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Exhibit 4.3
J AZZ P HARMACEUTICALS ,
I NC .
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
June 24, 2005
J AZZ P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the
" Agreement ") is made as of June 24, 2005, by
and among Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "
Company "), and the holders of Common Stock,
Preferred Stock and/or warrants to purchase the Series BB Preferred
Stock of the Company listed on the attached Exhibit A
(collectively, the " Investors ").
RECITALS
A. The Company has issued to certain of the Investors warrants,
dated as of the date hereof (the " Series BB Warrants
"), to purchase in the aggregate 8,695,652 shares of the
Company’s Series BB Preferred Stock (the " Series BB
Preferred Stock "), pursuant to a Senior Secured Note and
Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated June 24, 2005, by and among
the Company and certain of the Investors (the " Note and
Warrant Purchase Agreement ").
B. The Company and certain of the Investors have previously
entered into an Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement
dated February 18, 2004 (the " Prior Agreement
") in connection with the sale by the Company of the
Company’s Series B Preferred Stock and Series B Prime ( "
Series B/P " ) Preferred Stock.
C. In connection with the purchase and sale of the Series BB
Warrants pursuant to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, the
Company and Investors desire (i) to provide for certain rights
of the Investors and (ii) to supersede and replace the Prior
Agreement with this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Certain Definitions . As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
1.1 " Affiliate " shall mean, with respect to any
Person, a Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with, such Person provided ,
however , that, except for purposes of Section 14.2, no
Series BB Holder shall be considered an Affiliate of any other
Person except to the extent, and only to the extent, that such
Series BB Holder holds Convertible Securities (or shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion thereof) other than Series BB
Preferred Stock (or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion
thereof).
1.2 " Change of Control " means (i) a sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a Person
that is neither an Initial B/P Holder nor an Affiliate of
an Initial B/P Holder, or to a Group that does
not include an Initial B/P Holder or an Affiliate of an Initial B/P
Holder, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to a Person in which the stockholders of the Company
immediately prior to such transaction do not control more than 50%
of the voting power immediately following the transaction;
(ii) a transaction or series of related transactions by the
Company (other than transaction(s) determined by the Board of
Directors to be primarily for cash financing purposes) or by any
stockholder or stockholders of the Company resulting in more than
50% of the voting power of the Company being held by a Person that
is neither an Initial B/P Holder nor an Affiliate of an Initial B/P
Holder, or by a Group that does not include an Initial B/P Holder
or an Affiliate of an Initial B/P Holder; (iii) a merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into a Person that is neither
an Initial B/P Holder nor an Affiliate of an Initial B/P Holder, or
with or into a Group that does not include an Initial B/P Holder or
an Affiliate of an Initial B/P Holder, if and only if, after such
merger or consolidation, directors of the Company immediately prior
to such merger or consolidation do not constitute a majority of the
directors of the surviving entity or its parent.
1.3 " Commission " shall mean the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time
administering the Securities Act.
1.4 " Control " shall have the meaning given such
term under Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
1.5 " Convertible Securities " shall mean the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock,
Series B/P Preferred Stock and Series BB Preferred Stock held from
time to time by the Investors and their permitted assigns.
1.6 " Defaulting Investor " shall have the meaning
given to such term in the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
January 27, 2004 between the Company and certain Investors (as
the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof, the " Purchase Agreement ").
1.7 " Exchange Act " shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
1.8 " Form S-1 " shall mean Form S-1 issued by the
Commission or any comparable or successor form or forms then in
effect.
1.9 " Form S-3 " shall mean Form S-3 issued by the
Commission or any comparable or successor form or forms then in
effect.
1.10 "Group" means two or more Persons acting
together as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other
group for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of or
voting securities of the Company.
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1.11 " Holder " shall mean any
holder of outstanding Registrable Securities which have not been
sold to the public, but only if such holder is one of the Investors
or an assignee or transferee of registration rights as permitted by
Section 14.
1.12 " Initial B/P Holder " shall mean a Person
that holds any shares of Series B/P Preferred as of the date the
first share of Series B/P Preferred is issued.
1.13 " KKR " shall mean Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co., L.P. and its Affiliates.
1.14 " Managers " shall mean Samuel R. Saks, Bruce
C. Cozadd, Robert M. Myers, Matthew K. Fust, Carol A. Gamble and
Janne L.T. Wissel.
