), in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability,
or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection 1.10(b) shall 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
Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
that in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection 1.10(b)
exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder,
except in the case of willful fraud by such Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by
an indemnified party under this Section 1.10 of notice of the
commencement of any action (including any governmental action),
such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.10,
deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the
commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the
right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party
so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually
satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, 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. The failure to
deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a
reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if
prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve
such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party
under this Section 1.10, but the omission so to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any
liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under this Section 1.10.
(d) If the indemnification
provided for in this Section 1.10 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, shall 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; provided, that in no event shall
any contribution by a Holder under this Subsection 1.10(d) exceed
the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder, except
in the case of willful fraud by such Holder. The relative fault of
the indemnifying party and of the
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