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Exhibit
10.10
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Third Amended and
Restated Investor Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”)
dated as of August 30, 2004, is entered into by and among
VistaPrint Limited (the “Company”), the Prior Investors
listed on Schedule I attached hereto (individually, a
“Prior Investor” and, collectively, the “Prior
Investors”), the Series A Investors listed on Schedule
II attached hereto (individually, a “Series A
Investor” and, collectively, the “Series A
Investors”), and the Series B Investors listed on Schedule
III attached hereto (individually, a “Series B
Investor” and, collectively, the “Series B
Investors”).
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS, the Company, the
Prior Investors, the Series A Investors and certain of the Series B
Investors are parties to the Second Amended and Restated Investor
Rights Agreement dated August 19, 2003, as amended (the
“Original Agreement”);
WHEREAS, contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and
certain of the Series B Investors have entered into a certain
Series B Convertible Preference Share Purchase Agreement (the
“2004 Purchase Agreement”) in connection with the
issuance and sale by the Company to such Series B Investors of the
Company’s Series B Convertible Preference Shares, $0.001 par
value per share (the “Series B Preference Shares”);
and
WHEREAS, the Company, the
Prior Investors, the Series A Investors and the Series B Investors
that are parties to the Original Agreement wish to amend and
restate in its entirety the Original Agreement to reflect the
issuance of additional Series B Preference Shares on the terms and
conditions set forth in the 2004 Purchase Agreement and to make
certain other changes to the terms of the Original
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in
this Agreement and for other valuable consideration, receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Prior Investors, the
Series A Investors and the Series B Investors hereto agree that the
Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
1. Certain Definitions
. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings:
“ 2003 Purchase
Agreement ” means the Series B Convertible Preference
Share Purchase Agreement dated as of August 19, 2003, as amended,
among the Company and the persons and entities listed on Schedule 1
attached thereto.
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any person or entity, any person or
entity which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or
is under common control with such person or entity, including,
without limitation, any partner of such person or entity and any
venture capital fund now or hereafter existing which is controlled
by or under common control with one or more general partners of
such person or entities. For purposes of this definition,
“control” of any entity shall mean owning more than 50%
of such entity’s issued voting interests, or having the power
to appoint at least a majority of such entity’s board of
directors (or similar governing body).
“ BMA ”
means the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
“ Board of
Directors” means the Company’s board of
directors.
“ Bye-Laws
” means the bye-laws of the Company as they may be amended
from time to time.
“ Commission
” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
or any other federal agency at the time administering the
Securities Act.
“ Common Shares
” means the Company’s common shares, $0.001 par value
per share.
“ Companies Act
” means the Bermuda Companies Act 1981, as amended from time
to time.
“ Competitor
” means an entity (i) of which a Shareholder notifies the
Company in writing in connection with a proposed transfer of Voting
Shares or the exercise of inspection rights pursuant to Section 1
of Article V, and (ii) that a majority of the Board of Directors
reasonably determines to be a direct competitor of the Company and
provides written notification to such Shareholder of such
determination within twenty (20) days following the notification
provided by the Shareholder in accordance with clause
(i).
“ Exchange Act
” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission issued under such Act, as they each
may, from time to time, be in effect.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principals in the United
States.
“ Highland
” means Highland Capital Partners VI Limited
Partnership.
“ Highland B
” means Highland Capital Partners VI-B Limited
Partnership
“ Highland Capital
Partners ” means collectively, Highland, Highland B,
Highland Entrepreneurs’ Fund VI Limited Partnership and,
except for purposes of Section 1(b) of Article V, any persons or
entities to whom the rights granted under this Agreement are
Transferred by Highland Capital Partners, their successors or
assigns.
“ Holder ”
means a holder of Preference Shares.
“ Initial Public
Offering ” means the Company’s initial firm
commitment underwritten public offering of Common Shares at a price
per share of at least $8.00 (subject to appropriate adjustment for
share splits, share dividends, share consolidations or other
similar recapitalizations affecting the number of issued Common
Shares) pursuant to an effective Registration Statement resulting
in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $35,000,000; provided,
however, if the Initial Public Offering shall not have occurred by
December 31, 2005, the price per share set forth in the foregoing
clause shall be increased to $12.33 (subject to appropriate
adjustment for share splits, share dividends, share consolidations
or other similar recapitalizations affecting the number of issued
Common Shares).
“ Major Series B
Holders ” means Highland Capital Partners and HarbourVest
Partners VI-Direct Fund L.P.
