AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT
GOLDLEAF FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS,
INC.
f/k/a Private Business, Inc.
LIGHTYEAR PBI HOLDINGS,
LLC
dated as of October 11,
2006
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SECTION 1.1.
Certain Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.2.
Other Definitional
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ARTICLE II
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SECTION 3.1.
Lightyear Transferees
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SECTION 3.2.
Transfer Restrictions
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ARTICLE IV
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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SECTION 4.1.
Incidental Registrations
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SECTION 4.2.
Registration on Request
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SECTION 4.3.
Registration Procedures
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SECTION 4.4.
Information Supplied
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SECTION 4.5.
Restrictions on
Disposition
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SECTION 4.6.
Indemnification
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SECTION 4.7.
Required Reports
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SECTION 4.8.
Selection of Counsel
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SECTION 4.9.
Holdback Agreement
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SECTION 4.10.
No Inconsistent Agreements
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ARTICLE VI
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 7.1.
Intentionally Deleted
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SECTION 7.3.
Amendments and Waivers
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SECTION 7.4.
Successors, Assigns and
Transferees
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SECTION 7.6.
Further Assurances
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SECTION 7.7.
Entire Agreement
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SECTION 7.8.
Delays or Omissions
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SECTION 7.9.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver
of Jury Trial
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SECTION 7.10.
Severability
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SECTION 7.11.
Effective Date
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SECTION 7.12.
Enforcement
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SECTION 7.13.
Titles and Subtitles
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SECTION 7.14.
No Recourse
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SECTION 7.15.
Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures
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GOLDLEAF FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS,
INC.
f/k/a Private Business, Inc.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) is entered into as of October 11, 2006, among
GOLDLEAF FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. f/k/a Private Business, Inc., a
Tennessee corporation (the “ Company ”) and
LIGHTYEAR PBI HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Lightyear ”).
WHEREAS, the
Company and Lightyear are parties to that certain Securityholders
Agreement dated January 20, 2004 (the “ Original
Securityholders Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, in
connection with the Company’s underwritten offering of its
common stock, the Company and Lightyear have agreed to the
redemption of certain equity securities held by Lightyear and the
recapitalization of certain other equity securities held by
Lightyear pursuant to the terms of that certain Redemption and
Recapitalization Agreement, dated April 25, 2006 between the
Company and Lightyear (the “ Recapitalization
Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Recapitalization Agreement, the Company and
Lightyear have agreed to amend and restate the Original
Securityholders Agreement as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing recitals and of the mutual promises
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.1.
Certain Defined Terms . As used herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“ Adverse
Effect ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.2(g).
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with, such specified Person, for so long as such Person
remains so associated to the specified Person.
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“
beneficial owner ” or “ beneficially own
” has the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act and a Person’s beneficial ownership of
Common Stock or Preferred Stock or other Voting Securities of the
Company shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of
such Rule; provided , however , that for purposes of
determining beneficial ownership, (i) a Person shall be deemed
to be the beneficial owner of any security which may be acquired by
such Person whether within 60 days or thereafter, upon the
conversion, exchange or exercise of any warrants, options, rights
or other securities and (ii) no Person shall be deemed to
beneficially own any security solely as a result of such
Person’s execution of this Agreement.
“
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“ Capital
Stock ” means, with respect to any Person at any time,
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of capital
stock, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or
equivalent ownership interests in or issued by such Person, and
with respect to the Company includes any and all shares of Common
Stock and Preferred Stock.
“
Claims ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.5(a).
“
Closing ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 1 of the Recapitalization Agreement.
“ Common
Stock ” means the common stock, no par value, of the
Company and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in
substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend
or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.
“
control ” (including the terms “ controlled
by ” and “ under common control with
”), with respect to the relationship between or among two or
more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management
of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as
trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.
“ Demand
Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.2(a).
“
Director ” means any member of the Board.
“ Equity
Securities ” means any and all shares of Capital Stock of
the Company, securities of the Company convertible into, or
exchangeable or exercisable for, such shares, and options, warrants
or other rights to acquire such shares.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Holder ” means Lightyear and any other Holder of
Series A Warrant Recapitalization Securities.
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incur ” means, directly or indirectly, to incur,
refinance, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable
with respect to.
“
Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 4.5(a).
“ Law
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
“
Lightyear Indemnitee ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 7.1.
“
Losses ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.1.
“
NASD ” means the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
“
Nasdaq ” means the Nasdaq Global Market and the Nasdaq
Capital Market.
