Exhibit 10.6
U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK,
INC.
INVESTORS’ RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
March 3, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1
Definitions
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1.1
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Certain
Definitions
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1
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Section 2 Registration Rights
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2.1
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Requested
Registration
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2.2
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Company
Registration
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2.3
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Registration on
Form S-3
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2.4
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Expenses of
Registration
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2.5
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Registration
Procedures
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2.6
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Indemnification
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2.7
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Information by
Holder
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2.8
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Restrictions on
Transfer
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2.9
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Rule 144
Reporting
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2.10
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Market
Stand-Off Agreement
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2.11
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Delay of
Registration
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2.12
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Transfer or
Assignment of Registration Rights
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2.13
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Limitations on
Subsequent Registration Rights
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2.14
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Termination of
Registration Rights
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Section 3 Information Covenants of the
Company
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3.1
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Basic Financial
Information and Inspection Rights
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3.2
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Confidentiality
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3.3
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Termination of
Covenants
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Section 4 Right of First Refusal
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4.1
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Right of First
Refusal to Significant Holders
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Section 5 Miscellaneous
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5.1
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Amendment
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5.2
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Notices
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5.3
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Governing
Law
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5.4
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Successors and
Assigns
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5.5
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Entire
Agreement
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5.6
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Delays or
Omissions
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5.7
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Severability
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5.8
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Titles and
Subtitles
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5.9
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Counterparts
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5.10
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Telecopy
Execution and Delivery
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5.11
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Jurisdiction;
Venue
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5.12
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Further
Assurances
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5.13
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Termination
Upon Change of Control
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5.14
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Conflict
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5.15
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Attorneys’ Fees
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U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK,
INC.
INVESTORS’ RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This Investors’ Rights
Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of
March 3, 2006, by and among U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Oak
Investment Partners XI, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Investor”). Unless otherwise
defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the
meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.
RECITALS
WHEREAS: The Investors are parties to the Series A
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith, among the
Company, the Investor and the other parties named therein (the
“Purchase Agreement”), and it is a condition to
the closing of the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock to the
Investor that the Investors and the Company execute and deliver
this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the mutual
promises and covenants set forth herein, and other consideration,
the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1
Definitions
1.1 Certain Definitions. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:
(a) “Commission”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.
(b) “Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company.
(c) “Conversion
Stock” shall mean shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) “Convertible
Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the Restated Certificate.
(e) “Deemed
Liquidation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the Restated Certificate.
(f) “Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the rules and
regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from
time to time.
(g) “Holder”
shall mean any Investor who holds Registrable Securities and any
holder of Registrable Securities to whom the registration rights
conferred by this Agreement have been duly and validly transferred
in accordance with Section 2.12 of this
Agreement.
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(h) “Indemnified
Party” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6(c) hereto.
(i) “Indemnifying
Party” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6(c) hereto.
(j) “Initial
Closing” shall mean the date of the initial sale of
shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement.
(k) “Initial Public
Offering” shall mean the closing of the Company’s
first firm commitment underwritten public offering of the
Company’s Common Stock registered under the Securities
Act.
(l) “Initiating
Holders” shall mean any Holder or Holders who in the
aggregate hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding Registrable Securities.
(m) “Investors”
shall mean the persons and entities (each, an
“Investor” and collectively, the
“Investors”) listed on Exhibit A
.
(n) “New
Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(a) hereto.
(o) “Options”
shall have the meaning assigned such term in the Restated
Certificate.
(p) “Other Selling
Stockholders” shall mean persons other than Holders who,
by virtue of agreements with the Company, are entitled to include
their Other Shares in certain registrations hereunder.
(q) “Other
Shares” shall mean shares of Common Stock, other than
Registrable Securities (as defined below) with respect to which
registration rights have been granted.
(r) “Purchase
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Recitals hereto.
(s) “Qualified Public
Offering” means an Initial Public Offering in which all
outstanding Series A Preferred Stock converts to Common
Stock.
(t) “Registrable
Securities” shall mean (i) shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable pursuant to the conversion of the Shares and
(ii) any Common Stock issued as a dividend or other
distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement
of the shares referenced in (i) above; provided ,
however , that Registrable Securities shall not include any
shares of Common Stock described in clause (i) or
(ii) above which have previously been registered or which have
been sold to the public either pursuant to a registration statement
or Rule 144, or which have been sold in a private transaction in
which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not
validly assigned in accordance with this Agreement.
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(u) The terms
“register,” “registered” and
“registration” shall refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and
regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such registration statement.
(v) “Registration
Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred in effecting
any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without
limitation, all registration, qualification, and filing fees,
printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, and expenses of any
regular or special audits incident to or required by any such
registration, up to $10,000 per registration for one special
counsel for the selling Holders, and the compensation of regular
employees of the Company for time spent on registration-related
activities. Registration Expenses shall not include Selling
Expenses, fees and disbursements of other counsel for the
Holders.
