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EXHIBIT 10.2 LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

Lockup Agreement

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Title: EXHIBIT 10.2 LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 5/14/2004
Industry: Medical Equipment and Supplies     Law Firm: Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP; King & Spalding LLP     Sector: Healthcare

EXHIBIT 10.2   LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, Parties: horizon medical products  inc. , rita medical systems  inc
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

 

                                LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

      THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of

May 12, 2004, by and among RITA Medical Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation

("Parent"), Horizon Medical Products, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the

"Company"), and the undersigned shareholder of the Company ("Holder").

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings

ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

 

                                   BACKGROUND

 

      A. Parent, the Company and Hornet Acquisition Corp., a Delaware

corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), have entered

into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the "Merger

Agreement"), which provides for the merger of the Merger Sub with and into the

Company (the "Merger"), pursuant to which the Company shall become a

wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

      B. Holder has been advised that Holder may be deemed to be an "affiliate"

of Parent after the consummation of the Merger as the term "affiliate" is

defined in Rule 144 of the Rules and Regulations (the "Rules and Regulations")

of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), although nothing

contained herein shall be construed as an admission by Holder that Holder will

in fact be an "affiliate" of Parent after the consummation of the Merger.

 

      C. As a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent, Merger Sub

and the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement, Holder has agreed to enter

into this Agreement.

 

      NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as

follows:

 

      1. Acknowledgments by Holder. Holder has carefully read this Agreement and

the Merger Agreement and has had the opportunity to discuss the requirements of

this Agreement with Holder's professional advisors, who Holder believes are

qualified to advise Holder with regard to such matters.

 

      2. Affiliate Status; Lock-up.

 

            (a) Affiliate Status. Holder has been advised that (i) the issuance

of Parent Common Stock to Holder Company Shareholders in connection with the

Merger will be registered on a registration statement on Form S-4 promulgated

under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") and that the

resale by Holder of shares of Parent Common Stock issued to the undersigned in

the Merger will be registered under the 1933 Act on a post-effective amendment

to such registration statement on Form S-3 (the "Resale Registration

Statement"), (ii) the resale of such shares by Holder may be subject to

restrictions set forth in Rule 144 and Rule 145 of the Rules and Regulations,

and (iii) Holder may be deemed to be an affiliate of Parent after the

consummation of the Merger.

 

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            (b) Lock-up. Holder agrees, during the 12-month period beginning on

the date of the consummation of the Merger, not to offer, contract to sell or

otherwise sell, dispose of, loan, pledge, grant any rights with respect to, make

any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any

hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale (each, a

"Disposition") of any shares of Parent Common Stock, except to the extent that:

(A)(i) such Disposition is made in conformity with the requirements of Rule

145(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, to the extent such Rule may be applicable

to such Disposition, (ii) such Disposition is made pursuant to an effective

registration statement under the 1933 Act or an appropriate exemption from

registration or (iii) Holder delivers to Parent a written opinion of counsel,

reasonably acceptable to Parent in form and substance, that such Disposition is

otherwise exempt from registration under the 1933 Act; and (B) the number of

shares of Parent Common Stock subject to Dispositions made by Holder during the

three month-period ending on the date of any such Disposition (and including the

shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Disposition) does not exceed 200%

of the number of shares of Parent Common Stock Holder would be entitled to sell

in accordance with the volume limitations set forth in Rule 144(e)(1) of the

Rules and Regulations if all shares of Parent Common Stock subject to

Dispositions made by Holder during such three-month period were subject to such

volume limitations (regardless of whether the resale thereof has been registered

under the 1933 Act). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this

Agreement shall not prohibit a transfer of any shares of Parent Common Stock by

Holder, if Holder is a partnership or limited liability company, to one or more

partners or members of Holder or to an affiliated Person under common control

with Holder; provided, however, that unless such transfer is effected in

accordance with Section 2(b)(B) above, such transfer shall be permitted only if,

as a precondition to such transfer, the transferee agrees in writing to be bound

by all of the terms of this Section 2(b).

 

            (c) Holder understands that there will be placed on the certificates

for the Parent Common Stock issued to Holder, or any substitutions therefor, a

legend stating in substance:

 

      "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE HELD BY AN "AFFILIATE" OF

      RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. AND MAY ONLY BE TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH

      RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND WERE ISSUED IN A

      TRANSACTION TO WHICH RULE 145 PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES AC


 
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