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Ex. 99.1
[FORM OF] SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
GOAMERICA, INC.
Dated as of ______________, 200__
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. DEMAND
REGISTRATIONS.....................................................1
1.1. Requests for
Registration.........................................1
1.2. Demand
Notice.....................................................2
1.3. Demand Registration
Expenses......................................2
1.4. Short-Form
Registrations..........................................2
1.5. Priority on Demand
Registrations..................................3
1.6. Restrictions on Demand
Registrations..............................3
1.7. Selection of
Underwriters.........................................4
1.8. Other Registration
Rights.........................................4
2. PIGGYBACK
REGISTRATIONS..................................................4
2.1. Right to
Piggyback................................................4
2.2. Piggyback
Expenses................................................4
2.3. Priority on Primary
Registrations.................................5
2.4. Priority on Secondary
Registrations...............................5
3. REGISTRATION
GENERALLY...................................................6
3.1. Registration
Procedures...........................................6
3.2. Registration
Expenses............................................10
3.3. Participation in Underwritten
Offerings..........................11
3.4. Holdback
Agreements..............................................11
3.4.1. Securityholder
Holdback..............................11
3.4.2. Company
Holdback.....................................12
3.5. Current Public
Information.......................................12
4. REGISTRATION
INDEMNIFICATION............................................13
4.1. Indemnification by the
Company...................................13
4.2. Indemnification by Holders of Registrable
Securities.............13
4.3.
Procedure........................................................14
4.4. Entry of Judgment;
Settlement....................................14
4.5.
Contribution.....................................................14
4.6. Other
Rights.....................................................15
5. TRANSFER
RESTRICTiONS...................................................15
5.1. General Transfer
Restrictions....................................15
5.2. Restrictions on
Transfer.........................................16
5.2.1. Private
Transfers....................................16
5.2.2. Public
Transfers.....................................16
5.2.3. Pledge of
Shares.....................................16
5.3. Automatic Conversion Upon Certain
Transfers......................16
5.3.1. Transfers by Holders of Series A Preferred
Stock other than Clearlake Investors.................16
5.3.2. Transfers by Clearlake
Investors.....................16
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5.3.3. No Additional Action
Required........................17
5.4. Stop Transfer
Instructions.......................................17
6. PREEMPTIVE
RIGHTS.......................................................17
6.1.
Offering.........................................................17
6.2. Expiration of Subscription
Period................................18
6.3. New
Securities...................................................18
7. INFORMATION
RIGHTS......................................................19
8. STOCKHOLDER
AGREEMENTS..................................................19
8.1. Board
Composition................................................19
8.2. Amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation....................20
8.3. No Company
Obligations...........................................20
9.
EXPENSES................................................................20
10.
DEFINITIONS.............................................................20
11.
MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................24
11.1. No Inconsistent
Agreements.......................................24
11.2.
Remedies.........................................................24
11.3. Amendment and
Waiver.............................................24
11.4. Successors and Assigns;
Transferees..............................25
11.5.
Severability.....................................................26
11.6.
Counterparts.....................................................26
11.7. Descriptive
Headings.............................................26
11.8.
Notices..........................................................26
11.9. Delivery by
Facsimile............................................27
11.10. Governing
Law....................................................27
11.11. Jurisdiction; Submission to Jurisdiction;
Waivers................27
11.12. Waiver of Jury
Trial.............................................27
11.13.
Termination......................................................28
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Second Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement
(this
"Agreement") is made as of ____________, 200__ (the "Effective
Date") by and
among:
(i) GoAmerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with
its
successors and permitted assigns, the "Company");
(ii) Each of the shareholders of the Company listed on Schedule
A to this
Agreement and their Permitted Transferees under this Agreement
(each
a "Clearlake Investor" and, collectively the "Clearlake
Investors");
(iii) Each of the shareholders of the Company listed on Schedule
B to this
Agreement (each a "HOVRS Party" and, collectively the "HOVRS
Parties"); and
(iv) such other Persons, if any, that from time to time become
parties
hereto pursuant to Section 11.4 hereof (collectively, together
with
the Clearlake Investors, the "Investors").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Clearlake Investors are parties to
that
certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of August 1, 2007 (the
"Initial Stock
Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company issued to
the Clearlake
Investors 290,135 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the
Company, par value
$.01 per share.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Clearlake Investors are parties to
that
certain Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement dated as
of September 12,
2007 (the "Acquisition Stock Purchase Agreement" and,
collectively with the
Initial Stock Purchase Agreement, the "Clearlake Stock Purchase
Agreements"),
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell to the
Clearlake Investors,
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
specified therein,
7,446,809 additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the
Company.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement
to provide
for the investor and governance rights set forth herein. Unless
otherwise noted
in this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meanings set
forth in Section 10.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as
follows:
