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Exhibit 4.3
ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS,
INC.
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
June 30, 2007
This Third Amended and
Restated Investor Rights Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is made and entered into effective
as of the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by
the Merger Agreement by and among Entropic Communications, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”),
the holders of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”)
listed on Exhibit A hereto, the holders of the
Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “
Series B Preferred Stock ”) listed on
Exhibit A hereto, the holders of the Company’s Series
C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series C Preferred
Stock ”) listed on Exhibit A hereto, the
holders of the warrants to purchase shares of Series C Preferred
Stock issued to Silicon Valley Bank and Horizon Technology Funding
Company II LLC (the “Warrant Holders” )
as described in the Venture Loan and Security Agreement dated
April 5, 2007 (the “Loan Agreement”
), and the holders of the Company’s Series D-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock
and Series D-3 Convertible Preferred Stock (collectively, the
“ Series D Preferred Stock ”, and,
together with the Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred
Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock, the “
Securities ”) to be issued pursuant to the
Merger Agreement, as defined below listed on Exhibit A
hereto. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, Series B
Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock and the purchasers of
the Series D Preferred Stock shall be referred to hereinafter as
the “ Investors ” and each individually
as an “ Investor .”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C
Preferred Stock are parties to that certain Second Amended and
Restated Investor Rights Agreement dated as of December 6,
2005, as amended (the “ Prior Rights Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, in connection with
the Loan Agreement, the Company has issued one or more warrants
(the “Loan Warrants” ) to the Warrant
Holders to acquire shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and has
agreed to grant to the Warrant Holders registration rights under
Section 1 of this Agreement and solely with respect to the
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “
Common Stock ”) issuable upon conversion of the
shares of Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Loan Warrants (the “ Exercise Shares ”),
and the requisite parties to the Investors’ Rights Agreement
desire to amend the Investors’ Rights Agreement to add
Warrant Holders as “Holders” hereunder and to include
the Exercise Shares as “Registrable Securities”
hereunder, but only with respect to Section 1 of this
Agreement (it being understood that no other rights will be granted
to the Warrant Holders under this Agreement);
WHEREAS, in connection with
that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated
as of the date hereof by and among the Company, Raptor Acquisition,
Sub, Inc., RF Magic, Inc. and, solely for the purposes of
Sections 9 and 10.1 thereof, Mark Foley, as
Stockholders’ Representative (the “Merger
Agreement” ) certain of the Investors will be issued
shares of Series D Preferred Stock and as a condition to such
issuance the Company is obligated to extend to such Investors the
registration rights, information rights and other rights as set
forth herein; and
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WHEREAS, the Company and the
Investors desire to enter into this Agreement to amend, restate and
replace the rights provided for under the Prior Rights Agreement
with the rights set forth in this Agreement. Sections 1.12 and 2.2
of the Prior Rights Agreement provides that any provision of the
Prior Rights Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof
may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and
either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written
consent of the Company and Investors (and/or any of their permitted
successors or assigns) holding a majority of the Registrable
Securities Then Outstanding (as defined in the Prior Rights
Agreement (the “ Required Holders ”)).
The undersigned Required Holders hold the required amount of such
securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
AGREEMENT
1.1 Definitions . For
purposes of this Section 1:
(a) Registration . The
terms “ register ,” “
registered ,” and “
registration ” refer to a registration effected
by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”), and the declaration or
ordering of effectiveness of such registration
statement.
(b) Registrable
Securities . The term “
Registrable Securities ” means:
(i) any and all shares of the Company’s common stock
(“ Common Stock ”) issued or issuable
upon the conversion of the Securities, (ii) the Exercise
Shares, and (iii) any shares of Common Stock 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, in exchange for or in replacement of, all such
shares of Common Stock described in clause (i) of this
subsection. The term “ Registrable Securities
” shall exclude in all cases, however, any shares described
by (i) or (ii) of this subsection (b) sold by a
person in a transaction in which rights under this Section 1
are not assigned in accordance with this Agreement or any shares
described by (i) or (ii) of this subsection (b) sold
to the public or sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
(c) Registrable Securities
Then Outstanding . The term “ Registrable
Securities Then Outstanding ” shall mean those shares
of Common Stock which are Registrable Securities and (1) are
then issued and outstanding or (2) are then issuable pursuant
to the exercise or conversion of then-outstanding and
then-exercisable options, warrants or convertible
securities.
