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Exhibit 10.12
NEXVERSE NETWORKS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
OCTOBER 30, 2002
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SECTION 1. GENERAL
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1.1 Definitions
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SECTION 2. REGISTRATION; RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER
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2.1 Restrictions on Transfer
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2.2 Demand Registration
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2.3 Piggyback Registrations
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2.4 Form S-3 Registration
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2.5 Expenses of Registration
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2.6 Obligations of the Company
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2.7 Termination of Registration Rights
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2.8 Delay of Registration; Furnishing
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2.9 Indemnification
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2.10 Assignment of Registration Rights
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2.11 Amendment of Registration Rights
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2.12 Limitation on Subsequent Registration
Rights
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2.13 "Market Stand-Off" Agreement
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2.14 Agreement to Furnish Information
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2.15 Rule 144 Reporting
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SECTION 3. COVENANTS
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3.1 Basic Financial Information and
Reporting
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3.2 Inspection Rights
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3.3 Confidentiality of Records
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3.4 Reservation of Common Stock
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3.5 Stock Vesting
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3.6 Proprietary Information and Inventions
Agreement
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3.7 Consent of Directors
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3.8 Certain Covenants Relating to SBA
Matters
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3.9 Qualified Small Business
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3.10 Future Financing Commitment
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3.11 Conflict Limitation
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3.12 Termination of Covenants
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SECTION 4. RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL
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4.1 Subsequent Offerings
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4.2 Exercise of Rights
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4.3 Issuance of Equity Securities to Other
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4.4 Termination and Waiver of Rights of First
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4.5 Transfer of Rights of First
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4.6 Excluded Securities
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SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS
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5.1 Governing Law
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5.2 Successors and Assigns
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5.3 Entire Agreement
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5.4 Severability
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5.5 Amendment and Waiver
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5.6 Delays or Omissions
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5.7 Notices
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5.8 Attorneys’ Fees
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5.9 Titles and Subtitles
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5.10 Additional Investors
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5.11 Counterparts
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5.12 Aggregation of Stock
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5.13 Effective Date Of Agreement
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iii.
NEXVERSE NETWORKS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated
Investor Rights Agreement (this " Agreement ") is
entered into as of the 30th day of October, 2002, by and among
NexVerse Networks, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the "
Company ") and the investors listed on
Exhibit A hereto, referred to hereinafter as the "
Investors " and each individually as an "
Investor ."
Recitals
Whereas, certain of the
Investors and the Company are parties to that certain Investor
Rights Agreement dated November 27, 2001 (the " Prior
Agreement ");
Whereas, certain Investors
are purchasing shares of the Company’s Series C
Preferred Stock (the " Series C Stock ")
pursuant to that certain Series C Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement of even date herewith (the " Purchase
Agreement ");
Whereas, certain Investors
hold shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the
Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and/or the
Company’s Series B Preferred Stock (together, the "
Prior Preferred Stock ");
Whereas, the Company is
entering into that certain Share Exchange Agreement by and among
the Company, ECI Telecom Ltd. (" ECI "), and ECI
Telecom — NGTS, Inc. of even date herewith (the "
Exchange Agreement "), pursuant to which the Company
will acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of certain
subsidiaries of ECI upon the Closing, as defined in the Exchange
Agreement (the " Exchange Closing ");
Whereas, the obligations
to execute the Purchase Agreement are conditioned upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement to the Escrow Agent (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement; and
Whereas, the Investors and
the Company wish to provide further inducement to the Investors to
purchase shares of the Series C Stock pursuant to the terms of
the Purchase Agreement, and the parties hereto have agreed,
effective upon the Exchange Closing, to amend and restate the Prior
Agreement in its entirety upon the terms and conditions set forth
below.
Now, Therefore, in
consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree hereto as follows:
SECTION 1. GENERAL .
1.1 Definitions . As used
in this Agreement the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
(a) "Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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(b)
"Form S-3" means such form under the Securities Act
as in effect on the date hereof or any successor or similar
registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by
the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial
information by reference to other documents filed by the Company
with the SEC.
(c) "Holder"
means any person owning of record Registrable Securities that have
not been sold to the public or any assignee of record of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with Section 2.10 hereof.
(d) "Initial
Offering" means the Company’s first firm commitment
underwritten public offering of its Common Stock registered under
the Securities Act.
(e) "Qualified
Offering" means a firm commitment underwritten primary
public offering by the Company of its Common Stock registered under
the Securities Act which results in the automatic conversion of the
Company’s Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to the
Company’s certificate of incorporation.
