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Exhibit 10.11
INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Investors’ Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made
and entered into as of September 13, 2006, among Tenby Pharma Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the investors
signatory hereto (each such investor is a “Investor” and all
such investors are, collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS,
immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company, Sirion
Therapeutics, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Sirion”)
and each of the shareholders of Sirion (the “Sirion Shareholders”)
entered into that certain Contribution Agreement, pursuant to which each of the
Sirion Shareholders contributed all of its shares of capital stock of Sirion in
exchange for shares of capital stock of the Company (the “Contribution”);
WHEREAS,
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company
and certain of the Investors (the “North Sound Investors”)
are entering into that certain Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the North
Sound Investors are purchasing from the Company an aggregate of 3,125,000
shares of Series A Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of
$25,000,000 (the “Financing”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Investors have agreed to enter into this Agreement in
connection with the Contribution and as a condition to the closing of the
Financing.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investors agree
as follows:
1.
Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement, and (b) the
following terms have the meanings indicated:
“Effective
Date” means the date that a Registration Statement is declared
effective by the Commission.
“Effectiveness
Period” means the period commencing on the Effective Date of a
Registration Statement and ending on (i) with respect to the initial
Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2,
the first to occur of (a) the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date and
(b) the date when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement cease to be Registrable Securities, and, (ii) with respect to
any additional Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 3,
until the first to occur of (a) the later of (x) the fifth
anniversary of the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2, and (y) the first anniversary of the
Effective Date of such Registration Statement, and (b) the date when all
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement cease to be
Registrable Securities.
“Filing
Date” means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement
required to be filed pursuant to Section 2, the 60th day
following the Closing Date, and, with respect to any additional Registration
Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 3, the
30th day
following the date on which the Company receives a valid request for
registration pursuant to Section 3.
“Holder”
means any holder, from time to time, of Registrable Securities.
“Investor
Counsel” means Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel to the Investors for
purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that if none of
the North Sound Investors are listed as a “Selling Stockholder” in
a Registration Statement, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities to be sold pursuant to such Registration Statement shall be entitled
to select alternative counsel to act as “Investor Counsel” with
respect to such Registration Statement.
“Investor
Request” means a request from Investors that in the aggregate possess
a majority of the Registrable Securities outstanding or deemed to be
outstanding as of the date of such request.
“Nominal
Value” means $8.00 per share, as adjusted for any stock dividends,
combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like occurring with respect to
the Common Stock following the date of this Agreement.
“Outside
Investor” means each of the North Sound Investors, Avalon Ventures VI
GP Fund, LLC, Avalon Ventures VI, L.P., Avalon Ventures VII, L.P. and PharmaBio
Development Inc.
“Prospectus”
means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from
a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance
upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities” means (i) any Common Stock, including Underlying
Shares and any other shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion
of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (without giving effect to any
limitations on conversion contained in the Certificate of Designations); and
(ii) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or
other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing.
As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be
Registrable Securities when such securities have been sold by a Person:
(i) in a transaction in which such Person’s rights under this
Agreement are not assigned in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act; or (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in
force) under the Securities Act.
“Registration
Statement” means any registration statement to be filed under the
Securities Act, which covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included therein, all
amendments and
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supplements to such Registration
Statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all
exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.
“Required
Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the initial Registration
Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2, the 150th day
following the Closing Date, and, with respect to any additional Registration
Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 3, the 60th day
following the date on which the Company receives a valid request for
registration pursuant to Section 3; provided, that such
150 day or 60 day period, as applicable, shall be extended for so
long as the Company shall continue to comply with each of the applicable
requirements of Section 5 below and use its best efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as
promptly as practicable, up to a maximum of an additional 90 days.
“Rule 415,”
“Rule 416,” “Rule 424” and
“Rule 461” means Rule 415, Rule 416,
Rule 424 and Rule 461, respectively, promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule(s) may be amended from time to
time, or any similar rule(s) or regulation(s) hereafter adopted by the
Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule(s).
“Qualified
Public Offering” means a bona fide firm commitment underwritten
public offering pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act
which results in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of not less than
$35,000,000.
2.
Mandatory Registration.
(a) As
soon as possible following the Closing Date (but not later than the Filing
Date), the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a “Shelf”
Registration Statement covering the resale of fifty percent (50%) of all
Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis
pursuant to Rule 415. Such Registration Statement shall be on Form SB-2
(except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form SB-2, in which case such registration shall be
on another appropriate form in accordance herewith to which the Holders
consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld), and shall contain
(except if otherwise directed by the Holders) the “Plan of
Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. The Company shall use
its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, and
in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date (including filing with
the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with
Rule 461 within three (3) days of the date that the Company is
notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a
Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or will not be
subject to further review) and shall use its best efforts to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period.
