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Exhibit 4.02
EXECUTION COPY
GLU MOBILE INC.
(formerly Sorrent, Inc.)
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
March 29, 2006
GLU MOBILE INC.
(formerly Sorrent, Inc.)
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is made effective as of March 29, 2006 by and among Glu Mobile Inc., a
California corporation formerly known as Sorrent, Inc. (the “Company”),
the investors identified on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as Exhibit A
(the “Investors”) and the shareholders identified on
the Schedule of iFone Shareholders attached hereto as Exhibit B
(the “iFone Shareholders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Investors possess registration rights, information rights, rights of first
offer, and other rights pursuant to the Amended and Restated Investors’
Rights Agreement dated as of July 26, 2005, by and among the Company and the
Investors (the “Original Agreement”) as an investor
or a transferee of an investor under the Original Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Original Agreement may be amended, and any provision therein waived, with
the consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities then outstanding (as such term is defined in the Original
Agreement).
WHEREAS,
the undersigned Investors, as holders of greater than a majority of the
Registrable Securities then outstanding (as such term is defined in the
Original Agreement) of the Company, desire to terminate the Original Agreement
and to accept the rights created pursuant hereto in lieu of the rights granted
to them under the Original Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company and the iFone Shareholders are parties to the Exchange Agreement
dated as of March 29, 2006 (the “Exchange Agreement”),
whereby the Company will issue shares of the Company’s Special Junior
Preferred Stock to the iFone Shareholders in exchange for all of the issued and
outstanding share capital of iFone Holdings Limited (the “Exchange”).
WHEREAS,
the obligations of the Company and the iFone Shareholders under the Exchange
Agreement are conditioned, among other things, upon the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company, the undersigned Investors and the iFone
Shareholders.
WHEREAS,
the parties intend that this Agreement shall take effect only upon the
occurrence of the consummation of the Exchange and that this Agreement shall be
deemed null and void ab initio in the event that the Exchange Agreement
is terminated for any reason.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained
herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree
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that, contingent and
effective upon the Closing (as defined in the Exchange Agreement), the Original
Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
1. Certain
Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings:
“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal
agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
“Common
Stock” means the Company’s Common Stock, no par value.
“Consulting
Agreement” means the Consulting Agreement dated as of
March 29, 2006 by and between the Company and LOLA, a Societe Anonyme
Monegasque.
“Conversion
Stock” means the Senior Conversion Stock and the Special Junior
Conversion Stock.
“Exchange
Related Shares” means the Special Junior Conversion Stock and any
Common Stock of the Company issuable or issued with respect to the Exchange
Shares or the Special Junior Conversion Stock upon any stock split, stock
dividend, or similar event.
“Exchange
Shares” means the shares of Special Junior Preferred Stock issued
pursuant to the Exchange Agreement (including pursuant to the Earn Out Schedule
attached as Appendix A to the Exchange Agreement) and the shares of
Special Junior Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Consulting Agreement and
any shares issued in connection with a transfer of such shares pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, the Exchange Agreement and the Consulting Agreement.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any similar federal rule or statute and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Holders”
means (i) each Investor and iFone Shareholder holding Registrable
Securities, and (ii) each person holding Registrable Securities to whom
the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with
Section 11 hereof.
“Initiating
Holders” means any Holder or Holders, other than a Holder or
Holders of Exchange Related Shares, who, in the aggregate, hold not less than
thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities (excluding any Exchange
Related Shares), then outstanding, with respect to a request for registration
made pursuant to Section 5.1.
“Major
Holder” means any Holder who holds at least five hundred thousand
(500,000) shares of Registrable Securities (as adjusted for stock splits, stock
dividends and the like, but excluding any Mandatory Conversion Shares and any
Exchange Related Shares).
“Preferred
Stock” shall mean the Company’s (i) Series A
Preferred Stock, (ii) Series B Preferred Stock,
(iii) Series C Preferred Stock, (iv) Series D Preferred
Stock, (v) Series D-1 Preferred Stock and (vi) Special Junior
Preferred Stock.
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“Registrable
Securities” means (1) the Senior Conversion Stock and any
Common Stock of the Company issuable or issued with respect to the Senior
Preferred Stock or Senior Conversion Stock upon any stock split, stock
dividend, or similar event, (2) the Common Stock of the Company issued
pursuant to the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement (the “RSPA”)
dated as of April 25, 2005 between the Company and the Investor defined as
the Purchaser therein or (3) the Exchange Related Shares provided,
however, that the Exchange Related Shares shall not be deemed Registrable
Securities and the Holders of Exchange Related Shares shall not be deemed
Initiating Holders or Major Holders for the purposes of Sections 5.1, 6
and 8 and provided further however, that the term “Registrable
Securities” shall exclude in all cases any shares of Common Stock
issued upon conversion of Preferred Stock pursuant to Article III,
Section B.3(e) of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation (or any successor thereto) (the “Restated Articles”)
(which Paragraph is entitled “Special Mandatory Conversion”),
as such provision may be amended from time to time (“Special
Mandatory Conversion Shares”). In addition, securities shall only
be treated as Registrable Securities if and so long as (i) they have not
been registered or sold to or through a broker, dealer, market maker or
underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction and
(ii) the registration rights with respect to such securities have not terminated
pursuant to Section 5.10 below.
The
terms “Register,” “Registered”
and “Registration” refer to a registration effected
by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the
Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such
registration statement.