(f) "Register,"
"registered," and "registration" refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering
of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
(g) "Registrable
Securities" means (a) Common Stock of the Company
issuable or issued upon conversion of the Shares, (b) Common
Stock of the Company issued upon conversion of the Prior Preferred
Stock, (c) Common Stock of the Company issued pursuant to the
Exchange Agreement, and (d) any Common Stock of the Company issued
as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant,
right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other
distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement
of, such above-described securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Registrable Securities shall not include any securities sold by a
person to the public either pursuant to a registration statement or
Rule 144 or sold in a private transaction in which the
transferor’s rights under Section 2 of this Agreement
are not assigned.
(h) "Registrable
Securities then outstanding" shall be the number of shares
of the Company’s Common Stock that are Registrable Securities
and either (a) are then issued and outstanding or (b) are
issuable pursuant to then exercisable or convertible
securities.
(i) "Registration
Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company
in complying with Sections 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 hereof, including,
without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing
expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company,
reasonable fees and disbursements of a single special counsel for
the Holders, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any
special audits incident to or required by any such registration
(but excluding the compensation of regular employees of the Company
which shall be paid in any event by the Company).
(j) "SEC" or
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(k) "Securities
Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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(l) "Selling
Expenses" shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to the sale.
(m) "Shares"
shall mean the Company’s Series C Stock held by the
Investors listed on Exhibit A hereto and their permitted
assigns.
(n) "Special
Registration Statement" shall mean (i) a registration
statement relating to any employee benefit plan or (ii) with
respect to any corporate reorganization or transaction under
Rule 145 of the Securities Act, including any registration
statements related to the issuance or resale of securities issued
in such a transaction or (iii) a registration related to stock
issued upon conversion of debt securities.
SECTION 2. REGISTRATION; RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.
2.1 Restrictions on
Transfer .
(a) Each Holder
agrees not to make any disposition of all or any portion of the
Shares, Registrable Securities or other shares of Preferred Stock
of the Company unless and until:
(i) there is then in
effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering
such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in
accordance with such registration statement; or
(ii) (A) The
transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement, (B) such Holder shall have notified the Company of
the proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with
a detailed statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed
disposition, and (C) if reasonably requested by the Company,
such Holder shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of
counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such
disposition will not require registration of such shares under the
Securities Act. It is agreed that the Company will not require
opinions of counsel for transactions made pursuant to
Rule 144, except in unusual circumstances. After its Initial
Offering, the Company will not require the transferee to be bound
by the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subsection (a) above, no such restriction
shall apply to a transfer by a Holder that is (A) a
partnership transferring to its partners or former partners in
accordance with partnership interests, (B) a corporation
transferring to a wholly-owned subsidiary, a parent corporation
that owns all of the capital stock of the Holder or a corporation
affiliated with the Holder by common control with or by such
Holder, provided that such affiliated corporation is not reasonably
deemed to be a competitor of the Company, (C) a limited
liability company transferring to its members or former members in
accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, or
(D) an individual transferring to the Holder’s family
member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder;
provided that in each case the transferee will agree in
writing to be subject to the terms of this Agreement to the same
extent as if he were an original Holder hereunder.
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(c) Each certificate
representing Shares or Registrable Securities shall be stamped or
otherwise imprinted with legends substantially similar to the
following (in addition to any legend required under applicable
state securities laws):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE " ACT ") AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR UNLESS
THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
THE SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN
THE STOCKHOLDER AND THE COMPANY. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE
OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
(d) The Company
shall be obligated to reissue promptly unlegended certificates at
the request of any Holder thereof if the Company has completed its
Initial Offering and the Holder shall have obtained an opinion of
counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the Company) reasonably
acceptable to the Company to the effect that the securities
proposed to be disposed of may lawfully be so disposed of without
registration, qualification and legend.
(e) Any legend
endorsed on an instrument pursuant to applicable state securities
laws and the stop-transfer instructions with respect to such
securities shall be removed upon receipt by the Company of an order
of the appropriate blue sky authority authorizing such removal.
2.2 Demand Registration
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(a) Subject to the
conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Company shall receive a
written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities (the " Initiating Holders ") that the
Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act
covering the registration of at least a twenty five percent (25%)
of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent
if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting
discounts and commissions, would exceed $5,000,000), then the
Company shall, within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof,
give written notice of such request to all Holders, and subject to
the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as expeditiously as
reasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of
all Registrable Securities that all Holders request to be
registered.
