Exhibit
10.4
STOCKHOLDER’S AND
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This STOCKHOLDER’S AND
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of August 31, 2009 (this
“ Agreement ”), is by and between CareFusion
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), and Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the
“ Parent ”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation
Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2009 (the “ Separation
Agreement ”), by and between the Company and the Parent,
Parent will distribute at least 80% of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock (as defined below) to the Parent’s shareholders
(the “ Distribution ”);
WHEREAS, if any shares of Common
Stock are not distributed in the Distribution (such shares not
distributed in the Distribution, the “ Retained Shares
”), then the Parent may dispose of these shares through one
or more transactions, including pursuant to one or more
transactions registered under the Securities Act (the “
Additional Divestiture Transactions ”);
WHEREAS, the Company desires to
grant to the Parent the Registration Rights (as defined below) for
the Retained Shares, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, if there shall be any
Retained Shares, then the Parent desires to grant the Company a
proxy to vote such Retained Shares in proportion to the votes cast
by other stockholders, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms . As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“ Affiliate ”
shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, another
Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with the Person specified; provided , however , that,
immediately after the Separation, the Company and its Subsidiaries
shall not be considered to be “Affiliates” of the
Parent, and Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and
its Subsidiaries) shall not be considered to be
“Affiliates” of Company. As used herein, “
control ” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ Board ” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“ Business Day ”
shall mean any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which banking institutions doing business in New York, New York are
authorized or obligated by law or required by executive order to be
closed.
“ Common Stock ”
means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company.
“ Company ” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and shall
include the Company’s successors by merger, acquisition,
reorganization or otherwise.
“ Company Public Sale
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)
.
“ Debt Exchanges
” means one or more Public Debt Exchanges or Private Debt
Exchanges.
“ Debt Securities
” means outstanding debt instruments or securities issued by
Parent, including the 6.75% notes due 2011, the 4.00% notes due
2015, the 5.85% notes due 2017, the floating rate notes due 2009,
the 5.80 percent notes due 2016, the 6.00% notes due 2017, and the
5.65% notes due 2012.
“ Demand Registration
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)
.
“ Distribution ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to
time.
“ Holder ” shall
mean the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such Person
holds any Registrable Securities, and any Person owning Registrable
Securities who is a permitted transferee of rights under
Section 4.4 .
“ Initiating Holder
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)
.
“ Loss ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a) .
“ Parent ” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ Participating Banks
” shall mean such investment banks that engage in any Debt
Exchange with the Parent.
“ Private Debt Exchange
” means a private exchange with one or more Participating
Banks pursuant to which such Participating Banks shall exchange
Debt Securities with Parent for some or all of the Retained Shares
in a transaction that is not required to be registered under the
Securities Act.
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“ Person ” means
any individual, firm, limited liability company or partnership,
joint venture, corporation, joint stock company, trust or
unincorporated organization, incorporated or unincorporated
association, government (or any department, agency or political
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind, and shall include
any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
“ Piggyback
Registration ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(a).
“ Prospectus ”
means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all
amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all other material incorporated by
reference in such prospectus.
“ Public Debt Exchanges
” means a public exchange that is registered under the
Securities Act pursuant to which the Parent shall offer Retained
Shares in exchange for Debt Securities.
“ Registrable
Securities ” means the Retained Shares, and any shares of
Common Stock or other securities issued with respect to, in
exchange for, or in replacement of such Retained Shares. The term
“Registrable Securities” excludes, however, any
security (i) the sale of which has been effectively registered
under the Securities Act and which has been disposed of in
accordance with a Registration Statement, (ii) that has been
sold by a Holder in a transaction exempt from the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act under
Section 4(1) thereof (including transactions pursuant to
Rule 144) such that the further disposition of such securities
by the transferee or assignee is not restricted under the
Securities Act, or (iii) that have been sold by a Holder in a
transaction in which such Holder’s rights under this
Agreement are not, or cannot be, assigned.
“ Registration ”
means a registration with the SEC of the offer and sale to the
public of Common Stock under a Registration Statement. The terms
“ Register ” and “ Registering
” shall have a correlative meaning.