The Company shall notify each Holder in writing promptly (and in any event
within one business day) after receiving notification from the Commission that
a Registration Statement has been declared effective. For purposes of the obligations
of the Company under this Agreement, no Registration Statement shall be
considered “effective” with respect to any Registrable Securities
unless such Registration Statement lists the Holders of such Registrable
Securities as “Selling Stockholders” and includes such other
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information as is required to
be disclosed with respect to such Holders to permit them to sell their
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such
Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the
Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416),
such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable
Securities.
(b) Upon
the occurrence of any Event (as defined below) and on every monthly anniversary
thereof until the earlier of the date the applicable Event is cured or the
first anniversary of the occurrence of the Event, as partial relief for the
damages suffered therefrom by the Holders (which remedy shall not be exclusive
of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to
each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
equal to 2.0% of the Nominal Value of the Registrable Securities held by such
Holder. The liquidated damages payable pursuant to the terms hereof
(i) shall not apply to the extent, but only to the extent, that the shares
of Common Stock required to be included in the applicable Registration
Statement are not otherwise available to be sold as a result of the
restrictions contained in Section 8 hereof, and (ii) shall
apply on a pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an
Event. For such purposes, each of the following shall constitute an
“Event”: (w) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior
to the applicable Filing Date or is not declared effective on or prior to the
applicable Required Effectiveness Date; (x) after the Effective Date for a
Registration Statement, if the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3 under
the Securities Act (or similar or successor form) at such time, a Holder is not
permitted to sell Registrable Securities under such Registration Statement (or
a subsequent Registration Statement filed in replacement thereof) for any
reason for five (5) or more consecutive Trading Days or an aggregate of
twenty (20) or more Trading Days in any 12- month period; (y) after
the Effective Date for a Registration Statement, if the Company is eligible to
use Form S-3 under the Securities Act (or similar or successor form) at such
time, a Holder is not permitted to sell Registrable Securities under such
Registration Statement (or a subsequent Registration Statement filed in
replacement thereof) for any reason for five or more Trading Days (whether or
not consecutive); or (z) at any time after the Common Stock is first
listed or quoted on an Eligible Market, the Common Stock is not listed or
quoted, or is suspended from trading, on an Eligible Market for a period of
five Trading Days (which need not be consecutive Trading Days).
(c) At
the election of any Holder, any amount required to be paid by the Company to
such Holder pursuant to Section 2(b) may instead be added to the
Stated Value of the outstanding Preferred Stock then owned by such Holder. A
Holder may make such election by delivering written notice to the Company at
any time before such cash payment is received by such Holder.
3.
Demand Registration.
(a) If
at any time after the earliest of (i) the first anniversary of the Closing
Date, (ii) the closing of a Qualified Public Offering, or (iii) the
average daily trading volume of the shares of Common Stock exceeds 10,000 shares
(as adjusted for stock splits, stock combinations or similar events) for ten
consecutive Trading Days, the Company shall receive a written Investor Request
that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act, then
the
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Company shall, within ten
(10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to
all Holders and, subject to the limitations of Section 3(b) below,
shall file (as expeditiously as practicable, and in any event prior to the
applicable Filing Date) and use its best efforts to cause to become effective
no later than the applicable Required Effectiveness Date, a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act with respect to all Registrable Securities
which the Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the
mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 13(g)
below.
(b) If
the Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their
request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part
of their request made pursuant to this Section 3 and the Company
shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 3(a).
In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s
Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such
Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such
Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent
provided herein. A majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable
Securities participating in the underwriting, in consultation with the Company,
shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwriting,
which underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. All Holders
proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall
(together with the Company as provided in Section 5(m)) enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters
so selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of such Holders; provided,
however, that no Holder (or any of their assignees) shall be required to
make any representations, warranties or indemnities except as they relate to
such Holder’s ownership of shares and authority to enter into the
underwriting agreement and to such Holder’s intended method of
distribution, and the liability of such Holder shall be limited to an amount
equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3, if the underwriter
advises a Holder that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of
shares to be underwritten, then the Holder shall so advise the Company and the
Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would
otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of
Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be
allocated as follows: (i) first, among holders of Registrable Securities
that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion
(as nearly as practicable) to the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities
held by all such holders, until such holders have included in the underwriting
all shares requested by such holders to be included, and (ii) thereafter,
among all other holders of Common Stock, if any, that have the right and have
elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly
as practicable) to the amount of shares of Common Stock owned by such holders.
