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RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Preemptive Rights Agreement

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Title: RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/27/2008
Industry: Medical Equipment and Supplies     Law Firm: Troutman Sanders;Vedder Price     Sector: Healthcare

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, Parties: ophthalmic imaging systems , agfa gevaert nv , mv acquisitions ltd
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Exhibit 10.3

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated March 25, 2008, among Ophthalmic Imaging Systems, a California corporation (“OIS”), and the parties listed on Schedule A (the “Principal MV Shareholders”).

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, OIS, MediVision Medical Imaging Ltd., an Israeli company (“MediVision”), and MV Acquisitions Ltd., an Israeli company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of OIS (“Merger Sub”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), providing for the merger (the “Merger”) of Merger Sub with and into MediVision, and the conversion of the outstanding ordinary shares of MediVision into shares of the common stock, no par value, of OIS (the “Common Stock”), with MediVision surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of OIS;

WHEREAS, each of the Principal MV Shareholders is, directly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary, a holder, or a member of a group of related parties that holds, more than 5% of the outstanding ordinary shares of MediVision;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to set forth herein certain matters regarding the stock of OIS following the closing of the Merger Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Defined Terms . In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)       “Agfa” means Agfa Gevaert N.V. and its affiliates, one of the Principal MV Shareholders.

 

(b)

“Closing” means the closing of the Merger.

(c)       “Closing Price” on any date shall mean the average, over the 60 trading days ending on the last trading day prior to such date, of the closing prices per share of the Common Stock on the principal exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or, if not so listed, as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board.

(d)       “Confidential Information” means the giving of a Notice, and all information furnished by OIS to any Principal MV Shareholder in connection therewith (including the terms of any Offered Securities, the terms on which they are offered, the identity of any Offeror, and all information provided in connection with any Principal MV Shareholder’s consideration of its response to any Notice, collectively, (“ Notice Information ”)), and all statements, notes, analyses, compilations, studies, and other documents, whether prepared by a Principal MV Shareholder or others, which contain or otherwise reflect such information; provided that “Confidential Information” (including

 


 

but not limited to Notice Information) shall not include information which (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by a Principal MV Shareholder or its Representatives, (ii) was available to the Principal MV Shareholder on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Principal MV Shareholder or its Representatives by OIS or its Representatives, or (iii) becomes available to the Principal MV Shareholder on a non-confidential basis from a source other than OIS, another Principal MV Shareholder, or either of their Representatives provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with OIS or otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information by a contractual, legal, or fiduciary obligation.

(e)       “Excluded Issuances” means issuances of Subject Securities (i) in exchange for services, (ii) on exercise or conversion of options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar securities (A) outstanding immediately following the Closing (including by assumption of MediVision securities) or issued under any stock plan in existence at the Closing or thereafter approved by OIS’s stockholdersor (B) as to which the Principal MV Shareholders were offered preemptive rights in accordance with Article III hereof, or (iii) in an underwritten public offering for cash.

(f)        “Non-Cash Consideration” means consideration offered by an Offeror in the form of assets or securities.

(g)       “Notice” means a notice from OIS, together with a reasonably detailed term sheet or letter of intent for the issuance of Subject Securities, which notice states that such letter of intent or term sheet has been approved by the OIS Board of Directors and the related Offeror. Any Notice (or the accompanying letter or intent or term sheet) shall set forth the number and description of the Offered Securities, the aggregate Value, and the Value per unit of Offered Security, to be offered pursuant thereto, and any other material terms.

(h)       “Offered Securities” means the Subject Securities subject to an offer as described in a Notice.

(i)        “Offeror” means a person or persons offering to purchase Subject Securities.

(j)        “Proportionate Share” of any Principal MV Shareholder at any date with respect to any number of Subject Securities means such number of Subject Securities multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock owned by such Principal MV Shareholder (or its wholly-owned subsidiary) at such date and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such date.

(k)       “Representatives” of any party shall mean such party’s officers, directors, partners, members, managers, employees, agents, and representatives.

 

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(l)        “Subject Securities” means shares of the Company’s Common Stock or other securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

(m)      “Threshold” at any date means the Value of investments in OIS Agfa’s Executive Committee can then approve, without approval of Agfa’s board of directors, under Agfa’s policies as in effect from time to time, as last communicated by Agfa to OIS pursuant to Section 2.02.

 

(n)

“Value” of the consideration offered for any Subject Securities shall be:

(i)             If such consideration is cash, the dollar amount (or equivalent in euros as of the date of the Notice sent by OIS pursuant to Article II or III, as applicable) of such consideration.

 

(ii)

If such consideration consists of Non-Cash Consideration:

(A)              If the Offered Securities are shares of Common Stock, the Value of such Non-Cash Consideration shall be deemed to be equal to the number of such shares to be offered as set forth in the related Notice multiplied by the Closing Price on the trading day preceding the date of the Notice, as set forth in such Notice.