“ Registration Expenses
” shall mean all expenses incident to the Company’s
performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including all
(i) registration, qualification and filing fees;
(ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue
sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in
connection with blue sky qualifications within the United States of
any Registrable Securities being registered); (iii) printing
expenses, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;
(iv) internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries
and expenses of employees of the Company performing legal or
accounting duties); (v) fees and disbursements of counsel for
the
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Company and customary fees and
expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by
the Company (including the expenses of any comfort letters or costs
associated with the delivery by the Company’s independent
certified public accountants of comfort letters customarily
requested by underwriters); and (vi) fees and expenses of
listing any Registrable Securities on any securities exchange on
which the shares of Common Stock are then listed and Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority registration and filing fees; but
excluding any fees or disbursements of the Holder, any underwriting
discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of any
Registrable Securities, any fees and expenses of the underwriters,
any stock transfer taxes, out-of pocket costs and expenses relating
to any investor presentations on any “road show”
presentations undertaken in connection with marketing of the
Registrable Securities and any fees and expenses of counsel to the
Holder or the underwriters.
“ Registration Period
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)
.
“ Registration Rights
” shall mean the rights of the Holders to cause the Company
to Register Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 2 .
“ Registration
Statement ” means any registration statement of the
Company filed with, or to be filed with, the SEC under the rules
and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, including the
related Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits
and all material incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
“ Registration
Suspension ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(d) .
“ SEC ” means the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act
” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to
time.
“ Shelf Registration
Statement ” means a Registration Statement of the Company
for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis of
Common Stock pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or
similar provisions then in effect).
“ Underwritten Offering
” means a Registration in which securities of the Company are
sold to an underwriter or underwriters on a firm commitment basis
for reoffering to the public.
1.2 General Interpretive Principles .
Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or
pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the
singular and to cover all genders. The name assigned this Agreement
and the section captions used herein are for convenience of
reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning,
construction or effect hereof. The table of
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contents and headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in
any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever
the words “ include ,” “ includes
” or “ including ” are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation.” Unless otherwise specified, the
terms “ hereof ,” “ herein ,”
“ hereunder ” and similar terms refer to this
Agreement as a whole (including the exhibits, schedules and
disclosure statements hereto), and references herein to Sections
refer to Sections of this Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated,
all periods of time referred to herein shall include all Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays; provided, however, that if the date to
perform the act or give any notice with respect to this Agreement
shall fall on a day other than a Business Day, such act or notice
may be performed or given timely if performed or given on the next
succeeding Business Day. References to a Person are also to its
permitted successors and assigns. The parties have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in
the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the
parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring
or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any
provision of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II - REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
2.1 Registration .
(a) Request . Prior to the
fifth anniversary of the Distribution, any Holder(s) of Registrable
Securities (collectively, the “ Initiating Holder
”) shall have the right to request that the Company file a
Registration Statement with the SEC on the appropriate registration
form for all or part of the Registrable Securities held by such
Holder, by delivering a written request thereof to the Company
specifying the number of shares of Registrable Securities such
Holder wishes to register (a “ Demand Registration
”). The Company shall (i) within five days of the
receipt of a Demand Registration, give written notice of such
Demand Registration to all Holders of Registrable Securities, and
(ii) shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the Registration Statement to become effective in respect of each
Demand Registration in accordance with the intended method of
distribution set forth in the written request delivered by the
Holder as expeditiously as possible, and the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to file such Registration Statement
within 20 days of receipt of such request. The Company shall
include in such Registration all Registrable Securities with
respect to which the Company receives, within the 10 days
immediately following the receipt by the Holder(s) of such notice
from the Company, a request for inclusion in the registration from
the Holder(s) thereof. Each such request from a Holder of
Registrable Securities for inclusion in the Registration shall also
specify the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities proposed to
be registered. For purposes of clarification, the Company can
satisfy its obligation under this Section 2.1(a) to file a
Registration Statement by filing a Shelf Registration Statement and
can satisfy its obligation to complete a Demand Registration by
filing a Prospectus under an effective Shelf Registration Statement
that covers (i) the Registrable Securities requested by the
Holders to be registered in accordance with this
Section 2.1(a) and (ii) the plan of distribution
requested by the participating Holders.
