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SERIES A PREFERRED AND COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Purchase and Sale Agreement

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Title: SERIES A PREFERRED AND COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: California     Date: 2/17/2005
Industry: Computer Services     Law Firm: Cooley Godward;Latham Watkins     Sector: Technology

SERIES A PREFERRED AND COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: myspace  inc , redpoint associates i  llc , redpoint associates ii  llc , redpoint ventures i  llc , redpoint ventures ii  llc
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Exhibit 10.3

 

MYSPACE, INC.

 

SERIES A PREFERRED AND COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

T HIS S ERIES A P REFERRED A ND C OMMON S TOCK P URCHASE A GREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of February 11, 2005, by and among M YSPACE , I NC . , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of those persons and entities, severally and not jointly, whose names are set forth on the Schedule of Purchasers attached hereto as Exhibit A (which persons and entities are hereinafter collectively referred to as “ Purchasers ” and each individually as a “ Purchaser ”).

 

R ECITALS

 

W HEREAS , the Company has authorized the sale and issuance of an aggregate of eight hundred seventy thousand one hundred seventy-one (870,171) shares of its Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Shares ”) and an aggregate of one million one hundred thirty-seven thousand six hundred twenty-four (1,137,624) shares of its Common Stock (the “ Common Shares ,” and together with the Preferred Shares, the “ Shares ”);

 

W HEREAS , Purchasers desire to purchase the Shares on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

 

W HEREAS , the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement (as defined below) are intended to constitute a single transaction for purposes of Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

W HEREAS , the Company desires to issue and sell the Shares to Purchasers on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

A GREEMENT

 

N OW , T HEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises, representations, warranties, and covenants hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

  1. A GREEMENT T O S ELL A ND P URCHASE .

 

1.1 Authorization of Shares . The Company has authorized (a) the sale and issuance to Purchasers of the Shares and (b) the issuance of such shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares (the “ Conversion Shares ”). The Shares and the Conversion Shares have the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Charter ”).

 

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1.2 Sale and Purchase . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (as hereinafter defined) the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, severally and not jointly, (a) the number of Preferred Shares set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A , at a purchase price of seven dollars and fifteen cents ($7.15) per share, and (b) the number of Common Shares set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A , at a purchase price of four dollars and sixty-seven cents ($4.67) per share.

 

  2. C LOSING , D ELIVERY A ND P AYMENT .

 

2.1 Closing . The closing of the sale and purchase of the Shares under this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at 1:00 p.m. on the date hereof, at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000, Los Angeles, CA 90071, or at such other time or place as the Company and Purchasers may mutually agree (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date ”).

 

2.2 Delivery . At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser a certificate representing the number of Preferred Shares and a certificate representing the number of Common Shares to be purchased at the Closing by such Purchaser, against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company.

 

  3. R EPRESENTATIONS A ND W ARRANTIES O F T HE C OMPANY .

 

Except as set forth on a Schedule of Exceptions delivered by the Company to Purchasers at the Closing, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Purchaser as of the date of this Agreement (after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, unless otherwise noted below) as set forth below.

 

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Stockholders’ Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”), the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), the Contribution Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “ Contribution Agreement ”), the Transition and Finance Services Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “ Services Agreement ”), the Intellectual Property License Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “ License Agreement ”) and the Management Rights Letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (collectively, the “ Related Agreements ”), to issue and sell the Shares and the Conversion Shares, and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement, the Related Agreements and the Charter and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.

 

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3.2 Subsidiaries . The Company does not own or control any equity security or other interest of any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity. The Company is not a participant in any joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or similar arrangement. Since its inception, the Company has not consolidated or merged with, acquired all or substantially all of the assets of, or acquired the stock of or any interest in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (other than pursuant to the Related Agreements).