“ Other
Holders ” means Persons other than Holders who, by virtue
of agreements with the Company, are entitled to include their
securities in certain registrations hereunder.
“ Other
Securities ” means securities of the Company, other than
Registrable Securities which, by virtue of agreements between Other
Holders and the Company, are entitled to be included in certain
registrations hereunder.
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Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to
Lightyear (A) Lightyear’s officers, employees or
consultants, (B) any corporation or corporations, partnership
or partnerships (or other entity for collective investment, such as
a fund) which is (and continues to be) an Affiliate of Lightyear,
(C) the partners of Lightyear and the general or limited
partners of such partners in the case of a distribution by
Lightyear and (D) any other Person to whom Lightyear transfers
the Series A Warrant Recapitalization Securities.
“
Person ” means any natural person, corporation,
limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association,
company, partnership, governmental authority or other
entity.
“
Preferred Stock ” means, collectively, the
Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock,
any other series of preferred stock of the Company and any
securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor,
in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any
reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange
or other similar reorganization.
“
Registrable Securities ” means Series A Warrant
Recapitalization Securities. As to any particular Registrable
Securities, once issued, such Registrable Securities shall cease to
be Registrable Securities when (a) a registration statement
with respect to the sale by the Holder of such securities shall
have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities
shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration
statement, (b) such securities shall have been distributed to
the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision)
under the Securities Act, or (c) such securities shall have
ceased to be outstanding.
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“
Registration Expenses ” means any and all expenses
incident to performance of or compliance with Article IV of
this Agreement, including (a) all SEC and securities exchange
or NASD registration and filing fees (including, if applicable, the
fees and expenses of any “qualified independent
underwriter,” as such term is defined in Schedule E to
the bylaws of the NASD, and of its counsel), (b) all fees and
expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws (including
fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in
connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable
Securities), (c) all printing, messenger and delivery
expenses, (d) all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities
exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market pursuant to
Section 4.3(h)(i) and all rating agency fees, (e) the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent
public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits
and/or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident
to such performance and compliance, (f) the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel selected pursuant to Section 4.8,
(g) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily
paid by the issuers or sellers of securities, including liability
insurance if the Company so desires or if the underwriters so
require, and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special
experts retained by the Company in connection with the requested
registration, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions
(or the equivalent thereof) and transfer taxes, if any, and
(h) expenses incurred in connection with any road show
(including the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of
Lightyear).
“ SEC
” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act and other federal securities laws.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Series A Warrant Recapitalization Securities ”
means the shares of Common Stock (including any securities issued
in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with
any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar
reorganization) issued to Lightyear pursuant to that certain
Redemption and Recapitalization Agreement dated April 25, 2006
between Lightyear and the Company.
“
Subsidiary ” means (i) any corporation of which a
majority of the securities entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors thereof, at the time as of which any
determination is being made, are owned by another entity, either
directly or indirectly, and (ii) any joint venture, general or
limited partnership, limited liability company or other legal
entity in which an entity is the record or beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of a majority of the voting interests or
the general partner.
“
Transfer ” means, directly or indirectly, to sell,
transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly
dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into
any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with
respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation or similar disposition of, any shares of
Equity
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Securities
beneficially owned by a Person or any interest in any shares of
Equity Securities beneficially owned by a Person.
“
Transferee ” means any Person to whom Lightyear or any
of its Affiliates or any Transferee thereof Transfers Equity
Securities of the Company, including Permitted Transferees, in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Voting
Securities ” means, at any time, shares of any class of
Equity Securities of the Company which are then entitled to vote in
the election of Directors.
SECTION 1.2.
Other Definitional Provisions . (a) The words
“hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Article and Section
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(b) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) Whenever
the words “include”, “including” or
“includes” appear in this Agreement, they shall be read
to be followed by the words “without limitation” or
words having similar import.
SECTION 3.1.
Lightyear Transferees .
(a) Subject
to Section 3.1(b), no Transferee of Lightyear shall be
obligated, or entitled to rights, under this Agreement.
(b) No
Transferee shall have any rights or obligations under this
Agreement, except to the extent that Lightyear shall expressly
assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder to
such Transferee (and such rights shall be further transferable to
any further Transferee subject to this
Section 3.1(b)).
(c) Prior to
the consummation of a Transfer from Lightyear, to the extent rights
and obligations are to be assigned, and as a condition thereto, the
applicable Transferee shall (i) agree in writing with the other
parties hereto to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement to the extent described in Section 3.1(b) and
(ii) provide the Company and the
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other parties
to this Agreement at such time complete information for notices
under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.2.