“Registration
Expenses” shall mean all expenses, except Selling Expenses,
incurred by the Company in complying with Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 below,
including without limitation, (i) all registration, qualification and
filing fees, (ii) printing expenses and escrow fees, (iii) fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements up
to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for one counsel for the Holders, (v)
“blue sky” fees and expenses, (vi) the expense of any special
audits incidental to or required by any such registration, and (vii) the
compensation of regular employees of the Company which shall be paid in any
event by the Company.
“Restricted
Securities” shall mean the securities of the Company required to
bear the legends set forth in Section 3 below.
“Rule 144”
and “Rule 145” shall mean Rules 144 and
145, respectively, promulgated under the Securities Act, or any similar federal
rules thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
similar federal rule or statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Selling
Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling
commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by
the Holders.
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“Senior
Conversion Stock” means the Common Stock issuable or issued
pursuant to conversion of the Senior Preferred Stock.
“Senior
Preferred Stock” shall mean the Company’s
(i) Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) Series B Preferred
Stock, (iii) Series C Preferred Stock, (iv) Series D
Preferred Stock and (v) Series D-1 Preferred Stock.
“Special
Junior Conversion Stock” means the Common Stock issuable or
issued pursuant to conversion of the Special Junior Preferred Stock.
2.
Restrictions on Transferability. The Restricted Securities shall not be
sold, assigned, transferred or pledged except pursuant to the provisions of
Section 4 below. Each Holder will cause any proposed purchaser, assignee,
transferee or pledgee of any such shares held by such Holder to agree to take
and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions
specified in this Agreement.
3.
Restrictive Legends. Each certificate representing the Senior Preferred
Stock, the Senior Conversion Stock or any other securities issued in respect of
such stock upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, or
similar event shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of
Section 4 below) be stamped or otherwise imprinted with legends in
substantially the following form (in addition to any legends required by
agreement or by applicable state securities laws):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A REGISTRATION UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO IT STATING THAT SUCH SALE OR
TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS
OF THE ACT.
Each
certificate representing the Preferred Stock, the Conversion Stock or any other
securities issued in respect of such stock upon any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization, merger, or similar event shall (unless otherwise
permitted by the provisions of Section 4 below) be stamped or otherwise
imprinted with legends in substantially the following forms (in addition to any
legends required by agreement or by applicable state securities laws):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING A LOCKUP
PERIOD OF UP TO 180 DAYS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT OF THE COMPANY FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AS
SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THESE
SHARES, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ISSUER.
SUCH TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS ARE BINDING ON TRANSFEREES OF THESE SHARES.
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THE SALE, PLEDGE,
HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT BY
AND BETWEEN THE SHAREHOLDER AND THE COMPANY. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE
OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
Each
Holder consents to the Company making a notation on its records and giving stop
transfer instructions to any transfer agent of its capital stock in order to
implement the restrictions on transfer established in this Agreement.
4. Notice
of Proposed Transfers. The Holder of each certificate representing
Restricted Securities by acceptance thereof agrees to comply in all respects
with the provisions of this Section 4. Without in any way limiting the
immediately preceding sentence, no sale, assignment, transfer or pledge of
Restricted Securities shall be made by any Holder thereof to any person unless
such person shall first agree in writing to be bound by the restrictions of
this Agreement. Prior to any proposed sale, assignment, transfer or pledge of
any Restricted Securities, unless there is in effect a registration statement
under the Securities Act covering the proposed transfer, the Holder thereof
shall give written notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to
effect such transfer, sale, assignment or pledge. Each such notice shall
describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed transfer, sale,
assignment or pledge in sufficient detail, and, if reasonably requested by the
Company, the Holder shall also provide, at such Holder’s expense, either:
(a) a
written opinion of legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transfer of the
Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities
Act, or
(b) a
“no action” letter from the Commission to the effect that the
transfer of such securities without registration will not result in a
recommendation by the staff of the Commission that action be taken with respect
thereto, whereupon the Holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled
to transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the
notice delivered by the Holder to the Company; provided, however, that
the Company shall not request an opinion of counsel or “no action”
letter with respect to:
(i) a
transfer not involving a change in beneficial ownership;
(ii) a
transfer to an affiliate of such Holder (including in the case of a venture
capital fund, other venture capital funds affiliated with such fund);
(iii) a
transaction involving the distribution without consideration of Restricted
Securities by the Holder to its constituent partners or members or a retired
partner, or to the estate of any such partners or retired partners; or
(iv) a
transaction involving the transfer without consideration of Restricted
Securities by an individual Holder during such Holder’s lifetime by way
of gift or on death by will or intestacy.
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Each
certificate evidencing Restricted Securities transferred as provided above
shall bear, except if such transfer is made pursuant to Rule 144, the
appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Section 3 above, except that
such certificate shall not bear such restrictive legend if in the opinion of
counsel for such Holder and counsel for the Company such legend is not required
in order to establish compliance with any provision of the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each holder of Restricted Securities agrees that
it will not request that a transfer of the Restricted Securities be made or
that the legend set forth in Section 3 above be removed from the
certificate representing the Restricted Securities solely in reliance on
Rule 144(k), if as a result thereof the Company would be rendered subject
to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
5. Registration.
5.1
Requested Registration.