1.15 " Material Adverse Event " shall mean any
change, event or effect that is materially adverse to the general
affairs, business, operations, assets, prospects, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
1.16 " New Securities " shall mean any capital
stock of the Company, whether authorized or not, and any rights,
options, or warrants to purchase said capital stock, any securities
or instruments containing equity-like features (including without
limitation stock appreciation rights and phantom stock), and
securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become,
convertible into or exercisable for said capital stock; provided,
however, that "New Securities" does not include (a) the
Convertible Securities outstanding as of the date hereof or issued
or issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or the
Company’s Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Convertible Securities or the Company’s Series B Preferred
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B/P Preferred Stock;
(b) Common Stock or options to purchase Common Stock issued to
the Company’s officers, directors, employees, consultants,
and advisors pursuant to a stock option plan of the Company or
other agreement or arrangement approved by the Company’s
Board of Directors; (c) securities issued as a dividend or
distribution with respect to the Convertible Securities;
(d) securities issued in connection with equipment leasing,
real estate, bank financing or similar transactions approved by the
Company’s Board of Directors; (e) securities issued
pursuant to the acquisition of a product or technology, the
acquisition of another corporation or entity by consolidation,
corporate reorganization, or merger, or purchase of all or
substantially all of the assets or capital stock of such
corporation or entity, each as approved by the Company’s
Board of Directors; (f) securities issued in connection with
the exercise of warrants, notes or other rights to acquire
securities of the Company (excluding the options described in
subsection (b) of this Section 1.16) approved by the
Board of Directors; (g) securities issued without
consideration pursuant to stock dividends, subdivisions,
recapitalizations, stock splits or other similar transactions
approved by the Company’s Board of Directors;
(h) non-convertible debt securities issued in connection with
the Banc of America Debt (as defined in the Purchase Agreement);
and (i) any other
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securities issued with the approval of the
Company’s Board of Directors in connection with the
settlement of any suit, action, claim, proceeding or investigation
to which the Company is a party.
1.17 " Person " means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity
of whatever nature.
1.18 The term " Preferred Stock " shall mean the
Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series B/P
Preferred Stock and Series BB Preferred Stock of the Company.
1.19 The terms " Register ", "
Registered ", and " Registration "
refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a
registration statement on Form S-1, S-2 or S-3 in compliance with
the Securities Act (" Registration Statement "), and
the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement.
1.20 " Registrable Securities " shall mean
(i) any Common Stock now owned or hereafter acquired by a
Manager, (ii) the Common Stock issued or issuable upon
conversion of the Convertible Securities, and (iii) any Common
Stock issued (or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any
warrant, right or other security which is issued) upon stock
dividends, subdivisions, stock splits, recapitalization, merger or
other distributions with respect to, or in exchange for, or in
replacement of, such securities identified in clauses (i) and
(ii) and this clause (iii), excluding, however, (iv) any
Registrable Securities previously sold to the public and
(v) any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a
transaction in which its rights under this Agreement are not
assigned.
1.21 " Registration Expenses " shall mean
(a) all expenses incurred by the Company or its subsidiaries
in complying with Sections 5, 6 or 7 of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, all federal and state registration,
qualification, and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and
expenses, and the expense of any regular or special audits incident
to or required by any such registration, and (b) the expenses
of one special counsel for all Holders (if different from counsel
to the Company) up to $45,000 and one special counsel for all
Managers (if different from counsel to the Company) up to
$45,000.
1.22 " Securities Act" shall mean the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same
shall be in effect at the time.
1.23 " Selling Expenses " shall mean all
underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the
sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, and all
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Holders and the Managers
that are not included in Registration Expenses.
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1.24 " Series BB Holder " means a
holder of Series BB Warrants or Series BB Preferred Stock (or
shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof).
1.25 " Trigger Persons " shall mean Samuel Saks
and Bruce Cozadd.
2. Financial Statements and Reports to
Stockholders .
2.1 Annual and Quarterly Statements . For so long
as an Investor and its Affiliates hold at least 500,000 shares of
Convertible Securities or Common Stock issued upon conversion
thereof (as adjusted for combinations, consolidations,
subdivisions, stock splits and the like with respect to such
shares), the Company shall deliver to such Investor:
(a) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company and in any event within 90 days thereafter, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such
year and consolidated statements of income, stockholders’
equity and cash flow for such year, which year-end financial
reports shall be in reasonable detail and, prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and, commencing with
the year-end financial reports for 2004, shall be audited and
certified by an independent public accounting firm of nationally
recognized standing selected by the Company; and
(b) as soon as practicable after the end of each quarter of any
fiscal year, and in any event within 45 days thereafter, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of each
such quarter, and a consolidated statement of income and a
consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company for such
quarter and for the current fiscal year to date, prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (except
for required footnotes and year-end adjustments).
2.2 Monthly Statements; Annual Budget . For so
long as an Investor and its Affiliates hold at least 1% of the
outstanding shares of Convertible Securities (including, for
purposes of calculating the numerator and denominator, Common Stock
issued upon conversion thereof), the Company will deliver to such
Investor:
(a) within 30 days of the end of each month, a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company as of the end of each such month, and
a consolidated statement of income and a consolidated statement of
cash flows of the Company for such month and for the current fiscal
year to date; and
(b) by the beginning of the Company’s fiscal year, an
operating budget and plan (the " Plan ") respecting
the next fiscal year.