Transfer Restrictions . (a) Lightyear shall not
Transfer any shares of Series A Warrant Recapitalization
Securities if such transfer would violate the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, as applicable. Any attempt to transfer any
shares of Series A Warrant Recapitalization Securities in
violation of the preceding sentence shall be null and
void.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any transfer permitted
or required by this Agreement shall be in compliance with federal
and state securities laws, including the Securities Act.
(c) Lightyear
may Transfer any or all of its shares of Series A Warrant
Recapitalization Securities, and assign its rights hereunder, to
any Permitted Transferee of Lightyear. As a condition precedent to
any such transfer, the Permitted Transferee shall execute an
instrument pursuant to which such Permitted Transferee agrees to be
bound by and to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and
obtains the rights and benefits that inure to, the transferor as
though the Permitted Transferee were such transferor. Upon
execution of such instrument, the Permitted Transferee shall be
deemed a Holder hereunder. Any Transfer to a Permitted Transferee
not made in full compliance with this Section 3.2(c) shall be
void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.3.
Legends . Each certificate representing shares of
Series A Warrant Recapitalization Securities will bear a
legend on the face thereof substantially to the following effect
(with such additions thereto or changes therein as the Company may
be advised by counsel are required by law or necessary to give full
effect to this Agreement, the “ Stock Legend
”):
“THE SHARES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”) OR STATE SECURITIES
LAWS AND CANNOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OR THE AVAILABILITY OF AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER
AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”
The Stock
Legend will be removed by the Company by the delivery of substitute
certificates without such Legend upon receipt of a legal opinion
from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect
that the legend is no longer required for purposes of applicable
securities laws.
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SECTION 4.1.
Incidental Registrations . (a) If the Company at any
time after the date hereof proposes to register Equity Securities
under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-4 or
S-8, or any successor or other forms promulgated for similar
purposes), whether or not for sale for its own account, in a manner
which would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale
to the public under the Securities Act, it will, at each such time,
give prompt written notice to all Holders of its intention to do so
and of such Holders’ rights under this Article IV. Upon
the written request of any such Holder made within 15 days
after the receipt of any such notice (which request shall specify
the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such
Holder), the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect
the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable
Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by
the Holders thereof; provided , that (i) if, at any
time after giving written notice of its intention to register any
securities, the Company shall determine for any reason not to
proceed with the proposed registration of the securities to be sold
by it, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of
such determination to each Holder and, thereupon, shall be relieved
of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in
connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to
pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith),
(ii) if such registration involves an underwritten offering,
all Holders requesting to be included in the Company’s
registration must sell their Registrable Securities to the
underwriters selected by the Company on the same terms and
conditions as apply to the Company, with such differences,
including any with respect to indemnification and liability
insurance, as may be customary or appropriate in combined primary
and secondary offerings, and (iii) in no event shall the
Company be required to effect more than one registration pursuant
to this Section 4.1 within eighteen (18) months from the
date hereof. If a registration requested pursuant to this Section
involves an underwritten public offering, any Holder requesting to
be included in such registration may elect, in writing prior to the
effective date of the registration statement filed in connection
with such registration, not to register all or any part of such
securities in connection with such registration. The registrations
provided for in this Section 4.1 are in addition to, and not
in lieu of, registrations made upon the request of Lightyear in
accordance with Section 4.2.
(b)
Expenses . The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with each registration of Registrable Securities
requested pursuant to this Section 4.1.
(c)
Priority in Incidental Registrations . If a registration
pursuant to this Section 4.1 involves an underwritten offering and
the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that, in
its opinion, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such registration would be likely to have an adverse
effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities to be
offered in such offering as contemplated by the Company (other than
the Registrable Securities), then the Company shall include in such
registration (a) first , 100% of the securities the Company
proposes to sell, (b) second , any Other Securities
requested to be registered by any Other Holders exercising a demand
registration right, and (c) third , to the extent of the
amount of Registrable Securities and Other Securities requested
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be included in
such registration which, in the opinion of such managing
underwriter, can be sold without having the adverse effect referred
to above, the amount of Registrable Securities and Other Securities
which the Holders and the Other Holders have requested to be
included in such registration, such amount to be allocated pro rata
among all requesting Holders and the Other Holders on the basis of
the relative amount of Registrable Securities and Other Securities
requested to be included in such registration by each such Holder
and Other Holder. . Further, a registration requested pursuant to
this Section 4.1 will not be deemed to have been effected for
purposes of calculating the number of registrations required to be
effected pursuant to this Section 4.1 within eighteen
(18) months from the date hereof under
Section 4.1(a)(iii) unless it has become effective and all of
the Registrable Securities of the Holders requested to be
registered thereunder have been sold or, in the case of a shelf
registration statement, can be sold thereunder.