Without the consent of a majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable
Securities participating in a registration referred to in Section 3(a),
no securities other than Registrable Securities shall be covered by such
registration if the inclusion of such other securities would result in a reduction
of the number of Registrable Securities covered by such registration or
included in any underwriting or if, in the opinion of the managing underwriter,
the inclusion of such other securities would adversely impact the marketing of
such offering.
(c) The
Company shall be obligated to effect only two (2) registrations (and, in
each case, only if such registration would include Registrable Securities with
an aggregate value of at least five million dollars ($5,000,000), calculated
using the stated offering price disclosed
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on the cover of the final
prospectus covering such Registrable Securities) pursuant to an Investor
Request under this Section 3 (an offering which is not consummated
shall not be counted for this purpose unless such offering is withdrawn at the
request of a majority in interest of the Holders participating in such Investor
Request).
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a
Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3, a certificate
signed by the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Company
stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders
for such registration statement to be filed by reason of a material pending
transaction and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such
registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing
for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the
Investor Request; provided, however, that the Company may not
utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
Likewise, the Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration
pursuant to this Section 3 within one hundred eighty
(180) days after the Effective Date of a previous Registration Statement
filed pursuant to this Section 3.
4.
Piggy-Back Registrations.
(a) If
(but without any obligation to do so) the Company proposes to register
(including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for
stockholders other than the Investors) any of its stock or other securities
under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such
securities solely for cash (other than a registration on Form S-8 (or similar
or successor form) relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in
a Company stock plan or to other compensatory arrangements to the extent
includable on Form S-8 (or similar or successor form), or a registration on
Form S-4 (or similar or successor form)), the Company shall, at such time,
promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the written
request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of such
notice by the Company in accordance with Section 13(g), the Company
shall use its best efforts to cause to be registered under the Securities Act
all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be
registered. The Company shall have no obligation under this Section 4
to make any offering of its securities, or to complete an offering of its
securities that it proposes to make.
(b) If
the Company intends to distribute the stock or other securities referenced in Section 4(a)
by means of an underwriting with an underwriter selected in the Company’s
sole discretion, it shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice
referred to in Section 4(a). In such event, the right of any Holder
to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration
shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in
the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute
their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as
provided in Section 5(m)) enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the underwriter or underwriters so selected for such
underwriting.
(c) If
any registration undertaken pursuant to this Section 4 is an
underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing
underwriters advise the
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Company that marketing
factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then
the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the securities
the Company proposes to sell; and (ii) second, the Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the Holders of such
Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities
owned by each such Holder.
(d) If,
at any time after giving notice of its intention to register any of its
securities as set forth in Section 4(a) and before the Effective
Date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration,
the Company shall determine, for any reason, not to register such securities,
the Company may, in its sole discretion, give written notice of such
determination to each Holder that requested to have its Registrable Securities
included in such registration and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation
pursuant to Section 4 to register any Registrable Securities in
connection with such registration.
5.
Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company’s
registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not
less than three Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement
or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any
document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to the Holders and Investor
Counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents
(other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will
be subject to the review of such Holders and Investor Counsel, and
(ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified
public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the
reasonable opinion of respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation
within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file such a
Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities and
Investor Counsel shall reasonably object.
(b)
(i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus
used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities
for the Effectiveness Period; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended
or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented
or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; and (iii) respond as
promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within ten (10) Trading
Days, to any comments received from the Commission with respect to any
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably
possible provide the Holders and Investor Counsel true and complete copies of
all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration
Statement.
(c) Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold and Investor Counsel as
promptly as reasonably possible, and (if requested by any such Person) confirm
such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day thereafter, of any of the
following events: (i) the Commission notifies the Company whether there
will be a “review” of any Registration Statement; (ii) the
Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement (in which case the
Company shall deliver to each Holder a copy of such comments and of all written
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responses thereto);
(iii) any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment is
declared effective; (iv) the Commission or any other Federal or state
governmental authority requests any amendment or supplement to a Registration
Statement or Prospectus or requests additional information related thereto;
(v) the Commission issues any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
any Registration Statement or initiates any Proceedings for that purpose;
(vi) the Company receives notice of any suspension of the qualification or
exemption from qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threat of any Proceeding for such purpose;
or (vii) the financial statements included in any Registration Statement
become ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference is untrue in any material respect or any
revision to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other document is required
so that it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(d) Use
its best efforts to avoid the issuance of or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or
(ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification)
of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the
earliest practicable moment.