“ Preference
Shares ” shall collectively mean the Series A Preference
Shares and the Series B Preference Shares.
“ Prospectus
” means the prospectus included in any Registration
Statement, as amended or supplemented by an amendment or prospectus
supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in such Prospectus.
“ Prior Investor
Shares ” means any Voting Shares held by the Prior
Investors.
“ Registrable
Shares ” means (i) the Common Shares delivered or
deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares, (ii) any
Common Shares, and any Common Shares delivered or deliverable upon
the conversion or exercise of any other securities, acquired by a
Holder pursuant to Article III of this Agreement, (iii) any other
Common Shares issued in respect of such shares (because of share
splits, share dividends, share consolidations, reclassifications,
recapitalizations, or similar events), and (iv) any Voting Shares
held by the Prior Investors; provided , however ,
that a Shareholder’s Common Shares that are Registrable
Shares shall cease to be Registrable Shares (i) upon any sale
pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, (ii) upon any sale in any manner to a person or
entity which, by virtue of Article VII, Section 3 of this
Agreement, is not entitled to the rights provided by this Agreement
or (iii) at such time as all of the Registrable Shares then held by
such Shareholder may be sold without restriction as to volume under
Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Wherever reference is made in
this Agreement to a request or consent of holders of a certain
percentage of Registrable Shares, the
determination of such
percentage shall include Common Shares deliverable upon conversion
of the Preference Shares even if such conversion has not been
effected.
“ Registration
Statement ” means (i) a registration statement filed by
the Company with the Commission for a public offering and sale of
securities of the Company (other than a registration statement on
Form S-8 or Form S-4, or their successors, or any other form for a
similar limited purpose, or any registration statement covering
only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or
assets of another corporation) or (ii) any filing made in Bermuda
under Part III of the Companies Act.
“ Securities Act
” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission issued under such Act, as they each may, from time
to time, be in effect.
“ Selling
Shareholder ” means any Shareholder owning Registrable
Shares included in a Registration Statement.
“ Series A Investor
Shares ” means any Voting Shares held by the Series A
Investors.
“ Series A
Preference Shares ” shall mean the Company’s Series
A Convertible Preference Shares, $0.001 par value per
share.
“ Series B
Preference Shares ” shall mean the Company’s Series
B Convertible Preference Shares, $0.001 par value per
share.
“ Shareholders
” means the Series B Investors, the Prior Investors, the
Series A Investors, and any persons or entities to whom the rights
granted under this Agreement are Transferred by any Series B
Investor, Prior Investor or Series A Investor, their successors or
assigns pursuant to Article VII, Section 3 below.
“ Subsidiary
” or “ Subsidiaries ” shall mean any
corporation, 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
which shall at the time be owned by the Company or by one or more
Subsidiaries, or any other entity or enterprise, 50% or more of the
equity of which shall at the time be owned by the Company or by one
or more Subsidiaries.
“ Transfer
” and any grammatical variation thereof means any sale,
transfer, pledge, encumbrance, or other disposition, whether
voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law.
“ Voting Shares
” means any and all Common Shares, Preference Shares and/or
other shares in the capital of the Company, by whatever name
called, that carry voting rights (including voting rights which
arise by reason of default) and that are now owned or subsequently
acquired by a Shareholder, however acquired, including without
limitation shares acquired pursuant to share splits, share
dividends, share consolidations, recapitalizations and other
similar events affecting such shares.
ARTICLE II. VOTING RIGHTS
1. Voting of Shares
.
