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EXHIBIT 4.7
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT is
made
as of January 22 2003, by and among CAPELLA EDUCATION COMPANY, a
Minnesota
corporation (the "Company"), JOSEPH GAYLORD, a resident of
Minnesota, and the
INVESTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 attached hereto (collectively,
the "Investors"
and each an "Investor"), and shall supersede and replace that
certain Amended
and Restated Investor Rights Agreement dated February 21, 2002
by and among the
Company, Joseph Gaylord and the Investors listed on Schedule 1
attached thereto
(collectively, the "Prior Investors") (the "Prior Investor
Rights Agreement")
and be effective as of the date of this Agreement. The Prior
Investor Rights
Agreement is hereby cancelled and terminated in its entirety and
shall be of no
further force and effect.
RECITALS
A. The Company proposes to sell and issue up to 683,452.20
shares
(the "Class G Preferred Shares") of its Class G Convertible
Preferred Stock (the
"Class G Preferred") pursuant to that certain Maveron Class G
Convertible
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 15, 2003 (the
"Class G Purchase
Agreement") to certain purchasers (the "Class G
Purchasers").
B. The Company sold and issued 1,425,457 shares (the "Class
F
Preferred Shares") of its Class F Preferred Convertible
Preferred Stock (the
"Class F Preferred") pursuant to that certain Class F
Convertible Preferred
Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 31, 2002 (the "Class F
Purchase
Agreement") to certain purchasers.
C. Equity-VII, MBO-VIII, Putnam, Think Equity Investment
Partners
LLC, DRW Venture Partners LP, Joseph Gaylord, the Management
Investors listed on
Schedule 1.1 to the Class F Purchase Agreement and the S. Joshua
and Teresa D.
Lewis Issue Trust (collectively referred to as the "Class F
Investors") have
entered into an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement"),
pursuant to which
the Class F Investors agree to exchange (the "Exchange") each of
the outstanding
shares of Class F Preferred held by such investor for shares of
Class G
Preferred.
D. The Investors which are parties to the Class G Purchase
Agreement
have requested that the Company grant to them certain rights as
set forth below.
E. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Investor
is
a condition to the purchase of the Class G Preferred by the
Class G Purchasers
and to the Exchange.
F. The Investors desire that the Class G Purchasers consummate
the
purchase of Class G Preferred contemplated by the Class G
Purchase Agreement and
that the Class F Investors consummate the Exchange and are
willing to enter into
this Agreement as an
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inducement to the Class G Purchasers to complete the purchase of
the Class G
Preferred and the Class F Investors to consummate the
Exchange.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the premises hereof, the mutual promises
made
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
1.1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Section 1 and
elsewhere in
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective
meanings:
"Board" means the Company's board of directors, as it may exist
from time
to time.
"Class E Purchase Agreement" means the Class E Convertible
Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2000, by and among the
Company,
Equity-VI and SmartForce plc.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any other
federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act (as
defined below).
"Common Stock" means the Company's common stock $.10 par value
per share,
and any stock or equity security issued in exchange or
substitution therefor or
into which such Common Stock may change after the date
hereof.
"Conversion Shares" means shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon
conversion of the Shares.
"Equity-VI" means Forstmann Little & Co. Equity
Partnership-VI, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
"Equity-VII" means Forstmann Little & Co. Equity
Partnership-VII, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or
any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission
issued under such Act, as they each may, from time to time, be
in effect.
"Forstmann Little Entities" means the collective reference to
Equity-VI,
Equity-VII and MBO-VIII.
"Initial Public Offering" means the initial public offering by
the Company
of its Common Stock which is registered with the Commission
under the provisions
of the Securities Act.
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"Maveron Entities" means the collective reference to Maveron
Equity
Partners 2000, L.P., Maveron Equity Partners 2000-B, L.P. and
MEP 2000
Associates LLC.
