EXHIBIT 6
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COVANSYS CORPORATION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 15, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Background.................................................................................................... 1
2. Definitions................................................................................................... 1
3. Registration.................................................................................................. 4
3.1 Registration on Request............................................................................. 4
3.2 Piggyback Registration.............................................................................. 8
3.3 Registration Procedures............................................................................ 10
3.4 Underwritten Offerings............................................................................. 13
3.5 Preparation; Reasonable Investigation.............................................................. 15
3.6 Other Registrations................................................................................ 15
3.7 Indemnification.................................................................................... 15
4. Miscellaneous................................................................................................ 18
4.1 Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc................................................................. 18
4.2 Amendments and Waivers............................................................................. 18
4.3 Nominees for Beneficial Owners..................................................................... 19
4.4 Successors, Assigns and Transferees................................................................ 19
4.5 Notices............................................................................................ 19
4.6 No Inconsistent Agreements......................................................................... 21
4.7 Remedies........................................................................................... 21
4.8 Stock Splits, etc.................................................................................. 21
4.9 Term............................................................................................... 21
4.10 Severability...................................................................................... 21
4.11 Headings.......................................................................................... 22
4.12 Counterparts...................................................................................... 22
4.13 Governing Law..................................................................................... 22
4.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.............................................................................. 22
4.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries...................................................................... 22
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of
September 15, 2004, is entered into by and among CDR-COOKIE Acquisition, L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company ("CDR") , Fidelity Information Services,
Inc., an Arkansas corporation, ("FIS"), and Covansys Corporation, a Michigan
corporation (the "Company").
1. Background.
1.1. Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, dated as of April 26,
2004, by and between FIS and the Company (the "Company Stock Purchase
Agreement"), FIS agreed to purchase from the Company, and the Company agreed to
sell to FIS: (i) an aggregate of 8,700,000 shares (the "FIS Shares") of the
Company's common stock, without par value (the "Common Stock") and (ii) warrants
to purchase up to 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock at exercise prices ranging
from $15.00 to $24.00 per share (the "FIS Warrants").
1.2. Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, dated as of April 26,
2004, by and between FIS and Xx. Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, FIS agreed to purchase
from Xx. Xxxxxxxxx, and Xx. Xxxxxxxxx agreed to sell to FIS, an aggregate of
2,300,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Additional FIS Shares").
1.3. Pursuant to a recapitalization agreement, dated as of April 26,
2004, by and between CDR and the Company, such parties agreed to exchange
200,000 shares of the Company's Series A Voting Convertible Preferred Shares,
without par value, owned by CDR and warrants to acquire 3.5 million shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $25 per share and 1.8 million shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $31 per share for: (i) an aggregate of 2
million shares of the Common Stock (the "CDR Shares") and (ii) warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 5 million shares of Common Stock at an exercise price
of $18 per share (the "CDR Warrants").
1.4. CDR, the Fund, FIS or any of their respective Affiliates may in
the future acquire Additional Common Stock (as defined in Section 2) from the
Company or other shareholders (subject to certain limitations contained in
agreements between them and the Company).
2. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
have the following respective meanings:
"Additional Common Stock": Shares of Common Stock, other than CDR
Shares, FIS Shares, Additional FIS Shares and Warrant Shares, acquired by CDR,
the Fund, FIS or any of their Affiliates (but not their transferees).
"Additional FIS Shares": is defined in Section 1.2.
"Affiliate": With respect to any Person, any other Person directly
or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such first
Person. "Control" means the power to direct the affairs of a Person by reason of
ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise. Any director, member of management or other employee of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries who would not otherwise be an Affiliate
shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of CDR or FIS.
"Agreement": is defined in the introductory paragraph hereof.
"Board": The Board of Directors of the Company.
"Business Day": A day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York, New York, Detroit, Michigan, or
Jacksonville, Florida, are authorized or required to close.
"CDR": is defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
"CDR Securities": At any time, the Registrable Securities owned by
CDR, the Fund, their respective Affiliates or any transferee thereof.
"CDR Shares": is defined in Section 1.3.
"CDR Warrants": is defined in Section 1.3.
"Commencement Date": The earlier of (a) March 1, 2005 and (b) the
date upon which the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2004 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock": is defined in Section 1.1.
"Company": is defined in the introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
"Company Stock Purchase Agreement": is defined in Section 1.1.
"Exchange Act": The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder which
shall be in effect at the time. Any reference to a particular section thereof
shall include a reference to the corresponding section, if any, of any such
successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
"FIS": is defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
"FIS Securities": At anytime, the Registrable Securities owned by
FIS, any Affiliate of FIS or any transferee thereof.
"FIS Shares": is defined in Section 1.1.
"FIS Warrants": is defined in Section 1.1.
"Fund": Any of Xxxxxxx, Dubilier & Rice Fund VI Limited Partnership,
a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, Xxxxxxx, Dubilier & Rice Fund
VI-A Limited Partnership, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and any
other entity organized or managed by or affiliated with Xxxxxxx, Dubilier &
Rice, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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"NASD": The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
"NASDAQ": The NASD Automated Quotation System.
"Person": Any natural person, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company, trust, business trust, governmental entity or other
entity.
"Public Offering": An underwritten public offering of Common Stock
led by at least one underwriter of nationally recognized standing.