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2.3 Inspection . The Company shall
permit each Investor that together with its Affiliates holds at
least 500,000 shares of Convertible Securities (including Common
Stock issued upon conversion thereof, and as adjusted for
combinations, consolidations, subdivisions, stock splits and the
like with respect to any such shares), at such Investor’s
expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties, to
examine its books of account and records and to discuss the
Company’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers,
all at such reasonable times as may be requested by each such
Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated pursuant to this Section 2.3 to provide any
information which it reasonably considers to be a trade secret or
confidential information.
2.4 Confidentiality . Each Investor agrees that it
will keep confidential and will not use (except in connection with
the evaluation or monitoring of its investment or its
representative’s service on the Board of Directors of the
Company), disclose or divulge for a period of three years after
receipt any information regarding the Company and its business
which such Investor may obtain from the Company pursuant to this
Section 2, and which the Company has marked or otherwise
specifically identified to the Investor as being confidential
either orally or in writing, unless such information is known, or
until such information becomes known, to the public through no
fault of such Investor or its agents, or unless the Board of
Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President or General Counsel of
the Company gives his or her written consent to the
Investor’s release of such information, except that no such
written consent shall be required (and the Investor shall be free
to release such information) if such information is to be provided
to the Investor’s counsel or accountant, or to an officer,
director, general partner, limited partner, stockholder, investment
counselor or advisor of an Investor or such Investor’s
Affiliate, or employee of an Investor or such Investor’s
Affiliate with a need to know such information; provided that any
such counsel, accountant, officer, director, general partner,
limited partner, stockholder, investment counselor or advisor, or
employee is subject to confidentiality obligations no less
restrictive in any material respects than the provisions of this
Section 2.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Section 2.4 shall not apply (a) to information which an
Investor learns from a third party with the right to make such
disclosure, provided such Investor complies with the restrictions
imposed by the third party, (b) to information which is in an
Investor’s possession prior to the time of disclosure by the
Company and not acquired by such Investor under a confidentiality
obligation, (c) to the extent (after requesting and pursuing
confidential treatment to the extent reasonably possible) an
Investor is required to disclose such information by law or a
governmental regulatory authority, (d) to the extent (after
requesting and pursuing confidential treatment to the extent
reasonably possible) an Investor is required to disclose such
information by court order, (e) to general and summary
information disclosed to an Investor’s or such
Investor’s Affiliates’ general partners, limited
partners, members, and/or stockholders in such Investor’s or
such Affiliates’ periodic reporting to such parties or to an
Investor’s or such Investor’s Affiliates’
prospective investors in such Investor’s or such
Affiliates’ marketing activities, in a manner consistent with
the custom
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and practice of the private venture capital
and/or private equity industries, provided that such Investor or
such Affiliate advise such parties that the information disclosed
is confidential, and provided further that the information
disclosed does not include any proprietary information of the
Company, and (f) to an Investor’s disclosure of the fact
that such Investor has made an investment in the Company, the
amount and general nature thereof, the identity of such
Investor’s co-investors in the Company if previously
disclosed by the Company or such co-investor, and to such
Investor’s disclosure of the general business and goals of
the Company.
3. Right of First Refusal .
3.1 Right of First Refusal on New Securities . The
Company hereby grants to each Investor owning Convertible
Securities (or Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof) the
right of first refusal to purchase up to its Pro Rata Share (as
defined below) of New Securities which the Company may, from time
to time, propose to issue. Such Investors may purchase said New
Securities on the same terms and at the same price at which the
Company proposes to sell the New Securities. The " Pro Rata
Share " of each Investor, for purposes of this right of
first refusal, is the ratio of (i) the total number of shares
of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of outstanding
Convertible Securities held by such Investor to (ii) the total
number of shares of Common Stock (including any shares of Common
Stock into which outstanding shares of the Convertible Securities
are convertible) and Common Stock issuable pursuant to warrants,
rights or options outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of
the New Securities.