(e) Furnish
to each Holder and Investor Counsel, without charge, at least one conformed
copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits to the extent requested by
such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference)
promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission.
(f) Promptly
deliver to each Holder and Investor Counsel, without charge, as many copies of
the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request. Subject
to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to
the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of
the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(g)
(i) In the time and manner required by each Trading Market, if at all,
prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing
application covering all of the Registrable Securities included in any
registration; (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such Registrable
Securities to be approved for listing on each Trading Market as soon as
reasonably practicable thereafter; (iii) to the extent available to the
Company, provide to the Investors evidence of such listing; and
(iv) maintain the listing of such Registrable Securities on each such
Trading Market.
(h) If
the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on an Eligible Market, use
its best efforts to list the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement with each Trading Market;
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(i) Prior
to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to
register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders and Investor Counsel
in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such
registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and
sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the
United States as any Holder requests in writing, to keep each such registration
or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness
Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to
enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement (provided that the Company shall 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 Section 5(i),
(ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or
(iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction).
(j) Cooperate
with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a
transferee pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, which certificates
shall be free, to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 12(a),
of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in
such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may
request.
(k) Upon
the occurrence of any event described in Section 5(c)(vii), as
promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a
post-effective amendment, to such a Registration Statement or a supplement to
the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither such Registration Statement nor its
related Prospectus will contain an 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(l) Subject
to the execution of appropriate confidentiality agreements, cooperate with any
due diligence investigation undertaken by the Holders in connection with the
sale of Registrable Securities, including without limitation by making
available any documents and information; provided that the Company will not
deliver or make available to any Holder material, nonpublic information unless
such Holder specifically requests in advance to receive material, nonpublic
information.
(m) If
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being offered pursuant to a
Registration Statement select underwriters for the offering or if securities
are otherwise being sold pursuant to any underwritten public offering, the
Company shall enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting
agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, by
providing customary legal opinions, comfort letters and indemnification and
contribution obligations.
(n) Comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
6.
Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance
of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the
Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (a) all
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registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses (i) with respect to
filings required to be made with any Trading Market, and (ii) in
compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including,
without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in
connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities
and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders)),
(b) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing
certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses requested
by the Holders), (c) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses,
(d) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and Investor Counsel
for the Holders (which Investor Counsel’s fees shall not exceed $30,000,
and (e) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all underwriting fees, brokerage
discounts and selling commissions applicable to a sale by a Holder incurred in
connection with any registration of Registrable Securities, together with any
legal fees and expenses in excess of the $30,000 limitation, shall be borne pro
rata by the Holders in accordance with the number of Registrable
Securities included in such registration by each such Holder.
7.
Indemnification
(a)
Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the
officers, directors, partners, members, agents, brokers (including brokers who
offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or
any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors
and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, agents and
employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against any and all Losses, as incurred, arising out
of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus
or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or
arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
(in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except
to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or
omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in
writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the
extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s
proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and
expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a
Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an
event of the type specified in Section 5(c)(v)-(vii), the use by
such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective
and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section
13(f). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution,
threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(b)
Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not
jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers,
agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange
Act), and the directors, officers, agents and employees of such controlling
Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against
all Losses (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final
judgment not subject to appeal or review) arising solely out of any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arising solely out of any omission of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading to
the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is
contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the
Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such
Prospectus. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be
greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder
upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification
obligation.
(c)
Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be
brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an
“Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly
notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying
Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the
extent that such failure shall have proximately and materially adversely
prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties
unless: (i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees
and expenses; or (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or
(iii) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and
such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of
interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such
Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to
employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the
Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and
such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such
Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending
Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
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All
fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and
expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing
to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 7(c))
shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of
written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether it is
ultimately determined that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to
indemnification hereunder; provided, that the Indemnified Party undertakes to
reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially
determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification
hereunder).
(d)
Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 7(a)
or 7(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public
policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying
such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and
Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that
resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question,
including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission
or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates
to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and
the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The
amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7(c), any
reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by
such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would
have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided
for in this Section 7 was available to such party in accordance
with its terms.
The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), no
Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess
of the amount by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the
sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount
of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7
are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the
Indemnified Parties.
8.
Restriction on Sales.