(d) Holder . For
purposes of this Section 1 and Section 2 hereof, the term
“ Holder ” or “
Holders ” means any person or persons owning
Registrable Securities who is a party hereto.
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(e) Form S-3 .
The term “ Form S-3 ” means such
form under the Securities Act as is in effect on the date hereof or
any successor registration form under the Securities Act
subsequently adopted by the SEC (as defined below) which permits
inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference
to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
(f) SEC . The term
“ SEC ” means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
(g) Offered Stock .
The term “ Offered Stock ” means all
shares of Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issued or issuable
upon the conversion of such shares) held by an Investor proposed to
be the subject of a Transfer.
(h) Transfer . The
term “ Transfer ” means any sale,
assignment, encumbrance, hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in
trust, gift, or other transfer or disposition of any kind,
including but not limited to transfers to receivers, levying
creditors, trustees or receivers in bankruptcy proceedings or
general assignees for the benefit of creditors, whether voluntary
or by operation of law, directly or indirectly, of shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series
C Preferred Stock or the Series D Preferred Stock (or the Common
Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of such shares),
except (i) any bona fide pledge made pursuant to a bona fide
loan transaction that creates a mere security interest,
(ii) if such shares are held by a partnership, limited
liability company, or trust, (A) to partners, members,
officers, employees, and affiliates of such partnership, limited
liability company, or trust or any partner, officer or employee of
such affiliates (collectively, “ Affiliates
”), (B) to its general or limited partners, stockholders
or beneficiaries, or to an entity owned by or organized for the
benefit of the general or limited partners, stockholders, officers,
directors, employees, Affiliates or beneficiaries of such holder,
as applicable, or (C) to an entity that controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with such partnership or
limited liability company, (iii) if such shares are held by a
corporation, (A) to Affiliates, (B) to its stockholders,
or to an entity owned by or organized for the benefit of the
stockholders, officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or
beneficiaries of such holder, as applicable, or (C) to an
entity that controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with such corporation, (iv) for a Transfer made by an
Investor party to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Right of
First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement between the Company and the
parties thereto dated as of the date hereof, as amended (the
“ Co-Sale Agreement ”), pursuant to and
in accordance with the right of co-sale provided therein, or
(v) in connection with a sale to the public pursuant to a
registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC under the
Securities Act; provided , that in each of cases (i), (ii),
(iii) and (iv) above, each pledgee, transferee or
distributee shall, as a condition precedent to such pledge or
Transfer, execute either, in the Company’s sole discretion, a
counterpart copy of this Agreement or a written acknowledgment that
it takes such shares subject to the restrictions and provisions of
this Agreement; and provided further , that in each of the
cases of (i) and (iii), each pledgee, transferee or
distributee is not a competitor of the Company as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors. For purposes of this
Section 1.1(h), any subsidiary of a Holder in which such
Holder owns at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the voting
securities shall not be deemed to be a competitor of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained
herein, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. shall be permitted to
transfer its shares of the Company’s securities to Motorola,
Inc., provided that, with respect to such
securities,
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Motorola, Inc. shall be subject to and
bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Second Amended and
Restated Voting Agreement between the Company and the parties
thereto dated as of the date hereof, as amended, and the Co-Sale
Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, a transfer of
Freescale’s shares of the Company’s securities to
Motorola shall not be deemed a Transfer for purposes of this
Agreement.
1.2 Demand
Registration .
(a) Request by Holders
. If the Company shall receive a written request from the Holders
of at least thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities
Then Outstanding not earlier than the earlier of (i) three
(3) years after the date of the Prior Rights Agreement or
(ii) six months after the effective date of the first
registration statement filed by the Company covering an
underwritten offering of any of its securities to the general
public, that the Company file a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five
percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities (or a lesser
amount if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of
underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed Seven Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000)) pursuant to this
Section 1.2, then the Company shall, within ten
(10) business days of the receipt of such written request,
give written notice of such request (“
Request Notice ”) to all Holders, and
effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the
Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which Holders request
to be registered and included in such registration by written
notice given by such Holders to the Company within twenty
(20) days after receipt of the Request Notice, subject to the
limitations of this Section 1.2.