3.2 Notice . In the event the Company proposes to
undertake an issuance of New Securities, it shall give to each
eligible Investor notice (the " Notice ") of its
intention, describing the type of New Securities, the price, the
terms upon which the Company proposes to issue the same, the number
of shares which such Investor is entitled to purchase pursuant to
Section 3.1, and a statement that each Investor shall have 15
business days to respond to such Notice. Each such Investor shall
have 15 business days from the date of receipt of the Notice to
agree to purchase any or all of its Pro Rata Share of the New
Securities for the price and upon the terms specified in the Notice
by giving notice to the Company and stating therein the number of
New Securities it wishes to purchase, including, if so desired, any
over-allotment of New Securities it wishes to purchase in the event
any other Investor elects to purchase less than its full Pro Rata
Share, and forwarding payment for the number of New Securities (up
to its Pro Rata Share) it has elected to purchase. In the event any
such Investor elects to purchase less than its full Pro Rata Share
of New Securities, the remaining balance of New Securities shall be
allotted and sold to those Investors who have exercised their
options to purchase their full Pro Rata Share within the 15
business day period specified in this Section 3.2 and have
indicated in their notices to the Company that they desire to
purchase overalloted New Securities. If there are two or more such
Investors that elect to purchase
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a total number of New Securities in excess of the
number available, the remaining balance of New Securities shall be
allocated to such Investors on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion
of Convertible Securities held by such Investors electing to
purchase an amount of New Securities in excess of their Pro Rata
Share. Upon notice from the Company to Investors who elected to
purchase additional New Securities that additional New Securities
were allotted to such Investors, such Investors shall forward
payment for the New Securities allotted to them within 15 business
days of the Company’s request for payment.
3.3 Sale of New Securities . In the event an
Investor fails to exercise in full its right of first refusal
within the period of time specified in Section 3.2 or the
eligible Investors do not exercise their right of first refusal
with respect to all of the New Securities to be sold as specified
in the Notice, the Company shall have 120 days thereafter to sell
or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of New
Securities covered thereby shall be closed, if at all, within 60
days after the date of such agreement) to sell the New Securities
respecting which such Investor’s rights were not exercised,
at a price and upon terms no more favorable to the purchaser
thereof than specified in the Notice. In the event the Company has
not sold or entered into an agreement to sell the New Securities
within such 120 day period (or sold and issued New Securities
within 60 days from the date of the agreement), the Company shall
not thereafter issue or sell any New Securities without first
offering such securities to such Investor in the manner provided
above.
3.4 Waiver of Right of First Refusal . The right
of first refusal granted under this Section 3 may be waived
with respect to any particular sale of New Securities as to all
eligible Investors by the Investors (excluding Defaulting
Investors) holding at least 60% of the Convertible Securities
purchased by the Investors (excluding Defaulting Investors) (or an
equivalent number of shares consisting of Registrable Securities
issued upon conversion of the Convertible Securities or a
combination of such Registrable Securities and such Convertible
Securities). Any such waiver shall not apply to any subsequent sale
of New Securities.
4. Termination of Covenants . The covenants of the
Company set forth in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 3 shall terminate
and be of no further force or effect with respect to all Investors
upon the earliest to occur of (a) immediately prior to the
closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
covering the offer and sale of the Company’s Common Stock to
the public, (b) such time as the Company has a class of equity
securities registered under the Exchange Act, and (c) a Change
of Control, and such covenants shall terminate as to any Investor
as of the date such Investor no longer holds any shares of
Registrable Securities.
5. Demand for Initial Public Offering . Subject to
the terms of this Agreement, in the event that (i) the Company
has not consummated an initial public offering pursuant
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to an effective Registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 covering the offer and sale of Common Stock
for the account of the Company to the public by the fifth
anniversary of the date on which the first share of Series B
Preferred Stock was sold by the Company (the " Fifth
Anniversary "), (ii) the Company receives after the
Fifth Anniversary from Managers holding a majority of Registrable
Securities and Convertible Securities then held by all Managers a
notice requesting that the Company effect a Registration with
respect to shares of Common Stock of the Company on Form S-1, and
(iii) such notice is approved by (A) if both Trigger
Persons are then employed by the Company, both Trigger Persons, or
(B) if only one of the Trigger Persons is then employed by the
Company, the Trigger Person who is then employed by the Company, or
(C) if neither Trigger Person is then employed by the Company,
the then current Chief Executive Officer of the Company, then the
Company shall as soon as practicable, and in any event, within 90
days from receipt of such notice, use its reasonable best efforts
to effect a primary Registration of shares of Common Stock of the
Company, provided that the anticipated aggregate price to the
public of the shares covered by such Registration would not be less
than $60,000,000 (before deduction for underwriters commissions and
expenses) and the anticipated per share price of such shares would
be not less than $4.09 per share (appropriately adjusted for
combinations, consolidations, subdivisions, recapitalizations,
stock splits or other similar transaction). The Company shall
select the underwriter for the offering, subject to the approval of
Managers holding a majority of the Registrable Securities then held
by those Managers requesting the Registration under this
Section 5.
6. Other Demand Registrations .
6.1 Requests for Registration on Form Other Than Form
S-3 .