(a) Each
Holder hereby agrees with the Company that, during the one year period
following the Closing Date, it shall not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose
of (other than to donees, affiliates or partners who agree to be similarly
bound) any Registrable Securities. To the
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extent that a Holder is
released from the restrictions of this Section 8 (any such release
shall be effectuated in accordance with the requirements of subsection
(d) hereof), each other Holder will be similarly released on a pro rata or
other equitable basis (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the Company).
(b)
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8(a)
above, the North Sound Investors shall have the right to sell all of the
Registrable Securities held by them (collectively, the “NSI Shares”)
to a single purchaser (or group of Affiliated purchasers) in a privately
negotiated transaction if the North Sound Investors determine in good faith
that such sale is reasonably necessary to the conduct of their operations; provided,
however, that if and for so long as, in the reasonable good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, such sale would have a
material negative impact on an ongoing active round of financing of the
Company, such sale shall require the prior consent of the Company.
(ii) If
the North Sound Investors propose to sell the NSI Shares pursuant to this
Section 8(b), they shall deliver a written notice to the Company (the “NSI
Notice”) which NSI Notice shall specify the proposed aggregate cash
purchase price for the NSI Shares (the “NSI Price”) together
with any other material terms and conditions of the proposed sale.
(iii) Within
twenty one (21) days following receipt of the NSI Notice, the Company
shall notify the North Sound Investors whether the Company (or its designee)
elects to purchase the NSI Shares at the NSI Price on such terms and conditions
as are specified in the NSI Notice (such notification is hereinafter referred
to as the “Company Acceptance”). If the Company does not
provide a Company Acceptance to the North Sound Investors within such twenty
one (21) day period, the Company shall be deemed to have declined to
purchase (or designate a third party to purchase) the NSI Shares. A Company
Acceptance shall be deemed to be an irrevocable commitment by the Company (or
its designee) to purchase the NSI Shares from the North Sound Investors.
(iv) If
the Company (or its designee) does not elect to purchase the NSI Shares, the
North Sound Investors may sell the NSI Shares to a single purchaser (or group
of Affiliated purchasers) for an aggregate cash purchase price not less than
the NSI Price, and on such other terms and conditions as are no more favorable
to such purchaser(s) than those specified in the NSI Notice; provided,
that the North Sound Investors may sell the NSI Shares for an aggregate
purchase price less than the NSI Price or on terms more favorable to such
purchaser(s) if, prior to such sale, the North Sound Investors shall first
offer to the Company (or its designee) the opportunity to purchase the NSI
Shares at such lower aggregate purchase price and on such more favorable terms
and conditions, as the case may be (the “NSI Revised Offer”),
which NSI Revised Offer shall remain open until 5:30 p.m. on the second Trading
Day following the Company’s receipt of the NSI Revised Offer pursuant to
Section 13(g) below.
(v) The
closing of the purchase of the NSI Shares by the Company pursuant to this Section
8(b) shall take place no later than five (5) Trading Days after the
delivery of the Company Acceptance or the Company’s acceptance of the NSI
Revised Offer, as applicable, at 10:00 a.m. local time at the principal
offices of the Company, or at such other date, time or place as the Company and
the North Sound Investors may agree. At such closing, the North Sound Investors
shall sell, transfer and deliver to the Company (or its designee) the NSI
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Shares so purchased by the
Company and shall deliver to the Company a certificate or other evidence
representing the NSI Shares. Simultaneously with delivery of such certificates,
the Company shall deliver to the North Sound Investors, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to such bank account as the North Sound Investors shall
designate, a cash amount equal to the NSI Price (as the same may be revised by
the NSI Revised Offer, if applicable), in full payment of the purchase price of
the NSI Shares being purchased.
(c) In
addition to any legends required pursuant to Section 12(a) or any
other Transaction Document, the Holders agree to the imprinting, so long as is
required by this Section 8, of the following legend on any
certificate evidencing Registrable Securities:
“The
securities represented by this certificate are subject to the provisions of an
Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of September [7], 2006 (a copy of
which is on file with the Secretary of the Company) and may not be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except in
compliance with the provisions of such Investors’ Rights
Agreement.”
(d) The
Company covenants and agrees to fully enforce the restrictions contained in
this Section 8 against each Holder, except to the extent such
restrictions are subsequently waived or modified pursuant to a written
instrument executed by the Company and the Holders of at least 662/3% of the
Registrable Securities. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall
issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent consistent with the
restrictions contained herein. The Company may not make any notation on its
records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge
the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 8.
9.
Right of First Offer.