 

3.3 Capitalization; Voting Rights .

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company, immediately prior to the Closing, consists of (i) 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, none of which are issued and outstanding, and (ii) 880,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, all shares of which are designated Series A Preferred Stock, none of which are issued and outstanding. Immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Contribution Agreement, there will be 6,760,563 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and 870,171 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.

 

(b) No shares or options to purchase shares of Common Stock have been issued or granted under the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”), and 401,618 shares of Common Stock remain available for future issuance under the Plan to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company. The Company has not made any representations regarding equity incentives to any officer, employee, director or consultant that are inconsistent with the share amounts and terms set forth in the Company’s board minutes.

 

(c) Other than the shares reserved for issuance under the Plan and except as may be granted pursuant to this Agreement and the Related Agreements, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), proxy or stockholder agreements, or agreements of any kind for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of any of its securities.

 

(d) All issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) were issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of securities, and (iii) are subject to a right of first refusal in favor of the Company on transfer.

 

(e) The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the Shares are as stated in the Charter. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly reserved for issuance. When issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Charter, the Shares and the Conversion Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be free of any liens or encumbrances other than liens and encumbrances created by or imposed upon the Purchasers; provided, however , that the Shares and the Conversion Shares may be subject to restrictions on transfer and subject to a purchase option under the Related Agreements and under state and/or federal securities laws as set forth herein or as otherwise required by such laws at the time a transfer is proposed. The sale of the Shares and the subsequent conversion of the Preferred Shares into Conversion Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with.

 

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(f) No stock plan, stock purchase, stock option or other agreement or understanding between the Company and any holder of any equity securities or rights to purchase equity securities provides for acceleration or other changes in the vesting provisions or other terms of such agreement or understanding as the result of (i) termination of employment or consulting services (whether actual or constructive); (ii) any merger, consolidated sale of stock or assets, change in control or any other transaction(s) by the Company; or (iii) the occurrence of any other event or combination of events.

 

(g) All outstanding shares of Common Stock, and all outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise or conversion outstanding options, warrants or other exercisable or convertible securities, are subject to a market standoff or “lockup” agreement of not less than 180 days following the Company’s initial public offering.

 

3.4 Authorization; Binding Obligations . All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization of this Agreement and the Related Agreements, the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder at the Closing and the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Shares pursuant hereto and the Conversion Shares pursuant to the Charter has been taken. The Agreement and the Related Agreements, when executed and delivered, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights, (b) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies, and (c) to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnification provisions in the Investor Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable laws.

 

3.5 Liabilities . The Company has no material liabilities that would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with United States generally acceptable accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) and, to the best of its knowledge, no material contingent liabilities that would be required to be disclosed in footnotes to the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP, except in each case current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business which would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business, assets, properties or financial condition of the Company.

 

3.6 Agreements; Action .

 

(a) Except for agreements explicitly contemplated hereby and agreements between the Company on the one hand and its employees with respect to the sale of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, there are no agreements, understandings or proposed transactions between the Company and any of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates or any affiliate thereof on the other hand.

 

(b) There are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts, proposed transactions, judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which the Company is a party or to its knowledge by which it is bound which involve (i) future obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, the Company in excess of $100,000, or (ii) the transfer or license of any material patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from the Company (other

 

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than licenses by the Company of “off the shelf” or other standard products), or (iii) provisions restricting the development, manufacture or distribution of the Company’s products or services in any material respect, or (iv) indemnification by the Company with respect to infringements of proprietary rights.

 

(c) The Company has not (i) accrued, declared or paid any dividends, or authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its capital stock, (ii) incurred or guaranteed any indebtedness for money borrowed or any other liabilities (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business) individually in excess of $100,000 or, in the case of indebtedness and/or liabilities individually less than $100,000, in excess of $300,000 in the aggregate, (iii) made any loans or advances to any person, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses, or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary course of business.

 

(d) For the purposes of subsections (b) and (c) above, all indebtedness, liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed transactions involving the same person or entity (including persons or entities the Company has reason to believe are affiliated therewith) shall be aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such subsections.