(a) Subject to Section 3 of
this Article II below, in any and all elections of directors of the
Company (whether at a meeting or by written resolution in lieu of a
meeting), each Shareholder shall vote or cause to be voted all
Voting Shares owned by him, her or it or over which such
Shareholder has voting control (and attend, in person or by proxy
for purposes of obtaining a quorum, or by execution of written
resolution in lieu of meetings), and otherwise use his, her, or its
best efforts, and the Company agrees to take all necessary and
desirable actions within its control (including, but not limited to
the nomination of specified persons), so as to fix the number of
directors of the Company at seven (7) and to cause and maintain the
election to the Board of Directors as follows:
(i) two (2) members, one of
which is designated by Highland, and the other of which is
designated by Highland B (collectively, the “Series B
Designees”), who shall initially be Paul Maeder and Fergal
Mullen, respectively;
(ii) two (2) members
designated by the Series A Investors who are the holders of a
majority of the Series A Investor Shares in issue at the time of
such election (the “Series A Designees”), who shall
initially be Valerie Gombart and Louis Page;
(iii) one (1) member
designated by the holders of a majority of the Common Shares in
issue at the time of such election (the “Common Shares
Designee”), who shall initially be Robert Keane;
and
(iv) two (2) members who
shall be independent, non-employee directors designated by a
majority of the Board of Directors, including the Series B
Designees (the “Independent Designees”), one of whom
shall initially be George Overholser and one of whom shall
initially be so designated, approved and elected by February 19,
2005. Until the Independent Designee other than George Overholser
is initially elected, the Series A Designees shall designate an
incumbent member of the Board of Directors to serve in such
position, who shall initially be Olivier Protard; provided, that to
the extent an Independent Designee is not designated by a majority
of the Board of Directors, including the Series B Designees, within
the time period specified herein with respect to such Independent
Designee, the Shareholders shall vote or cause to be voted their
Voting Shares to remove from the Board of Directors the incumbent
designated by the Series A Designees to serve in the position of
such Independent Designee, and the vacancy created thereby shall be
filled only by a person designated by a majority of the Board of
Directors, including the Series B Designees.
(b) The Company shall provide
the Shareholders with at least 30 days’ prior written notice
of any intended mailing of a notice to Shareholders for a meeting
at which directors are to be elected. Highland, Highland B, the
Series A Investors and the holders of Common Shares party to this
Agreement shall give written notice to all parties to this
Agreement, no later than 20 days prior to such mailing, of their
respective designees for election as directors. If Highland,
Highland B, the Series A Investors or the holders of Common Shares
party to this Agreement fail to give notice to the Company as
provided above, it shall be deemed that such parties’
designee(s) then serving on the Board of Directors shall be such
parties’ designee(s) for reelection.
(c) Except with the prior
consent of the party or parties which were entitled to designate a
director pursuant to Section 1 of this Article II, the Shareholders
shall not vote to remove such director designated hereunder except
for bad faith, willful misconduct or the consistent failure by such
director to attend meetings of the Company’s Board of
Directors.
(d) In the event that any
director designee (a “Former Director”) ceases to serve
as a director for any reason other than (i) for bad faith, willful
misconduct or the consistent failure by any such director to attend
meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors or (ii) for
refusal to stand for re-election, the parties entitled to designate
such Former Director shall have the right to nominate another
designee for immediate election as a director without complying
with Section 1(b) of this Article II. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in the preceding sentence, if a Former Director ceases
to serve for the reasons set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this
subsection, the parties designating such Former Director shall
nominate another designee for election, provided that such parties
comply with Section 1(b) of this Article II.
(e) In the event that Robert
Keane ceases to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer, then for so long as the Common Shares Designee is not the
then Chief Executive Officer, each Shareholder shall vote or cause
to be voted all Voting Shares owned by him, her or it or over which
such Shareholder has voting control (and attend, in person or by
proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum, or by execution of
written consents in lieu of meetings), and otherwise use his, her,
or its best efforts, and the Company agrees to take all necessary
and desirable actions within its control (including, but not
limited to the nomination of specified persons), so as to increase
the number of directors of the Company to eight (8) and to elect
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer to the Board of
Directors.
2. No Revocation . The
voting agreements contained herein are coupled with an interest and
may not be revoked, except by written consent of all of the
Shareholders.
3. Rights Relating to an
Acquisition .