(a) The
Company shall not issue, sell or exchange, agree to issue, sell or exchange, or
reserve or set aside for issuance, sale or exchange, (i) any shares of
Common Stock, (ii) any other equity securities of the Company, including,
without limitation, shares of Preferred Stock, (iii) any option, warrant or
other right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any equity
securities of the Company, or (iv) any debt or other securities directly
or indirectly convertible into capital stock of the Company (collectively,
“Covered Securities”), unless in each such case the Company
shall have first complied with this Section 9.
(b) If
the Company wishes to issue any Covered Securities, it shall deliver written
notice to each Investor (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice of
Offer”) which Notice of Offer shall specify (i) a description of
the Covered Securities the Company proposes to issue and sell, (ii) the number
of such Covered Securities which the Company wishes to sell (the “Offer
Securities”); (iii) the proposed cash purchase price per share
or unit for the Offer Securities (the “Offer Price”); and
(iv) all other material terms and conditions of the offer. The Notice of
Offer shall constitute an irrevocable offer by the Company to sell to the
Investors the Offer Securities at the Offer Price, as hereinafter provided.
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(c) Within
30 days following receipt of the Notice of Offer, each Investor shall
notify the Company as to the number of Offer Securities, if any, it is electing
to purchase (any such notification is hereinafter referred to as the “Investor’s
Acceptance” and any such Investor electing to purchase Offer
Securities, an “Accepting Investor”). If an Investor does
not provide an Investor’s Acceptance to the Company within such period,
such Investor shall be deemed to have declined to purchase any of the Offer
Securities. An Investor’s Acceptance shall be deemed to be an irrevocable
commitment to purchase from the Company the number of Offer Securities which
such Investor has elected to purchase pursuant to its Investor’s
Acceptance, subject to allocation of the Offer Securities among Investors
accepting the Notice of Offer, as hereinafter provided.
(d) If
the Investors have elected to purchase a number of Offer Securities that in the
aggregate exceeds the total number of Offer Securities, the Offer Securities
shall be allocated among the Accepting Investors as follows: (x) first,
among the Accepting Investors as nearly as possible in proportion to the number
of Registrable Securities then held by such Accepting Investors and
(y) second, among those Accepting Investors that elected to purchase more
Offer Securities than the number to which they are entitled under clause (x),
as nearly as possible in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities
held by such Accepting Investors. This Section 9(d) shall be
construed and given effect in such manner that no Investor shall be required or
entitled to purchase a number of Offer Securities greater than the number set
forth in its Investor’s Acceptance. The Company shall promptly notify
each Accepting Investor, if any, of the number of securities allocated to it, and
each such Accepting Investor shall be obligated to purchase at the Offer Price
such securities at a closing as set forth in Section 9(f).
(e) If
the Accepting Investors do not elect to purchase all of the Offer Securities
available for purchase under this Section 9, the Company may,
within a period of three months from the date of the Notice of Offer, sell the
remaining Offer Securities not subject to an Investor’s Acceptance to one
or more third parties (each a “Third Party Purchaser”) for
cash at a price per share not less than the Offer Price, and on such other
terms and conditions as are no more favorable to the proposed Third Party
Purchaser than those specified in the Notice of Offer. If the Company does not
complete the sale of the Offer Securities within such three-month period, the
provisions of this Section 9 shall again apply, and no sale of such
Offer Securities by the Company shall be made otherwise than in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
(f) The
closing of purchases of Offer Securities by Investors pursuant to this Section
9 shall take place no later than 60 days after the date of the Notice
of Offer, at 10:00 A.M. local time at the principal offices of the
Company, or at such other date, time or place as the parties to the sale may
agree. At least five (5) business days prior to such closing, the Company
shall notify the Investor(s) in writing of the names of purchasers and the
portion of the Offer Securities to be purchased by each. At such closing, the
Company shall sell, transfer and deliver to each purchaser the Offer Securities
so purchased by such purchaser and shall deliver to each purchaser a
certificate or other evidence representing the Offer Securities sold to such
purchaser. Simultaneously with delivery of such certificates, each purchaser of
the Offer Securities shall deliver to the Company, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to such bank account as the Company shall
designate, a cash amount equal to the product of the Offer Price and the number
of Offer Securities being acquired by such purchaser, in full payment of the
purchase price of the Offer Securities purchased.
