This Agreement (the " Agreement ") is made this 22 day of
September 2009 by and among Bakbone Software Incorporated, a
Canadian corporation (the " Company ") and VantagePoint
Venture Partners IV(Q) L.P., VantagePoint Venture Partners
Principals Fund IV, L.P. and VantagePoint Venture Partners IV, L.P.
(collectively, " VantagePoint "). The Company and
VantagePoint are each also sometimes referred to herein as a
"Party" or jointly as "Parties".
In exchange for each Party's agreement to release and discharge
the other from any claim or cause of action arising from the
Company's nomination of six directors elected by all shareholders
at the March 2009 shareholders meeting and to be elected at the
2009 AGM by all shareholders as proposed by the Company in its
proxy circular dated August 19, 2009, and other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
each of the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agrees as follows:
- Election of Board Member. Immediately
following both (i) the annual meeting of the Company's shareholders
on September 15, 2009, including any adjournment or postponement
thereof (the " 2009 Annual Meeting ") and (ii) the
submission by VantagePoint to the Company of a nominee, the
Company's board of directors shall elect the nominee of
VantagePoint (the " VantagePoint Nominee ") as director to
hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the
Company. Concurrently with the election of the VantagePoint
Nominee, VantagePoint shall consent to an increase in the size of
the board of directors to nine (9) members. If the VantagePoint
Nominee, once elected, resigns or is unable to serve as a director
of the Company prior to the 2010 AGM (as defined below), then the
Company's board of directors shall elect another nominee designated
by VantagePoint, who will then be deemed the VantagePoint Nominee.
VantagePoint's rights under this paragraph will terminate on the
conclusion of voting by the Company's shareholders with respect to
the matters addressed in Section 3 below.
- [Intentionally deleted].
- Covenants. The Company and its board
of directors, as appropriate, shall
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- duly call, issue notice of and hold the
annual general meeting of shareholders following conclusion of the
2010 fiscal year and in any event, by no later than September 30,
2010 (the " 2010 AGM ");
- file its proxy material with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (" SEC ") not later than
40 days before the 2010 AGM and will use best efforts to have such
materials cleared by the SEC as soon as reasonably
practicable;
- propose at the 2010 AGM, or any earlier
meeting of, or action by written consent of, the Company's
shareholders, for approval by the Company's shareholders the
amendment of the articles of continuance of the Company (the "
Articles ") as follows (the " Amendment "):
Section 5(a) of the Articles be
amended to read as follows:
"(a) Voting for
Directors . The holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall,
voting together as a class, have the right to elect three (3)
directors of the Corporation. The holders of the Common Shares,
together with the holders of Series A Preferred Shares voting
together on an as converted basis, shall have the right to elect
the remaining directors of the Corporation. In the case of any
vacancy on the Board of Directors occurring among the directors
elected by a specified group of shareholders and not caused by
removal, the remaining director or directors so elected by such
specified group may elect a successor to hold the office for the
unexpired term of such director. Any director who shall have been
elected by a specified group of shareholders may be removed during
the aforesaid term of office, either for or without cause, by, and
only by, (a) in the case of the directors elected by the holders of
the Series A Preferred Shares, the affirmative voted of the holders
of a majority of the shares of such specified group, and (b) in the
case of the balance of the directors, the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares voted at a duly called meeting
held to consider such action, in each case given at a special
meeting of such shareholders duly called or by an action by written
consent for that purpose, and any such vacancy thereby created may
be filled only by (i) in the case of the directors elected by the
holders of the Series A Preferred Shares, the vote of the holders
of a majority of the shares of such specified group represented at
such meeting or in such consent, and (ii) in the case of the
balance of the directors, the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the shares voted at a duly called meeting held to
consider such action. In addition, notwi