(w) “Restated
Certificate” shall mean the Company’s Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect at the time of
the original issuance of Series A Preferred Stock to the
Investor.
(x) “Restricted
Securities” shall mean any Registrable Securities
required to bear the first legend set forth in Section
2.8(c) hereof.
(y) “Rule 144”
shall mean Rule 144 as promulgated by the Commission under the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or
any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the
Commission.
(z) “Rule 145”
shall mean Rule 145 as promulgated by the Commission under the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or
any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the
Commission
(aa) “Rule 415”
shall mean Rule 415 as promulgated by the Commission under the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or
any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the
Commission.
(bb) “Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any similar successor federal statute and the rules and
regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from
time to time.
(cc) “Selling
Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling
commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of
Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements of counsel for
any Holder (other than the fees and disbursements of one special
counsel to the selling Holders included in Registration
Expenses).
(dd) “Series A Preferred
Stock” shall mean the shares of Series A Preferred Stock
issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(ee) “ Shares ”
shall mean the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock.
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(ff) “ Significant
Holders ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1 hereof.
(gg) “Withdrawn
Registration” shall mean a forfeited demand registration
under Section 2.1 in accordance with the terms and
conditions of Section 2.4.
Section 2
Registration
Rights
2.1 Requested
Registration.
(a) Request for Registration
. Subject to the conditions set forth in this
Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive from
Initiating Holders a written request signed by such Initiating
Holders that the Company effect any registration with respect to
all or a part of the Registrable Securities (such request shall
state the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed
of and the intended methods of disposition of such shares by such
Initiating Holders), the Company will:
(i) promptly give written notice of
the proposed registration to all other Holders; and
(ii) as soon as practicable, file
and use good best efforts to effect such registration (including,
without limitation, filing post-effective amendments, appropriate
qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state securities
laws, and appropriate compliance with the Securities Act) and to
permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such
portion of such Registrable Securities as are specified in such
request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable
Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as are
specified in a written request received by the Company within
twenty (20) days after such written notice from the Company is
mailed or delivered.
(b) Limitations on Requested
Registration . The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or
to take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to
this Section 2.1:
(i) Prior to the earlier of
(A) the 18-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement or
(B) six months following the effective date of the Initial
Public Offering;
(ii) If the Initiating Holders,
together with the holders of any other securities of the Company
entitled to inclusion in such registration statement, propose to
sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at
an aggregate offering price to the public of less than
$10,000,000;
(iii) In any particular jurisdiction
in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent
to service of process in effecting such registration,
qualification, or compliance, unless the Company is already subject
to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by
the Securities Act;
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(iv) After the Company has initiated
two such registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1
(counting for these purposes only (x) registrations which have
been declared or ordered effective and pursuant to which securities
have been sold, and (y) Withdrawn Registrations);
(v) During the period starting with
the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good
faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date one
hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a
Company-initiated registration; provided that the Company is
actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such registration statement to become effective;
or
(vi) If the Initiating Holders
propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities which may be
immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made under
Section 2.3 hereof.
(c) Deferral . If (i) in
the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company,
the filing of a registration statement covering the Registrable
Securities would be materially detrimental to the Company and the
Board of Directors of the Company concludes, as a result, that it
is in the best interests of the Company to defer the filing of such
registration statement at such time, and (ii) the Company
shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the President
of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Company, it would be materially detrimental to
the Company for such registration statement to be filed in the near
future and that it is, therefore, in the best interests of the
Company to defer the filing of such registration statement, then
(in addition to the limitations set forth in
Section 2.1(b)(v) above) the Company shall have the
right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety
(90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating
Holders, and, provided further, that the Company shall not defer
its obligation in this manner more than once in any twelve month
period.
(d) Other Shares . The
registration statement filed pursuant to the request of the
Initiating Holders may, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.1(e), include Other Shares, and may include
securities of the Company being sold for the account of the
Company.
(e) Underwriting . If the
Initiating 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such
information in the written notice given pursuant to
Section 2.1(a)(i). In such event, the right of any
Holder to include all or any portion of its Registrable Securities
in such registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall
be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable
Securities to the extent provided herein. If the Company shall
request inclusion in any registration pursuant to
Section 2.1 of securities being sold for its own
account, or if other persons shall request inclusion in any
registration pursuant to Section 2.1, the Initiating
Holders shall, on behalf of all Holders, offer to include such
securities in the underwriting and such offer shall be conditioned
upon the participation of the Company or such other persons in such
underwriting and the inclusion of the Company’s and such
person’s other securities of the Company and their acceptance
of the further applicable provisions of this Section 2
(including Section 2.10 ). The Company shall
(together
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with all Holders and other persons proposing to
distribute their securities through such underwriting) enter into
an underwriting agreement in customary form with the representative
of the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting
by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders, which
underwriters are reasonably acceptable to the Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 2.1, if the underwriters advise the
Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a
limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the number
of Registrable Securities and Other Shares that may be so included
shall be allocated as follows: (i) first, among all Holders
requesting to include Registrable Securities in such registration
statement based on the pro rata percentage of Registrable
Securities held by such Holders and Other Selling Stockholders;
(ii) second, to the Other Selling Stockholders; and
(iii) third, to the Company, which the Company may allocate,
at its discretion, for its own account, or for the account of other
holders or employees of the Company.