(a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, in the event that
the Company shall receive from a Holder or Holders (not including
any Managers) of at least 40% of the Registrable Securities (or a
lesser percentage of such shares if the anticipated aggregate price
to the public of such shares, net of Selling Expenses, would not be
less than $25,000,000) at any time after six months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the
Company’s initial public offering of shares of Common Stock,
a notice requesting that the Company effect any Registration with
respect to at least 20% of the then outstanding shares of
Registrable Securities (or a lesser percentage of such shares if
the anticipated aggregate price to the public of such shares, net
of Selling Expenses, would not be less than $25,000,000) on a form
other than Form S-3, the Company shall (i) promptly give
notice of the proposed Registration to all other Holders and
(ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event, within 90 days
from receipt of notice from the Holders requesting Registration,
use reasonable best efforts to effect Registration of the
Registrable Securities specified in such request, together with any
Registrable Securities of any Holder joining in such request as are
specified in a notice given within 20 days after notice from the
Company. So long as the Company is a
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registrant qualified to use Form S-3, the Company
shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such
registration pursuant to this Section 6.1(a) after the Company
has effected one such Registration pursuant to this
Section 6.1(a) and such Registration has been declared
effective; provided , however , that the demand
registration under this Section 6.1(a) shall be in addition to
the demand registration provided for under
Section 6.1(b).
(b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, in the event that
the Company shall receive from a Holder who originally committed to
purchase (and did not default in any purchase) at least 50,000,000
shares of Series B Preferred Stock and/or Series B/P Preferred
Stock (appropriately adjusted for combinations, consolidations,
subdivisions, recapitalizations, stock splits and the like with
respect to such shares) at any time after six months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the
Company’s initial public offering of shares of Common Stock,
a notice requesting that the Company effect any Registration with
respect to at least 20% of the then outstanding shares of
Registrable Securities (or a lesser percentage of such shares if
the anticipated aggregate price to the public of such shares, net
of Selling Expenses, would not be less than $25,000,000) on a form
other than Form S-3, the Company shall (i) promptly give
notice of the proposed Registration to all other Holders and
(ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event, within 90 days
from receipt of notice from the Holder requesting Registration, use
reasonable best efforts to effect Registration of the Registrable
Securities specified in such request, together with any Registrable
Securities of any Holder joining in such request as are specified
in a notice given within 20 days after notice from the Company. So
long as the Company is a registrant qualified to use Form S-3, the
Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any
such registration pursuant to this Section 6.1(b) after the
Company has effected one such Registration pursuant to this
Section 6.1(b) and such Registration has been declared
effective; provided , however , that the demand
registration under this Section 6.1(b) shall be in addition to
the demand registration provided for under Section 6.1(a).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 6.1(a)
and 6.1(b), the right of Managers to participate in demand
registrations shall be limited as follows: No Manager may sell a
number of shares in a registered offering under Section 6.1(a)
or 6.1(b) that exceeds X; where X equals the number of Registrable
Securities held by such Manager times the greater of Y or Z; Y
equals the number of shares requested to be sold by KKR divided by
the total number of shares of Registrable Securities held by KKR;
and Z equals the number of shares requested to be sold by all
Holders (other than Managers) divided by the total number of shares
of Registrable Securities (including for this purpose shares that
would be Registrable Securities but for clause (v) of
Section 1.20) held by such Holders (other than Managers). This
paragraph (c) shall terminate and be of no force and effect
from such time, if any, as KKR ceases to own either Convertible
Securities or Registrable Securities.
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6.2 Request for Registration on Form
S-3 .
(a) If a Holder or Holders (not including any Managers) of at
least 20% of the outstanding shares of Registrable Securities
requests that the Company file a Registration Statement on Form S-3
for an offering of shares of Registrable Securities, the
anticipated aggregate price to the public of which, net of Selling
Expenses, would not be less than $25,000,000, and the Company is a
registrant qualified to use Form S-3, the Company shall
(i) promptly give notice of the proposed Registration to all
other Holders and (ii) as soon as practicable, use reasonable
best efforts to effect a Registration of the Registrable Securities
on such form, together with the Registrable Securities of any
Holder joining in such request as are specified in a notice given
within 20 days after notice from the Company; provided ,
however , that the Company shall not be required to effect
more than two Registrations pursuant to Section 6.2 in any 12
month period. All of the provisions of Section 6.5 shall be
applicable to each Registration initiated under this
Section 6.2.