(a) At any time on or after
August 19, 2005 and in addition to the requirements under the
Bye-Laws and the Companies Act, if (i) any person or entity, or
group of related persons and/or entities makes a good faith offer
to consummate, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, any (a) consolidation, amalgamation or merger of the
Company into or with any other entity or entities (except a
consolidation, amalgamation or merger with or into a subsidiary of
the Company or a consolidation, amalgamation or merger in which
either (I) the Company’s voting capital shares in issue
immediately prior to the transaction continue to represent a
majority by voting power of the voting capital shares in issue
immediately following the transaction on a fully-diluted basis or
(II) the shares issued in exchange for the Company’s voting
shares in issue immediately prior to such transaction represent a
majority by voting power of the voting shares of the continuing
entity immediately following the transaction on a fully-diluted
basis); (b) sale of all or substantially all the assets of the
Company, whether by sale, transfer, license or otherwise; or (c)
acquisition of capital shares representing a majority by voting
power of the voting capital shares of the Company other than any
such acquisition that is (1) made by any person or entity of which
Highland Capital Partners and its Affiliates collectively own more
than 25% of the outstanding voting interests, and (2) not approved
by a majority of the Board of Directors (each, an
“Acquisition”), and (ii) such Acquisition is approved
by holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preference Shares
then in issue, then each party to this Agreement shall be obligated
to use their best efforts to effect the closing of such
Acquisition, including without limitation, to (a) vote all of his,
her or its Voting Shares in favor of such transaction, to the
extent any such vote is required for the consummation of such
transaction, (b) sell, transfer or exchange all of his, her or its
Voting Shares in connection with such transaction, with the
consideration to be paid in respect of such sale, transfer or
exchange to be allocated or distributed among the Shareholders in
accordance with the terms of the Company’s Bye-Laws, and (c)
execute and deliver such instruments of conveyance and transfer and
take such other action, including executing any purchase agreement,
merger agreement, amalgamation agreement, indemnity agreement,
escrow agreement or related documents (each, an “Acquisition
Agreement”), as may be reasonably required by the Company in
order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section 3(a). If
a party to this Agreement fails or refuses to vote or sell his, her
or its Voting Shares as required by, or votes his, her or its
Voting Shares in contravention of, this Section 3(a), then such
party hereby grants to the President and Treasurer of the Company,
and each of them acting singly, an irrevocable proxy and power of
attorney, coupled with an interest, to vote such Voting Shares in
accordance with this Section 3(a) and to execute any instruments
necessary or advisable to effect such grant, and the President and
Treasurer of the Company, and each of them acting singly, shall so
vote such Voting Shares, and hereby appoints the President and
Treasurer of the Company and each of them acting singly, his, her
or its attorney in fact, to sell such Voting Shares in accordance
with the terms of this Section 3(a) and the President and Treasurer
of the Company shall so sell such Voting Shares. At the closing of
such Acquisition, each of the parties to this Agreement shall
deliver, against receipt of the consideration payable in such
transaction, certificates representing that number of Voting Shares
which such party is bound to transfer pursuant to the Acquisition
Agreement, with all endorsements or other instruments necessary for
transfer. In the event that any party fails or refuses to comply
with the provisions of this Section 3(a), the Company, the
Shareholders and the purchaser in such Acquisition, at their
option, may elect to proceed with such Acquisition notwithstanding
such failure or refusal and, in such event and upon tender of the
specified consideration to any such party, the rights of any such
party with respect to such Voting Shares of such party shall
cease.
(b) In the event that
following August 19, 2005, the Board considers an Acquisition
proposed to be made by any person or entity, or group of related
persons and/or entities, other than any person or entity of which
Highland Capital Partners and its Affiliates collectively own more
than 25% of the outstanding voting interests, and such Acquisition
is approved by the Series B Designees but is not approved by the
requisite number of members of the Board of Directors, then the
number of directors constituting the Board of Directors will be
increased by that number of directors such that new directors
appointed to fill such new directorships plus the Series B
Designees will constitute a majority of the Board of Directors, all
such new directorships will be filled by persons designated by
Highland and Highland B, each designating an equal number of
directors unless they otherwise agree, and each Shareholder shall
vote all of such Shareholder’s Voting Shares to cause all
such designees to be elected to the Board of Directors. If the
Company thereafter terminates discussions regarding such
Acquisition or terminates any binding
legal agreement setting forth
the terms of such Acquisition, then the directors elected pursuant
to this Section 3(b) will be removed from office and the number of
directors constituting the Board of Directors will be reduced to
the number in effect prior to the increase in the Board of
Directors made with respect to such Acquisition and each
Shareholder shall vote all of such Shareholder’s Voting
Shares to cause such directors to be removed from office and to
reduce the number of directors accordingly. Highland Capital
Partners shall be responsible for any claims for indemnity brought
by such directors on account of their removal.
ARTICLE III. SALE OF COMPANY
SECURITIES
1. Pre-Emptive Rights
.