(a) Request
for Registration. In case the Company shall receive a written request from
Initiating Holders that the Company file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to the Registrable Securities, the Company will:
(i) promptly
give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders; and
(ii) as
soon as practicable, use its best efforts to effect such registration as part
of a firm commitment underwritten public offering with underwriters reasonably
acceptable to the Company (including, without limitation, appropriate
qualification under applicable state securities laws and appropriate compliance
with applicable regulations issued under the Securities Act and any other
governmental requirements or regulations) as may be so requested and as would
permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such
Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or
such portion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders that
deliver a written notice to such effect to the Company within fifteen (15)
business days after the date of such written notice from the Company.
(b) Exceptions
to Obligation to Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall not be obligated to take any action to effect or complete any such
registration pursuant to this Section 5.1:
(i) In
any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a
general consent to service of process in effecting such registration,
qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service
of process in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities
Act;
(ii) Prior
to the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the effective date of the
Company’s first registered public offering of its Common Stock, or
(ii) June 7, 2007;
(iii) If
such registration, qualification or compliance is not proposed to be part of a
firm commitment underwritten public offering with nationally recognized
underwriters reasonably acceptable to the Company;
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(iv) If,
after the Company gives the notice specified, the Holders propose to sell a
number of shares of Registrable Securities and the reasonably anticipated
aggregate offering proceeds, net of Selling Expenses, are less than Seven
Million Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500,000);
(v) If
the resale of the Company’s securities to be covered by the required
registration statement could be registered on Form S-3;
(vi) During
the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the
Company’s estimated date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred
eighty (180) days immediately following the effective date of, any
registration statement pertaining to securities of the Company (other than a
registration of securities in a Rule 145 transaction or with respect to an
employee benefit plan), provided that the Company is actively employing in good
faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to
become effective;
(vii) After
the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to
Section 5.1(a) above; provided that a registration that is closed or
withdrawn at the request of the Holders (other than a request for registration
that is withdrawn due to a material adverse change to the Company) will count
as a registration pursuant to this subparagraph 5.1(b)(vii);
(viii) If
the Company shall furnish to the Initiating Holders a certificate signed by the
President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the
Company’s Board of Directors it would be seriously detrimental to the
Company or its shareholders for a registration statement to be filed in the near
future; in which case the Company’s obligation to use its best efforts to
register, qualify or comply under this Section 5.1 shall be deferred for a
period not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of
receipt of the written request from the Initiating Holders, provided that the
Company may not exercise this deferral right more than once per twelve
(12) month period; or
(ix) If
the Company gives notice to the Initiating Holders, within thirty
(30) days after receipt of the Initiating Holders’ notice of request
for registration, of its intent to file a registration statement covering the
initial public offering of the Company’s securities within ninety
(90) days.
(x) Subject
to the foregoing clauses, the Company shall file a registration statement
covering the Registrable Securities so requested to be registered as soon as
practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the Initiating Holders.
(c) Underwriting.
In the event of a registration pursuant to this Section 5.1, the
Company shall advise the Holders as part of the notice given pursuant to
Section 5.1(a)(i) above that the right of any Holder to registration
pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s
participation in the underwriting arrangements required by this
Section 5.1, and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable
Securities in the underwriting, to the extent requested shall be limited to the
extent provided herein.
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(d) Underwriting
Agreement; Limitation of Underwritten Shares. The Company shall enter,
together with all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting, into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
managing underwriter selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 5.1, if the managing underwriter advises the
Initiating Holders and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a
limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall
so advise all Holders requesting to be included in the registration and
underwriting and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be
included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated among all
Holders requesting to be included in the registration and underwriting in
proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable
Securities held by them at the time of filing the registration statement;
provided however that no shares of Registrable Securities, other than Exchange
Related Shares, shall be excluded from such offering unless all Exchange
Related Shares have been first excluded and no Exchange Related Shares shall be
excluded from such offering unless all other securities of the Company, other
than Registrable Securities, are reduced in their entirety. No Registrable
Securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s
marketing limitation shall be included in such registration. To facilitate the
allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or
the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the
nearest one hundred (100) shares. If any Holder of Registrable Securities
disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw
therefrom by written notice to the Company.
5.2
Company Registration.
(a) Notice
of Registration. If at any time or from time to time the Company shall
determine to register any of its equity securities, either for its own account
or the account of a Holder or other holders, other than (i) a registration
relating solely to employee benefit plans, (ii) a registration relating
solely to a Rule 145 transaction or (iii) a registration in which the
only equity security being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of convertible debt securities which are also being registered, the Company
will:
(i) promptly
give to each Holder written notice thereof; and
(ii) include
in such registration (and any related qualifications including compliance with
“blue sky” laws), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the
Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests, made within
fifteen (15) business days after the date of such written notice from the
Company, by any Holder.
(b) Underwriting.
If the registration of which the Company gives notice is for a
registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so
advise the Holders as part of the written notice given pursuant to
Section 5.2(a)(i) above. In such event, the right of any Holder to
registration pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be conditioned upon such
Holder’s participation in such underwriting, and the inclusion of
Registrable Securities in the underwriting shall be limited to the extent
provided herein.