"Registrable Securities": (a) (i) the CDR Shares, (ii) the FIS
Shares and the Additional FIS Shares, (iii) the Additional Common Stock and (iv)
the Warrant Shares; and (b) any securities issued or issuable with respect to
any Warrants or with respect to any Common Stock referred to in the foregoing
clauses (w) upon any conversion or exchange thereof, (x) by way of stock
dividend or stock split, (y) in connection with a combination of shares,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or (z)
otherwise, in all cases subject to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3.3. As
to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall
cease to be Registrable Securities when (A) a registration statement with
respect to the sale 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 in reliance upon Rule 144, (C) such securities shall
have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not
bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the
Company and subsequent disposition of such securities shall not require
registration or qualification of such securities under the Securities Act or any
similar state law then in force, or (D) such securities shall have ceased to be
outstanding.
"Registration Expenses": All expenses incident to the Company's
performance of its obligations under or in compliance with Section 3, including,
but not limited to, all registration and filing fees, all fees and expenses of
complying with securities or blue sky laws, all fees and expenses associated
with listing securities on exchanges or NASDAQ, all fees and other expenses
associated with filings with the NASD (including, if required, the fees and
expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" and its counsel), all
printing expenses, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of
its independent public accountants, and the expenses of any special audits made
by such accountants required by or incidental to such performance and compliance
and the fees and disbursements of one (but not more than one) law firm retained
on behalf of the holders of a majority (by number of shares) of the Registrable
Securities to be disposed of, but not including any underwriting discounts or
commissions or any transfer taxes payable in respect of the sale of Registrable
Securities by the holders thereof.
"Requisite Percentage of CDR Securitiesholders": At any time, the
holder or holders of at least 50% (by number of shares) of the CDR Securities
then outstanding; provided that for purposes of the foregoing definition,
Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be CDR Securities only to the extent the
Warrant or Warrants with respect thereto have been duly exercised.
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"Requisite Percentage of FIS Securitiesholders": At any time, the
holder or holders of at least 50% (by number of shares) of the FIS Securities
then outstanding; provided that for purposes of the foregoing definition,
Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be FIS Securities only to the extent the
Warrant or Warrants with respect thereto have been duly exercised.
"Requisite Percentage of Shareholders": Either (i) the Requisite
Percentage of FIS Securitiesholders or (ii) the Requisite Percentage of CDR
Securitiesholders.
"Rule 144": Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Act.
"Rule 144A": Rule 144A (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Act.
"Rule 145": Rule 145 (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Act.
"Securities Act": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder which shall
be in effect at the time. Any reference to a particular section thereof shall
include a reference to the corresponding section, if any, of any such successor
Federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
"Securities and Exchange Commission": The Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act.
"Special Registration": (a) The registration of shares of equity
securities or options or other rights in respect thereof to be offered to
directors, members of management, employees, consultants or sales agents,
distributors or similar representatives of the Company or its direct or indirect
subsidiaries or (b) the registration of equity securities and/or options or
other rights in respect thereof solely on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor form.
"Termination Date": The tenth anniversary date of this Agreement.
"Warrants": The CDR Warrants and the FIS Warrants.
"Warrant Shares": Shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
of the CDR Warrants and the FIS Warrants.
3. Registration.
3.1. Registration on Request.
(a) Requests. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.6 and clause
(z) below, at any time or from time to time beginning on the Commencement Date
and ending on the Termination Date, the Requisite Percentage of Shareholders
shall have the right to make written requests that the Company effect
registrations under the Securities Act of all or part of the Registrable
Securities of the holder or holders making such request, which requests shall
specify the intended method of disposition thereof by such holder or holders.
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(b) Obligation to Effect Registration. Upon receipt by the Company
prior to the Termination Date of any request for registration pursuant to
Section 3.1(a), the Company will promptly give written notice of such requested
registration to all holders of Registrable Securities, and thereupon will use
its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of
(i) the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so
requested to register pursuant to Section 3.1(a), and
(ii) all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been
requested to register by the holders thereof by written request given to
the Company within 30 days after the Company has given such written notice
(which request shall specify the intended method of disposition of such
Registrable Securities),
all to the extent required to permit the disposition (in accordance with the
intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so to be
registered. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence:
(w) the Company shall not be required to effect a registration
requested pursuant to Section 3.1(a) if the Board determines, in its good
faith judgment, after consultation with a firm of nationally recognized
underwriters that the aggregate net proceeds from the disposition of the
Registrable Securities for which registration has been so requested would
be less than $30,000,000 (or $15,000,000 if the Registrable Securities for
which registration has been requested constitutes either (A) all of the
outstanding Registrable Securities then owned by either FIS and its
Affiliates or (B) all of the Registrable Securities then owned by CDR, the
Fund and their respective Affiliates);
(x) if the Board determines in its good faith judgment, after
consultation with a firm of nationally recognized underwriters, that there
will be an adverse effect on a then contemplated Public Offering, the
Requisite Percentage of Shareholders shall be given notice of such fact
and shall be deemed to have withdrawn such request and such registration
shall not be deemed to have been effected or requested pursuant to this
Section 3.1;
(y) the Company shall be entitled to postpone for a reasonable
period of time not to exceed 60 days from the date a request pursuant to
Section 3.1(a) is received, the filing of any registration statement
otherwise required to be prepared and filed by it pursuant to this Section
3.1, if the Board (i) in good faith determines that such registration and
offering would materially adversely affect or interfere with any proposed
or pending financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other
material transaction or the conduct or outcome of any material litigation
involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (ii) as promptly as
practicable gives the relevant holders of Registrable Securities written
notice of such postponement, setting forth the duration of and reasons for
such postponement; provided, however, that the Company shall not effect
such a postponement more than twice in any 180 day period, for no more
than an aggregate total of 60 days. If the Company shall so postpone the
filing of a registration statement, the holder or holders of Registrable
Securities making the request pursuant to Section 3.1(a)
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shall within 10 days after receipt of the notice of postponement advise
the Company in writing whether or not it has determined to withdraw its
request for registration. Failure by such holder or holders to timely
notify the Company of its determination shall for all purposes be treated
as a withdrawal of the request for registration. In the event of a
withdrawal, such request for registration shall not be deemed exercised
for purposes of determining whether such holder or holders still have the
right to make a request for registration pursuant to this Section 3.1; and
(z) the Company shall not be required to effect more than two
registrations requested under Section 3.1 by holders of the CDR Securities
(or three such registrations if CDR Warrants for at least 2,000,000 shares
of Common Stock have been exercised) or more than four such registrations
requested by holders of the FIS Securities, in each case including
requests deemed to be made by either pursuant to the provisions of the
final paragraph of Section 3.2.