(b) For each $40,000,000 in original issue price of Registrable
Securities purchased by a Holder (a " Principal
Holder "), such Principal Holder may request that the
Company file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 for an offering
of shares of Registrable Securities, and provided that the
anticipated aggregate price to the public of such shares, net of
Selling Expenses, would not be less than $25,000,000 and the
Company is a registrant qualified to use Form S-3, the Company
shall (i) promptly give notice of the proposed Registration to
all other Holders and (ii) as soon as practicable, use
reasonable best efforts to effect a Registration of the Registrable
Securities on such form, together with the Registrable Securities
of any Holder joining in such request as are specified in a notice
given within 20 days after notice from the Company; provided
, however , that the Company shall not be required to effect
more than two Registrations pursuant to Section 6.2 in any 12
month period. A Principal Holder shall have the right to demand one
Registration under this Section 6.2(b) for each $40,000,000 in
original issue price of Registrable Securities purchased by such
Holder. All of the provisions of Section 6.5 shall be
applicable to each Registration initiated under this
Section 6.2.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 6.2(a)
and 6.2(b), the right of Managers to participate in demand
registrations shall be limited as follows: No Manager may sell a
number of shares in a registered offering under Section 6.2(a)
or 6.2(b) that exceeds X; where X equals the number of Registrable
Securities held by such Manager times the greater of Y or Z; Y
equals the number of shares requested to be sold by KKR divided by
the total number of shares of Registrable Securities held by KKR;
and Z equals the number of shares requested to be sold by all
Holders (other than Managers) divided by the total number of shares
of Registrable Securities (including for this purpose shares that
would be Registrable Securities but for clause (v) of
Section 1.20) held by all Holders (other than Managers). This
paragraph (c) shall terminate and be of no force and effect
from such time, if any, as KKR ceases to own Convertible Securities
or Registrable Securities.
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6.3 Right of Deferral .
(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
obligated to file a Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 6:
(i) if the Company, within ten days of the receipt of the
request from Holders, gives notice of its bona fide intention to
effect the filing of a Registration Statement with the Commission
subject to Section 7 hereof within 60 days of receipt of such
request (other than to a Registration of securities in a Rule 145
transaction or with respect to an employee benefit plan), provided
that the Company is actively employing all reasonable best efforts
to cause such Registration Statement to become effective;
(ii) within 120 days immediately following the effective
date of any Registration Statement pertaining to the securities of
the Company (other than a registration of securities in a Rule 145
transaction or with respect to an employee benefit plan); or
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
obligated to file a Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 5 or 6 if the Company shall furnish to the requesting
Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors it would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its
stockholders for a Registration Statement to be filed in the near
future, then the Company’s obligation to use all reasonable
best efforts to file a Registration Statement shall be deferred for
a period not to exceed (i) six months with respect to a demand
pursuant to Section 5, and (ii) 120 days with respect to
a demand pursuant to Section 6, from the receipt of the
request to file such registration by such Holders; provided,
however, that the Company shall not exercise the deferral rights
contained in these Sections 6.3(a)(i) and 6.3(b) more than once in
any 12-month period.
6.4 Registration of Other Securities in Demand
Registration . Any Registration Statement filed pursuant to
the request of the Holders under this Section 6 may, subject
to the provisions of Section 6.5, include securities of the
Company other than Registrable Securities.
6.5 Underwriting in Demand Registration .
(a) Notice of Underwriting . If the Holders intend
to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request
made pursuant to this Section 6 by means of an underwriting,
they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request, and
the Company shall include such information in the notice referred
to in Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
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The right of any Holder to Registration pursuant
to Section 6 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s
agreement to participate in such underwriting and the inclusion of
such Holder’s eligible Registrable Securities in the
underwriting.
(b) Selection of Underwriter in Demand
Registration . If a Registration requested pursuant to
Section 6.1 or 6.2 is to be underwritten, the Company shall
(together with all Holders proposing to distribute their securities
through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement and
related agreements with the representative ("
Underwriter’s Representative ") of the
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being
registered by the Holders and reasonably acceptable to the
Company.
(c) Marketing Limitation in Demand Registration .
If the Underwriter’s Representative advises the Holders in
writing that market factors (including, without limitation, the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock requested to be
Registered, the general condition of the market, and the status of
the persons proposing to sell securities pursuant to the
Registration) require a limitation of the number of shares to be
underwritten, then the number of shares of Registrable Securities
that may be included in the Registration and underwriting shall be
allocated among all Holders in proportion, as nearly as
practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities
held by such Holders at the time of filing the Registration
Statement. No Registrable Securities or other securities excluded
from the underwriting by reason of this Section 6.5(c) shall
be included in such Registration Statement.
(d) Right of Withdrawal in Demand Registration .
If any Holder of Registrable Securities disapproves of the terms of
the underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by
notice to the Company, the Underwriter’s Representative and
the Holders requesting Registration delivered at least ten days
prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement. The
securities so withdrawn shall also be withdrawn from the
Registration Statement.
7. Piggyback Registration .
7.1 Notice of Piggyback Registration and Inclusion of
Registrable Securities ; Special Limitation for
Managers.