(b) Underwriting . If
the Holders initiating the registration request under this
Section 1.2 (“ Initiating Holders ”)
intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their
request by means of an underwriting, then 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 Request Notice. In such event, the right of any Holder to
include 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
such Holder and Initiating Holders holding a majority in interest
of the Registrable Securities to be included in such registration)
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 managing
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the
Company (and reasonably acceptable to holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities proposed to be registered). Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter(s)
advise(s) the Company in writing that marketing factors require a
limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the
Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that
would otherwise be registered and underwritten pursuant hereto, and
the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the
underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and
allocated among the Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata
basis according to the number of Registrable Securities held by
each Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating
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
and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the
registration.
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(c) Maximum Number of
Demand Registrations . The Company is obligated to effect only
two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2
and shall not be obligated to effect such a registration during the
six (6) month period after the effective date of the
Company’s initial public offering of its securities pursuant
to a registration statement filed under the Securities
Act.
(d) Deferral .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to
Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant
to this Section 1.2 a certificate signed by the President or
Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that, in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“ Board of Directors ”), 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, then the Company
shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more
than ninety (90) 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
(12) month period.
(e) Expenses . All
registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting
fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of one (1) counsel for the
selling Holder or Holders (the “ Registration Expenses
”) shall be borne by the Company. Each Holder participating
in a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 shall bear such
Holder’s proportionate share (based on the total number of
shares sold in such registration other than for the account of the
Company) of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to
underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering (the
“ Selling Expenses ”). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay for any
expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this
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; provided ,
further , however , that if at the time of such
withdrawal, (i) the Holders have learned of a material adverse
change in the condition, business or prospects of the Company not
known to the Holders at the time of their request for such
registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with
reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse
change, (ii) the withdrawal relates to the Company exercising
its right to defer the registration pursuant to
Section 1.2(d), or (iii) the withdrawal is the result of
the reduction by the underwriters of greater than fifty percent
(50%) of the Registrable Securities sought to be registered by
the Holders, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of
such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this
Section 1.2.
1.3
Piggyback Registrations . The Company shall notify all
Holders of Registrable Securities in writing at least thirty
(30) days prior to filing any registration statement under the
Securities Act for purposes of effecting 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 registration
statements relating to any registration under Section 1.2 or
Section 1.4 of this Agreement or to any employee benefit plan
or a corporate reorganization) and will afford each such Holder an
opportunity to include in such registration statement all or any
part of the Registrable Securities then held by such Holder. Each
Holder
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desiring to include in any such
registration statement all or any part of the Registrable
Securities held by such Holder shall, within twenty (20) days
after receipt of the above-described notice from the Company, so
notify the Company in writing, and in such notice shall inform the
Company of the number of Registrable Securities such Holder wishes
to include in such registration statement. 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
a registration statement under which the Company gives notice under
this Section 1.3 is for an underwritten offering, then the
Company shall so advise the Holders of Registrable Securities. In
such event, the right of any such Holder to include Registrable
Securities in a registration pursuant to this Section 1.3
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 managing underwriter or
underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, if the managing underwriter(s)
determine(s) in good faith that marketing factors require a
limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the
managing underwriter(s) may exclude shares (including Registrable
Securities) from the registration and the underwriting, and the
number of shares that may be included in the registration and the
underwriting shall be allocated, first , to the Company, and
second , to each of the Holders requesting inclusion of
their Registrable Securities in such registration statement on a
pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities
then held by each such Holder. No such reduction shall reduce the
amount of securities of the selling Holders included in the
registration below twenty-five percent (25%) of the total
amount of securities included in such registration, unless such
offering is the Initial Public Offering (as defined in
Section 1.11 below) 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 sentence. 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, limited liability company or
corporation, the partners, retired partners, members and
stockholders of such Holder, or the estates and family members of
any such partners, retired partners and members and any trusts for
the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a
single “ Holder ,” and any pro rata
reduction with respect to such “ Holder ”
shall be based upon the aggregate number of Registrable Securities
owned by all entities and individuals included in such
“Holder,” as defined in this sentence.
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(b) Expenses . All
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a registration
pursuant to this Section 1.3 shall be borne by the Company.
Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this
Section 1.3 shall bear such Holder’s proportionate share
(based on the total number of shares sold in such registration
other than for the account of the Company) of all Selling Expenses
incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this
Section 1.3.