SECTION 4.2.
Registration on Request . (a) At any time after the
date that is eighteen (18) months from the date hereof, upon
the written request of Holders of Registrable Securities
representing at least 10% of the outstanding Common Stock
immediately following the Closing and the issuance of the
Series A Warrant Recapitalization Securities (provided that no
Permitted Transferee of Lightyear or its Affiliates or of any
Permitted Transferee shall be permitted to request a registration
pursuant to this Section 4.2 unless the right to make such a
request was transferred to such Permitted Transferee pursuant to
Section 3.2(c)) (the “ Demand Party ”)
requesting that the Company effect the registration under the
Securities Act of all or part of such Demand Party’s
Registrable Securities (provided that (i) the reasonably
anticipated aggregate price to the public of such Registrable
Securities shall be at least $8 million or (ii) the
number of Registrable Securities sought to be registered shall be
equal to at least 10% of the outstanding Common Stock of the
Company immediately following the Offering and the issuance of the
Series A Warrant Recapitalization Securities) and specifying
the amount and intended method of disposition thereof, including
pursuant to a shelf registration statement utilizing Rule 415
under the Securities Act, the Company will promptly give written
notice of such requested registration to all other Holders, and
thereupon will, as expeditiously as possible, use its reasonable
best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act
of:
(i)
the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested
to register by the Demand Party; and
(ii)
all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been
requested to register by any other Holder thereof by written
request given to the Company within 15 days after the giving
of such written notice by the Company (which request shall specify
the amount and intended method of disposition of such Registrable
Securities), all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition
(in accordance with the intended method thereof as aforesaid) of
the Registrable Securities so to be registered; provided ,
that in no event shall the Company be required to effect more than
one registration pursuant to this Section 4.2; and
provided , further , that the Company shall not be
obligated to file a registration statement relating to any
registration request under this Section 4.2 within a period of
180 days after the effective date of any registration effected
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Section 4.1, which was not effected on Form
S-3 (or any successor or similar short-form registration
statement).
(b)
Top-Up Shares . In any registration pursuant to
Section 4.2(a) in which the aggregate price to the public of
all Registrable Securities included therein is not reasonably
expected to exceed $25 million, the Company shall add to such
registration that number of shares of Registrable Securities as
would have an aggregate value, at the reasonably anticipated price
per share, such that the reasonably anticipated aggregate price to
the public of all Registrable Securities included therein shall
equal $25 million (the “ Top-Up Shares ”)
and shall cause such Top-Up Shares to be offered by the Company in
such registration together with the Registrable Securities offered
by Lightyear and any other Holders therein; provided ,
however , that the number of Top-Up Shares shall be reduced
on a share for share basis by up to 50% to the extent other Holders
or Other Holders exercise incidental registration rights in
connection with such registration.
(c)
Registration Statement Form . The Company shall select the
registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this
Section 4.2; provided , that if any registration
requested pursuant to this Section 4.2 which is proposed by
the Company to be effected by the filing of a registration
statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar short-form
registration statement) shall be in connection with an underwritten
public offering, and if the managing underwriter shall advise the
Company in writing that, in its opinion, the use of another form of
registration statement is of material importance to the success of
such proposed offering, then such registration shall be effected on
such other form.
(d)
Expenses . The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with registrations of each class or series of
Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Section 4.2.
(e)
Effective Registration Statement . A registration requested
pursuant to this Section 4.2 will not be deemed to have been
effected unless it has become effective and all of the Registrable
Securities registered thereunder have been sold or, in the case of
a shelf registration statement, can be sold thereunder.
(f)
Selection of Underwriters . If a requested registration
pursuant to this Section 4.2 involves an underwritten offering, the
investment banker(s), underwriter(s) and manager(s) for such
registration shall be selected by the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to
register; provided , however , that such investment
banker(s), underwriter(s) and manager(s) shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.
(g)
Priority in Requested Registrations . If a requested
registration pursuant to this Section 4.2 involves an
underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the
Company in writing that, in its opinion, the number of securities
to be included in such registration (including securities of the
Company which are not Registrable Secur
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