(c) Registration Statement Form. Each registration required pursuant
to this Section 3.1 shall be effected by the filing of a registration statement
on Form S-1, Form S-2 or Form S-3 (or any other form which includes
substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a
registration statement on such forms as presently constituted), the choice of
such form to be made by holders holding at least a majority (by number of
shares) of the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been
requested pursuant to this Section 3.1, unless the use of a specific or
different form is required by law.
(d) Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with registrations effected pursuant to a request under Section
3.1(a). Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.1(d) or of Section 3.2,
each seller of Registrable Securities shall pay all Registration Expenses to the
extent required to be paid by such seller by applicable law, and will pay all
other expenses attributable to such holder's inclusion of shares in a
registration hereunder and sale of shares pursuant thereto, including any
underwriting discounts or commissions or any transfer taxes payable in respect
of the sale of Registrable Securities by such holder.
(e) Inclusion of Other Securities. The Company shall neither
register, nor enter into any agreement obligating it to register, securities
(other than Registrable Securities) for sale for the account of any Person other
than the Company in any registration requested pursuant to Section 3.1(a) unless
permitted to do so by the written consent of holders holding at least a majority
(by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such
registration, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, it being
understood and agreed that such holders shall not be deemed to be unreasonable
if they in their good faith judgment believe that the inclusion of the
securities of any such other Person will adversely affect the price or
marketability of the shares such holders of Registrable Securities or the
Company propose to sell in such registration.
(f) Effective Registration Statement. A registration required under
Section 3.1(a) will not be deemed to have been effected unless it has become
effective for the period specified in Section 3.3(b). Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, a registration required under Section 3.1(a) that does not
become effective after the Company has filed a
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registration statement with respect thereto solely by reason of the refusal to
proceed of the holder or holders of Registrable Securities requesting the
registration shall be deemed to have been effected by the Company at the request
of such holder or holders.
(g) Pro Rata Allocation.
(i) If any registration statement made pursuant to Section 3.1(a)
involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter of such
offering (or, in connection with an offering that is not underwritten, an
investment banker) shall advise the Company that, in its view, the number
of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the
largest number that can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering
without adversely affecting the price range of such offering, the Company
shall include in such registration:
(A) first, all shares of Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such registration pursuant to Section 3.1(a) or Section
3.1(b);
(B) second, to the extent that the number of securities to be
registered pursuant to clause (A) is less than the largest number that can
be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range
acceptable to the selling holders of Registrable Securities, securities
that the Company proposes to register; and
(C) third, if permitted by the holders of Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1(e), any other holders.
(ii) The securities to be included in any such registration pursuant to
Section 3.1(g)(i)(A) and, except as otherwise contractually required as of
the date hereof, Section 3.1(g)(i) (C) shall be allocated on a pro rata
basis among all holders requesting that securities be included in such
registration pursuant to such clause on the basis of the number of
securities requested to be included by such holders; provided that, insofar
as the requisite holders of CDR Securities request a registration pursuant
to Section 3.1(a) that would otherwise be subject to pro rata allocation in
accordance with this sentence, and unless otherwise consented to by such
holders, the FIS Securities included in such registration shall not exceed
50% of the number of securities included in such registration.
(iii) If a request for registration pursuant to Section 3.1 is made by
the Requisite Percentage of CDR Securitiesholders and
(A) the holder or holders of CDR Securities requesting such
registration are unable to sell at least 75% of the number of securities
they requested to be included therein by virtue of the inclusion of other
holders of the Company's securities included in such offering; and
(B) the number of FIS Securities included in such registration
exceeds 25% of the number of securities included in such registration;
then such request for registration shall not be deemed exercised by the
holders of the
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CDR Securities for purposes of Section 3.1(b)(z) but instead shall be deemed
exercised by the holders of the FIS Securities for purposes of Section
3.1(b)(z).