(a) The Company shall not
issue, sell or exchange, agree to issue, sell or exchange, or
reserve or set aside for issuance, sale or exchange (i) any Common
Shares, (ii) any other equity securities of the Company, including,
without limitation, preference shares, (iii) any option, warrant or
other right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any
equity securities of the Company, or (iv) any debt securities
convertible into shares of the Company (collectively, the
“Offered Securities”), unless in each case the Company
shall have first complied with the requirements of this Article
III, the Bye-Laws and obtained the prior written approval of the
BMA. The Company shall deliver to each of the Shareholders holding
greater than 500,000 Voting Shares (the “Pre-emptive Rights
Holders”) a written notice of any proposed or intended
issuance, sale or exchange of Offered Securities (the
“Offer”), which Offer shall (i) identify and describe
the Offered Securities, (ii) describe the price and other terms
upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged and the number
or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or
exchanged, (iii) identify the persons or entities (if known) to
which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered,
issued, sold or exchanged (the “Proposed Offeree”) and
describe the general terms upon which the Company proposes to
effect such offer or issuance, sale or exchange, and (iv) offer to
issue and sell to or exchange with each such Pre-emptive Rights
Holder (A) a pro rata portion of the Offered Securities determined
by dividing the aggregate number of Common Shares then held by each
such Pre-emptive Rights Holder (giving effect to the conversion of
all convertible preference shares then held by such Pre-emptive
Rights Holder) by the total number of Common Shares then in issue
(giving effect to the conversion of all issued convertible
preference shares and the exercise or conversion of other
convertible securities, options, rights or warrants) (the
“Basic Amount”), and (B) any additional portion of the
Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other
Pre-emptive Rights Holders as each such Pre-emptive Rights Holder
shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other
Pre-emptive Rights Holders subscribe for less than their Basic
Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”). Each of the
Pre-emptive Rights Holders shall have the right, for a period of 20
days following delivery of the Offer, to purchase or acquire, at
the price and upon the other terms specified in the Offer, the
number or amount of Offered Securities described above. The Offer
by its term shall remain open and irrevocable for such 20-day
period.
(b) To accept an Offer, in
whole or in part, a Pre-emptive Rights Holder must deliver a
written notice to the Company prior to the end of the 20-day period
of the Offer, setting forth the portion of such Pre-emptive Rights
Holder’s Basic Amount that such holder elects to purchase
and, if such holder shall elect to purchase all of its Basic
Amount, the Undersubscription Amount (if any) that such holder
elects to purchase (the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the
Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Pre-emptive Rights Holders are
less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts available for
purchase, then each Pre-emptive Rights Holder who has set forth
Undersubscription Amounts in its Notice of Acceptance shall be
entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed
for, all Undersubscription Amounts it has subscribed for;
provided , however , that should the
Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference
between the total of all of the Basic Amounts available for
purchase and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available
Undersubscription Amount”), each Pre-emptive Rights Holder
who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be
entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available
Undersubscription Amount as the Undersubscription Amount subscribed
for by such holder bears to the total Undersubscription Amounts
subscribed for by all Pre-emptive Rights Holders, subject to
rounding by the Board of Directors to the extent it reasonably
deems necessary.
(c) The Company shall have 90
days from the expiration of the 20-day period set forth in Article
III, Section 1(a) to issue, sell or exchange all or any part of
such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not
been given by the Pre-emptive Rights Holders (the “Refused
Securities”), but only to the Proposed Offeree and only upon
terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices
and interest rates) which are not, in the aggregate, more favorable
to the Proposed Offeree or less favorable to the Company than those
set forth in the Offer.
(d) In the event the Company
shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any
such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section
1(c) above), then each Pre-emptive Rights Holder may, at its sole
option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of
the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an
amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the
Offered Securities that it elected to purchase pursuant to Section
1(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which
shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company
actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered
Securities to be issued or sold to such Pre-emptive Rights Holder
pursuant to Section 1(b) above prior to such reduction) and (ii)
the denominator of which shall be the amount of all Offered
Securities. In the event that a Pre-emptive Rights Holder so elects
to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in
its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or
exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered
Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered
to each of the Pre-emptive Rights Holders in accordance with
Section 1(a) above.
(e) Upon the closing of the
issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all the Refused
Securities, the Pre-emptive Rights Holders shall acquire from the
Company, and the Company shall issue to such Pre-emptive Rights
Holders, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in
the Notices of Acceptance, upon the terms and conditions specified
in the Offer. The purchase by the Pre-emptive Rights Holders of any
Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation,
execution and delivery by the Company and such holders of a
purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to such holders and their
respective counsel.
(f) Any Offered Securities
not acquired by the Pre-emptive Rights Holders or other persons in
accordance with Article III, Section 1(c) may not be issued, sold
or exchanged until they are again offered to the Pre-emptive Rights
Holders under the procedures specified in this Article.