If a person who has requested
inclusion in such registration as provided above does not agree to
the terms of any such underwriting, such person shall be excluded
therefrom by written notice from the Company, the underwriter or
the Initiating Holders. The securities so excluded shall also be
withdrawn from registration. Any Registrable Securities or other
securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall also
be withdrawn from such registration. If shares are so withdrawn
from the registration and if the number of shares to be included in
such registration was previously reduced as a result of marketing
factors pursuant to this Section 2.1(e) , then the
Company shall then offer to all Holders who have retained rights to
include securities in the registration the right to include
additional Registrable Securities in the registration in an
aggregate amount equal to the number of shares so withdrawn, with
such shares to be allocated among such Holders requesting
additional inclusion as set forth above.
2.2 Company Registration
.
(a) Company Registration . If
the Company shall determine to register any of its securities
either for its own account or the account of a security holder or
holders, other than a registration pursuant to
Section 2.1 or 2.3, a registration relating
solely to employee benefit plans, a registration relating to the
offer and sale of debt securities, a registration relating to a
corporate reorganization or other Rule 145 transaction, or a
registration on any registration form that does not permit
secondary sales, the Company will:
(i) promptly give written notice of
the proposed registration to all Holders; and
(ii) use good faith commercially
reasonable efforts to include in such registration (and any related
qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), except as
set forth in Section 2.2(b) below, and in any
underwriting involved therein, all of such Registrable Securities
as are specified in a written request or requests made by any
Holder or Holders received by the Company within ten (10) days
after such written notice from the Company is mailed or delivered.
Such written request may specify all or a part of a Holder’s
Registrable Securities.
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(b) Underwriting . If the
registration of which the Company gives notice is for a registered
public offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so
advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant
to Section 2.2(a)(i). In such event, the right of any
Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.2
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 and the Other Selling
Stockholders other holders of securities of the Company with
registration rights to participate therein distributing their
securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the representative of the
underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 2.2, if the underwriters advise the
Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on
the number of shares to be underwritten, the underwriters may
(subject to the limitations set forth below) limit the number of
Registrable Securities to be included in, the registration and
underwriting subject to the limitation in
Section 2.2(a)(ii). The Company shall so advise all
holders of securities requesting registration, and the number of
shares of securities that are entitled to be included in the
registration and underwriting shall be allocated, as follows:
(i) first, to the Company for securities being sold for its
own account, (ii) second, to the Holders requesting to include
Registrable Securities in such registration statement based on the
pro rata percentage of Registrable Securities held by such Holders,
and (iii) third, to the Other Selling Stockholders requesting
to include Other Shares in such registration statement based on the
pro rata percentage of Other Shares held by such Other Selling
Stockholders, assuming conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in no event shall the number of Registrable Securities included in
such registration be reduced below 20% of the total number of
shares included in such registration, except in case of a Qualified
Public Offering, in which case the number of Registrable Securities
included in such registration may be reduced to zero pursuant to
this paragraph.
If a person who has requested
inclusion in such registration as provided above does not agree to
the terms of any such underwriting, such person shall also be
excluded therefrom by written notice from the Company or the
underwriter. The Registrable Securities or other securities so
excluded shall also be withdrawn from such registration. Any
Registrable Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn
from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such registration.
If shares are so withdrawn from the registration and if the number
of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such
registration was previously reduced as a result of marketing
factors pursuant to Section 2.2(b), the Company shall
then offer to all persons who have retained the right to include
securities in the registration the right to include additional
securities in the registration in an aggregate amount equal to the
number of shares so withdrawn, with such shares to be allocated
among the persons requesting additional inclusion, in the manner
set forth above.
(c) Right to Terminate
Registration . The Company shall have the right to terminate or
withdraw any registration initiated by it under this
Section 2.2 prior to the effectiveness of such
registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include
securities in such registration.
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2.3 Registration on Form
S-3.