(iv) If a request for registration pursuant to Section 3.1 is made by
the Requisite Percentage of FIS Securitiesholders and
(A) the holder or holders of FIS Securities requesting such
registration are unable to sell at least 50% of the number of securities
they requested to be included therein by virtue of the inclusion of other
holders of the Company's securities included in such offering; and
(B) the number of CDR Securities included in such registration
exceeds 50% of the number of securities included in such registration;
then such request for registration shall not be deemed exercised by the
holders of the FIS Securities for purposes of Section 3.1(b)(z) but instead
shall be deemed exercised by the holders of the CDR Securities for purposes
of Section 3.1(b)(z).
3.2. Piggyback Registration. If the Company at any time proposes
to register any of its equity securities (as defined in the Exchange Act)
under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to Section 3.1 or pursuant to
a Special Registration), whether or not for sale for its own account, and
the registration form to be used may be used for the registration of
Registrable Securities, it will at/ such time give prompt written notice to
all holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to do so and, upon
the written request of any holder of Registrable Securities given to the
Company within 30 days after the Company has given any such notice (which
request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of
by such holder and the intended method of disposition thereof), the Company
will use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities
Act of all Registrable Securities that the Company has been so requested to
register by the holders thereof, to the extent required to permit the
disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid)
of the Registrable Securities so to be registered, provided that:
(a) 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 Board shall determine
for any reason not to register such securities, the Company may, at its
election, give written notice of such determination to each holder of
Registrable Securities that was previously notified of such registration and,
thereupon, shall not register any Registrable Securities in connection with such
registration (but shall nevertheless pay the Registration Expenses in connection
therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of any holder or holders
of Registrable Securities to request that a registration be effected under
Section 3.1; and
(b) if the Company shall be advised in writing by the managing
underwriters (or, in connection with an offering which is not underwritten, by
an investment banker) that in their or its opinion the number of securities
requested to be included in such registration (whether by the Company, pursuant
to this Section 3.2 or pursuant to any other rights granted by the Company to a
holder or holders of its securities to request or demand such registration or
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inclusion of any such securities in any such registration) exceeds the largest
number that can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering without adversely
affecting the price range of such offering,
(i) The Company shall include in such registration the number of
Registrable Securities equal to the lesser of (x) the total number of
Registrable Securities so requested to be included in such registration,
and (y) 25% of the largest number of securities that in the opinion of
such underwriters or investment bank, as the case may be, can be sold in
an orderly manner in such offering without adversely affecting the price
range of such offering and the Company shall not include in such
registration any securities (other than securities being sold by the
Company in accordance with clause (ii) below) so requested to be included
other than Registrable Securities, unless all Registrable Securities
requested to be so included are included therein; and
(ii) The Company may include in such registration up to the number
of securities proposed to be sold by the Company, less the number of
Registrable Securities to be registered pursuant to clause (i) above.
If, pursuant to clause (i) above, less than all of the Registrable
Securities requested to be included in any Company offering are to be included
in such offering, the number of shares of Registrable Securities included in
such offering shall be allocated 50% among the holders of FIS Securities
requested to be included therein (pro rata among such holders on the basis of
the number of FIS Securities requested to be so included) and 50% among the
holders of CDR Securities requested to be included therein (pro rata among such
holders on the basis of the number of CDR Securities requested to be so
included), provided that, in the case of a registration initially requested or
demanded by a holder or holders of securities other than Registrable Securities,
pursuant to a contractual registration obligation, the holders of the
Registrable Securities requested to be included therein and the holders of such
other securities shall share pro rata (based on the number of shares if the
requested or demanded registration is to cover only Common Stock and, if not,
based on the proposed offering price of the total number of securities included
in such offering requested to be included therein). Any registration agreement
hereinafter entered into by the Company with respect to any of its securities
shall include provisions consistent with the foregoing.
The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each
registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this Section 3.2,
except to the extent payment of such Registration Expenses by Person other than
holders of Registrable Securities is contractually required. No registration
effected under this Section 3.2 shall relieve the Company from its obligation to
effect registrations upon request under Section 3.1.
To the extent that, in any registration to which this Section 3.2(b)
applies in which they have included Registrable Securities, the net proceeds
received by the CDR Securitiesholders equals or exceeds $30 million, then such
registration shall be deemed to have been requested by the CDR Securitiesholders
for purposes of clause (z) of Section 3.1(b). To the extent that, in any
registration to which this Section 3.2(b) applies in which they have included
Registrable Securities, the net proceeds received by the FIS Securitiesholders
equals or exceeds $30 million,
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then such registration shall be deemed to have
been requested by the FIS Securitiesholders for purposes of clause (z) of
Section 3.1(b).