1.4 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
and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or
a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or
Holders, then the Company will:
(a) promptly give written
notice of the proposed registration and the Holder’s or
Holders’ request therefor, 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
twenty (20) 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:
(1) if Form S-3 is not
available for such offering by the Holders;
(2) 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 Three Million Dollars
($3,000,000);
(3) if the Company shall
furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President or
Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that, in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors, 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 no more than twice during any
twelve (12) month period for a period of not more than ninety
(90) days following receipt of the request of the Holder or
Holders under this Section 1.4, provided that the
Company shall not be entitled to exercise the deferral rights set
forth in this Section 1.4(b)(3) to defer two consecutive
requests by any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities that
the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 pursuant to this
Section 1.4;
(4) if the Company has,
within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such
request, already effected two (2) registrations on
Form S-3 for Holders pursuant to this
Section 1.4;
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(5) within three
(3) months of the effective date of any registration
referenced to in Sections 1.2 or 1.3 above, provided
that the initiating Holder was permitted to sell Registrable
Securities in such prior registration without a reduction in excess
of ten percent (10%) of the number of such Holder’s
Registrable Securities initially requested by such Holder to be
registered in such registration; or
(6) 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) Expenses . 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 pursuant to this
Section 1.4 as soon as practicable after receipt of the
request(s) of the Holder(s) for such registration. Until such time
as two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.4 are
declared effective by the SEC, all Registration Expenses shall be
borne by the Company and each Holder participating in a
registration pursuant to this Section 1.4 shall bear such
Holder’s proportionate share (based on the total number of
shares sold in such registration other than for the account of the
Company) of all Selling Expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any
registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 1.4 if
the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request
of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be
registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such
withdrawal, (i) the Holders have learned of a material adverse
change in the condition, business or prospects of the Company not
known to the Holders at the time of their request for such
registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with
reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse
change, (ii) the withdrawal relates to the Company exercising
its right to defer the registration pursuant to
Section 1.4(b)(3) or (iii) the withdrawal is the result
of the reduction by the underwriters of greater than fifty percent
(50%) of the Registrable Securities sought to be registered by
the Holders, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of
such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this
Section 1.4. Following the second registration pursuant to
this Section 1.4 which is declared effective by the SEC, the
Holders who wish to participate in a Form S-3 registration shall
pay all Registration Expenses and Selling Expenses incurred in
connection with each subsequent registration requested pursuant to
this Section 1.4. The obligation of the Holders participating
in a Form S-3 registration to pay such Registration Expenses and
Selling Expenses shall be several and not joint and in such
proportion so that each Holder is responsible for the portion of
the expenses represented by the percentage that the number of the
Registrable Securities of such Holder offered by and sold under the
registration statement bears to the total number of all Registrable
Securities offered by and sold under such registration
statement.
(d) Not A Demand
Registration . Form S-3 registrations shall not be deemed
to be demand registrations as described in Section 1.2
above.
1.5 Obligations of the
Company . Whenever required to effect the registration of any
Registrable Securities under this Agreement, 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 ninety
(90) days;
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(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;
(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 the Registrable Securities
owned by them that are included in such registration;
(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(s) of such offering (it being
understood and agreed that, as a condition to the Company’s
obligations under this clause (e), 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;
and
(g) furnish, at the request
of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities, on
the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the
underwriters for sale, 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 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 and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of
the Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters,
if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable
Securities and (ii) a “comfort” letter dated as of
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 and reasonably satisfactory to a
majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration,
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
Sections 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4 hereof that the selling Holders shall
furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the
Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of
disposition of such securities as shall be required to timely
effect the registration of their Registrable Securities.
1.7 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.
1.8 Indemnification .
In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a
registration statement under Sections 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4
hereof:
(a) By the Company .
To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder, the partners, members, officers, directors
and attorneys of each Holder, 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) 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 (each 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 federal or state securities law or any rule or
regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
or any federal or state securities law in connection with the
offering covered by such registration statement;
and the Company will reimburse each such
Holder, partner, member, officer or director, underwriter or
controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them, as incurred, in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided , however , that the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection 1.8(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 in any such case 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 such Holder, partner,
member, officer, director, underwriter or controlling person of
such Holder.