"MBO-VIII" means Forstmann Little & Co. Subordinated Debt
and Equity
Management Buyout Partnership-VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"Putnam" means the collective reference to those certain funds
and
accounts managed by affiliates of Putnam Investments, LLC, a
Delaware limited
liability company, that are listed on Schedule 1 hereto.
"Qualified Public Offering" means the underwritten public
offering meeting
the requirements for automatic conversion of Class G Preferred
set forth in
Section 6(b) of the Certificate of Designation for the Class G
Preferred (the
"Class G Certificate"), as filed with the Secretary of State of
Minnesota.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement filed by
the
Company with the Commission for a public offering and sale of
securities of the
Company (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or Form
S-4, or their
successors, or any other similar form, or any registration
statement covering
only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities
or assets of
another corporation).
"Registrable Shares" means (a) any Conversion Shares, (b) any
shares of
Common Stock acquired by the Stockholders pursuant to any
preemptive right they
have by virtue of owning the Shares or Conversion Shares, and
(c) any other
shares of Common Stock issued in respect of the shares of Common
Stock described
in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above (because of stock splits,
stock dividends,
reclassifications, recapitalizations, or similar events);
provided, however,
that shares of Common Stock which are Registrable Shares shall
cease to be
Registrable Shares upon any public sale pursuant to a
Registration Statement,
Section 4(1) of the Securities Act, or Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, or
such time as they shall be eligible for sale under Rule 144(k),
as to any
original Investor hereunder, or, as to any other Stockholder,
Rule 144 without
limitation as to volume, or any sale or transfer in any manner
to a person or
entity which, by virtue of Section 1.13 of this Agreement, is
not entitled to
the rights provided by this Section 1.
"Registration Expenses" means the expenses described in Section
1.6.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any
similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission issued
under such Act, as they each may, from time to time, be in
effect.
"Shares" means the collective reference to the Company's Class E
Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class E Preferred"), the
Class G Preferred
and all shares of capital stock of the Company issued in
exchange or
substitution for or in respect of the Class E Preferred or the
Class G
Preferred.
"Stockholders" means the Investors and any persons or entities
to whom the
rights granted under this Section 1 are transferred pursuant to
Section 1.13
hereof.
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1.2. Sale or Transfer of Shares; Legend.
(a) Restriction. The Shares and the Registrable Shares and
shares
issued in respect of the Shares or the Registrable Shares shall
not be sold or
transferred unless such sale or transfer is made in accordance
with the Third
Amended and Restated Co-Sale and Board Representation Agreement
of even date
herewith to which any Stockholder who proposes to make such
transfer is a party
(the "Co-Sale Agreement") and either (i) they first shall have
been registered
under the Securities Act and under any applicable state
securities or blue sky
laws or sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
(ii) the Company
first shall have been furnished with an opinion of legal
counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such sale or
transfer is exempt
from such registration requirements.
(b) Legend. Each certificate representing the Shares and the
Registrable Shares and shares issued in respect of the Shares or
the Registrable
Shares shall bear a legend substantially in the following
form:
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR UNDER
THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH
SHARES ARE
REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY IS OBTAINED TO
THE EFFECT
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
The foregoing legend shall be removed from the certificates
representing
any Registrable Shares, at the request of the holder thereof, at
such time as
they become eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under
the Securities
Act.