(b) 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
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request made pursuant to this Section 2.2 or any request
pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Company shall include such
information in the written notice referred to in
Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such
event, the right of any Holder to include its 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 enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or
underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in
interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or
underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.2 or
Section 2.4, if the underwriter advises the Company that
marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities
to be underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the
Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which
would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of
shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated
first, to the Holders of Series C Stock on a pro rata
basis based on the total number of shares of Series C Stock
held by such Holders; and second to the Holders of all other
Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the
number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders; provided,
however , that the number of shares of Registrable Securities
to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be
reduced unless all other securities of the Company are first
entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any
Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting
shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(c) The Company
shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this
Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier
of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or
(B) one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective
date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial
Offering;
(ii) after the Company has
effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this
Section 2.2, and such registrations have been declared or
ordered effective;
(iii) during the period
starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one
hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the
registration statement pertaining to an underwritten public
offering, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement;
provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith
efforts to cause such registration statement to become
effective;
(iv) if within thirty
(30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating
Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the Company gives notice
to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a
registration statement for a public offering, other than pursuant
to a Special Registration Statement, within ninety
(90) days;
(v) if the Company shall
furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to
this Section 2.2, a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors 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
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registration statement to be effected at such time, in which
event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a
period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt
of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided that such
right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company not more
than once in any twelve (12) month period;
(vi) if the Initiating
Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that
may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request
made pursuant to Section 2.4 below, in which case the Company
shall comply with Section 2.4 upon such request; or
(vii) in any particular
jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to
do business or to execute a general consent to service of process
in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.
2.3 Piggyback
Registrations . The Company shall notify all Holders of
Registrable Securities in writing at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the filing of any registration statement under the
Securities Act for purposes of a public offering of securities of
the Company (including, but not limited to, registration statements
relating to secondary offerings of securities of the Company, but
excluding Special Registration Statements) and will afford each
such Holder an opportunity to include in such registration
statement all or part of such Registrable Securities held by such
Holder. Each Holder desiring to include in any such registration
statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by it
shall, within fifteen (15) days after the above-described
notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing. Such
notice shall state the intended method of disposition of the
Registrable Securities by such Holder. If a Holder decides not to
include all of its Registrable Securities in any registration
statement thereafter filed by the Company, such Holder shall
nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Registrable
Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration
statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings
of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
(a) Underwriting. If
the registration statement under which the Company gives notice
under this Section 2.3 is for an underwritten offering, the
Company shall so advise the Holders of Registrable Securities. In
such event, the right of any such Holder to be included in a
registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 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 Registrable Securities through such
underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for
such underwriting by the Company. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, if the underwriter determines in good
faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of
shares to be underwritten, the number of shares that may be
included in the underwriting shall be allocated, first, to the
Company; second, to the Holders of Series C Stock on a pro
rata basis based on the total number of shares of Series C
Stock held by such Holders; third, to the Holders of all other
Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the
number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders; and fourth,
to any stockholder of the Company (other than a Holder) on a pro
rata basis; provided, however , that no such reduction
shall reduce the amount of securities of the selling Holders
included in the
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registration below twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount
of securities included in such registration, unless such offering
is the Initial Offering and such registration does not include
shares of any other selling stockholders, in which event any or all
of the Registrable Securities of the Holders may be excluded in
accordance with the immediately preceding clause . In no
event will shares of any other selling stockholder be included in
such registration that would reduce the number of shares which may
be included by Holders without the written consent of Holders of
not less than a majority of the Registrable Securities proposed to
be sold in the offering. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of
any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom
by written notice to the Company and the underwriter, delivered at
least ten (10) business days prior to the effective date of the
registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or
withdrawn from such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn
from the registration. For any Holder which is a partnership or
corporation, the partners, retired partners and stockholders of
such Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners
and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the
foregoing person shall be deemed to be a single "Holder," and any
pro rata reduction with respect to such "Holder" shall be
based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration
rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such
"Holder," as defined in this sentence.
(b) Right to Terminate
Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or
withdraw any registration initiated by it under this
Section 2.3 prior to the effectiveness of such registration
whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such
registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn
registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.5 hereof.