2. Excluded Issuances
. The rights of the Pre-emptive Rights Holders under Section 1 of
this Article III shall not apply to:
(a) Common Shares issued as a
share dividend to holders of Common Shares or upon any subdivision
or consolidation of Common Shares;
(b) the delivery of any
Common Shares upon conversion of Preference Shares;
(c) Common Shares (or options
or warrants to acquire such shares) issued or issuable to employees
or directors of, or consultants to, the Company pursuant to the
Company’s Amended and Restated 2000-2002 Share Incentive Plan
as in effect as of the date hereof or pursuant to a plan, agreement
or arrangement approved by a vote of not less than a majority of
the Board of Directors of the Company including the Series B
Designees then serving on the Board of Directors;
(d) Common Shares issued or
issuable pursuant to warrants outstanding on or as of the date
hereof;
(e) securities issued solely
in consideration for the acquisition (whether by merger,
amalgamation or otherwise) by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the capital shares or
assets of any other entity which acquisition is approved by a vote
of not less than a majority of the Board of Directors, including
the Series B Designees then serving on the Board of
Directors;
(f) Common Shares sold by the
Company in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act; or
(g) Series B Preference
Shares issued pursuant to the 2003 Purchase Agreement or the 2004
Purchase Agreement.
3. Rights of First
Refusal .
(a) If any Shareholder other
than the Major Series B Holders desires to Transfer all or any part
of any shares of the Company held by such Shareholder, whether
owned as of the date of this Agreement or hereafter acquired (the
“Restricted Shares”), or if any Major Series B Holder
desires to Transfer all or any part of any shares of the Company
held by such Major Series B Holder to a Competitor, other than
according to the terms of this Article III, Section 3, such
Transfer shall be void and shall Transfer no right, title, or
interest in or to any of such Restricted Shares to the purported
Transferee.
(b) If a Shareholder other
than the Major Series B Holders desires to Transfer any of his, her
or its Restricted Shares other than as set forth in Section 3(h)
below, or if a Major Series B Holder desires to Transfer all or any
part of any shares of the Company held by such Major Series B
Holder to a Competitor, such Shareholder (the “Initiating
Shareholder”) shall submit a written offer (the
“Offer”) to sell such Restricted Shares (the
“Offered Shares”) to the Company and each other
Shareholder on terms and conditions, including price, not less
favorable to the Shareholders than those offered by the Initiating
Shareholder to the proposed Transferee. The Offer shall disclose
the identity of the party to which the Initiating Shareholder
proposes to Transfer the Restricted Shares (the “Proposed
Transferee”), the Offered Shares proposed to be Transferred,
the terms and conditions, including price and consideration, of the
proposed Transfer, and any other material facts relating to the
proposed Transfer.
(c) Subject to compliance
with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, the Company
shall have the first option to purchase all or any part of the
Offered Shares for the consideration per share and on the terms and
conditions specified in the Offer. The Company must exercise such
option, no later than 15 days after the date the Offer was
delivered, by written notice to the Initiating Shareholder. In the
event the Company does not exercise its option within such 15-day
period with respect to all of the Offered Shares, the Company
shall, by the last day of such period, give written notice of that
fact to the Shareholders (the “Shareholder Notice”)
specifying the number of Offered Shares not purchased by the
Company (the “Remaining Shares”). In the event the
Company duly exercises its option to purchase all or part of the
Offered Shares, the closing of such purchase shall take place at
the offices of the Company (A) if the Company agrees to purchase
all but not less than all of the Offered Shares, by the date five
days after the expiration of such 15-day period or (B) if the
Company and the Shareholders together agree to purchase all or a
part of the Offered Shares, by the date that the Shareholders
consummate their purchase of Remaining Shares under Section 3(f)
hereof.
(d) Subject to Section 3(e),
each Shareholder shall have an option, exercisable for a period of
15 days from the date of delivery of the Shareholder Notice, to
purchase up to that number of Remaining Shares as shall be equal to
the number of Remaining Shares multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares (after
giving effect to the conversion of all convertible preference
shares owned by such Shareholder and the exercise of all vested
options and warrants owned by such Shareholder) then owned by such
Shareholder and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate
number of Common Shares (after giving effect to the conversion of
all convertible preference shares owned by all such Shareholders
and the exercise of all vested options and warrants owned by all
Shareholders) then owned by all of the Shareholders. The amount of
Remaining Shares that each Shareholder is entitled to purchase
under this Section 3(d) shall be referred to as such
Shareholder’s “Pro Rata Fraction.” The
Shareholders must exercise their options under this Section 3(d),
if at all, by delivery of written notice to the Secretary of the
Company within such 15-day period.