1.3. Required Registrations.
(a) On Demand. Subject to Section 1.3(d), at any time after the
end
of the six-month period commencing upon the consummation of the
Initial Public
Offering pursuant to a Registration Statement, each of (i)
Putnam, (ii)
Equity-VII and MBO-VIII, (iii) the Maveron Entities, and (iv) a
Stockholder or
Stockholders holding in the aggregate at least 10% of the
Registrable Shares
originally issued pursuant to the Class E Purchase Agreement,
may request, in
writing, that the Company effect the registration on Form S-1
(or any successor
form), including by means of a shelf registration pursuant to
Rule 415, of
Registrable Shares owned by such Stockholder or Stockholders
having an aggregate
offering price of at least $1 million (based on the then current
market price or
fair value). If the holder or holders initiating the
registration intend to
distribute the Registrable Shares by means of an underwriting,
such holder or
holders shall so advise the Company in their request of such
intention and of
their selection of an underwriter (which selection shall be made
by a majority
in interest of the holders initiating the registration and
subject to the
consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld). In
the event such registration is underwritten, the right of other
Stockholders to
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participate shall be conditioned on such Stockholders'
participation in such
underwriting. Upon receipt of any such request, the Company
shall promptly give
written notice of such proposed registration to all Stockholders
(other than
Putnam, in which case the Company will not give such prior
notice and as a
substitute for such prior notice will either: (a) issue a press
release
conforming with Rule 135 under Securities Act describing such
proposed
registration or (b) provide notice upon the initial filing of a
registration
statement to effect such registration request and, if requested
by Putnam within
three days after receipt of such notice, agree to amend any
registration
statement to effect such registration request to include such
amount of
Registrable Shares as Putnam desires to include in such
Registration, subject to
Section 1.3(c) below). Such Stockholders shall have the right,
by giving written
notice to the Company within 10 days after the Company provides
its notice (or,
in the case of Putnam, within three days after the issuance of
the Company press
release or three days after receipt of the notice after filing
of the
registration statement as described above) to elect to have
included in such
registration such of their Registrable Shares as they may
request in such notice
of election. Thereupon, the Company shall, as expeditiously as
possible, use its
best efforts to effect the registration of all Registrable
Shares which the
Company has been requested to so register.
(b) Short Form Registration. Subject to Section 1.3(d), at any
time
after the Company becomes eligible to file a Registration
Statement on Form S-3
(or any successor form relating to secondary offerings), a
Stockholder or
Stockholders holding in the aggregate (i) at least 15% of the
Registrable Shares
originally issued pursuant to the Class G Purchase Agreement and
the Exchange
Agreement, or (ii) at least 10% of the Registrable Shares
originally issued
pursuant to the Class E Purchase Agreement, may request the
Company, in writing,
to effect the registration on Form S-3 (or such successor form)
including by
means of shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415, of Registrable
Shares having
an aggregate offering price of at least $1 million (based on the
current public
market price). Upon receipt of any such request, the Company
shall promptly give
written notice of such proposed registration to all Stockholders
(other than
Putnam, in which case the Company will not give such prior
notice and as a
substitute for such prior notice will either: (a) issue a press
release
conforming with Rule 135 under Securities Act describing such
proposed
registration or (b) provide notice upon the initial filing of a
registration
statement to effect a Registration Request and, if requested by
Putnam within
three days after receipt of such notice, agree to amend any
registration
statement to effect such registration request to include such
amount of
Registrable Shares as Putnam desires to include in such
Registration, subject to
Section 1.3(c) below). Such Stockholders shall have the right,
by giving written
notice to the Company within 30 days after the Company provides
its notice (or,
in the case of Putnam, within three days after the issuance of
the Company press
release or three days after receipt of the notice after filing
of the
registration statement as described above) to elect to have
included in such
registration such of their Registrable Shares as such
Stockholders may request
in such notice of election. Thereupon, the Company shall, as
expeditiously as
possible, use its best efforts to effect the registration of all
Registrable
Shares which the Company has been requested to register.
(c) Underwriter's Cut-back. If, in the good faith judgment of
the
managing underwriter of any underwritten offering undertaken
under this Section
1.3, the registration of all of the Registrable Shares which
holders have
requested to be included in a registration under this Section
1.3 would
materially and adversely affect such public offering, then there
shall be
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included in the underwriting only that number of Registrable
Shares which the
underwriter believes may be sold without causing such material
adverse effect.