3.3. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any
Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 3.1
and 3.2, the Company will promptly:
(a) subject to clauses (x), (y) and (z) of Section 3.1(b), prepare
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as practicable and
in any event within 90 days, after receipt of a request pursuant to Section 3.1
a registration statement with respect to such securities, make all required
filings with the NASD and use best efforts to cause such registration statement
to become effective at the nearest practicable date;
(b) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the
prospectus used in connection therewith and such other documents as may be
necessary to keep such registration statement effective and to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement until such time as all of such
securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration
statement, but in no event for a period of more than six months after such
registration statement becomes effective;
(c) furnish to counsel (if any) selected by the holders of a
majority (by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement and to counsel for the underwriters in any underwritten
offering copies of all documents proposed to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (including all documents to be filed on a confidential
basis) in connection with such registration, which documents will be subject to
the review of such counsel; the Company shall not file any registration
statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto pursuant to a
registration under Section 3.1(a) if the holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, their counsel, or
the underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object in writing;
(d) furnish to each seller of such securities, without charge, such
number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each such
amendment and supplement thereto (in each case, including all exhibits and
documents filed therewith (other than those filed on a confidential basis),
except that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish any seller of
securities with more than two copies of such exhibits and documents), such
number of copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement
(including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) in conformity
with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as such
seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the
securities owned by such seller;
(e) use its best efforts to register or qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as each seller shall request, and do any and all
other acts and things which may be necessary or advisable to enable such seller
to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities owned by
such seller, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required
to qualify
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generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it
is not so qualified, subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction wherein it
is not so subject, or take any action which would subject it to general service
of process in any jurisdiction wherein it is not so subject;
(f) furnish to each seller a signed counterpart, addressed to the
sellers, of
(i) an opinion of counsel for the Company experienced in securities
law matters, dated the effective date of the registration statement, and
(ii) a "comfort" letter signed by the independent public accountants
who have issued an audit report on the Company's financial statements
included in the registration statement, subject to such seller having
executed and delivered to the independent public accountants such
certificates and documents as such accountants shall reasonably request,
covering substantially the same matters with respect to the registration
statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such
accountants' letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such
financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel
and in accountants' letters delivered to the underwriters in underwritten Public
Offerings of securities;
(g) (i) notify each seller of any securities covered by such
registration statement if such registration statement, at the time it or any
amendment thereto became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, as promptly as
practicable, prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
post-effective amendment to such registration statement and use best efforts to
cause such post-effective amendment to become effective such that such
registration statement, as so amended, shall not contain an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) notify each
holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, at any
time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, if the prospectus included in such registration statement, as
then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, and, as promptly as is practicable, prepare and furnish to such
holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such
prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(h) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and make
available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an
earnings statement of the Company complying with the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act;
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(i) notify each seller of any securities covered by such
registration statement (i) when such registration statement, or any
post-effective amendment to such registration statement, shall have become
effective, or any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus used in
connection therewith shall have been filed, (ii) of any request by the
Securities and Exchange Commission to amend such registration statement or to
amend or supplement such prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the
issuance by the Securities and Exchange Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of such registration statement or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, and (iv) of the suspension of
the qualification of such securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
or of the institution of any proceedings for any of such purposes;
(j) use its best efforts (i) (x) to list such securities on any
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if no Common
Stock is then listed, on an exchange selected by the Company, if such listing is
then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (y) if such listing is not
practicable or the Board determines that quotation as a NASDAQ National Market
System security is preferable, to secure designation of such securities as a
NASDAQ "national market system security" within the meaning of Rule 11Aa2-1
under the Exchange Act or, failing that, to secure NASDAQ authorization for such
securities, and, without limiting the foregoing, to arrange for at least two
market makers to register as such with respect to such securities with the NASD,
(ii) to provide a transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable Securities
not later than the effective date of such registration statement and (iii) to
obtain a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities; and
(k) use every reasonable effort to obtain the lifting of any stop
order that might be issued suspending the effectiveness of such registration
statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus.
The Company may require each seller of any securities as to which
any registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such information
regarding such seller and the distribution of such securities as the Company may
from time to time reasonably request in writing and as shall be required by law
in connection therewith. Each such holder agrees to furnish promptly to the
Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such holder not materially
misleading.
The Company agrees not to file or make any amendment to any
registration statement with respect to any Registrable Securities, or any
amendment of or supplement to the prospectus used in connection therewith, which
refers to any seller of any securities covered thereby by name, or otherwise
identifies such seller as the holder of any securities of the Company, without
the consent of such seller, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, except
that no such consent shall be required for any disclosure that is required by
law.
By acquisition of Registrable Securities, each holder of such
Registrable Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that upon receipt of any
notice from the Company pursuant to Section 3.3(g), such holder will promptly
discontinue such holder's disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder
shall have received, in the case of clause (i) of Section 3.3(g), notice from
the Company that such registration statement has been amended, as contemplated
by Section 3.3(g),
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and, in the case of clause (ii) of Section 3.3(g), copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.3(g). If so directed by the
Company, each holder of Registrable Securities will deliver to the Company (at
the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, in such
holder's possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at
the time of receipt of such notice. In the event that the Company shall give any
such notice, the period mentioned in Section 3.3(b) shall be extended by the
number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of
such notice to and including the date when each seller of any Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement shall have received the copies
of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.3(g).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the parties
hereto acknowledge that the Company shall have no obligation to prepare or file
any registration statement prior to the time that financial information required
to be included therein is available for inclusion therein.
3.4. Underwritten Offerings. The provisions of this Section 3.4 do
not establish additional registration rights but instead set forth
procedures applicable, in addition to those set forth in Sections 3.1
through 3.3, to any registration which is an underwritten offering.
(a) Underwritten Offerings Exclusive. Whenever a registration
requested pursuant to Section 3.1 is for an underwritten offering, only
securities which are to be distributed by the underwriters may be included in
the registration.