2.4 Form S-3 Registration
. In case the Company shall receive from any Holder or Holders of
Registrable Securities a written request or requests that the
Company effect a registration on Form S-3 (or any successor to Form
S-3) or any similar short-form registration statement and any
related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part
of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the
Company will:
(a) promptly give
written notice of the proposed registration, and any related
qualification or compliance, to all other Holders of Registrable
Securities; and
(b) as soon as
practicable, effect such registration and all such qualifications
and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or
facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such
Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable Securities as are
specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the
Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in
such request as are specified in a written request given within
fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the
Company; provided, however , that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or
compliance pursuant to this Section 2.4:
(i) if Form S-3 is not
available for such offering by the Holders, or
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(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) at an
aggregate price to the public of less than five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000), or
(iii) if within thirty
(30) days of receipt of a written request from any Holder or
Holders pursuant to this Section 2.4, the Company gives notice
to such Holder or Holders of the Company’s intention to make
a public offering within ninety (90) days, other than pursuant
to a Special Registration Statement;
(iv) if the Company shall
furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors 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
Form S-3 registration to be effected at such time, in which event
the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form
S-3 registration statement for a period of not more than one
hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the
Holder or Holders under this Section 2.4; provided ,
that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the
Company not more than once in any twelve (12) month period,
or
(v) if the Company has
, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the
date of such request, already effected one (1) registration on
Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.4,
(vi) if the Company has
already effected four (4) registrations on Form S-3 for the
Holders pursuant to this Section 2.4, or
(vii) in any particular
jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to
do business or to execute a general consent to service of process
in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.
(c) Subject to the
foregoing, the Company shall file a Form S-3 registration statement
covering the Registrable Securities and other securities so
requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of
the requests of the Holders. Registrations effected pursuant to
this Section 2.4 shall not be counted as demands for
registration or registrations effected pursuant to
Section 2.2, respectively.
2.5 Expenses of
Registration . Except as specifically provided herein, all
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration,
qualification or compliance pursuant to Section 2.2 or any
registration under Section 2.3 or Section 2.4 herein
shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses incurred in
connection with any registrations hereunder, shall be borne by the
holders of the securities so registered pro rata on the
basis of the number of shares so registered. The Company shall not,
however, be required to pay for expenses of any registration
proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.4, the request
of which has been subsequently withdrawn by the Initiating Holders
unless (a) the withdrawal is based upon material adverse
information concerning the Company of which the Initiating Holders
were not aware at the time of such request or (b) the Holders
of a majority of Registrable Securities agree
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to forfeit their right to one requested registration pursuant to
Section 2.2 or Section 2.4, as applicable, in which event
such right shall be forfeited by all Holders). If the Holders are
required to pay the Registration Expenses, such expenses shall be
borne by the holders of securities (including Registrable
Securities) requesting such registration in proportion to the
number of shares for which registration was requested. If the
Company is required to pay the Registration Expenses of a withdrawn
offering pursuant to clause (a) above, then the Holders shall
not forfeit their rights pursuant to Section 2.2 or
Section 2.4 to a demand registration.
2.6 Obligations of the
Company . Whenever required to effect the registration of any
Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as
reasonably possible:
(a) prepare and file
with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such
Registrable Securities and use all reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request
of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective
for up to one hundred eighty (180) days or, if earlier, until
the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution related
thereto; provided, however, that at any time, upon written notice
to the participating Holders and for a period not to exceed sixty
(60) days thereafter (the " Suspension Period
"), the Company may delay the filing or effectiveness of any
registration statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any
registration statement (and the Initiating Holders hereby agree not
to offer or sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such
registration statement during the Suspension Period) if the Company
reasonably believes that the Company may, in the absence of such
delay or suspension hereunder, be required under state or federal
securities laws to disclose any corporate development the
disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect upon the Company, its stockholders, a potentially
significant transaction or event involving the Company, or any
negotiations, discussions, or proposals directly relating thereto.
No more than two (2) such Suspension Periods shall occur in
any twelve (12) month period. In the event that the Company
shall exercise its right to delay or suspend the filing or
effectiveness of a registration hereunder, the applicable time
period during which the registration statement is to remain
effective shall be extended by a period of time equal to the
duration of the Suspension Period. If so directed by the Company,
the Initiating Holders shall use their best efforts to deliver to
the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in such Initiating Holders’
possession, of the prospectus relating to such Registrable
Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(b) prepare and file
with the SEC 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 to the
Holders such number of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable
Securities owned by them.
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(d) Use its
reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered
by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue
Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by
the Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required
in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do
business or to file a general consent to service of process in any
such states or jurisdictions.
(e) In the event of
any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary
form, with the managing underwriter(s) of such offering. Each
Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and
perform its obligations under such an agreement.
(f) Notify each
Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening
of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such
registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then
existing. The Company will use reasonable efforts to promptly amend
or supplement such prospectus in order to cause such prospectus not
to include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances then existing.
(g) Use its
reasonable efforts to furnish, on the date that such Registrable
Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such
securities are being sold through underwriters, (i) an opinion,
dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company for
the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is
customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) a
letter, dated as of such date, from the independent certified
public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is
customarily gi
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