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(g) The
term “Covered Securities” shall not include shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable:
(i) upon
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock;
(ii) to
officers, directors or employees of, or consultants to, the Corporation
pursuant to (x) stock options outstanding on the date hereof, or (y) stock
agreements, purchase plans, employee stock incentive programs or stock options
granted after the date hereof on terms approved by the Board of Directors of
the Company, if any, up to a maximum of 534,566 shares of Common Stock in the
aggregate;
(iii) for
consideration other than cash pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition
or similar business combination approved by the Board of Directors, provided
such transaction is not principally for the purpose of raising equity capital;
(iv) for
consideration other than cash in connection with any other strategic
transaction unanimously approved by the Board of Directors, including any joint
venture, licensing arrangement, distribution arrangement or development
agreement, up to a maximum of 500,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such
transaction is not principally for the purpose of raising equity capital;
(v) as
a dividend or distribution on any shares of capital stock of the Company; and
(vi) in
a Qualified Public Offering.
(h) In
the event that any Offer Securities to be issued are voting securities, each
Investor shall have the right under this Section 9 to purchase, in
lieu of its share of such voting securities, an identical number of non-voting
securities that have the same economic rights as such voting securities and
that are freely convertible into such voting securities, subject to any
restrictions on conversion which such Investor shall request.
(i) This
Section 9 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect
upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering.
10.
Delivery of Certificates. In addition to any other rights available to a
Holder, if the Company fails to deliver or to cause to be delivered to such
Holder a certificate representing shares of Common Stock on the date on which
delivery of such certificate is required by any Transaction Document, and if
after such date such Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such
Holder of the shares that such Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a
“Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three Trading Days
after such Holder’s request (which request, to the extent required
pursuant to such Transaction Document, shall be accompanied by an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company), and in such Holder’s
discretion, either (i) pay cash to such Holder in an amount equal to such
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any)
for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”),
at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and
to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly
honor its obligation to
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deliver to such Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock and pay
cash to such Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In
Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times
(B) the Closing Price on the date of the event giving rise to the
Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate.
11.
Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to
register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement may be assigned (but
only with all related obligations) by a Holder to any: (i) subsidiary,
affiliate, parent, partner, limited partner, retired partner or stockholder of
such Holder; (ii) immediate family member (spouse or child) of, or trust
for the benefit of, such Holder (if such Holder is a natural person) or such
Holder’s immediate family member; or (iii) Person who, after such
assignment or transfer, holds at least 50,000 Registrable Securities (as
adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and
the like occurring with respect to the Common Stock following the date of this
Agreement); provided, however, that it shall be a condition to
the effectiveness of such assignment that: (x) the Company is, within three
(3) Trading Days after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the
name and address of such transferee or assignee and the Registrable Securities
with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; and
(y) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing (a copy of which writing
is provided to the Company at the time of transfer) to be bound by and subject
to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
12.
Additional Rights of Investors.
(a)
Transfer Restrictions.
(i) Securities
may only be disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state
securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement or to the Company or pursuant
to Rule 144(k), except as otherwise set forth herein, the Company may require
the transferor to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the
transferor, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require
registration under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company hereby consents to and agrees to register on the books of the Company
and with its transfer agent, without any such legal opinion, any transfer of
Securities by a Investor to an Affiliate of such Investor, provided that the
transferee certifies to the Company that it is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
(ii) In
addition to any legends required pursuant to any other Transaction Document,
the Investors agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 12(a)(ii),
of the following legend on any certificate evidencing Securities:
“Neither
these securities nor the securities into which these securities are convertible
have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the
securities commission of any state in reliance upon an exemption from
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registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and, accordingly, may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an
available exemption therefrom, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with
applicable state securities and blue sky laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
these securities and the securities issuable upon conversion of these
securities may be pledged to an “accredited investor” within the
meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act in connection with a bona fide
margin account or other loan secured by such securities.”
Certificates
evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain such legend or any other
legend (i) while a Registration Statement covering the resale of such Securities
is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such
Securities pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Securities are
eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including
judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff of the
Commission). At such time as a legend is no longer required for certain
Securities, the Company will, no later than three Trading Days following the
delivery by a Investor to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of
a legended certificate representing such Securities and, if reasonably
requested by the Company, a legal opinion reasonably satisfactory to the
Company regarding the removal of such legend, deliver or cause to be delivered
to such Investor a certificate representing such Securities that is free from
all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its
records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge
the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 12(a). For
so long as any Investor owns Securities, the Company will not effect or
publicly announce its intention to effect any exchange, recapitalization or
other transaction that effectively requires or rewards physical delivery of
certificates evidencing the Common Stock.
(b)
Furnishing of Information. As long as any Investor owns Registrable
Securities and is not eligible to sell all such Registrable Securities pursuant
to paragraph (k) of Rule 144, the Company covenants to timely file
(or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
pursuant to the Exchange Act. Upon the request of any such Person, the Company
shall deliver to such Person a written certification of a duly authorized
officer as to whether it has complied with the preceding sentence. As long as
any Investor owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Investors and make
publicly available in accordance with paragraph (c) of Rule 144 such
information as is required for the Investors to sell the Securities under Rule 144.