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(b) By Selling Holders
. To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally
and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each
of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the
registration statement, each of its attorneys, each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act,
any underwriter and any other Holder selling securities under such
registration statement or any of such other Holder’s
partners, members, directors or officers or any person who controls
such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(joint or several) to which the Company or any such director,
officer, attorney, controlling person, underwriter or other such
Holder, partner, member or director, officer or controlling person
of such other Holder 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 reimburse any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such
director, officer, attorney, controlling person, underwriter or
other Holder, partner, member, officer, director or controlling
person of such other Holder in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided , however , that the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection 1.8(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; and
provided further , that the total amounts payable in
indemnity by a Holder under this Section 1.8(b) in respect of
any Violation shall not exceed the net proceeds received by such
Holder in the registered offering out of which such Violation
arises.
(c) Notice . Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 1.8
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 1.8, 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 shall have the right to
retain its own counsel, with the 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 conflict of 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 to the extent of such prejudice
under this Section 1.8, 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 1.8.
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(d) Defect Eliminated in
Final Prospectus . The foregoing indemnity agreements of the
Company and Holders are subject to the condition that, insofar as
they relate to any Violation made in a preliminary prospectus but
eliminated or remedied in the amended prospectus on file with the
SEC at the time the registration statement in question becomes
effective or the amended prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to
SEC Rule 424(b) (the “ Final Prospectus
”), such indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit
of any person if a copy of the Final Prospectus (i) was
furnished to the indemnified party, (ii) would have cured the
Violation, and (iii) was not furnished to the person asserting
the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such
action is required by the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the offering is an underwritten offering, the
foregoing indemnity agreements shall continue to inure to the
benefit of such indemnified party to the extent such party is
unable to receive indemnification from the underwriters of such
offering.
(e) Contribution . In
order to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint
liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either
(i) any Holder exercising rights under this Agreement, or any
controlling person of any such Holder, makes a claim for
indemnification pursuant to this Section 1.8 but it is
judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that
such indemnification may not be enforced in such case
notwithstanding the fact that this Section 1.8 provides for
indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the
Securities Act may be required on the part of any such selling
Holder or any such controlling person in circumstances for which
indemnification is provided under this Section 1.8; then, and
in each such case, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying
the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party with respect to such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense in the proportion that is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact or
the omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party, and
the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission; provided , however , that, in any such
case, (A) no such Holder will be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the net proceeds of all such Registrable
Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such
registration statement and (B) no person or entity guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to
contribution from any person or entity who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) Survival . The
obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 1.8
shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable
Securities in a registration statement, and otherwise.
1.9 “ Market
Stand-Off” Agreement . Each Holder hereby agrees that it
shall not, to the extent requested by the Company or an underwriter
of securities of the Company, sell or otherwise transfer or dispose
of or engage in any other transaction regarding any Registrable
Securities or other shares of stock of the Company then owned by
such Holder (other than to donees, partners, members or
stockholders of the Holder who agree to be similarly bound) for
up
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to (i) one hundred eighty
(180) days following the effective date of a registration
statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act relating to
the Initial Public Offering; provided , however ,
that, all executive officers and directors of the Company and
holders of greater than one percent (1%) of the
Company’s outstanding Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)
(“ One Percent Stockholders” ) then holding
Common Stock of the Company enter into similar
agreements.
In order to enforce the
foregoing covenant, (i) the Company shall have the right to
place restrictive legends on the certificates representing the
shares subject to this Section 1.9 and to impose stop transfer
instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities and such
other shares of stock of each Holder (and the shares or securities
of every other person subject to the foregoing restriction) until
the end of such period and (ii) the Holder agrees to execute
an agreement requested by the Company and/or underwriter;
provided , however , that all executive officers and
directors of the Company and One Percent Stockholders then holding
Common Stock of the Company enter into similar agreements and
provided , further , that such agreement shall
(a) contain a definitive termination date that is no more than
one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of such
registration statement, (b) not prevent a Holder from
disposing of another company’s stock solely because such
other company operates a similar business to the Company,
(c) if the Company’s registration statement has not been
declared effective under the Securities Act, terminate no later
than two hundred seventy (270) days following the date such
agreement is signed and delivered by the Holder to the Company
and/or underwriter and (d) in the event any of the shares of
the Common Stock, excluding any shares which are to be included in
such registration, held by the officers, directors and/or the One
Percent Stockholders then holding Common Stock are released by the
underwriters from the lock-up restrictions set forth in similar
agreements, permit a number of shares of the Common Stock held by a
Holder, which number shall be equal to the largest number of shares
of the Common Stock which were released from the lock-up provisions
by the underwriters for an individual officer, director and/or One
Percent Stockholder, to be released immediately from any remaining
lock-up restrictions provided by such agreement.