(b) Underwriting Agreement. If requested by the underwriters for any
underwritten offering by holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to a
registration requested under Section 3.1, the Company shall enter into an
underwriting agreement with such underwriters for such offering, such agreement
to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the holders of a majority
(by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities to be covered by such
registration and to the underwriters and to contain such representations and
warranties by the Company and such other terms and provisions as are customarily
contained in agreements of this type, including, but not limited to, indemnities
to the effect and to the extent provided in Section 3.7, provisions for the
delivery of officers' certificates, opinions of counsel and accountants'
"comfort" letters and hold-back arrangements. The holders of Registrable
Securities to be distributed by such underwriters shall be parties to such
underwriting agreement and may, at their option, require that any or all of the
representations and warranties by, and the agreements on the part of, the
Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters be made to and for the
benefit of such holders of Registrable Securities and that any or all of the
conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such
underwriting agreement shall also be conditions precedent to the obligations of
such holders of Registrable Securities. If any condition to the obligations
under such underwriting agreement are not met or waived, and such failure to be
met or waived is not attributable to the fault of the holders of Registrable
Securities requesting a demand registration pursuant to Section 3.1(a), such
request for registration shall not be deemed exercised for purposes of
determining whether such registration has been effected for purposes of Section
3.1. No such holder of Registrable Securities shall be required by the Company
to make any representations or warranties to, or agreements with, the Company or
the
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underwriters other than as set forth in Section 3.4(e) and representations,
warranties or agreements regarding such holder and such holder's intended method
of distribution.
(c) Selection of Underwriters. Whenever a registration requested
pursuant to Section 3.1 is for an underwritten offering, the holders of a
majority of the shares requested to be included in such registration will have
the right to select one or more underwriters to administer the offering at least
one of which shall be an underwriter of nationally recognized standing
reasonably satisfactory to the Company. If the Company at any time proposes to
register any of its securities under the Securities Act for sale for its own
account and such securities are to be distributed by or through one or more
underwriters, the Company will have the right to select one or more underwriters
to administer the offering at least one of which shall be an underwriter of
nationally recognized standing.
(d) Incidental Underwritten Offerings. Subject to the provisions of
the proviso to the first sentence of Section 3.2, if the Company at any time
proposes to register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act
(other than pursuant to Section 3.1 or pursuant to a Special Registration),
whether or not for its own account, and such securities are to be distributed by
or through one or more underwriters, the Company will give prompt written notice
to all holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to do so and, if
requested by any holder of Registrable Securities, will arrange for such
underwriters to include the Registrable Securities to be offered and sold by
such holder among those to be distributed by such underwriters. The holders of
Registrable Securities to be distributed by such underwriters shall be parties
to the underwriting agreement between the Company and such underwriters and may,
at their option, require that any or all of the representations and warranties
by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit
of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such holders
of Registrable Securities and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the
obligations of the underwriters under such underwriting agreement shall also be
conditions precedent to the obligations of such holders of Registrable
Securities. No such holder of Registrable Securities shall be required by the
Company to make any representations or warranties to, or agreements with, the
Company or the underwriters other than as set forth in Section 3.4(e) and
representations, warranties or agreements regarding such holder and such
holder's intended method of distribution.
(e) Hold Back Agreements. If and whenever the Company proposes to
register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act, whether or not
for its own account (other than pursuant to a Special Registration), or is
required to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable
Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2, each holder
of Registrable Securities, if required by the managing underwriter, agrees by
acquisition of such Registrable Securities not to effect (other than pursuant to
such registration) any public sale or distribution, including, but not limited
to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, of any Registrable Securities,
any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company during the
20 day period prior to or the 90 day period following the effective date of such
registration, provided that each holder of Registrable Securities further agrees
that, if required by the managing underwriter for such registered offering, such
holder shall not effect any such public sale or distribution during the 180 day
period following the effective date of such registration, or during such lesser
period that is applicable to any securities held by the
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Company's officers and directors, and the Company agrees to cause each holder of
any equity security, or of any security convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any equity security, of the Company purchased or acquired from
the Company at any time other than in a Public Offering to enter into a similar
agreement with the Company.
3.5. Preparation; Reasonable Investigation. In connection with the
preparation and filing of each registration statement registering
Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, the Company will give the
holders of such Registrable Securities so to be registered and their
underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel and accountants the
opportunity to participate in the preparation of such registration
statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and
will give each of them such access to its books and records and such
opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and
the independent public accountants who have issued audit reports on its
financial statements as shall be necessary, in the opinion of such holders'
and such underwriters' respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act.
3.6. Other Registrations. The Company shall not be required to
effect more than two demand registrations of any Registrable Securities
under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3.1 (excluding any such
registration that is withdrawn or abandoned) within any 18-month period. The
Company agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration or
pursuant to a Special Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to
file any registration statement (other than such registration or a Special
Registration) covering any, of its equity securities, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, for 180
days after, and during the 20 days prior to, the effective date of any
registration effected pursuant to Sections 3.1 or 3.2 hereunder, if so
required by the managing underwriter.