If the number of Registrable Shares to be included in the
underwriting in
accordance with the foregoing is less than the total number of
shares which the
holders of Registrable Shares have requested to be included,
then the
Stockholders shall be entitled to participate on a pro rata
basis based on the
number of shares included in the request for registration
including shares of
the demanding party. The Company and any other Company
stockholders that have
not expressly been given pari passu or senior rights of
participation in
accordance with Section 1.11 hereof shall have no right to
participate in that
event, without the consent of the holders of at least a majority
of the
Registrable Shares participating in such offering.
(d) Number and Timing Limitations. The Company shall not be
required
to effect more than: (A) one registration pursuant to clause (i)
of the first
sentence of Section 1.3(a), (B) one registration pursuant to
clause (ii) of the
first sentence of Section 1.3(a), (C) one registration pursuant
to clause (iii)
of the first sentence of Section 1.3(a), (D) two registrations
pursuant to
clause (iv) of the first sentence of Section 1.3(a), (E) three
registrations
pursuant to clause (i) of the first sentence of Section 1.3(b)
and (F) three
registrations pursuant to clause (ii) of the first sentence of
Section 1.3(b).
(e) Delay by Company. The Company shall be entitled to (x)
postpone
the filing of any Registration Statement otherwise required to
be prepared and
filed by the Company pursuant to this Section 1.3 (and may
suspend the
completion of any requested registration pursuant to this
Section 1.3 which has
been initiated so long as the Registration Statement has not yet
been declared
effective) for a reasonable period of time, but not in excess of
60 consecutive
days (a "Delay Period") or (y) suspend the use of any effective
Registration
Statement under this Section 1.3 for a reasonable period of
time, but not in
excess of 60 consecutive days (a "Suspension Period") if (i)
such postponement
or suspension is required by applicable law arising from events
outside of the
control of the Company or (ii) the Company determines that in
its reasonable
good faith judgment the registration and distribution of the
Registrable Shares
covered or to be covered by such Registration Statement would
interfere with any
pending material financing, acquisition, corporate
reorganization or business
combination, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
would require
premature disclosure thereof and promptly gives such Stockholder
written notice
of such determination (setting forth in reasonable detail the
facts and
circumstances resulting in such delay where such detail would
not otherwise
require such premature disclosure), and an approximation of the
period of the
anticipated delay or suspension; provided, however, that (i) the
aggregate
number of days included in all Delay Periods or Suspension
Periods during any
consecutive 12 months shall not exceed 90 days and (ii) the
Company may not
delay or suspend any registration more than one time in any
12-month period.
(f) Right to Withdraw. In the event that the holders initiating
a
registration pursuant to Section 1.3 determine for any reason
not to proceed
with a registration at any time before the Registration
Statement has been
declared effective by the Commission, and such Registration
Statement, if
theretofore filed with the Commission, is withdrawn with respect
to the
Registrable Shares covered thereby, and the holders agree to
bear their own
expenses incurred in connection therewith and to reimburse the
Company for the
expenses incurred by it
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attributable to registration of such Registrable Shares, then
such holders shall
not be deemed to have exercised their right to require the
Company to register
Registrable Shares pursuant to Section 1.3. If a Registration
Statement filed by
the Company pursuant to Section 1.3 is withdrawn at the
initiative of the
Company, then the holders initiating such registration shall not
be deemed to
have exercised their right to require the Company to register
Registrable Shares
pursuant to Section 1.3. If a registration is prohibited from
becoming or
remaining effective so as to permit the sale of Registrable
Shares proposed to
be sold by any stop order, injunction or other order or
requirement of the
Commission or any other governmental authority, such
registration shall be
deemed not to have been effected unless such stop order,
injunction or other
order shall subsequently have been vacated or otherwise
removed.