(b) Limitations on Demand
Registration Requests . The Holder(s) may collectively make a
total of four Demand Registration requests pursuant to
Section 2.1(a) (including any rights to Demand
Registration transferred pursuant to Section 4.4(a) and
any
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rights to Demand Registration made pursuant to
any registration rights agreement entered into pursuant to
Section 2.5); provided that the Holder(s) may not make
more than two Demand Registration requests in any 365-day period.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Parent engages in a Private Debt
Exchange as contemplated by Section 2.5 with one or more
Participating Banks, each request for a Demand Registration made by
a Participating Bank in respect of such Private Debt Exchange
pursuant to any registration rights agreement entered into by the
Company pursuant to Section 2.5 shall collectively count as
one (1) Demand Registration request hereunder (assuming that
the Registrable Securities subject to such Private Debt Exchange
are included in a single Prospectus). In addition, and
notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Parent and its
subsidiaries shall be permitted on a one-time basis to engage in up
to three (3) related Private Debt Exchanges within any six
(6)-month period during the first year following the date hereof
and each Demand Registration request made by the Participating
Banks in such Private Debt Exchanges pursuant to its registration
rights agreement with the Company shall collectively only count as
one (1) Demand Registration request for purposes of the
limitation on the number of Demand Registration requests set forth
in the first sentence of this Section 2.1(b) (it being
understood that, Parent and its subsidiaries shall be permitted to
engage in additional Private Debt Exchanges outside such 6-month
period, but each Demand Registration request by the Participating
Banks for such Private Debt Exchange pursuant to its registration
rights agreement with the Company shall count as an additional
Demand Registration request for purposes of the limitation on the
number of Demand Registration requests set forth in the first
sentence of this Section 2.1(b)).
(c) Effective Registration .
The Company shall be deemed to have effected a Registration for
purposes of this Section 2.1 if the Registration
Statement is declared effective by the SEC or becomes effective
upon filing with the SEC, and remains effective until the earlier
of (i) the date when all Registrable Securities thereunder
have been sold and (ii) 60 days from the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or from the date the applicable Prospectus
is filed with the SEC if the Company is satisfying a request for
Demand Registration by filing a Prospectus under an effective Shelf
Registration Statement) (the “ Registration Period
”). No Registration shall be deemed to have been effective if
the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement,
if any, entered into in connection with such Registration are not
satisfied by reason of a wrongful act, misrepresentation or breach
of such applicable underwriting agreement by the Company. If during
the Registration Period, such Registration is interfered with by
any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC
or other governmental agency or court, the Registration Period
shall be extended on a day-for-day basis for any period the Holder
is unable to complete an offering as a result of such stop order,
injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other
governmental agency or court.
(d) Delay in Filing; Suspension
of Registration . If the filing, initial effectiveness or
continued use of a Registration Statement at any time would, as
reasonably determined in good faith by the Company, (i) have a
material detrimental effect on the completion of a transaction
currently being negotiated or a plan currently being considered by
the Board that would, if completed, be material to the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole at the time the right to delay or
withhold efforts or suspend sales is exercised (whether or not a
final decision has been made to undertake such transaction or
plan), or (ii) involve initial or continuing disclosure
obligations that are not in the best interests of the
Company’s shareholders, the Company may, upon giving prompt
written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the
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filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend
use of, the Registration Statement (a “ Registration
Suspension ”); provided, however , that the
Company shall not be permitted to exercise a Registration
Suspension more than three times in any 365-day period and shall
not be permitted to exercise a Registration Suspension more than
two times in any calendar quarter. Each Registration Suspension
shall not exceed 30 days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such
delay shall exceed such number of days that the Company determines
in good faith to be reasonably necessary. In the case of a
Registration Suspension, the Holders agree to suspend use of the
applicable Prospectus in connection with any sale or purchase of,
or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt
of the notice referred to above (which may be delivered orally).