(e) The Shareholders shall
have a right of oversubscription such that in the event options to
purchase Remaining Shares have been exercised by the Shareholders
with respect to some but not all of the Remaining Shares, those
Shareholders who have exercised their options within the
15-day
period specified in Section
3(d) shall have an additional option, for a period of five days
next succeeding the expiration of such 15-day period, to purchase
all or any part of the balance of such Remaining Shares on the
terms and conditions set forth in the Offer, which option shall be
exercised by delivery of written notice to the Secretary of the
Company. In the event there are Shareholders that choose to
exercise the last-mentioned option for a total number of Remaining
Shares in excess of the number available, such Shareholders shall
be cut back with respect to their oversubscriptions on a pro rata
basis in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Fractions or as
they may otherwise agree among themselves.
(f) If the options to
purchase the Remaining Shares are exercised in full by the
Shareholders, the Company shall immediately notify the Initiating
Shareholder and all of the subscribing Shareholders of that fact.
The closing of the purchase of the Remaining Shares shall take
place at the offices of the Company no later than thirty days after
the date of such notice. Such closing shall be effected by the
Initiating Shareholder’s delivery to the subscribing
Shareholders of a certificate or certificates evidencing the
Offered Shares to be purchased, duly endorsed for Transfer to each
such Shareholder, against payment to such Initiating Shareholder,
in cash or such other form of payment as may by agreed to by the
Initiating Shareholder of the purchase price therefor by such
Shareholders and receipt of BMA consent to the purchase.
(g) In the event options to
purchase have been exercised by the Shareholders and the Company,
with respect to some but not all of the Offered Shares, then
neither the Company nor any of the Shareholders may purchase any of
the Offered Shares and instead the Offered Shares may be sold at
any time within 90 days after the date the Offer was made, subject
to the provisions of Section 4 of this Article III. Any such sale
shall be to the Proposed Transferee at not less than the price and
upon such other terms and conditions, if any, not more favorable in
any material respect to the Proposed Transferee than those
specified in the Offer. Any Offered Shares not sold within such
90-day period shall again become subject to the right of first
refusal contained this Section 3.
(h) Subject to receiving the
prior written consent of the BMA, the rights of the Company and the
Shareholders under this Section 3 shall not apply to:
(i) any Transfer by a
Shareholder who is a natural person to his spouse or children or to
a trust established for the benefit of his spouse, children or
himself (a “Trust”), or pursuant to his will, or to any
entity in which such Shareholder holds a majority of the capital
and voting rights;
(ii) any Transfer by a
Shareholder that is an entity to any partner, member, retired
partner or retired member, Shareholder or Affiliate of such
Shareholder;
(iii) any Transfer made
pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by the
Company under the Securities Act;
(iv) any Transfer made as
part of the sale of all or substantially all of the shares of the
Company (including pursuant to a merger, amalgamation or
consolidation); or
(v) any Transfer by a Trust
(i) to its beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the
governing documents of the Trust or (ii) to another
Trust,
provided , however , that
in the case of a Transfer described in clauses (i) through (iii)
above, the Transferor or Transferee provides written notice of such
Transfer to the Company and the Transferee agrees in writing to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement.
4. Co-Sale Rights
.
(a) If at any time any Prior
Investor desires to sell all or any part of the Restricted Shares
owned by him to any Proposed Transferee in accordance with Section
3, other than pursuant to sales
exempted pursuant to Section
3(h), each of the Holders shall have the right to sell to the
Proposed Transferee, as a condition to such sale to the Proposed
Transferee, at the same price per share and on the same terms and
conditions, a number of Restricted Shares equal to the total number
of Restricted Shares to be sold multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the aggregate number of Common Shares (after
giving effect to the conversion of all convertible preference
shares owned by such Holder) then owned by such Holder and the
denominator of which is the aggregate number of Common Shares
(after giving effect to the conversion of all convertible
preference shares owned by all such Holders) then owned by all of
the Holders. If and to the extent a Holder exercises his, her or
its rights under this Section 4(a), the number of Restricted Shares
to be sold by the Prior Investor shall be reduced by the number of
Restricted Shares to be sold by the Holder exercising his, her or
its right under this Section 4(a).
(b) Each Holder wishing to so
participate in any sale under Section 4(a) shall notify the Prior
Investor in writing of such intention as soon as practicable after
such Holder’s receipt of the Offer made pursuant to Section
3(b) above, and in any event within the 15-day time period
specified in Section 3(d) above.