1.10 Rule 144
Reporting . With a view to making available the benefits of
certain rules and regulations of the SEC, which may at any time
permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without
registration, after such time as a public market exists for the
Common Stock of the Company the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public
information available, as those terms are understood and defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times after the
effective date of the first registration under the Securities Act
filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the
general public;
(b) use its best efforts to
file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such
reporting requirements); and
(c) as long as a Holder owns
any Registrable Securities, to furnish to the Holder forthwith upon
request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance
with the reporting requirements of said Rule 144 (at any time
after ninety (90) days after the effective
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date of the first registration statement
filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the
general public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at
any time after it has become subject to the reporting requirements
of the Exchange Act), a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly
report of the Company and such other reports and documents of the
Company as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of
any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing a Holder to sell any
such securities without registration (at any time after the Company
has become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act).
1.11 Termination of the
Company’s Obligations Under this Section 1 . The
Company shall have no obligations pursuant to Sections 1.2,
1.3 and 1.4 with respect to: (i) any request or requests for
registration made by any Holder on a date more than two
(2) years after the closing date of the first firmly
underwritten public offering of Common Stock of the Company
pursuant to a registration statement filed with, and declared
effective by, the SEC under the Securities Act, on the terms and
conditions approved by the Board of Directors (an “
Initial Public Offering ”); or (ii) any
Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by a Holder in a
registration pursuant to Section 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4 if, after the
Initial Public Offering, in the opinion of counsel to the Company,
all such Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by a Holder may
be sold in a three-month period without registration under the
Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act
and such Holder owns less than 1% of the Common Stock.
1.12 Limitations on
Subsequent Registration Rights . From and after the date of
this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
Then Outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or
prospective holder of any securities of the Company that provides
such holder or prospective holder with registration rights superior
to or on a parity with the registration rights provided to the
Investors pursuant to this Section 1.
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2.1 Assignment .
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the registration
rights of a Holder under Section 1, the Investors’ right
of first refusal under Section 3, the Company and the
Investors’ right of first refusal under Section 4 and
the information or other rights under Section 5, if
applicable, may be assigned only to (i) a party who acquires
at least the lesser of all of the Registrable Securities held by
the transferor or One Million (1,000,000) such shares (as
adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and
the like), (ii)(A) a stockholder, an entity that controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with a Holder that is a
corporation, partner, member, or beneficiary of such Holder;
(B) a spouse, child, parent or beneficiary of the estate of
such Holder or (C) a trust for the benefit of the persons set
forth in (A) or (B) or (iii) a subsidiary, parent,
general partner, limited partner, retired partner, member, retired
member, affiliated fund or other Affiliate of a Holder;
provided , however , that no party may be assigned
any of the foregoing rights unless the Company is given written
notice by the assigning party at the time of such assignment
stating the name, address and tax identification number of the
assignee and identifying the securities of the Company as to which
the rights in question are being assigned; and provided
further that any such assignee shall receive such assigned
rights subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including without limitation the provisions of this Section 2
and that such assignee is not a competitor of the Company, as
determined on good faith by the Board of Directors.
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2.2 Amendment of Rights;
Waiver . Subject to Section 2.3, any provision of this
Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived
(either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of
the Company and Investors (and/or any of their permitted successors
or assigns) holding a majority of the Registrable Securities Then
Outstanding. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this Section 2.2 shall be binding upon each Investor, each
Holder, each permitted successor or assignee of such Investor or
Holder and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment
will be effective against an Investor or Holder without such
Investor’s or Holder’s prior written consent if such
amendment would (i) impose any new obligations or liabilities
not expressly contemplated by this Agreement on, or materially
increase any existing liabilities or obligations under this
Agreement of, an Investor or Holder, or (ii) eliminate or
alter such Investor’s or Holder’s observer rights
provided in Section 5.
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