(B)              If the Offered Securities are not shares of Common Stock, the value of such Non-Cash Consideration shall be as reasonably determined by OIS, consistent with its intended method of accounting for the issuance of the Offered Securities, as set forth in the related Notice.

In each case, such value shall not include the exercise price of any warrants included in the Offered Securities.

ARTICLE II

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

Section 2.01     Right of First Refusal . If OIS shall propose to issue to any Offeror that is a competitor of Agfa any Subject Securities (the “Offered Securities”), other than in Excluded Issuances or in issuances which, pursuant to Article Nine of OIS’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, require approval of the holders of 67% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, OIS shall, before consummating such proposed issuance, (i) deliver a Notice to Agfa two weeks prior to the date of such proposed issuance, which Notice shall also include the timing of closingand a statement as to OIS’s obligation to confirm receipt of an ROFR Acceptance, and (ii) provide Agfa the right of first refusal to purchase all but not less than all of the Offered Securities (subject to Article III), on the same terms and conditions as OIS proposed to issue such Offered Securities to such Offeror, except as otherwise provided herein. Such right of first refusal shall be exercisable by Agfa if it gives a notice (an “ROFR Acceptance”) exercising such right within

 

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(a)       if the Value of the aggregate proposed consideration for the Offered Securities exceeds the Threshold as then in effect, six weeks after delivery by OIS to Agfa of a Notice relating to such Offered Securities, or

(b)       if the Value of the aggregate proposed purchase price for the Offered Securities does not exceed the Threshold, three weeks after delivery to Agfa of a Notice relating to such Offered Securities;

provided that, in either case, OIS and Agfa shall cooperate and use their reasonable efforts to enable Agfa, and Agfa shall use its reasonable efforts, to either exercise its right of first refusal, or inform OIS that it will waive such right, as promptly as practicable after delivery by OIS of a Notice.

Section 2.02     Threshold . Agfa represents to OIS that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Threshold is €5 million. Agfa shall promptly inform OIS of any change in the Threshold, and OIS shall forward notice of such change to each Principal MV Shareholder.

Section 2.03     Exclusion . Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agfa shall not have the right of first refusal provided for in Section 2.01 if the Offeror’s principal business is primarily focused in the ophthalmic arena.

Section 2.04     Effect of Election . If Agfa gives a ROFR Acceptance in response to any Notice, Agfa shall be irrevocably obligated to purchase, and, subject to Article III, OIS shall be irrevocably obligated to issue and sell to Agfa, the Offered Securities, at the aggregate purchase price and on the other terms, set forth in the Notice, except as provided herein.

Section 2.05     Payment of or in Lieu of Non-Cash Consideration . If the consideration offered by an Offeror for the Offered Securities consists of Non-Cash Consideration, Agfa, if it gives an ROFR Acceptance, may elect in the ROFR Acceptance to either:

(a)       provide comparable Non-Cash Consideration (“Agfa Non-Cash Consideration”), provided that Agfa certifies in the ROFR Acceptance that it can so provide the Agfa Non-Cash Consideration, with reasonably detailed specifications, sources, or means of providing the same, and OIS reasonably agrees that the Agfa Non-Cash Consideration is comparable to the Non-Cash Consideration offered by the Offeror; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if OIS and Agfa are in disagreement as to whether the Agfa Non-Cash Consideration is comparable to the Non-Cash Consideration offered by the Offeror, and an agreement cannot be reached within three weeks after delivery of the ROFR Acceptance, such determination shall be made by an independent third party evaluator selected byOIS, and the fees, expenses, and costs of such third party evaluator shall be borne equally by OIS and Agfa, or

(b)       elect to pay cash in an amount equal to the value of the Non-Cash Consideration offered by the Offeror, as determined pursuant to Section 2.04; provided, that Agfa shall not have the right to elect to pay cash if OIS states in the Notice that it needs to obtain the Non-Cash Consideration to pursue a material part of its business or business plans and cannot obtain the same for cash at such value.

 

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Section 2.06     Definitive Documentation and Closing . If Agfa gives an ROFR Acceptance in response to any Notice, OIS and Agfa shall as promptly as practicable enter into definitive agreements for the purchase and sale of the Offered Securities, and shall hold a closing of such purchase and sale as promptly as practicable thereafter, subject to Article III.

Section 2.07     Effect of Non-Election . If Agfa does not give an ROFR Acceptance in response to any Notice, OIS may, subject to Article III, sell to the proposed Offeror the Offered Securities, at the same purchase price and payment terms described in the Notice and upon such other terms not more favorable to the Offeror than as described in the Notice, pro


 
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