 

3.7 Obligations to Related Parties . Except pursuant to the Related Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, there are no obligations of the Company to officers, directors, stockholders, or employees of the Company other than (a) for payment of salary for services rendered, (b) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (c) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company). Other than ownership of shares of stock of any stockholder of the Company that is itself a corporation or limited liability company, none of the officers, directors or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, key employees or stockholders of the Company or any members of their immediate families, is indebted to the Company or has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which the Company is affiliated or with which the Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with the Company, other than (i) passive investments in publicly traded companies (representing less than 1% of such company) which may compete with the Company and (ii) investments by venture capital funds with which directors of the Company may be affiliated and service as a board member of a company in connection therewith due to a person’s affiliation with a venture capital fund or similar institutional investor in such company. No officer, director or stockholder, or any member of their immediate families, is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material contract with the Company (other than the Related Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby and other than such contracts as relate to any such person’s ownership of capital stock or other securities of the Company).

 

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3.8 Changes . Since the formation of the Company (and after giving effect to consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement), there has not been to the Company’s knowledge:

 

(a) Any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operations of the Company, other than changes in the ordinary course of business, none of which individually or in the aggregate has had or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such assets, liabilities, financial condition or operations of the Company;

 

(b) Any resignation or termination of any officer, key employee or group of employees of the Company;

 

(c) Any material change, except in the ordinary course of business, in the contingent obligations of the Company by way of guaranty, endorsement, indemnity, warranty or otherwise;

 

(d) Any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, materially and adversely affecting the properties, business or prospects or financial condition of the Company;

 

(e) Any waiver by the Company of a valuable right or of a material debt owed to it;

 

(f) Any material change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder;

 

(g) Any labor organization activity related to the Company;

 

(h) Any sale, assignment, or exclusive license or transfer of any patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible assets;

 

(i) Any change in any material agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound which materially and adversely affects the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, operations or prospects of the Company;

 

(j) Any other event or condition of any character that, either individually or cumulatively, has materially and adversely affected the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or operations of the Company; or

 

(k) Any arrangement or commitment by the Company to do any of the acts described in subsection (a) through (j) above.

 

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc. The Company has good and marketable title to its owned properties and assets and a valid leasehold interest in its leasehold estates, in each case subject to no mortgage, pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance or charge, other than (a) those resulting from taxes which have not yet become delinquent, (b) minor liens and encumbrances which do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company, and (c) those that have otherwise arisen in the ordinary course of business.

 

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3.10 Intellectual Property .

 

(a) The Company owns or possesses sufficient legal rights to all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and other proprietary rights and processes necessary for its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, without any known infringement of the rights of others. There are no outstanding material options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the foregoing proprietary rights, nor is the Company bound by or a party to any material options, licenses or agreements with respect to the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and other proprietary rights and processes of any other person or entity other than such licenses or agreements arising from the purchase of “off the shelf” or standard products.

 

(b) The Company has not received any written communications alleging that the Company has violated or, by conducting its business as presently proposed to be conducted, would violate any of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or trade secrets or other proprietary rights of any other person or entity.

 

(c) The Company is not aware that any of its employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency, that would interfere with their duties to the Company or that would conflict with the Company’s business as proposed to be conducted. Each employee, officer and consultant of the Company has executed a proprietary information and inventions agreement in the form previously provided to the Purchasers or their respective counsel. No employee, officer or consultant of the Company has excluded works or inventions made prior to his or her employment with the Company from his or her assignment of inventions pursuant to such employee, officer or consultant’s proprietary information and inventions agreement. The Company does not believe it is or will be necessary to utilize any inventions, trade secrets or proprietary information of any of its employees made prior to their employment by the Company, except for inventions, trade secrets or proprietary information that have been assigned to the Company.

 

(d) The Company is not subject to any “open source” or “copyleft” obligations or otherwise required to make any public disc


 
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