3.7. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. In the event of any registration
of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3.1
or 3.2, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the seller of such
securities, its directors, officers, and employees, each other person who
participates as an underwriter, broker or dealer in the offering or sale of such
securities and each other person, if any, who controls such seller or any such
participating person within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such seller or any such
director, officer, employee, participating person or controlling person may
become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a fact contained in any registration statement under which such
securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or related thereto, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to
state a fact required to be stated in any such registration statement,
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or
supplement or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the
Company will reimburse such seller and each such director, officer, employee,
participating person and controlling person for any legal or any other expenses
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reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided that the Company
shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement
or omission made in such registration statement, any such preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such seller or participating person expressly for use in the
preparation thereof and provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission in the prospectus, if such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is
completely corrected in an amendment or supplement to the prospectus and the
seller of Registrable Securities thereafter fails to deliver such prospectus as
so amended or supplemented prior to or concurrently with the sale of Registrable
Securities to the person asserting such loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense after the Company had furnished such seller with a sufficient number of
copies of the same or if the seller received notice from the Company of the
existence of such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission and the seller continued to dispose of Registrable Securities
prior to the time of the receipt of either (A) an amended or supplemented
prospectus which completely corrected such untrue statement or omission or (B) a
notice from the Company that the use of the existing prospectus may be resumed.
Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of such seller or any such director, officer,
employee, participating person or controlling person and shall survive the
transfer of such securities by such seller.
(b) Indemnification by the Sellers. In the event of any registration
of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3.1
or 3.2, each of the prospective sellers of such securities, will indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, each director of the Company, each officer of the
Company who shall sign such registration statement, each other person who
participates as an underwriter, broker or dealer in the offering or sale of such
securities and each other person, if any, who controls the Company or any such
participating person within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director,
officer, employee, participating person or controlling person may become subject
under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a fact
contained in any registration statement under which such securities were
registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or related thereto, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, if such statement or omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such seller expressly for use in the preparation of such registration
statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus,
amendment or supplement or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state a fact
with respect to such seller required to be stated in any such registration
statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus,
amendment or supplement or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and the seller will reimburse the Company and each such director,
officer, employee, participating person and controlling person for any legal or
any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating
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or defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided
that the liability of each such seller will be in proportion to and limited to
the net amount received by such seller (after deducting any underwriting
discount and expenses) from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
registration statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such
director, officer, participating person or controlling person and shall survive
the transfer of such securities by such seller.
(c) Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a
claim referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 3.7, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an
indemnifying party hereunder, give written notice to the latter of the
commencement of such action, provided that the failure of any indemnified party
to give notice as provided therein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of
its obligations under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 3.7. In case any
such action is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party will
be entitled to participate therein and to assume the defense thereof, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may
wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so
to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
latter in connection with the defense thereof, provided that if such indemnified
party and the indemnifying party reasonably determine, based upon advice of
their respective independent counsel, that a conflict of interest may exist
between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party with respect to such
action and that it is advisable for such indemnified party to be represented by
separate counsel, such indemnified party may retain other counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnifying party, to represent such indemnified party, and
the indemnifying party shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. No indemnifying party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation,
shall, except with the consent of such indemnified party, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all
liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
(d) Other Indemnification. Indemnification similar to that specified
in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 3.7 (with appropriate modifications)
shall be given by the Company and each seller of Registrable Securities with
respect to any required registration or other qualification of such Registrable
Securities under any Federal or state law or regulation of governmental
authority other than the Securities Act.
(e) Other Remedies. If for any reason the foregoing indemnity is
unavailable, or is insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party, other
than by reason of the exceptions provided therein, then the indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from
the offering of Registrable Securities (taking into account the portion of the
proceeds of the offering realized by each such party) or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, or
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provides a lesser sum to the indemnified party than the amount hereinafter
calculated, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other but also the relative fault of the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. No party shall be liable for contribution under this Section
3.7(e) except to the extent and under such circumstances as such party would
have been liable to indemnify under this Section 3.7 if such indemnification
were enforceable under applicable law.
(f) Officers and Directors. As used in this Section 3.7, the terms
"officers" and "directors" shall include the partners of the holders of
Registrable Securities which are partnerships and the trustees and beneficiaries
of the holders of Registrable Securities which are trusts.
4. Miscellaneous.
4.1. Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc.
(a) The Company shall file the reports required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder (or, if the Company
is not required to file such reports, it shall, upon the request of any holder
of Registrable Securities, make publicly available such information as necessary
to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145), and shall take such further
action as any such holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required
from time to time to enable such holder to sell shares of Registrable Securities
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by Rule 144 or Rule 145. Upon the request of any holder of
Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written
statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
(b) The Company shall issue new certificates for Registrable
Securities without a legend restricting further transfer if (i) such securities
have been sold to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act (other than Form S-8 if the holder of such Registrable
Securities is an Affiliate of the Company) or Rule 144, or (ii) (x) such
issuance is otherwise permitted under the Securities Act, (y) the holder of such
shares has delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel to such effect and (z)
the holder of such shares expressly requests the issuance of such certificates
in writing.