(a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, if the Company
decides to Register any of its Common Stock on a form that would be
suitable for a registration of Registrable Securities, whether
pursuant to a demand registration contemplated by this Agreement or
otherwise, the Company will: (i) promptly give each Holder
notice thereof (which shall include a list of the jurisdictions in
which the Company intends to attempt to qualify such securities
under the applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws) and
(ii) subject to Section 7.2, include in such Registration
(and any related qualification under Blue Sky laws or other
compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the
Registrable Securities specified in a notice delivered to the
Company by any Holder within 20 days after delivery of such notice
from the Company.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 7.1(a), the right of Managers to participate in demand
registrations shall be limited as follows: No Manager may sell a
number of shares in a registered offering under Section 7.1
that exceeds X; where X equals the number of Registrable Securities
held by such Manager times the greater of Y or Z; Y equals the
number of shares requested to be sold by KKR divided by the total
number of shares of Registrable Securities held by KKR; and Z
equals the number of shares requested to be sold by all Holders
(other than Managers) divided by the total number of shares of
Registrable Securities (including for this purpose shares that
would be Registrable Securities but for clause (v) of
Section 1.20) held by all Holders (other than the Managers).
This paragraph (c) shall terminate and be of no force and
effect from such time, if any, as KKR ceases to own Convertible
Securities or Registrable Securities.
7.2 Underwriting in Piggyback Registration .
(a) Notice of Underwriting in Piggyback
Registration . 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 notice given pursuant to Section 7.1. In such event, the
right of any Holder to Registration shall be conditioned upon such
underwriting and the inclusion of such Registrable Securities in
such underwriting to the extent provided in this Section 7.
All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting shall (together with the Company) enter into an
underwriting agreement and related agreements with the
Underwriter’s Representative for such offering. The Holders
shall have no right to participate in the selection of the
underwriters for an offering pursuant to this Section 7.
(b) Marketing Limitation in Piggyback Registration
. If the Underwriter’s Representative advises the Holders
seeking registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Section 7 in writing that market factors (including, without
limitation, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
requested to be Registered, the general condition of the market,
and the status of the persons proposing to sell securities pursuant
to the Registration) require a limitation of the number of shares
to be underwritten, the Underwriter’s Representative (subject
to the allocation priority set forth in Section 7.2(c))
may:
(i) in the case of the Company’s initial Registered public
offering, exclude some or all of the Registrable Securities from
such registration and underwriting; and
(ii) in the case of any Registered public offering subsequent to
the initial public offering, limit the number of shares of
Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration and
underwriting to not less than 30% of the securities included in
such Registration.
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(c) Allocation of Shares in Piggyback
Registration . If the Underwriter’s Representative
limits the number of shares to be included in a Registration
pursuant to Section 7.2(b), the number of shares to be
included in such Registration shall be allocated among all Holders,
in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts
of Registrable Securities which such Holders hold at the time of
filing the Registration Statement. No Registrable Securities or
other securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of this
Section 7.2(c) shall be included in the Registration
Statement.
(d) Withdrawal in Piggyback Registration . If any
Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such
person may elect to withdraw therefrom by notice to the Company and
the Underwriter’s Representative delivered at least ten days
prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement. Any
Registrable Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn
from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such
Registration.
8. Expenses of Registration . All Registration
Expenses incurred in connection with Registrations pursuant to
Section 5, 6.1, 6.2 and 7, shall be borne by the Company. All
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any other
Registration, qualification, or compliance, shall be apportioned
among the Company and the Holders of the securities so registered
on the basis of the number of shares so registered. Notwithstanding
the above, the Company shall not be required to pay for any
expenses of any Registration proceeding begun pursuant to
Section 6 if the Registration request is subsequently
withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities to be registered (which Holders shall bear
such expenses), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities agree to forfeit their right to one Registration
pursuant to Section 6; provided, however, that if at the time
of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a Material Adverse
Event not known to the Holders at the time of their request, then
the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and
shall retain their rights pursuant to Section 6. All Selling
Expenses shall be borne by the holders of the securities Registered
pro rata on the basis of the number of shares Registered.
9. Termination of Registration Rights . The rights
to cause the Company to register securities granted under Sections
6 and 7 of this Agreement and to receive notices pursuant to
Section 7 of this Agreement shall terminate, with respect to
each Holder, on the earlier of (i) the twelfth anniversary of
the date that the first share of Series B Preferred Stock is sold
and issued by the Company, and (ii) with respect to each
Holder if such Holder is eligible to sell all of such
Holder’s Registrable Securities under Rule 144 of the
Securities Act (excluding Rule 144(k) thereunder) within any
three month period without volume limitations.
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10. Registration Procedures and
Obligations . Whenever required under this Agreement to
effect any Registration of securities, the Company shall, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) Prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
Statement with respect to such securities and use its reasonable
best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become
effective, and, in the case of a Registration pursuant to
Section 6 or Section 7, upon the request of the sellers
of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder,
keep such Registration Statement effective for up to two years.
(b) Furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities a copy of
any information contained in the Registration Statement about such
seller for the purpose of allowing the seller to verify the
information.