The Company shall (i) immediately notify the Holders upon the
termination of any Registration Suspension, (ii) amend or
supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any
untrue statement or omission therein, and (iii) furnish to the
Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented as the Holders may reasonably request. The
effectiveness period for any Demand Registration for which the
Company has exercised a Registration Suspension shall be increased
by the period of time such Registration Suspension is in
effect.
(e) Underwritten Offering .
If the Initiating Holder so indicates at the time of its request
pursuant to Section 2.1(a) , such offering of
Registrable Securities shall be in the form of an Underwritten
Offering and the Company shall include such information in its
written notice to the Holders required under
Section 2.1(a) . In the event that the Initiating
Holder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities by means of
an Underwritten Offering, the right of any Holder to include
Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned
upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the
underwriting to the extent provided herein. The Holders of a
majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities being included
in any Underwritten Offering shall select the underwriter(s) for
such Underwritten Offering; provided, however , that such
underwriter(s) must be reasonably acceptable to the
Company.
(f) Priority of Securities
Registered . If the managing underwriter or underwriters of a
proposed Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities included
in a Registration pursuant of this Section 2.1 ,
informs the Holders with Registrable Securities in such
Registration of such class of Registrable Securities in writing
that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities requested
to be included in such Registration exceeds the number which can be
sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant
adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the
securities offered or the market for the securities offered, the
Holders shall have the right to (i) request the number of
Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration be
allocated pro rata among the Holders, including the
Initiating Holder, to the extent necessary to reduce the total
number of Registrable Securities to be included in such offering to
the number recommended by the managing underwriter or underwriters;
provided that any securities thereby allocated to a Holder
that exceed such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among
the remaining Holders in like manner or (ii) notify the
Company in writing that the Registration Statement shall be
abandoned or withdrawn, in which event the Company shall abandon or
withdraw such Registration Statement. In the event a Holder
notifies the Company that such Registration Statement shall be
abandoned or withdrawn said Holder shall not be deemed to have
requested a Demand Registration pursuant to
Section 2.1(a) and the Company shall not be deemed to
have effected a Demand Registration pursuant to Section
2.1(b) .
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If the amount of Registrable Securities to be
underwritten has not been so limited, the Company and other holders
may include shares of Common Stock for its own account (or for the
account of other holders) in such Registration if the
underwriter(s) so agree and to the extent that, in the opinion of
such underwriter(s), the inclusion of such additional amount will
not adversely affect the offering of the Registrable Securities
included in such Registration.
2.2 Piggyback Registrations .
(a) Participation . Prior to
the earlier to occur of the fifth anniversary of the Distribution
or the date on which the Registrable Securities then held by the
Holder(s) represents less than five percent (5%) of the
Company’s then issued and outstanding Common Stock, if the
Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the
Securities Act with respect to any offering of its Common Stock for
its own account and/or for the account of any other Persons (other
than (i) a Registration under Section 2.1 hereof,
(ii) a Registration pursuant to a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 or Form S-4 or similar forms that relate to a transaction
subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act, (iii) any form
that does not include substantially the same information, other
than information relating to the selling holders or their plan of
distribution, as would be required to be included in a Registration
Statement covering the sale of Registrable Securities, (iv) in
connection with any dividend reinvestment or similar plan,
(v) for the sole purpose of offering securities to another
entity or its security holders in connection with the acquisition
of assets or securities of such entity or any similar transaction
or (vi) a Registration in which the only Common Stock being
registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt
securities which are also being registered) (a “
Company Public Sale ”), then, as soon as practicable
(but in no event less than 15 days prior to the proposed date of
filing such Registration Statement), the Company shall give written
notice of such proposed filing to each Holder, and such notice
shall offer such Holders the opportunity to Register under such
Registration Statement such number of Registrable Securities as
each such Holder may request in writing (a “ Piggyback
Registration ”). Subject to Section 2.2(b)
and Section 2.2(c) , the Company shall include in such
Registration Statement all such Registrable Securities which are
requested to be included therein within 5 Business Days after the