(a) Request for Form S-3
Registration . After the Company becomes subject to the
reporting obligations of Section 13 of the Exchange Act, the
Company shall use good faith commercially reasonable efforts to
qualify for registration on Form S-3 or any comparable or successor
form or forms. After the Company has qualified for the use of Form
S-3, in addition to the rights contained in the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2 and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Section 2.3, if the
Company shall receive from a Holder or Holders of Registrable
Securities a written request that the Company effect any
registration on Form S-3 or any similar short form registration
statement with respect to all or part of the Registrable Securities
(such request shall state the number of shares of Registrable
Securities to be disposed of and the intended methods of
disposition of such shares by such Holder or Holders), the Company
will take all such action with respect to such Registrable
Securities as required by Section 2.1(a)(i) and
(ii).
(b) Limitations on Form S-3
Registration . The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or
take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this
Section 2.3:
(i) In the circumstances described
in either Sections 2.1(b)(i), 2.1(b)(iii) or
2.1(b)(v);
(ii) If the Holders, together with
the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to
inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable
Securities and such other securities (if any) on Form S-3 at an
aggregate price to the public of less than $5,000,000;
or
(iii) If, in a given twelve-month
period, the Company has effected two (2) such registrations in
such period.
(c) Deferral . The provisions
of Section 2.1(c) shall apply to any registration
pursuant to this Section 2.3.
(d) Underwriting . If the
Holders of Registrable Securities requesting registration under
this Section 2.3 intend to distribute the Registrable
Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting,
the provisions of Sections 2.1(e) shall apply to such
registration. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, registrations effected pursuant to this
Section 2.3 shall not be counted as requests for
registration or registrations effected pursuant to Section
2.1.
2.4 Expenses of Registration.
All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registrations
pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 hereof shall be
borne by the Company; provided , however , that the
Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any
registration proceeding begun pursuant to Sections 2.1 and
2.3 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at
the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities to be registered or because a sufficient number of
Holders shall have withdrawn so that the minimum offering
conditions set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.3 are no
longer satisfied (in which case all participating Holders shall
bear such expenses pro rata among each other based on the number of
Registrable Securities requested to be so registered), unless the
Holders of a majority
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of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit
their right to a demand registration pursuant to
Section 2.1; provided , however , in the
event that a withdrawal by the Holders is based upon material
adverse information relating to the Company that is different from
the information known or available (upon request from the Company
or otherwise) to the Holders requesting registration at the time of
their request for registration under Section 2.1, such
registration shall not be treated as a counted registration for
purposes of Section 2.1 hereof, even though the Holders
do not bear the Registration Expenses for such registration. All
Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the
Holders shall be borne by the holders of securities included in
such registration pro rata among each other on the basis of the
number of Registrable Securities so registered.
2.5 Registration Procedures.
In the case of each registration effected by the Company pursuant
to Section 2, the Company will keep each Holder advised
in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the
completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will use good faith
commercially reasonable efforts to:
(a) Keep such registration effective
for a period of ending on the earlier of the date which is one
hundred twenty (120) days from the effective date of the
registration statement or such time as the Holder or Holders have
completed the distribution described in the registration statement
relating thereto;
(b) Prepare and file with the
Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration
statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of
all securities covered by such registration statement for the
period set forth in subsection (a) above;
(c) Furnish such number of
prospectuses, including any preliminary prospectuses, and other
documents incident thereto, including any amendment of or
supplement to the prospectus, as a Holder from time to time may
reasonably request;
(d) Register and qualify the
securities covered by such registration statement under such other
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction as shall be
reasonably requested by the Holders; provided , that the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a
condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general
consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions
unless the Company is already subject to service in such
jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities
Act;
(e) Notify each seller of
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at
any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as
a result of which the prospectus included in such registration
statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then
existing, and following such notification promptly prepare and
furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of a
supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be
necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
such shares, such prospectus shall not include an untrue
statement
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of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or incomplete in light of the
circumstances then existing;
(f) Furnish, on the date that such
Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale,
if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (i) an
opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the
Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and
substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if
any, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the
Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and
(ii) a “comfort” letter dated as of such date,
from the independent certified public accountants of the Company,
in form and substance as is customarily given by independent
certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten
public offering, addressed to the underwriters;
(g) Provide a transfer agent and
registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to
such registration statement and a CUSIP number for all such
Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective
date of such registration;
(h) Comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its
security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings
statement covering the period of at least twelve months, but not
more than eighteen months, beginning with the first month after the
effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act;
(i) Cause all such Registrable
Securities registered pursuant hereunder to be listed on each
securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the
Company are then listed; and
(j) In connection with any
underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement filed
pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, enter into an
underwriting agreement in form reasonably necessary to effect the
offer and sale of Common Stock, provided such underwriting
agreement contains reasonable and customary provisions, and
provided further, that each Holder participating in such
underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations
under such an agreement.
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Indemnification.
(a) To the extent permitted by law,
the Co