(c) Prepare and file as expeditiously as reasonably practicable
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.
(d) Furnish to the sellers of Registrable Securities such
numbers 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.
(e) Use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under
such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
shall be reasonably requested by the sellers of Registrable
Securities, provided that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to
file a general consent to service of process in any such states or
jurisdictions, and provided further that in the event any
jurisdiction in which the securities shall be qualified imposes a
non-waivable requirement that expenses incurred in connection with
the qualification of the securities be borne by selling
stockholders, such expenses shall be payable pro rata by selling
stockholders.
(f) In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into
and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement and
related agreements, in usual and customary form, with the managing
underwriter of such offering. Each seller of Registrable Securities
participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and
perform its obligations under such an agreement and related
agreements.
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(g) Promptly 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 in the light of the
circumstances then existing.
(h) Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all securities
registered pursuant to such Registration Statement and a CUSIP
number for all such securities, in each case not later than the
effective date of such registration.
(i) Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting
Registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement,
on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered for sale
in connection with a Registration pursuant to this Agreement,
(i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing
the Company for the purposes of such Registration, in form and
substance as is customarily given to underwriters (with an
information copy provided to each Holder selling Registrable
Securities) in an underwritten public offering, and (ii) a
letter dated 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
(with an information copy provided to each holder of Registrable
Securities).
(j) Use all reasonable best efforts to list the securities
covered by such Registration Statement with NASDAQ or any
securities exchange on which the Common Stock of the Company is
then listed, or NASDAQ or such securities exchange as shall be
selected by the Company.
(k) Notify each seller of Registrable Securities under such
Registration Statement of (i) the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement, (ii) the filing of any post-effective
amendments to such Registration Statement, or (iii) the filing
of a supplement to such Registration Statement.
(l) Make available for inspection upon reasonable notice during
the Company’s regular business hours by each seller of
Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any
distribution pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such seller or
underwriter, all material financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the
Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all
information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Registration
Statement. Each seller of Registrable Securities agrees to use the
same degree of care as such seller uses to protect its own
confidential information, but in no event less than reasonable
care, to keep confidential
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any information furnished to it by the Company
pursuant to this Subsection 10(l) for a period of 3 years (so long
as such information is not in the public domain); provided,
however, such seller’s obligation to keep information
confidential under this Subsection 10(l) shall not apply
(a) to information which such seller learns from a third party
with the right to make such disclosure, provided the seller
complies with the restrictions imposed by the third party,
(b) to information which is in seller’s possession prior
to the time of disclosure by the Company and not acquired by seller
under a confidentiality obligation, (c) to the extent (after
requesting and pursuing confidential treatment to the extent
reasonably possible) the seller is required to disclose such
information by law or a governmental regulatory authority,
(d) to the extent (after requesting and pursuing confidential
treatment to the extent reasonably possible) seller is required to
disclose such information by court order, and (e) to
information disclosed to any partner, subsidiary, parent, legal
counsel or advisor of such seller for the purpose of evaluating or
monitoring its investment in the Company. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, any party to this Agreement (and any
employee, representative, or other agent of any party to this
Agreement) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation
of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of
any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are
provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax
structure.
(m) Cause the senior executive officers of the Company to
participate in the customary "road show" presentations that may be
reasonably requested by the Holders or the managing underwriter in
any underwritten offering and otherwise to facilitate, cooperate
with, and participate in each underwritten offering.
(n) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and
each underwriter or agent, if any, participating in the disposition
of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in
connection with any filings required to be made with the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
11. Information Furnished by Holder . It shall be
a condition precedent of the Company’s obligations under
Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement that each Holder holding
Registrable Securities included in any Registration furnish to the
Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution
proposed by such Holder(s) as the Company may reasonably
request.
12. Indemnification .
12.1 Company’s Indemnification of Holders .
To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder, each of its officers, directors, and
constituent partners and members, legal counsel for the Holders,
and each person controlling such Holder, with respect to which
Registration, qualification, or compliance of Registrable
Securities has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, and each
underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter
against all claims,
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losses, damages, liabilities, or actions in
respect thereof (collectively, " Damages ") to the
extent such Damages arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact
contained in any prospectus or other document (including any
related Registration Statement) incident to any such Registration,
qualification, or compliance, or are based on any omission (or
alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or any violation by the Company of any rule or
regulation promulgated under the Securities Act applicable to the
Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company
in connection with any such Registration, qualification, or
compliance; and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, each
such underwriter, and each person who controls any such Holder or
underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such
claim, loss, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that
the indemnity contained in this Section 12.1 shall not apply
to amounts paid in settlement of any such Damages if settlement is
effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall
not unreasonably be withheld or delayed); and provided, further,
that the Company will not be liable (i) in any such case to
the extent that any such Damages arise ou
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