receipt of any such notice; provided, however , that if, at
any time after giving written notice of its intention to Register
any securities and prior to the effective date of the Registration
Statement filed in connection with such Registration, the Company
shall determine for any reason not to Register or to delay
Registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election,
give written notice of such determination to each such Holder and,
thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to Register,
shall be relieved of its obligation to Register any Registrable
Securities in connection with such Registration, without prejudice,
however, to the rights of any Holder to request that such
Registration be effected as a Demand Registration under
Section 2.1 , and (ii) in the case of a
determination to delay Registering, shall be permitted to delay
Registering any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the
delay in Registering such other shares of Common Stock. No
Registration effected under this Section 2.2 shall
relieve the Company of its obligation to effect any Demand
Registration under Section 2.1 . If the offering
pursuant to such Registration Statement is to be underwritten, then
each Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant
to this Section 2.2(a) shall, and the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate arrangements with the
underwriters so that each such Holder may, participate in such
Underwritten Offering. If the offering pursuant to such
Registration Statement is to be on any other basis, then each
Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant to
this
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Section 2.2(a) shall, and the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to coordinate arrangements so that each such
Holder may, participate in such offering on such basis. For
purposes of clarification, the Company’s filing of a Shelf
Registration Statement shall not be deemed to be a Company Public
Sale; provided, however , that any prospectus supplement
filed pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to an
offering of the Company’s Common Stock for its own account
and/or for the account of any other Persons will be a Company
Public Sale unless such offering qualifies for an exemption from
the Company Public Sale definition in this
Section 2.2(a).
(b) Right to Withdraw . Each
Holder shall have the right to withdraw such Holder’s request
for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Underwritten
Offering pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) at any time
prior to the execution of an underwriting agreement with respect
thereto by giving written notice to the Company of such
Holder’s request to withdraw and, subject to the preceding
clause, each Holder shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of
such Holder’s Registrable Securities from a Piggyback
Registration at any time prior to the effective date
thereof.
(c) Priority of Piggyback
Registration . If the managing underwriter or underwriters of
any proposed Underwritten Offering of a class of Registrable
Securities included in a Piggyback Registration informs the Company
and Holders in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of
securities of such class which such Holder and any other Persons
intend to include in such offering exceeds the number which can be
sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse
effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities
offered or the market for the securities offered, then the
securities to be included in such Registration shall be
(i) first, all securities of the Company and any other Persons
(other than the Company’s executive officers and directors)
for whom the Company is effecting the Registration, as the case may
be, proposes to sell, (ii) second, the number of Registrable
Securities of such class that, in the opinion of such managing
underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such
adverse effect, with such number to be allocated pro rata
among the Holders that have requested to participate in such
Registration based on the relative number of Registrable Securities
of such class requested by such Holder to be included in such sale
( provided that any securities thereby allocated to a Holder
that exceed such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among
the remaining requesting Holders in like manner), subject to any
superior contractual rights of other holders,(iii) third, the
number securities of executive officers and directors for whom the
Company is effecting the Registration, as the case may be, with
such number to be allocated pro rata among the executive
officers and directors, and (iv) fourth, any other securities
eligible for inclusion in such Registration, allocated among the
holders of such securities in such proportion as the Company and
those holders may agree.
(d) Black-Out Periods . In
the event of a public sale of the Company’s equity securities
by the Company in an Underwritten Offering, whether or not the
Holders participate therein, the Holders hereby agree, and the
Company agrees that is shall cause its executive officers and
directors to agree, if requested by the managing underwriter or
underwriters in such Underwritten Offering, not to effect any sale
or distribution (including any offer to sell, contract to sell,
short sale or any option to purchase) of any securities (except, in
each case, as part of the applicable Registration, if permitted
hereunder) that are the same as or similar to those being
Registered in connection with such Company Public Sale, or any
securities convertible into or
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