The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any
holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by
Rule 144.
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(c)
Access. The Company shall give each Investor that owns Registrable
Securities and its representatives, at the request of such Investor, access
during reasonable business hours to (i) all properties, assets, books,
contracts, commitments, reports and records relating to the Company and its
subsidiaries, and (ii) the management, accountants, lenders, customers and
suppliers of the Company and its subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to provide such Investor access to any
information or Persons if the Company reasonably determines that access to such
information or Persons cannot be provided to such Investor in a manner that
would avoid an adverse affect on the attorney-client privilege between the
Company and its counsel or the disclosure of trade secrets, material nonpublic
information or other confidential or proprietary information, as applicable.
(d)
State Securities Law Compliance — Resale. Beginning on the earlier
of (x) six months following the date of this Agreement and (y) the
date which a registration statement is effective and shares of Common Stock are
available for trading pursuant to the terms of the this Agreement, and continuing
until either (i) the Investors have sold all of their Registrable
Securities under a registration statement pursuant to this Agreement or
(ii) the Common Stock becomes a “covered security” under
Section 18(b)(1)(A) of the Securities Act, the Company shall maintain
within either Moody’s Industrial Manual or Standard and Poor’s
Standard Corporation Descriptions (or any successors to these manuals which are
similarly qualified as “recognized securities manuals” under state
Blue Sky laws) an updated listing containing (i) the names of the officers
and directors of the Company, (ii) a balance sheet of the Company as of a
date that is at no time older than eighteen months and (iii) a profit and
loss statement of the Company for either the preceding fiscal year or the most
recent year of operations.
(e)
Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
(i) From
and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the Commission, no Outside Investor
shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers, directors,
employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company shall
not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective
officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Outside Investor
with any material nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the Commission
without the express written consent of such Outside Investor.
(ii)
Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Investors shall issue any
press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby without the consent of the other; provided, however, that
the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of a majority in
interest of the Investors, to make any press release or other public disclosure
with respect to such transactions (x) in substantial conformity with the
8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (y) as is required by
applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause
(x) the Investors shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any
such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name
of any Investor, or include the name of any Investor in any filing with the
Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior
written consent of such Investor, except to the extent such disclosure (but not
any disclosure as to the controlling Persons thereof)
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is required by law or Trading
Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide such Investor with
reasonable prior notice of such disclosure.
13.
Miscellaneous.
(a)
Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any
of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the
case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by
law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled
to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and
each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation
for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of
this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that
a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b)
Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the
provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and
waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders
of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding or deemed
to be outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart
from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to
the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the
Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided,
however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended,
modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence.
(c)
No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities that would have the effect of
impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise
conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with
respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in
full.
(d)
No Piggyback on Registrations. None of the security holders of the
Company (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include
securities of the Company in a Registration Statement other than the
Registrable Securities, and the Company shall not after the date hereof enter
into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders.
(e)
Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with
the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it
in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement.
(f)
Discontinued Disposition. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of such
Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the
occurrence of any event of the kind described in Sections 5(c)(v), 5(c)(vi),
or 5(c)(vii), such Holder will forthwith
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discontinue disposition of
such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until such
Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or
amended Registration Statement contemplated by Section 5(a), or
until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company
that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case,
has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or
Registration Statement. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to
enforce the provisions of this paragraph.
(g)
Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified in this Section 13(g) prior to
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day
after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered
via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this Agreement on
a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time)
and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day,
(c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S.
nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt
by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
(h)
Successors and Assigns. Subject to the express limitations contained
herein, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the
benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Holder.
(i)
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies
of this Agreement or amendments thereto and of signature pages by facsimile
transmission or by email transmission in portable digital format, or similar
format, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of such instrument(s)
as to the parties and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement or
amendment for all purposes. Signatures of the parties transmitted by facsimile
or by email transmission in portable digital format, or similar format, shall
be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
(j)
Governing law; venue; waiver of jury
trial. The corporate laws of
the State of Delaware shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of
the Company and its stockholders. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the
interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
Affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the State and U.S. Federal courts sitting in the City
of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and U.S. Federal courts sitting in
the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan and the U.S. Federal courts sitting
in the State of Florida for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any
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transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of this Agreement), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any transaction document, then the prevaili