1.4. Incidental Registration.
(a) Notice by Company. Whenever the Company proposes at any
time
from time to time to file (including without limitation upon a
Qualified Public
Offering) a Registration Statement (other than pursuant to
Section 1.3) that
contemplates the sale of Common Stock, it will, prior to such
filing, give
written notice to all Stockholders of its intention to do (other
than Putnam, in
which case the Company will not give such prior notice and as a
substitute for
such prior notice will either: (a) issue a press release
conforming with Rule
135 under Securities Act describing such proposed registration
or (b) provide
notice upon the initial filing of the Registration Statement
and, if requested
by Putnam within three days after receipt of such notice, agree
to amend any
registration statement to effect such registration request to
include such
amount of Registrable Shares as Putnam desires to include in
such registration,
subject to Section 1.4(b) below) and, upon the written request
of the
Stockholders given within 10 days after the Company provides
such notice (or, in
the case of Putnam, given within three days after the issuance
of the Company
press release or three days after receipt of the notice after
filing of the
registration statement as described above) the Company shall use
its best
efforts to cause all Registrable Shares which the Company has
been requested by
such Stockholders to register to be registered under the
Securities Act to the
extent necessary to permit their sale or other disposition in
accordance with
the intended methods of distribution specified in the request of
the
Stockholders; provided, however, that the Company shall have the
right to
postpone or withdraw any registration proposed pursuant to this
subsection
1.4(a) without obligation to any Stockholder.
(b) Underwriter's Cut-back. In connection with any offering
under
subsection 1.4(a) involving an underwriting, the Company shall
not be required
to include any Registrable Shares in such underwriting unless
the holders
thereof accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon
between the Company
and the underwriters selected by it, and then only in such
quantity as will not,
in the opinion of the underwriters, jeopardize the success of
the offering by
the Company. If in the good faith judgment of the managing
underwriter the
registration of all, or part of, the Registrable Shares which
the holders have
requested to be included would materially and adversely affect
such public
offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the
underwriting only
that number of Registrable Shares, if any, which the managing
underwriter
believes may be sold without causing such material adverse
effect. If the number
of Registrable Shares to be included in the underwriting in
accordance with the
foregoing is less than the total number of shares which the
holders of
Registrable Shares have requested to be
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included, then, (A) in the case of a Registration Statement
whose filing was
initiated by the Company, the Registrable Shares to be included
in such
underwriting shall be allocated (x) first to the Company and (y)
second among
the Stockholders who have requested registration on a pro rata
basis based on
the number of shares included in the request for registration
and (B) in the
case of a Registration Statement whose filing was initiated by a
selling
stockholder, the Registrable Shares to be included in such
underwriting shall be
allocated among the Stockholders who have requested registration
on a pro rata
basis based on the number of shares included in the request for
registration.
The Company (in the case of a Registration Statement whose
filing was initiated
by a selling stockholder) and any other Company stockholders (in
the case of a
Registration Statement whose filing was initiated by the Company
or by a selling
stockholder) shall have no right to participate in that event,
without the
consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable
Shares
participating in such offering, unless otherwise approved in
accordance with
Section 1.11.
1.5. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required by the provisions of this Agreement to use best efforts
to effect the
registration of any of the Registrable Shares under the
Securities Act, the
Company shall:
(a) Filing. Prepare and file with the Commission, as promptly
as
practicable, a Registration Statement with respect to such
securities and use
its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become
and remain
continuously effective until the earlier to occur of 180 days
from the effective
date or the distribution described in the Registration Statement
has been
completed; provided that before filing a Registration Statement
or prospectus or
any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish
copies thereof
to the holders' counsel and, in an underwritten offering, to
counsel for the
underwriters. A registration pursuant to Section 1.3 shall be
effected pursuant
to Rule 415 (or any similar provision then in force) under the
Securities Act,
to the extent the Company is eligible therefor, if the manner of
distribution
contemplated by the holders participating in such registration
shall include an
offering on a delayed or continuous basis and, notwithstanding
anything to the
contrary in this Section 1.5(a), the Company shall use its best
efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to become and remain continuously
effective until
the earlier to occur of 365 days from the effective date or the
distribution
described in the Registration Statement has been completed;
(b) Amendments. As expeditiously as possible prepare and file
with
the Commission any amendments and supplements to the
Registration Statement and
the prospectus included in the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to
keep the Registration Statement effective as set forth in
1.5(a);