(c) Underwriting
Agreement; Limitation of Underwritten Securities. All Holders proposing
to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with
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the Company and all the other
Holders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter selected
for such underwriting by the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 5.2, if the managing underwriter determines that marketing
factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the
managing underwriter may limit the Registrable Securities to be included in
such registration (i) in the case of the Company’s initial public
offering, to zero (0), and (ii) in the case of any other offering, to an amount
no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of all shares to be included in such
offering. No shares of Registrable Securities, other than Exchange Related
Shares, shall be excluded from such offering unless all Exchange Related Shares
have been first excluded and no Exchange Related Shares shall be excluded from
such offering unless all other securities of the Company, other than
Registrable Securities, are excluded in their entirety. The Company shall so
advise all Holders requesting to be included in the registration and
underwriting that the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be
included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated among all the
Holders requesting to be included in the registration and underwriting in
proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities
held by them at the time of filing the registration statement. To facilitate
the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company
or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to
the nearest one hundred (100) shares. If any Holder disapproves of the
terms of any such underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by
written notice to the Company.
(d) Right
to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to
terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this
Section 5.2 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not
any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration, and shall
promptly notify any Holder that has elected to include shares in such
registration of such termination or withdrawal. The Registration Expenses of
such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with
Section 5.5 hereof.
5.3
Registration on Form S-3.
(a) Request
for Registration. In the event the Company receives a written request
from Holders, who, in the aggregate, hold not less than ten percent (10%) of
the Registrable Securities then outstanding, that the Company file a
registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form to Form S-3) for a
public offering of shares of Registrable Securities the aggregate price to the
public of which would exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) net of Selling
Expenses, and the Company is a registrant entitled to use Form S-3 to register
the Registrable Securities for such an offering, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be
registered for the offering on such form and to cause such Registrable Securities
to be qualified in such jurisdictions as such Holder or Holders may reasonably
request. The Company shall inform the other Holders of the proposed
registration and offer them the opportunity to participate. In the event the
registration is proposed to be part of a firm commitment underwritten public
offering, the substantive provisions of Section 5.1(d) above shall be
applicable to each such registration initiated under this Section 5.3.
(b) Exceptions
to Obligation to Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to this Section 5.3:
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(i) If,
within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from any Holder or
Holders pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Company gives notice to such
Holder or Holders of the Company’s intention to make a public offering
(other than a registration of securities in a Rule 145 transaction or with
respect to an employee benefit plan) within ninety (90) days, provided
that such Holders are permitted to register such shares as requested to be
registered pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof without reduction by the
underwriter thereof and provided that the Company is actively employing in good
faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to
become effective;
(ii) If,
during the previous twelve (12) months, the Company has effected three (3)
registrations pursuant to this Section 5.3; or
(iii) If
the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting the S-3 registration a
certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that, in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be seriously detrimental to
the Company or its shareholders for a registration statement to be filed in the
near future, in which case the Company’s obligation to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement shall be
deferred for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days from the
receipt of the request to file such registration by such Holders, provided that
the Company may not exercise this deferral right more than once per twelve
(12) month period.
5.4
Subsequent Registration Rights. The Company shall not enter into any
agreement granting any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the
Company registration rights superior to or on a pari passu basis with the
rights granted to the Holders hereunder without the written consent of the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (excluding the Exchange
Related Shares).
5.5
Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred pursuant to
Section 5.1, all registrations pursuant to Section 5.2, and pursuant
to Section 5.3 shall be borne by the Company, except for the Registration
Expenses incurred pursuant to the third registration to be effected within a
twelve (12) month period pursuant to Section 5.3 as such Registration
Expenses shall be borne by the Holders requesting such registration. In the
event that Initiating Holders cause the Company to begin a registration
pursuant to Section 5.1 and the request for such registration is
subsequently withdrawn by the Initiating Holders or is otherwise not
successfully completed due to no fault of the Company, all Holders shall not be
deemed to have forfeited their right to one registration under
Section 5.1. Unless otherwise agreed, all Selling Expenses relating to
securities registered on behalf of the Holders and all other registration expenses
shall be borne by the Holders of such securities pro rata on the basis of the
number of shares so registered or proposed to be so registered.
5.6
Registration Procedures. The Company will keep each Holder advised in
writing as to the initiation of each registration effected by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement and as to the completion thereof. The Company will:
(a) prepare
and file with the Commission a registration statement and such amendments and
supplements as may be necessary, and use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such registration statement to become and remain effective for at least
one
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hundred twenty
(120) days or until the distribution described in the registration
statement has been completed;
(b) furnish
to the Holders and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such
reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as such underwriters and
Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of
such securities;
(c) use
its reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such
registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition
thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of
process in any such states or jurisdictions;
(d) in
the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with
the managing underwriter(s) of such offering. Each Holder participating in such
underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an
agreement;
(e) notify
each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at
any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under
the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the
prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes
an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing. The Company will
use reasonable efforts to amend or supplement such prospectus in order to cause
such prospectus not to include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then
existing; and
(f) use
its reasonable efforts to furnish, on the date that such Registrable Securities
are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold
through underwriters, (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel
representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and
substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) a letter, dated
as of such date, from the 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.
5.7
Indemnification.