4.2. Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended, and
the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act
herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained
the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of (a) the
holder or holders of a majority (by number of
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shares) of the FIS Securities at the time outstanding to the extent such
amendment, action or omission to act is likely to adversely affect the rights or
benefits of the holders of the FIS Securities under this Agreement, and (b) the
holder or holders of a majority (by number of shares) of the CDR Securities at
the time outstanding to the extent such amendment, action or omission to act is
likely to adversely affect the rights or benefits of the holders of the CDR
Securities under this Agreement. The Company shall furnish to FIS and CDR a copy
of any amendment or consent prior to the execution thereof, and the
determination by FIS and CDR as to whether such consent is likely to adversely
affect the rights and benefits of the holders of the FIS Securities or the CDR
Securities, respectively, will be conclusive and binding upon the Company and
the holders of all Registrable Securities. Each holder of any Registrable
Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent
authorized by this Section 4.2, whether or not such Registrable Securities shall
have been marked to indicate such consent. No amendment, modification or
discharge of this Agreement, and no waiver hereunder, shall be valid or binding
unless set forth in writing. Any such waiver shall constitute a waiver only with
respect to the specific matter described in such writing and shall in no way
impair the rights of the party or parties granting such waiver in any other
respect or at any other time.
4.3. Nominees for Beneficial Owners. In the event that any
Registrable Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof,
the beneficial owner thereof may, at its election and unless notice is otherwise
given to the Company by the record owner, be treated as the holder of such
Registrable Securities for purposes of any request or other action by any holder
or holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any
determination of any number or percentage of shares of Registrable Securities
held by any holder or holders of Registrable Securities contemplated by this
Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any Registrable Securities so elects, the
Company may require assurances reasonably satisfactory to it of such owner's
beneficial ownership of such Registrable Securities.
4.4. Successors, Assigns and Transferees. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns. In addition, and whether or not any express
assignment shall have been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for
the benefit of the parties hereto other than the Company shall also be for the
benefit of and enforceable by any subsequent holder of any Registrable
Securities, subject to the provisions respecting the minimum numbers or
percentages of shares of Registrable Securities required in order to be entitled
to certain rights, or take certain actions, contained herein.
4.5. Notices. All notices and other communications required or
permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by certified or
express mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by any recognized
international equivalent of such delivery, to the Company, the Fund or the other
parties hereto, as the case may be, at the following addresses or to such other
address as the Company, the Fund or the other parties hereto, as the case may
be, shall specify by notice to the others:
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(i) if to the Company, to it at:
Covansys Corporation
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Copy to
Butzel Long
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
(ii) if to CDR, to:
CDR-Cookie Acquisition, L.L.C.
c/o Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VI Limited
Partnership
c/o CD&R Associates VI Limited Partnership
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Copy to
Xxxxxxx, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000-000-0000
and
Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
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(iii) if to FIS, to:
Fidelity Information Services, Inc.
c/o Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Copy to
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Bockius LLP
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been received on the date of delivery if delivered personally or on the third
Business Day after the mailing thereof.
4.6. No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not hereafter
enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent
with the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities by this
Agreement.
4.7. Remedies. Each holder of Registrable Securities, in addition
to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law,
including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its
rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not
be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of
any provision of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any
action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
4.8. Stock Splits, etc. Each party hereto agrees that it will vote
to effect a stock split (forward or reverse, as the case may be) with respect to
any Registrable Securities in connection with any registration of such
Registrable Securities hereunder, or otherwise, if the managing underwriter
shall advise the Company in writing (or, in connection with an offering that is
not underwritten, if an investment banker shall advise the Company in writing)
that in their or its opinion such a stock split would facilitate or increase the
likelihood of success of the offering. Each party hereto agrees that any number
of shares of Common Stock referred to in this Agreement shall be equitably
adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination,
recapitalization or similar transaction.
4.9. Term. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof
and shall continue in effect thereafter until the earliest of (a) its
termination by the consent of the parties hereto or their respective successors
in interest, (b) the date on which no Registrable Securities
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remain outstanding, (c) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company and (d) the Termination Date.
4.10. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is
inoperative or unenforceable for any reason, such circumstances shall not have
the effect of rendering the provision in question inoperative or unenforceable
in any other case or circumstance, or of rendering any other provision or
provisions herein contained invalid, inoperative, or unenforceable to any extent
whatsoever. The invalidity of any one or more phrases, sentences, clauses,
Sections or subsections of this Agreement shall not affect the remaining
portions of this Agreement.
4.11. Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for
purposes of convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation
of this Agreement.
4.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together constitute one and the same instrument.
4.13. Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed in all
respects, including as to validity, interpretation and effects, by the laws of
the State of New York, without giving effect to its principles or rules of
conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit
the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The parties hereto hereby
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts of the
United States of America, in each case located in the State, City and County of
New York, solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the
provisions of this agreement, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a
defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement
hereof, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding
may not be brought or is not maintainable in such courts or that the venue
thereof may not be appropriate or that this agreement may not be enforced in or
by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with
respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such a New
York federal court. The parties hereto hereby consent to and grant any such
court jurisdiction over the person of such parties and over the subject matter
of any such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in
connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section
4.5, or in such other manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and
sufficient service thereof.
4.14. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES AGREES AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY
TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE BREACH, TERMINATION OR VALIDITY OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
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4.15. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Sections
3.7 and 4.4, nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights upon any person
or entity other than the parties hereto, each such party's respective successors
and permitted assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this
Agreement or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf as of the date
first written above.
COVANSYS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
CDR-COOKIE ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xx Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
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