(c) Furnish Copies. As expeditiously as possible furnish to
each
selling Stockholder and to any underwriters participating in
such registration
such reasonable numbers of copies of the prospectus, including a
preliminary
prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act, and such
other documents as the selling Stockholder may reasonably
request in order to
facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the
Registrable Shares owned
by the selling Stockholder. The Company shall furnish to each
holder
participating in such registration drafts of the Registration
Statement and the
prospectus and each
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amendment thereof or supplement thereto for its timely review
prior to the
filing thereof with the Commission;
(d) Blue Sky Registration. As expeditiously as possible use its
best
efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Shares covered by
the
Registration Statement under the securities or blue sky laws of
such states as
the selling Stockholders shall reasonably request, and do any
and all other acts
and things that may be necessary or desirable to enable the
selling Stockholders
to consummate the public sale or other disposition within such
states of the
Registrable Shares owned by the selling Stockholders; provided,
however, that
the Company shall not be required in connection with this
paragraph (d) to
qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction, execute a
general consent
to service of process in any jurisdiction, or subject itself to
taxation in any
jurisdiction;
(e) List on Exchange. Use best efforts to cause the
Registrable
Shares to be listed on the principal securities exchange on
which similar
securities of the Company are then listed, if any, if the
listing of such shares
is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, provide a
transfer agent,
and register a CUSIP number for all Registrable Shares not later
than the
effective date of the Registration Statement;
(f) Customary Agreements. Enter into such customary
agreements
(including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take
all such other
actions as the Stockholders may reasonably request in order to
expedite or
facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Shares;
(g) Inspection. Subject to appropriate arrangements
concerning
confidentiality, make available for inspection by the
Stockholders, any
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such
Registration
Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained
by any such
seller or underwriter (collectively, the "Inspectors"), all
financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company as shall be
necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence
responsibility, and
cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply
all information
requested by any such Inspector in connection with such
Registration Statement;
(h) Securities Act Compliance. Otherwise comply with all
applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to
the Stockholders,
as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement
covering a period of 12
months, beginning within three months after the effective date
of the
Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy
the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(i) Road Shows. At the request and expense (if the Company is
not
otherwise a participant in the offering) of any stockholder or
underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to a Registration
Statement, cause its
officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the
marketing of the
Registrable Shares covered by the Registration Statement
(including, without
limitation, the participation in "road shows," at the request of
the managing
underwriter) taking into account the Company's business
needs;
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(j) Amendments. Notify each selling Stockholder promptly of
any
request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of
such Registration
Statement or prospectus or for additional information; prepare
and file with the
Commission, promptly upon the request of any selling
Stockholder, any amendments
or supplements to such Registration Statement or prospectus
which, in the
opinion of counsel for such holders (and concurred in by the
Company and counsel
for the Company), is required under the Securities Act or the
rules and
regulations thereunder in connection with the distribution of
the Registrable
Shares by such holder; and prepare and promptly file with the
Commission and
promptly notify each selling Stockholder of the filing of such
amendment or
supplement to such Registration Statement or prospectus as may
be necessary to
correct any statements or omissions if, at the time when a
prospectus relating
to such securities is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, any
event shall have occurred as the result of which any such
prospectus or any
other prospectus as then in effect would include an untrue
statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which
they were made,
not misleading. The Company may determine to delay filing of any
such amendment
or supplement, and request suspension by a selling Stockholder
of offers and
sales pursuant to the prospectus under the circumstances
contemplated by Section
1.3(e) hereof;
(k) Suspension of Effectiveness. Advise each selling
Stockholder,
promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof,
of the issuance
of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness
of such
Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for
that purpose and promptly use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any
stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should
be issued;
(l) Compliance. Not file any amendment or supplement to such
Registration Statement or prospectus to which a majority in
interest of the
selling Stockholders shall have reaso
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