(a) The
Company will indemnify each Holder, each of its officers, directors,
shareholders and partners, any underwriters (as defined in the Act) for such
Holder and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration has
been effected pursuant to this Agreement, against all expenses, claims, losses,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the
foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened,
arising out of or
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based on any untrue statement
(or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration
statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, incident to any such registration, or based on any omission
(or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, state securities laws or any
rule or regulation promulgated under such laws applicable to the Company in
connection with any such registration, and the Company will reimburse each such
Holder, each of its officers, directors, partners and shareholders and
underwriter and each person controlling such Holder or underwriter, for any
legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred, as such expenses are
incurred, in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such
claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Company will not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an instrument
duly executed by such Holder or controlling person, and stated to be specifically
for use therein; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity
agreement is subject to the condition that, insofar as it relates to any such
untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission made
in a preliminary prospectus on file with the Commission at the time the
registration statement becomes effective or the amended prospectus is filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (the “Final Prospectus”),
such indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder if a copy
of the Final Prospectus 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, and if the Final Prospectus would have cured the defect
giving rise to the loss, liability, claim or damage.
(b) Each
Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the
securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being
effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and officers who signed
the registration statement, other holders of the Company’s securities
covered by such registration statement, each person who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other
such Holder, each of its officers and directors and each person controlling
such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act,
against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any
litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any
such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission (or alleged omission)
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances they were made, not
misleading, or any violation by the Holder of the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under such
laws applicable to the Holder in connection with any such registration, and
such Holder will reimburse the Company, such other Holders, and the directors,
officers, persons, underwriters or control persons of the Company or such other
Holders for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred, as such
expenses are incurred, in connection with investigating, preparing or defending
any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, but in the case of the
Company or the other Holders or their officers, directors or controlling
persons, only to the extent that such untrue statement (or
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alleged untrue statement) or
omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement,
prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Company by such Holder in writing;
provided, however, that the total amounts payable in indemnity by a
Holder under this Section 5.7(b) shall not exceed the net proceeds
received by such Holder in the registered offering out of which such claim,
loss, damage or liability arises.
(c) Each
party entitled to indemnification under this Section 5.7 (the “Indemnified
Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly
after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which
indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the
defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that
counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim
or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall
not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in
such defense at such party’s expense, and provided further that the
failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement unless
the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an Indemnifying
Party’s ability to defend such action, and provided further, that the
Indemnifying Party shall not assume the defense for matters as to which there
is a conflict of interest or there are separate and different defenses. No
Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall,
except with the consent of each Indemnified Party (whose consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving
by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all
liability with respect to such claim or litigation.
(d) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.7 is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect
to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder,
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 Section 5.7(d)
when combined with any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 5.7(b)
exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder in the offering. The relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a 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.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and
contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection
with the underwritten public offering of the Company’s Common Stock are
in conflict with the foregoing provisions (it being understood and agreed that
the silence of the
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underwriting agreement on an
issue covered by this Agreement shall not be deemed a conflict), the provisions
in the underwriting agreement shall control, except that no such provisions
shall affect the Company’s obligations to indemnify Holders pursuant to
Section 5.7(a).
(f) The
obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 5.7 shall
survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a
registration statement under this Section 5 and otherwise, unless such
obligations are superseded by an underwriting agreement in connection with the
underwritten public offering of the Company’s Common Stock.
5.8
Information by Holder. The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities
included in any registration shall furnish to the Company such information
regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and
the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Company may request
in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration
referred to in this Agreement.
5.9
Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the benefits of certain
rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any time permit the sale
of the Restricted 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 use commercially reasonable efforts 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 that the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act;
(b) File
with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required
of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after
it has become subject to such reporting requirements); and
(c) So
long as a Holder owns any Restricted Securities, to furnish to the Holder
forthwith upon request and at such Holder’s expense 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 date
of the first registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of its
securities to the general public) and such other reports and documents of the
Company and other information in the possession of or reasonably obtainable by
the Company as the Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule
or regulation of the Commission allowing the Holder to sell any such securities
without registration.
5.10
Termination of Registration Rights. The rights granted pursuant to
Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 above shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) or (ii) as follows: (i) with respect to any Holder of the
Company’s outstanding stock any time (a) after the Company has
completed its IPO, (b) when such Holder (together with its affiliates, partners
and former partners) holds 1% or less of the Company’s Common Stock, and
(c) upon the date such Holder is able to sell publicly without registration
all Registrable Securities then held by such Holder, if any, within a ninety
(90) day period pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or a
similar
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exemption; or (ii) with
respect to all Holders on the date (a) which is four (4) years after
the effective date of the closing of the Company’s first underwritten
public offering of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, or (b) of a bona fide
business acquisition of the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of
all or substantially all assets, sale or exchange of stock or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Holder shall be entitled to exercise any
right provided for in this Section 5 with respect to any Special Mandatory
Conversion Shares.
6. Information
Rights.
6.1
Basic Financial Information and Reporting. The Company will maintain true
books and records of account in which full and correct entries will be made of
all its business transactions pursuant to a system of accounting established
and administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied (except as noted therein or as disclosed to the recipients
thereof), and will set aside on its books all such proper accruals and reserves
as shall be required under generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied.