1. DEMAND REGISTRATIONS.
1.1. Requests for Registration. At any time a Clearlake Investor
may
initiate the registration of Common Stock to be sold in a Public
Offering (a
"Demand Registration"). Subject to the other provisions of this
Section 1, a
Clearlake Investor may initiate (on behalf of itself, any of its
Affiliates and
other holders of Registrable Securities) three (3) registrations
of all or part
of their Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or any similar or
successor
long-form
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registration ("Long-Form Registrations"), and, if the Company is
eligible to
utilize a registration statement on Form S-3 for resales by
selling
stockholders, an unlimited (but no more than two such
registrations in any
twelve month period) number of registrations of all or part of
their Registrable
Securities on Form S-3 or any similar or successor short-form
registration
("Short-Form Registrations"); provided in each case that the
aggregate gross
offering price of the Registrable Securities requested to be
registered in any
Long Form Registration pursuant to this Section must be at least
$5,000,000
unless the Registrable Securities requested to be registered
constitute all of
the Registrable Securities then held by such Clearlake Investor
and its
Affiliates; and provided, further, that the Company shall have
no liability to
any Investor or HOVRS Party with respect to any conditions that
the Securities
and Exchange Commission may impose with respect to any such
registration,
including any conditions that the Securities and Exchange
Commission may impose
upon the utilization of Rule 415 in connection with any such
registration.
1.2. Demand Notice. All requests for Demand Registrations shall
be made by
giving written notice to the Company (a "Demand Notice"). Each
Demand Notice
shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities
requested to be
registered. Within ten (10) days after receipt of any such
Demand Notice, the
Company will give written notice of such requested registration
to (i) all other
holders of Registrable Securities and (ii) to all Holders under
and as defined
in that certain Lock-Up and Registration Rights Agreement, dated
as of ________,
200_, by and among the Company and certain of the HOVRS Parties
(the "HOVRS
Registration Rights Agreement" and each such Holder, a "HOVRS
Holder"), and,
subject to Section 1.5, the Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts
to include in such registration (and in all related
registrations and
qualifications under blue sky laws or in compliance with other
registration
requirements and in any related underwriting) all Registrable
Securities and all
Registrable Securities under and as defined in the HOVRS
Registration Rights
Agreement ("HOVRS Registrable Securities") with respect to which
the Company has
received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days
after the
delivery of the Company's notice.
1.3. Demand Registration Expenses. The Company will pay all
Registration
Expenses in connection with any registration initiated as a
Demand Registration,
whether or not it has become effective.
1.4. Short-Form Registrations. Subject to the qualifications set
forth
herein and subject to any limitations that the Securities and
Exchange
Commission may impose, (i) Demand Registrations will be
Short-Form Registrations
whenever the Company is permitted to use any applicable
short-form (unless the
managing underwriter(s) of such offering requests the Company to
use a Long-Form
Registration in order to sell all of the Registrable Securities
and HOVRS
Registrable Securities requested to be sold) and (ii) the
Clearlake Investors
may, in connection with any Demand Registration requested by
such holders that
is a Short-Form Registration, require the Company to use its
commercially
reasonable efforts to file such Short-Form Registration with the
Securities and
Exchange Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415
under the
Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect) including,
if the Company
is then eligible, as an automatic shelf registration statement
(any such
Short-Form Registration, a "Shelf Registration").
Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, if the Securities and Exchange
Commission
refuses to declare a registration statement filed pursuant to
this Agreement
effective as a valid secondary offering under Rule 415 due
to
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the number of Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable
Securities included
in such registration statement relative to the number of shares
of Common Stock
outstanding or the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
held by
non-affiliates or for any other reason, then, without any
liability under this
Agreement or any further obligation to register such excess
Registrable
Securities and HOVRS Registrable Securities, the Company shall
be permitted to
reduce the number of Registrable Securities and HOVRS
Registrable Securities
included in such registration statement (pro rata, based on the
number of shares
requested to be registered, among the holders of such
Registrable Securities and
HOVRS Registrable Securities) to an amount that does not exceed
an amount that
the Securities and Exchange Commission allows for the offering
thereunder to
qualify as a valid secondary offering under Rule 415. The
Company shall not be
liable for damages under this Agreement as to any Registrable
Securities or
HOVRS Registrable Securities which are not permitted by the
Securities and
Exchange Commission to be included in a registration statement
due to Securities
and Exchange Commission guidance relating to Rule 415.
1.5. Priority on Demand Registrations. The Company shall not
include in
any Demand Registration any securities which are not Registrable
Securities or
HOVRS Registrable Securities without the prior receipt of
Majority Clearlake
Investor Approval. If a Demand Registration is an underwritten
offering and the
managing underwriter(s) advises the Company that in its opinion
the number of
Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable Securities and, if
permitted
hereunder, other securities, requested to be included in such
offering exceeds
the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if
any, which can be
sold therein without adversely affecting the marketability of
the offering, then
the Company shall include in such registration, (a) prior to the
inclusion of
any securities that are not Registrable Securities or HOVRS
Registrable
Securities, the number of Registrable Securities and HOVRS
Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such offering that, in
the opinion of
such managing underwriter, can be sold without adversely
affecting the
marketability of the offering, pro rata (based on the number of
shares requested
to be registered) among the respective holders thereof, provided
that if the
number of securities that are Registrable Securities and HOVRS
Registrable
Securities that are included in such offering are less than 75%
of the number of
securities that are Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable
Securities
requested to be included in such offering, such offering shall
not count for
purposes of calculating the number of Long-Form Registrations
initiated by a
Majority Clearlake Investor, and (b) only then securities that
are not
Registrable Securities or HOVRS Registrable Securities, if the
managing
underwriter(s) has advised that such securities may be
included.
1.6. Restrictions on Demand Registrations. The Company will not
be
obligated to effect any Demand Registration within 90 days after
the closing of
a Public Offering (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any
successor or
similar form, but including the closing of an underwritten
distribution pursuant
to a Shelf Registration), except that if such Public Offering is
an underwritten
offering and the managing underwriter of such Public Offering
determines that a
longer period, not to exceed 180 days, is reasonably necessary
in its opinion,
then such restricted period shall continue for the period
designated by the
managing underwriter, provided that such period shall not extend
beyond 180 days
after the closing of such Public Offering. The Company may
postpone for up to 45
days (from the date of the request) the filing or the
effectiveness of a
registration statement for a Demand Registration if and so long
as the Company
determines that such Demand Registration would reasonably be
expected to have an
adverse effect on any
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proposal or plan by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to
engage in any
acquisition or disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary
course of
business) or any merger, consolidation, tender offer,
registration or issuance
of securities, financing or other material transaction. The
Company may not
postpone a Demand Registration more than two (2) times in any
twelve-month
period.
1.7. Selection of Underwriters. The Clearlake Investor(s)
selling a
majority of the Registrable Securities to be sold by all
Clearlake Investors in
a Demand Registration will have the right to select the
underwriter or
underwriters to administer the offering, provided that such
selection will be
subject to the approval of the board of directors of the Company
(the "Board"),
which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
1.8. Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and
warrants that
it is not a party to, or otherwise subject to, any other
agreement granting
registration rights to any other Person with respect to any
equity securities of
the Company, other than this Agreement and the HOVRS
Registration Rights
Agreement. Except as provided in this Agreement, the Company
shall not grant to
any Person the right to request the Company to register any
equity securities of
the Company, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into
or exercisable
for such securities, without Majority Clearlake Investor
Approval approving the
grant of registration rights for such securities; provided that
without such
approval, subject to Section 6, (a) the Company may grant rights
to other
Persons to participate in Demand Registrations and Piggyback
Registrations so
long as such rights are subordinate to the rights of the holders
of Registrable
Securities with respect to such Demand Registrations and
Piggyback
Registrations; (b) the Company may grant rights to other Persons
to request
registrations so long as the holders of Registrable Securities
are entitled to
participate in any such registrations with such Persons pro rata
on the basis of
the number of Common Stock owned by each such holder; and (c)
the Company may
enter into the HOVRS Registration Rights Agreement.
2. PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS.
2.1. Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to
register any of
its equity securities under the Securities Act (other than (a)
pursuant to a
Demand Registration, (b) in connection with registration on Form
S-4 or Form S-8
or any successor or similar form or (c) in connection with the
registration of
shares on Form S-3 with respect to a dividend reinvestment plan)
and the
registration form to be used may be used for the registration of
Registrable
Securities (a "Piggyback Registration"), the Company will give
prompt written
notice to all holders of Registrable Securities of its intention
to effect such
a registration and, subject to Sections 2.3 and 2.4 below, will
include in such
registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which
the Company has
received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days
after the
delivery of the Company's notice. Each such Company notice shall
specify the
approximate number of Company equity securities to be registered
and the
anticipated per share price range for such offering.
2.2. Piggyback Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration
Expenses in
connection with all Piggyback Registrations, whether or not any
such
registration becomes effective.
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2.3. Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback
Registration is an
underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company and
the managing
underwriter(s) advises the Company that in its opinion the
number of securities
requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number
which can be
sold in such offering without adversely affecting the
marketability of such
offering, the Company will include in such registration: (a)
first, the
securities the Company proposes to sell, (b) second, the
Registrable Securities
and HOVRS Registrable Securities requested to be included in
such registration,
pro rata (based on the number of shares requested to be
registered) among the
holders of such Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable
Securities, and (c)
third, but only if all of the Registrable Securities and HOVRS
Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration are
included in such
registration, the other securities requested to be included in
the such
registration in the manner determined by the Company and such
shareholders.
2.4. Priority on Secondary Registrations.
(a) If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten secondary
registration
on behalf of holders of HOVRS Registrable Securities, and the
managing
underwriter(s) advises the Company that in its opinion the
number of securities
requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number
which can be
sold in such offering without adversely affecting the
marketability of the
offering, the Company will include in such registration: (a)
first, the
Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable Securities
requested to be included
therein by the holders requesting registration, pro rata among
the holders of
such Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable Securities
(based on the
number of shares requested to be registered), (b) second, but
only if all of the
Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable Securities
requested to be included
in such registration are included in such registration,
securities requested by
the Company to be included in such registration to the extent
the managing
underwriter(s) advises the Company that such inclusion will not
adversely affect
the marketability of the offering, and (c) third, but only if
all of the
Registrable Securities and HOVRS Registrable Securities
requested to be included
in such registration and all securities requested by the Company
to be included
in such registration are included in such registration, other
securities
requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among
the holders of
such other securities permitted to have their securities
included in such
registration on the basis of the number of shares owned by each
such holder, to
the extent the managing underwriter(s) advises the Company that
such inclusion
will not adversely affect the marketability of the offering.
(b) If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten secondary
registration
on behalf of holders of Company securities (other than the
holders of
Registrable Securities or the holders of HOVRS Registrable
Securities), and the
managing underwriter(s) advises the Company that in its opinion
the number of
securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds
the number
which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting
the marketability
of the offering, the Company will include in such registration:
(a) first, the
securities requested to be included therein by the holders
requesting
registration, (b) second, but only if all of the securities
described in clause
(a) are included in such registration, securities requested by
the Company to be
included in such registration, to the extent the managing
underwriter(s) advises
the Company that such inclusion will not adversely affect the
marketability of
the offering, and (c) third, but only if all of the securities
described in
clauses (a) and (b) are included in such registration,
Registrable Securities,
HOVRS Registrable Securities and other securities requested to
be
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included in such registration, pro rata among the holders of
such Registrable
Securities, the holders of such HOVRS Registrable Securities and
the holders of
such other securities permitted to have their securities
included in such
registration on the basis of the number of shares owned by each
such holder, to
the extent the managing underwriter(s) advises the Company that
such inclusion
will not adversely affect the marketability of the offering.