(c) Each participating Holder
shall sell to the Proposed Transferee all, or at the option of the
Proposed Transferee, any part, of the Restricted Shares proposed to
be sold at not less than the price and upon other terms and
conditions, if any, not more favorable in any material respect to
the Proposed Transferee than those in the Offer provided by the
Prior Investor under Section 3(b) above; provided ,
however , that any purchase of fewer than all of such
Restricted Shares by the Proposed Transferee shall be made from
each participating Holder and the Prior Investor pro rata based
upon the relative amount of the Restricted Shares that each
participating Holder and the Prior Investor is otherwise entitled
to sell pursuant to Section 4(a) above.
5. Constructive Trust
. The proceeds of any sale made by any Shareholder without
compliance with the provisions of this Article III, Section 3 and 4
shall be deemed to be held in constructive trust in such amount as
would have been due to the Holders if such Shareholder had complied
with such Sections.
ARTICLE IV. REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
1. Required
Registrations .
(a) At any time after the
earlier of (i) August 19, 2006 or (ii) six calendar months
following the closing of the Company’s first underwritten
public offering of Common Shares pursuant to a Registration
Statement, Series B Investors holding in the aggregate at least 40%
of the Registrable Shares held by the Series B Investors may
request, in writing, that the Company effect the registration of
Registrable Shares owned by such Series B Investors having an
aggregate offering price of at least $3,000,000 (based on the
market price or fair value at the time of such request). If the
Series B Investors initiating the registration intend to distribute
the Registrable Shares by means of an underwriting, they shall so
advise the Company in their request.
(b) The Company shall not be
required to effect more than two registrations pursuant to
paragraph (a) above; provided , however , that such
obligation shall be deemed satisfied only when a Registration
Statement covering the applicable Registrable Shares shall have
become effective, and then only if such Registration Statement
shall not have been withdrawn at the request of the Holders
requesting such registration (other than as a result of information
concerning the business or financial condition of the Company which
is made known to the Holders after the date on which such
registration was requested).
(c) At any time after the
Company becomes eligible to file a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (or any successor form relating to secondary offerings), Series
B Investors holding in the aggregate at least 20% of the
Registrable Shares held by the Series B Investors, or, on or after
the three-year anniversary of the Company’s initial public
offering, Series A Investors holding an aggregate of at least 20%
of the Registrable Shares held by the Series A Investors, may
request, in writing, that the
Company effect the
registration on Form S-3 (or such successor form) of Registrable
Shares having an aggregate offering price (based on the then
current public market price) of at least $1,000,000,
provided , however , that in no event shall the
Company be required to file more than two Registration Statements
for the Holders pursuant to this Section 1(c) in any 12-month
period.
(d) Upon receipt of any
request for registration pursuant to this Section 1, the Company
shall promptly give written notice of such proposed registration to
all other Shareholders. Such Shareholders shall have the right, by
giving written notice to the Company within 15 days after the
Company provides its notice, to elect to have included in such
registration such of their Registrable Shares as such Shareholders
may request in such notice of election, subject in the case of an
underwritten offering to Section 1(e) below). Thereupon, the
Company shall, as expeditiously as possible, use its reasonable
best efforts to effect the registration on an appropriate
registration form of all Registrable Shares which the Company has
been requested to so register; provided , however ,
that in the case of a registration requested under Section 1(c) of
this Article IV, the Company will only be obligated to effect such
registration on Form S-3 (or any successor form).
(e) If the Holders initiating
a registration pursuant to this Section 1 (the “Initiating
Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Shares covered
by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise
the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Section
1(a) or (b), as the case may be, and the Company shall include such
information in its written notice referred to in Section 1(d). The
right of any other Shareholder to include its Registrable Shares in
such registration pursuant to Section 1(a) or (b), as the case may
be, shall be conditioned upon such other Shareholder’s
participation in such underwriting on the terms set forth herein.
If the managing underwriter determines that the inclusion of all of
the Registrable Shares requested to be registered under Section
1(a) or (b), as the case may be, would adversely affect the
marketing of such Registrable Shares, then (i) Registrable
Securities held by the Prior Investors shall first be cut back,
with each requesting Prior Investor being cut back in the
proportion, as nearly as practicable, that the number of
Registrable Shares held by such Prior Investor bears to the number
of Registrable Shares held by all of the requesting Prior
Investors, and (ii) if further reduction in the number of
Registrable Shares is requested by the managing underwriter
the
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