6.2
Inspection Rights. Upon reasonable notice and request of a Major Holder,
the Company will permit each Major Holder and such Major Holder’s
employees, agents or representatives, to examine and make copies of any
extracts from the records and books of account of, and visit and inspection the
properties, assets, operations, and business of the Company, and to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with its officers, consultants,
directors, employees, attorneys or independent accountants, including audited
annual financial reports, quarterly unaudited financial reports, monthly
unaudited financial reports and annual budget and business plans, to the extent
prepared by the Company. The Company will deliver to each Major Holder
(i) as soon as practicable, but in any event within one hundred and twenty
(120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income
statement for such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of
shareholders’ equity as of the end of such year, and a statement of cash
flows for such year, such year end financial reports to be in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”), and audited and certified by independent
public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company;
(ii) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days
after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year
of the Company, an unaudited income statement, statement of cash flows for such
fiscal quarter and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal
quarter; (iii) within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an
unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows and balance sheet for
and as of the end of such month, in reasonable detail; (iv) as soon as
practicable, but in any event at least thirty (30) days prior to the end
of each fiscal year, a budget and business plan for the next fiscal year,
prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income statements and
statements of cash flows for such months and, as soon as prepared, any other
budgets or revised budgets prepared by the Company; and (v) with respect
to the financial statements called for in subsections (ii) and
(iii) above, an instrument executed by the Chief Financial Officer or
President of the Company certifying that such financials were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior practice for earlier
periods (with the exception of footnotes that may be required by GAAP) and
fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of
operation for the period specified, subject to year end audit
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adjustment. The Company shall
permit the Investor and its agents and representative, to conduct an audit of
the Company’s financial statements at the expense of such Investor at any
time on reasonable notice.
6.3
Termination. The rights granted in this Section 6 shall expire
(i) upon the effective date of the initial public offering of the
Company’s securities, (ii) at such time as the Company is required
to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or
(iii) upon a bona fide business acquisition of the Company, whether by
merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all assets, sale or
exchange of stock or otherwise, whichever shall occur first, and as to Special
Mandatory Conversion Shares, on the closing of the applicable Mandatory
Offering (as defined in Article III, Section B.3(e) of the
Company’s Restated Articles).
7. Lockup
Agreement. Each Investor, iFone Shareholder, Holder and transferee hereby
agrees that, in connection with the initial public offering of any securities
of the Company under the Securities Act for the account of the Company, if so
requested by the Company or any representative of the underwriters (the “Managing
Underwriter”), such Investor, iFone Shareholder, Holder or
transferee shall not lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any
option or contract to purchase or grant any option or warrant to purchase or
otherwise transfer any securities of the Company during the period specified by
the Company’s Board of Directors at the request of the Managing
Underwriter (the “Market Standoff Period”), with such
period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective
date of the registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities
Act for the initial public offering of its securities; provided that all
officers and directors of the Company and holders of at least one percent (1%)
of the Company’s voting securities are bound by and have entered into
similar agreements. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with
respect to securities subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of
such Market Standoff Period.
8. Right
of First Offer on Company Issuance.
8.1
Right of First Offer. The Company hereby grants to each Major Holder a
right of first offer (“Right of First Offer”) to
purchase such Major Holder’s Pro Rata Share (as defined in
Section 8.3 below) of any New Securities (as defined in Section 8.4
below) which the Company may, from time to time, propose to issue and sell.
Each Major Holder shall be entitled to assign or apportion the right of first
offer hereby granted it among itself and its partners and affiliates (including
in the case of a venture capital fund other venture capital funds affiliated
with such fund) in such proportions as it deems appropriate. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Right of First Offer shall not apply to any Major Holder if
(i) the offer of New Securities is being made only to accredited investors,
within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act,
as presently in effect, and (ii) such Major Holder is not an accredited
investor at the time of the offer of New Securities.
8.2
Over-Allotment Option. In the event that the Major Holders together do not
purchase all of the New Securities that the Major Holders may purchase pursuant
to the Right of First Offer granted in Section 8.1 above, then those Major
Holders that shall have purchased their full Pro Rata Share of such New Securities
shall also have the right to purchase up to all of the remaining New Securities
which all Major Holders are entitled to purchase under this Section 8 (the
“Over-Allotment Option”), in addition to such New
Securities as they shall already have
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elected to purchase, if they
shall have so elected, as provided for in Section 8.5(a) below. If more
than one Major Holder elects to exercise such Major Holder’s
Over-Allotment Option, and the aggregate number of shares of New Securities
such Major Holders elect to purchase exceeds the remaining aggregate number of
shares of New Securities which Major Holders are entitled to purchase under
this Section 8, then the shares of New Securities to be purchased pursuant
to the Over-Allotment Option shall be divided among such Major Holders
according to their respective Pro Rata Share, or on such other basis as such
Major Holders may agree upon in writing.
8.3
“Pro Rata Share.” Each Major Holder’s “Pro
Rata Share,” for purposes of this Section 8, is equal to the
fraction obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the total number of shares
Registrable Securities held by such Major Holder by (b) the total number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding or issuable upon exercise of outstanding
options and warrants or the conversion of the Preferred Stock (excluding any
Special Mandatory Conversion Shares).