3. REGISTRATION GENERALLY.
3.1. Registration Procedures. Whenever the holders of
Registrable
Securities have requested that any Registrable Securities be
registered pursuant
to this Agreement, the Company will use its best efforts to
effect the
registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in
accordance with the
intended method of disposition thereof and pursuant thereto the
Company will as
expeditiously as reasonably practicable:
(a) prepare and (within 60 days after the end of the period
within which requests for inclusion in such registration may
be
given to the Company) file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission a registration statement with respect to such
Registrable
Securities and thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts
to
cause such registration statement to become effective (provided
that
before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish
to
counsel selected by the Clearlake Investors owning the
Registrable
Securities to be included in any Demand Registration copies of
all
such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be
subject
to review by such counsel);
(b) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission such amendments and supplements to such
registration
statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may
be
necessary (i) to keep such registration statement effective for
a
period (A) of not less than 180 days (subject to extension
pursuant
to Section 3.3(b)) or, if such registration statement relates to
an
underwritten offering, such longer period as in the opinion
of
counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to
be
delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by
an
underwriter or dealer, or (B) in the case of a Shelf
Registration,
ending on the earliest of (I) the date on which all
Registrable
Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration or
have
otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities, (II) the
second
anniversary of the effective date of such Shelf Registration,
(III)
such other date determined by the Majority Clearlake Investors
and
(IV) when all such Registrable Securities are freely saleable
under
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, and (ii) to comply with
the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition
of
all securities covered by such registration statement until
such
time as all of such securities have been disposed of in
accordance
with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or
sellers
thereof set forth in such registration statement;
(c) cause (i) any issuer free writing prospectus to comply
with the information and legending requirements under paragraph
(c)
of Rule 433 and to be accompanied or preceded by a statutory
prospectus to the extent required under
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Rule 433, and (ii) any free writing prospectus or issuer
information
contained in a free writing prospectus required to be filed by
the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
paragraph
(d) under Rule 433 to be so filed in accordance with such
requirements;
(d) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities such
number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment
and
supplement thereto, in each case, to the extent not available
on
EDGAR, the prospectus included in such registration
statement
(including each preliminary prospectus), each free writing
prospectus used in connection with such registration, and such
other
documents as such seller may reasonably request in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned
by
such seller, but in all cases only if such documents are not
available on EDGAR;
(e) use its best efforts to register or qualify such
Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky
laws
of such States as any seller reasonably requests and do any and
all
other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or
advisable
to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such
seller
(provided that the Company will not be required to (i)
qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would
not
otherwise be required to qualify but for this subsection,
(ii)
subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
such
jurisdiction or (iii) consent to general service of process in
any
such jurisdiction);
(f) promptly notify each seller of such Registrable
Securities, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto
is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon
discovery
that, or upon the discovery of the happening of any event as
a
result of which, the prospectus included in such
registration
statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits
any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and,
at
the request of any such seller, the Company will prepare and
furnish
to such seller a reasonable number of copies of a supplement
or
amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to
the
prospective purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such
prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact
or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements
therein
not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which
they
were made;
(g) use best efforts to cause all such Registrable
Securities
to be listed on each securities exchange or market system on
which
similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and, if
not
so listed, to be listed on the NASD automated quotation system
and,
if listed on the NASD automated quotation system, use
commercially
reasonable efforts to secure designation of all such
Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement as a "NMS
Security" within the meaning of Rule 600(b)(46) of Regulation
NMS of
the
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Securities and Exchange Commission or, failing that, to
secure
NASDAQ authorization for such Registrable Securities;
(h) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such
Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of
such
registration statement;
(i) enter into such customary agreements (including
underwriting agreements in customary form) and take all such
other
actions as the Clearlake Investors owning a majority of the
Registrable Securities to be included in the registration or
the
underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite
or
facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities
(which
might include effecting a share split or a combination of
shares);
(j) make available for inspection by any seller of
Registrable
Securities, 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,
all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
and
properties of the Company, and cause the Company's officers,
directors, employees and independent accountants to supply
all
information reasonably requested by any such seller,
underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such
registration
statement, and to cooperate and participate as reasonably
requested
by any such seller in road show presentations, in the
preparation of
the registration statement, each amendment and supplement
thereto,
the prospectus included therein, and other activities as such
seller