8.4
“New Securities.” Except as set forth below, “New
Securities” shall mean any shares of capital stock of the
Company, including Common Stock and Preferred Stock, whether or not now
authorized, and rights, options or warrants to purchase said shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may
by their terms become, convertible into said shares of Common Stock or
Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “New Securities”
shall not include the following:
(a) the
shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of Preferred Stock;
(b) securities
issued pursuant to options, warrants, or other rights to acquire securities of
the Company that are outstanding on the date of this Agreement;
(c) shares
of Common Stock, or options or other rights to purchase Common Stock, issued or
granted to officers, directors or employees of, or consultants to, this
Corporation pursuant to a stock grant, option plan or purchase plan or other
employee stock incentive program approved by the Board of Directors;
(d) securities
issued or issuable to financial institutions or lessors in connection with real
estate leases, commercial credit arrangements, equipment financings or similar
transactions approved by the Board of Directors, the principal purpose of which
is non-equity financing;
(e) securities
issued by the Company pursuant to a strategic partnership, joint venture or
other arrangement approved by the Board of Directors the principal purpose of
which is non-equity financing;
(f) securities
issued by way of dividend or other distribution on shares of Common Stock
excluded from the definition of New Securities by clauses (i), (ii), (iii),
(iv), (v), (ix) and (xi) on shares of Common Stock so excluded;
(g) shares
of Common Stock or other securities issued as a dividend or distribution on the
Preferred Stock or any event for which an appropriate adjustment to the
Preferred Stock is made;
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(h) securities
issued pursuant to a stock split or other similar reorganization for which an
appropriate adjustment to the Preferred Stock is made;
(i) securities
issued by the Company for consideration other than cash pursuant to a merger,
consolidation, acquisition, or similar business combination approved by the
Board of Directors, including the approval of the directors elected solely by
the Preferred Stock;
(j) shares
of Special Junior Preferred Stock, or options or other rights to purchase
shares of Special Junior Preferred Stock, provided that such issuance is approved
by the Board of Directors;
(k) securities
issued pursuant to a public offering of the Company’s securities; or
(l) securities
issued pursuant to a vote of a majority of the holders of Preferred Stock,
voting as a single class, not as a separate series, on an as converted basis,
that such shares shall not be deemed New Securities.
8.5
Procedure. In the event the Company proposes to undertake an issuance of
New Securities, it shall give each Major Holder written notice (the “Company
Notice”) of its intention, describing the amount and type of New
Securities to be issued, and the price and terms upon which the Company
proposes to issue the same. Each Major Holder shall have fifteen (15) days
from the date of receipt of the Company Notice to exercise such Major
Holder’s Right of First Offer to purchase up to such Major Holder’s
respective Pro Rata Share of such New Securities for the price and upon the
terms specified in the Company Notice by delivering written notice (the “Right
of First Offer Election Notice”) to the Company and stating
therein the quantity of New Securities to be purchased.
(a) If
the Company shall have received one or more Right of First Offer Election
Notices within fifteen (15) days from the date all Major Holders are
deemed to have received the Company Notice as described in Section 15
hereof, in which one or more (but less than all) Major Holders have elected to
purchase their full Pro Rata Share of the New Securities, the Company shall
immediately give each such Major Holder notice (the “Over-Allotment
Notice”) indicating the aggregate amount of New Securities as to
which the Investors shall not have exercised their respective Rights of First
Offer. Each Major Holder who shall have elected to purchase at least its full
Pro Rata Share of such New Securities, pursuant to this Section 8, shall
have ten (10) days after deemed receipt of the Over-Allotment Notice, as
described in Section 15 hereof, to give notice (the “Over-Allotment
Election Notice”) to the Company whether it elects to exercise
its Over-Allotment Option granted in Section 8.2 hereof (and, if so, the
maximum number of additional shares of New Securities it elects to purchase
pursuant thereto).
(b) Settlement
for the New Securities to be purchased by the Major Holders pursuant to this
Section 8.5 shall be made in cash within thirty (30) days from the
Major Holders’ deemed date of receipt of the Company Notice; provided,
however, that if the terms of payment for the New Securities specified in
the Company Notice were other than cash against delivery, each Major Holder
shall pay in cash to the Company the fair market value of such
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consideration as mutually
agreed upon by the Company and a majority of the Major Holders who elect to
purchase New Securities or, if no such agreement is reached, as determined by
the Company’s Board of Directors, which determination shall be final,
within five (5) days of such determination if such determination is made
after twenty-five (25) days following receipt of the Company Notice.
(c) The
Company shall have ninety (90) days after the deemed receipt of the
Company Notice to sell the New Securities not elected to be purchased by Major
Holders at the price and upon terms no more favorable to the purchasers of such
securities than specified in the Company Notice. In the event the Company has
not sold some or all of the New Securities within such ninety (90) day
period, the Company shall not thereafter issue or sell any unsold New
Securities without first offering such securities to the Major Holders in the
manner provided above.
(d) If
any Major Holder shall have failed to deliver to the Company its Right of First
Offer Election Notice or Over-Allotment Election Notice within the time periods
described in this Section 8.5, such Major Holder shall be deemed to have waived
its Right of First Offer and Over-Allotment Option, as the case may be, as to
such financing to which such notice pertains.
8.6
Waiver of Right of First Offer. The Right of First Offer may be waived as
to any given issuance of New Securities on behalf of all Major Holders, by
Major Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities then held by all
Major Holders or their permitted assignees or transferees, subject to the
Special Mandatory Conversion provision set forth in the Company’s
Restated Articles.
8.7
Right of First Offer Not Applicable. The provisions of this Section 8
shall not apply to a Mandatory Offering to the extent of the Aggregate
Investment Amount (as such terms are defined in Article III,
Section B.3(e) of the Company’s Restated Articles).