may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
the
Registrable Securities owned by such seller;
(k) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Securities
and
Exchange Commission, and make available to its security holders,
as
soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than 18 months
after
the effective date of the registration statement, an
earnings
statement covering the period of at least twelve months
beginning
with the first day of the Company's first full calendar
quarter
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;
(l) in the event of the issuance of any stop order
suspending
the effectiveness of a registration statement, or of any
order
suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus
or
suspending the qualification of any Securities included in
such
registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction, the
Company
will use commercially reasonable efforts promptly to obtain
the
withdrawal of such order;
(m) obtain one or more comfort letters, dated the effective
date of such registration statement (and, if such
registration
includes an underwritten public offering, dated the date of
the
closing under the underwriting agreement), signed by the
Company's
independent registered public accounting firm in the
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then-current customary form and covering such matters of the
type
customarily covered from time to time by comfort letters as
the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being
sold
reasonably request;
(n) provide a legal opinion of the Company's outside
counsel,
dated the effective date of such registration statement (and,
if
such registration includes an underwritten public offering,
dated
the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement),
with
respect to the registration statement, each amendment and
supplement
thereto, the prospectus included therein (including the
preliminary
prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto in the
then-current customary form and covering such matters of the
type
customarily covered from time to time by legal opinions of
such
nature (in a form reasonably acceptable to the holders of a
majority
of the Registrable Securities included in the registration);
(o) cooperate with the sellers of Registrable Securities
covered by the registration statement and the managing
underwriter
or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery
of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends)
representing
securities to be sold under the registration statement, and
enable
such securities to be in such denominations and registered in
such
names as the managing underwriter or agent, if any, or such
holders
may request;
(p) notify counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities
included in such registration statement and the managing
underwriter
or agent, immediately, and confirm the notice in writing (i)
when
the registration statement, or any post-effective amendment to
the
registration statement, shall have become effective, or any
supplement to the prospectus or any amendment prospectus shall
have
been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the
Securities
and Exchange Commission, (iii) of any request of the Securities
and
Exchange Commission to amend the registration statement or amend
or
supplement the prospectus or for additional information, and
(iv) of
the issuance by the Securities and Exchange Commission of any
stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement
or
of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary
prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the
registration statement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
or
of the institution or threatening of any proceedings for any of
such
purposes;
(q) use its reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration
statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any
preliminary prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to
obtain
the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible
moment;
(r) if requested by the managing underwriter or agent or any
holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration
statement, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement
or
post-effective amendment such
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information as the managing underwriter or agent or such
holder
reasonably requests to be included therein, including,
without
limitation, with respect to the number of Registrable
Securities
being sold by such holder to such underwriter or agent, the
purchase
price being paid therefor by such underwriter or agent and
with
respect to any other terms of the underwritten offering of
the
Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; and make
all
required filings of such prospectus supplement or
post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after being notified of the
matters
incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment;
(s) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and
each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of
such
Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in
connection
with any filings required to be made with the National
Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and
(t) cause its appropriate officers to attend and participate
in presentations to and meetings with prospective purchasers of
the
Registrable Securities, or a "roadshow", as reasonably requested
by
the underwriters, if any.
The Company may require each seller of Registrable Securities as
to which any
registration is being effected to furnish the Company such
information relating
to the sale or registration of such Securities regarding such
seller and the
distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to
time reasonably
request in writing, prior to including such seller's Registrable
Securities in
such registration.
3.2. Registration Expenses.
(a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or
compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation,
all
registration, qualification and filing fees, fees and expenses
of
compliance with securities or blue sky laws, printing
expenses,
messenger and delivery expenses, and fees and disbursements
of
counsel for the Company and all independent certified public
accountants, underwriters (excluding discounts and commissions)
and
other Persons retained by the Company (all such expenses
being
herein called "Registration Expenses"), will be paid by the
Company
in respect of each Demand Registration and each Piggyback
Registration, whether or not it has become effective, including
that
the Company will pay its internal expenses (including,
without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees
performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any
liability
insurance and the expenses and fees for listing the securities
to be
registered on each securities exchange on which similar
securities
issued by the Company are then listed or on the NASD
automated
quotation system or any other quotation system.
(b) In connection with each Demand Registration and each
Piggyback Registration, whether or not it has become effective,
the
Company
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