8.8
Termination and Assignment. The Right of First Offer granted in this
Section 8 shall expire upon the effective date of the initial public
offering of the Company’s securities or upon a bona fide business
acquisition of the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets,
sale or exchange of stock or otherwise, and as to Special Mandatory Conversion
Shares on the closing of the applicable Mandatory Offering (as defined in
Article III, Section B.3(e) of the Company’s Restated
Articles).
8.9
Company Right to Terminate Issuance of New Securities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company may in its sole discretion terminate any proposed
issuance of New Securities in respect of which the Company has given Company
Notice, at any time prior to the consummation thereof. The foregoing provision
shall apply even in the event one or more Investors shall have exercised their
Rights of First Offer hereunder; provided, however, that no New
Securities shall then have been issued.
9. Restricted
Activities. Without the prior written consent or vote of a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Company, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries (if
any) shall, together or alone:
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(a) mortgage
or pledge, or create a security interest in, permit any subsidiary to mortgage,
pledge or create a security interest in, all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or such subsidiary company;
(b) own,
or permit any subsidiary company to own, any stock or other securities of any
subsidiary company or other corporation, partnership or entity unless it is
wholly owned by the Company;
(c) make
any material loans or advances to employees, except in the ordinary course of
business as part of travel advances or salary, except promissory notes issued
for the purchase of shares of this Corporation; or
(d) make
material guarantees except in ordinary course.
10. Covenants
of the Company.
10.1
Reservation of Common Stock. The Company will at all times reserve and keep
available, solely for issuance and delivery upon the conversion of the
Preferred Stock, all Common Stock issuable from time to time upon such
conversion.
10.2
Insurance. The Company will purchase directors and officers insurance in an
amount deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.
10.3
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement. The Company shall require
all employees and consultants to execute and deliver a Proprietary Information
and Inventions Agreement substantially in a form approved by the
Company’s counsel or Board of Directors.
11. Transfer
of Rights. The rights granted under Sections 5, 6 and 8 of this
Agreement (the “Rights”) are not assignable except to
any party that (i) acquires at least 385,208 shares of the transferring
Holder’s Registrable Securities (appropriately adjusted for
recapitalizations, stock splits and the like), or all of the transferring
Holder’s shares, if less, and (ii) agrees in writing to be bound by
the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Rights may be assigned
without compliance with the 385,208 share minimum described above to
(x) any constituent partner, member or shareholder of a Holder that is a
partnership, limited liability company or corporation, (y) a family member
of a Holder or trust for the benefit of a Holder, the spouse of a Holder or
issue of a Holder or (z) any affiliated corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity (including in the case of a venture capital
fund other venture capital funds affiliated with such fund) of which at least a
seventy-five percent (75%) interest is owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by one or more of the persons described in (x) or (y). The
Company shall be furnished with prompt written notice of any transfer of the
Rights pursuant this Section 11, which notice shall include the name and
address of the transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which
such registration rights are being assigned. Any permitted transferee under
this Section 11 shall thereupon be deemed to be a Holder and shall agree
in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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12. Amendment.
Except as otherwise provided herein, additional parties may be added to
this Agreement, any provision of this Agreement may be amended or 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 the Investors holding over fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities
then outstanding and held by all Investors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
registration rights granted with respect to the Exchange Related Shares held by
the iFone Shareholders under Section 5 of this Agreement may not be
eliminated and may not be otherwise changed in a manner that (1) is
adverse to the iFone Shareholders and also (2) treats the iFone
Shareholders differently from other Holders generally, without the written
consent of iFone Shareholders holding over fifty percent (50%) of all Exchange
Related Shares then outstanding and held by iFone Shareholders. Any amendment
or waiver shall be effected in accordance with Section 5.4 or Section 8
above, as applicable, and shall be binding upon each Holder, each future holder
of any of Registrable Securities and the Company.
13. Governing
Law. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties hereto
arising hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the State of California. The parties hereto agree to submit to the
jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of the State of California with
respect to the breach or interpretation of this Agreement or the enforcement of
any and all rights, duties, liabilities, obligations, powers and other relations
among the parties hereto arising under this Agreement.
14. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and
agreement among the parties hereto regarding the matters set forth herein.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall
inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs,
executors and administrators of the parties hereto.
15. Notices,
etc. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be effective upon receipt, shall be in writing and shall be mailed by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or otherwise delivered by
facsimile transmission, by hand or by messenger, addressed:
(a) If
to an iFone Shareholders, to the address or fax number listed after such iFone
Shareholder’s name on the Schedule of iFone Shareholders attached hereto
as Exhibit B or at such other address as such iFone Shareholder shall have
furnished to the Company, with copies to (such copy shall not constitute
notice):
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering,
Hale and Dorr, LLP
1117 California Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attention: Rod Howard, Esq. & Joseph H. Wyatt, Esq.
Fax Number: (650) 858-6100
and
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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering,
Hale and Dorr, LLP
4 Carlton Gardens
London, SW1Y 5AA United Kingdom
Attention: Richard Eaton, Esq.
Fax Number: 44 20 7839 3537
(b) if
to a Holder other than an iFone Shareholder, to the address or fax number
previously provided by such Holder to the Company (which, in the case of each
of the Investors, shall be the address or fax number listed after such
Investor’s name on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as
Exhibit A) or at such other address as such Holder shall have furnished to
the Company.
(c) if
to the Company, to:







